Standard Technical Specification 1657263134

सत्यमेवजयते
STANDARD TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION

FOR STEEL MONOPOLE STRUCTURE
FOR AC TRANSMISSION LINE
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF POWER
CENTRAL ELECTRICITY
AUTHORITY
JULY 2022
सत्यमेव जयते
Standard Technical Specification for Steel

Monopole Structure for AC Transmission Line
By
Power System Engineering & Technology Development Division
Central Electricity Authority
भारत सरकार
Government of India
विद्यतु मंत्रालय
Ministry of Power
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FOREWORD
The transmission of power on overhead line will continue to dominate

over other mode of power transmission due to techno-economic reasons. The
self-supported lattice type towers/ compact narrow based towers are
primarily used for transmission of power on overhead transmission lines.
The steel tubular pole structures as an alternative to lattice structure have
also gained acceptance by the utilities in India and use of such structure is
increasing in some areas. Due to its lesser foot print & Right of Way (RoW),
better aesthetic and more reliable under extreme weather condition (smaller
bending moment at the base under heavy load condition), the
acceptance/demand of Pole structures as supporting structure for overhead
lines is further expected to increase in the near future.
At present, the Pole type towers are designed based on the demand of
the utilities on case to case basis and any national standard covering
erection and design of steel Pole type transmission structures is not
available with the transmission utilities. A need was felt to prepare a
standard specification of Pole type structures to help the utilities/
developers across the country to easily adapt to the available technological
solution of Pole structures.
In view of above, a technical committee was constituted by CEA
compnsmg of representatives from Power utilities, Pole structure
manufacturers, representatives from EPTA, CPRI, SERC and various experts
of the field for preparation of Standard Specification of Steel Monopole
type Structures. The committee met at various occasions and based on
the inputs received from participants and discussion held in these meetings,
the draft specification on Steel Monopole structures was prepared
and was placed in public domain for comments/inputs
from the stakeholders. The comments/observations received on the
document were further discussed in the meeting of the committee
and on basis of discussions the document has been finalized.
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CONTENTS
CLAUSE NO. TITLE PAGE NO.

/ANNEXURE
1.0 General 1
2.0 Applicable Standards 1
3.0 Service and Climatic conditions 2
4.0 Steel Monopole Structure 3
5.0 Design Calculation and Drawing 17
6.0 General Construction 19
7.0 Quantities and weight 28
8.0 Galvanizing 28
9.0 Pole structure Foundations 33
10.0 Pole Erection, Stringing and Installation of 50
Line
11.0 Earthing 50
12.0 Statuary regulation and Standards 51
13.0 Quality Assurance 51
14.0 Inspection and Tests 52
15.0 Packing 59
16.0 List of Annexures 59
Appendix-I Sample Calculation of Wind Load on Pole 60
Type Structures
Annexure A: Survey, Route marking, Profile Plotting and A.1 to A.11
Pole Spotting
Annexure B: Assembly and Installation of Pole Structures B.1 to B.7
Annexure C: Minimum Safety Guide Lines C.1 to C.3
Annexure D: Bidder’s/Contractor’s Guaranteed Data D.1 to D.5
Sheet
Annexure E: Standard Manufacturing Quality Plan E.1 to E.8
Annexure F: Field Quality Plan F.1 to F.34
Annexure G: Relevant Indian/International Standards G.1 to G.5
Order of Constitution of Committee for preparation of
Standard Technical Specification for Steel Monopole Structure
List of Contributors and Participants
Standard Technical Specification for Steel Monopole Structure for AC Transmission Line
STANDARD TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION FOR STEEL MONOPOLE

STRUCTURE FOR AC TRANSMISSION LINE
1.0 General
1.1 This specification covers design, engineering, manufacturing,

supply, fabrication, galvanizing, proto assembly and testing,
inspection before dispatch, supply of various types of steel pole
structures for 66 kV and above AC Transmission Lines (for voltage
level as specified by the Purchaser), conductor & earthwire/OPGW
and their accessories & fittings, insulators and hardware fittings
etc. at site, design of foundations, laying of foundations along with
supply of complete foundation material, erection of steel pole
structures, complete stringing & sagging, earthing of pole etc. The
walkover, preliminary & detailed survey of line route, profiling,
spotting/optimization of pole structure location, storage of material
at site, soil resistivity measurement and geotechnical investigation
shall also be in the scope of the Contractor.
1.2 All the raw materials such as steel, zinc for galvanizing,
reinforcement steel, cement, superplasticizers and chemicals for
pole foundation, earthing rod/wire, coke and salt for pole earthing
etc. anchor bolts & their templates, bolts, nuts, washers, D-
shackles, hangers, links, danger plates, phase plate, number plate,
circuit plate, day and night visual aids/markers and painting
(wherever required), anti-climbing devices, step bolts/ladder,
platform and handrail (as per requirement), Bird Guard, Bird
diverter (if specified by the Purchaser)etc. required for pole
structure manufacture and erection shall be included in the
Contractor's scope of supply. Bidder shall clearly indicate in the
offer, the sources from where he proposes to procure the raw
materials and the components.
1.3 The details regarding survey, route marking and pole spotting are
covered in Annexure – A. For survey, erection of poles, stringing of
conductors & earthwire/OPGW and patrolling of transmission line
in difficult and inaccessible terrains, use of helicopter or Unmanned
Aerial Vehicle (UAV) may be considered. The required clearance
from Director General Civil Aviation (DGCA) or any other competent
authority shall be obtained before taking up such activity.
Note: The terms “Pole” & “Monopole” has been used interchangeably
in this document.
2.0 Applicable Standards
CEA (Technical Standards for Construction of Electrical Plants and

Electric lines) Regulations and CEA (Measures relating to Safety &
Electric Supply) Regulations shall be followed.
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The design, manufacturing, fabrication, galvanizing, testing,

erection procedure and materials used for manufacture and
erection of steel pole structure, design and construction of
foundations shall conform to the relevant Indian Standards (IS).
Pole accessories e.g. anti-climbing device, phase plates, circuit
plates, danger plate, day and /or night visual aids and markers
(wherever required) etc. shall be as per IS 5613. The entire stringing
work of conductor and earth wire shall be carried out by standard
stringing practice as per relevant standards and this specification.
In case, Indian Standards are not available, International Standards

shall be followed. Standards shall be latest revisions with
amendments from time to time unless specifically stated otherwise
in the Specification. In the event of supply of material conforming to
Standards other than specified, the Bidder shall confirm in his bid
that these Standards are equivalent or better to those specified. In
case of award, salient features of comparison between the
Standards proposed by the Contractor and those specified in this
document will be provided by the Contractor to establish their
equivalence.
A tentative list of applicable standards is given in Annexure-G.
3.0 Service and Climatic conditions
Following basic information (Table-1) shall be provided by the

Purchaser:
Table-1
(a) Name of transmission line

(b) Details of starting and destination
point (e.g.name, substation, state, co-
ordinates etc.)
(c) Nominal System Voltage
(d) Highest System voltage
(e) Conductor
(Type, Diameter, Area, No. of strands
etc.)
(f) No. of conductors per phase
(g) Earth Wire
(Type, Diameter, Area, No. of strands
etc.)
(h) OPGW
(Type, Diameter, Area, No. of fibres
etc.)
(i) No. of circuits and voltage level of
each circuit (for Multi circuit & multi
voltage pole structure)

(j) Configuration
(vertical/horizontal/delta)
(k) Terrain category
(l) Wind zone* and corresponding basic
wind speed
(m) Maximum ambient temperature
(n) Minimum ambient temperature
(o) Maximum daily average temperature
(p) Maximum relative humidity (in %)
(q) Maximum annual rain fall (in mm)
(r) Number of rainy days/year
(s) Average number of thunder storm
(days per annum)
(t) Altitude above MSL
(u) Atmospheric condition & Pollution
level
(v) Seismic zone
(w) Type of insulator
(porcelain disc/longrod, polymer or
glass)
(x) Insulator configuration for suspension
and tension
(single/double/triple/quadruple/ V-
string)
(y) No. of discs / long rods in each string
 Suspension
(I/V/Y; single/double)
 Tension (single/double/quad)
*Wind zone shall be as per wind map given in National Building Code 2016.
In case of further revision in wind map, latest version of it shall be used.
In addition to above, any other input required for design of Steel

pole structure may be provided by the Purchaser during detailed
engineering. The Purchaser may also clearly specify any constraint
likely to be faced during commissioning of the transmission line due
to site conditions, particularly related to electrical clearances.
4.0 Steel Monopole Structure
4.1 General Description
4.1.1 The steel pole structures can be Single circuit/Double circuit/Multi

circuit/Multi circuit & multi-voltage/any other configuration, as
specified by the Purchaser and shall be used for entire line or a
section of line or for few locations of the line.
4.1.2 The pole for any particular location can be single pole type or dual
pole type depending upon voltage level, no. of conductors per phase
and no. of circuits etc.
4.1.3 The pole structures shall be self-supporting polygonal steel pole

type, designed to support the line conductors with necessary
insulators, earth-wires/OPGW and all fittings, hardware &
accessories under all loading conditions.
4.1.4 The internal and external surface of pole structure shall be fully
galvanized. The most efficient grade of structural steel and plates
shall be used in order to yield the optimum cost of pole structure
and foundation. The type and grade of steel shall conform to latest
applicable national standards or as specified elsewhere in the
specification.
4.1.5 For cross arms also, Polygonal Sections shall be used. However, if
desired by Purchaser, insulated cross arms may also be used.
4.2 Type of Pole Structures
4.2.1 The poles are classified as given below in table-2:
Table-2
Type of Pole Deviation Limit Typical Use

Tangent Pole 0 - 2 deg. To be used as
(say PA/DPA/MCPA/ tangent/suspension
MVPA) pole with suspension
insulator
Tension / Angle Pole 0 deg. - 15 deg. a) Tension/Angle Pole
(say PB/DPB/MCPB/ with tension
MVPB) insulator
b) To be designed for
anti-cascading
condition
Tension / Angle Pole 0 deg. - 30 deg. / a) Tension/Angle pole
(say PC/DPC/MCPC/ 15 deg. - 30 deg. with tension
MVPC) insulator
b) To be designed for
anti-cascading
condition
Tension / Angle /Dead 30 deg.- 60 deg./ a) Tension/Angle pole
end Pole Dead end with tension
(say PD/DPD/MCPD/ [For specific site insulator
MVPD) requirement, b) To be designed for
Tension pole with anti-cascading
60 deg.- 90 deg. condition
Deviation with or c) Dead end with 0 deg

without extra to 15 deg deviation
auxiliary arm both on line and
may be used.] sub-station side
(slack span)
d) Complete dead end
Note: 1. P: Single Circuit Pole Structure, DP: Double Circuit Pole
Structure, MCP: Multi Circuit (more than 2 circuits) Pole Structure, MVP:
Multi Circuit & Multi Voltage Pole Structure
2. The angle of deviations given above are for design span. The span
may, however, be increased up to an optimum limit with reducing
angle of line deviation, if adequate ground and phase clearances are
available.
4.2.2 Extensions
The pole structure shall be designed for highest body extension

required at the particular site maintaining adequate electrical
clearances.
4.3 Spans
4.3.1 Normal Design Span
The Route of transmission line shall be clearly identified as normal

section without constraint, section through forest area, and
section through urban areas/populated area/approach section near
substations and normal design span in these sections for various
voltage level of transmission lines as indicated in the Table-3 below
shall be adopted.
Table-3
AC Voltage (kV) Normal design span (m)
Normal route Forest

Urban area/
without area
Populated area
constraint /approach
section near
substation
765kV 150 m-200 m (angle pole/pole structures)
400 kV and 250 m (tangent pole/pole structures)
230 kV 300 m-350 m 250 m 200 m
220 kV
110 kV 300 m-325 m 200 m 150 m
132 kV
66 kV 200 m-250 m 150 m 100 m
Note: Above values are applicable for upto double circuit lines. For
multicircuit (more than two circuits) lines & for Poles with very high
extensions span may be less.
4.3.2 Wind Span
The wind span is the sum of the two half spans adjacent to the
support under consideration. For normal horizontal spans this
equals to normal ruling span.
4.3.3 Weight Span
(a) The weight span is the horizontal distance between the lowest
points of the conductors on the two spans adjacent to the pole
structure. For design of structures for plain terrain, the
maximum weight span limits given in Table-4 below shall be
considered.
Table-4
Voltage Pole Type Normal Condition Broken wire

Level condition
(kV)
Maximum Minimum Maximum Minimum
(m) (m) (m) (m)
66 PA/DPA/MCPA/ 375 50 225 0
MVPA
(PB/DPB/MCPB/ 375 0 225 -200
MVPB) or
(PC/DPC/MCPC/
MVPC) or
(PD/DPD/MCPD/
MVPD)
110 / PA/DPA/MCPA/ 450 50 270 0
132 MVPA
(PB/DPB/MCPB/ 450 0 270 -200
MVPB) or
(PC/DPC/MCPC/
MVPC) or
(PD/DPD/MCPD/
MVPD)
220 / PA/DPA/MCPA/ 450 50 270 0
230 MVPA
(PB/DPB/MCPB/ 450 0 270 -200
MVPB) or
(PC/DPC/MCPC/
MVPC) or
(PD/DPD/MCPD/
MVPD)
400 / PA/DPA/MCPA/ 375 50 225 0
765 MVPA
(PB/DPB/MCPB/ 300 0 180 -200
MVPB) or
(PC/DPC/MCPC/
MVPC) or
(PD/DPD/MCPD/
MVPD)
Note: Weight span limits for hilly terrain may be decided by Purchaser as
per requirement.
(b) In case the actual spotting spans at certain locations exceed

the design spans, necessary action shall be taken so that factor
of safety of pole is not less than that of designed/tested pole for
increased loadings.
4.4 Electrical Clearance
4.4.1 Ground Clearance
Minimum ground clearance for conductor shall be maintained as

per requirement of Central Electricity Authority (Measures relating
to Safety and Electric Supply) Regulations. However, requirement of
maintaining electrostatic & electromagnetic interference, radio
interference voltage, audible noise etc. within acceptable limits
becomes ruling condition specifically for transmission lines of 400
kV and above voltage class.
The minimum ground clearance from the bottom conductor shall

not be less than the values indicated in the Table-5 below under
maximum sag conditions i.e. at maximum temperature for
conventional ACSR/AAAC conductor or at temperature as specified
for High Temperature Low Sag (HTLS) conductor and still air. An
allowance of 150mm shall also be provided to account for errors in
stringing.
Table-5
Voltage Level Minimum Ground Clearance
66kV 6100mm
110/132kV 6100mm
220/230kV 7015mm
400kV 8840mm
765kV 18000mm
Conductor creep shall be compensated by over tensioning the

conductor at a temperature depending on conductor type in
consultation with the Purchaser.
4.4.2 Live metal Clearance
The minimum live metal clearance to be provided between the live

parts and steel work of pole structure for transmission lines of
voltage level up to 400 kV shall be as per IS: 5613. For 765 kV lines
values given in table-6 are to be adopted:
Table-6
Voltage level Suspension Insulator

Swing Angle Clearance
765kV 00 5600 mm (S/C)

6100 mm (D/C)
250 4400 mm
550 1300 mm
For computing the live metal clearances, the dimensions and

configuration of suspension/tension insulators which shall actually
be used shall be considered as per requirement. The design of the
pole shall be such that it should satisfy all the above conditions
when clearances are measured from any live point of the strings.
4.4.3 Phase to Phase Spacing
The phase to phase vertical and horizontal spacing shall be

governed by the pole design/geometrical configuration as well as
minimum live metal clearances required under different insulator
swing angles. However, the values generally adopted are given in
Table-7. If there is more than one circuit on the pole, adequate
spacing shall be maintained between the circuits for maintenance of
one of the circuits when other circuit is live.
Table-7
Voltage level of Phase to phase spacing between

Line (kV) conductors (mm)
Vertical Horizontal
66 2000 3500
110 3200 5500
132 3900 6800
220 4900 8400
400 8000 11000
765 15000 15000
The staggering of conductors, if required, shall be as per IS: 5613.
4.4.4 Mid Span Clearance
The minimum vertical mid span clearance between the earth-wire/

OPGW and the nearest power conductor under all temperatures and
still air condition in the normal ruling span shall not be less than
the values mentioned in the Table-8 below. Further, the tensions of
the earth-wire/OPGW and power conductors shall be so
coordinated that the sag of earth-wires/OPGW shall be at least 10%
less than that of power conductors under all temperature loading
conditions for normal ruling span.
Table-8
Voltage Level Mid Span Clearance

66 kV 3000 mm
110 kV 4500 mm
132kV 6100 mm
220 kV / 230 kV 8500 mm
400 kV 9000 mm
765 kV 9000 mm
Note: At restricted locations, suitable technical arrangement like Line

arrestors may be adopted for further reduction in Mid-span clearance
subject to verification by studies and testing.
4.5 Crossings
(a) Power line Crossing
(i) Clearance between power lines crossing each other shall

be kept in accordance with the Central Electricity
Authority (Measures Relating to Safety and Electric
Supply) Regulations. To achieve these clearances poles
with suitable extensions may be used, depending upon
the merit of the prevailing site condition.
(ii) The angle of crossing shall be 90o as far as possible,

however, it shall not be less than 75o. The crossing shall
be as near the support of the line as practicable, and the
support of the lower line shall not be erected below the
upper line.
(iii) For crossing of power line of 400kV or above voltage class,

large angle poles of deviation angle of 30-60 degree &
designed for dead end condition, with required body
extension, shall be used on either sides of the power line.
(iv) For crossing of power line of 110 kV, 132 kV, 220 kV and
230 kV voltage class, the tension poles (with suitable
deviation angle) with required body extension shall be
used on either sides of the power line and the crossing of

power lines of 66kV class shall be done with any type of
poles (suspension or tension) with required body
extension.
(v) In general, higher voltage line shall cross from above the
lower voltage line. In unavoidable circumstances, higher
voltage line can cross below the lower voltage line after
due consultation with the Purchaser of the existing line
provided all statutory clearances are met.
(vi) In case of crossing with tension poles proper guying shall

be provided to facilitate stringing of the power line
crossing sections separately on obtaining line shutdowns.
(b) Telecommunication Line Crossings
(i) For crossing of overhead telecommunication lines, Central

Electricity Authority (Measures Relating to Safety and
Electric Supply) Regulations and guidelines of Power and
Telecommunication Co-ordination Committee (PTCC) shall
be followed.
(ii) The angle of crossing shall be 90 degree as far as possible.

However, under exceptionally difficult situations when the
angle of crossing has to be below 60 degree, the matter
will be referred to the competent authority in charge of
the telecommunication system.
(iii) In the crossing span, power line support will be as near

the telecommunication line as possible, to obtain
increased vertical clearance between the wires.
(c) Railway Crossing
All the railway crossings coming en-route the transmission line

shall be identified by the Contractor and provisions of the
regulation of Railways Authorities shall be followed. Approval
from Railway Authorities shall be obtained before proceeding
with work of railway crossing.
(d) Road Crossing :
(i) All the road crossings coming en-route the transmission

line shall be identified by the Contractor and provisions of
the regulation of Highway Authorities shall be followed.
(ii) At all important road crossings, the pole shall generally be

fitted with tension insulator string.
(iii) At all National/State Highways, tension type poles (with

deviation angle of 30-60 deg.) with tension insulator
strings shall be used and crossing span shall not be more
than 250 meters, unless higher span is permitted by
National Highways Authority.
(e) River Crossing
(i) Minimum clearance of a power line above a river shall be

as per Central Electricity Authority (Measures Relating to
Safety and Electric Supply) Regulations and regulations of
appropriate River Authorities.
(ii) In case of major river crossing, river crossing poles shall

be of suspension type along with anchor poles of tension
type pole (with deviation angle of 30-60 deg.) on either
side of the main river crossing poles.
(f) For river crossings or power line crossings (66kV or above),

railways or road crossings (express way, national highway &
state highway) minimum two sets of long rod insulators or two
sets of disc insulator strings per phase shall be used.
(g) For PD/DPD/MCPD/MVPD type pole, where jumper is

projecting outside of cross arm, bidder shall adopt same cross
arm design as that used for dead end angle pole.
4.6 Angle of shielding
The angle of shielding is defined as the angle formed by the line

joining the centre lines of the earth wire/OPGW and outer power
conductor, in still air, at pole structure supports, to the vertical line
through the centre line of the earth-wire/OPGW. Bidders shall
design the pole in such a way that the angle of shielding does not
exceed 30o for 66kV/110kV/132kV/220kV/230kV lines, 20o for
400kV & 765kV (S/C) line and 10o for 765kV (D/C) lines.
The drop of the earth-wire clamp should be considered while

calculating the minimum angle of protection. For estimating the
minimum angle of protection the drop of earth wire suspension
clamp along with shackle shall be taken as 150 mm.
4.7 Design of Monopole Structure
Pole structure shall be designed as per following minimum

requirement:
4.7.1 Design Criteria
The pole structure shall be designed as per ASCE standard 48-19

(or subsequent revision) as applicable except otherwise specified in
this specification considering loading requirement (except wind
loading on body of the steel pole) as stipulated in latest versions of
IS: 802. Load on the pole body due to wind shall be calculated as
per IEC 60826 and relevant formula for calculation is given below
for reference. For calculation of wind load, the basic wind speed
shall be as per wind map given in National Building Code
2016. Manufacturers shall provide attachment points/devices
at various locations on the pole body for application of wind
loads during proto type testing of pole.
For pole structures to be used in the areas upto 60 km from
sea coast, K4 factor (i.e. importance factor for cyclonic region)
of 1.3, as per IS: 875-3, shall also be considered for
calculation of design wind speed i.e. Vd = VRK1K2K3K4 to be
used in IS 802.
Following Drag Coefficient Values (table-9) shall be used in

abovementioned formula for Polygonal Pole sections:
Table-9
Member Shape Drag Coefficient

16-Sided Polygonal 0.9
Square, Rectangle 2.0
A sample calculation for the loading on pole structure is attached as

Appendix-I.
4.7.2 Design Temperature
The following temperature range for the conductors and ground

wires shall be adopted for line design.
a) Minimum temperature (deg C): To be specified by Purchaser as

per site requirement
b) Every day temperature of conductor: 32 deg C
c) Max. temperature of
i) Conductor (deg C): As per Conductor used (As per relevant IS
for ACSR/AAAC/AL59 conductor and as per manufacturer’s
data for HTLS & other new generation conductors until IS is
available for them).
ii) Earth-wire exposed to sun: 53 deg C
Note: For region with colder climates (-5 deg C or below), everyday
temperature to be considered as 15 deg. C.
4.7.3 Normal Loading Conditions
4.7.3.1 The loads on pole structure, conductor, earthwire/OPGW and

insulators under different loading conditions viz. Reliability
Conditions (Normal Condition), Security Conditions (Broken Wire
Condition), Safety Conditions, Anti cascading condition etc. shall be
calculated as per latest version of IS: 802 or as specified in this
specification considering various combinations of design
temperatures & wind loads and loading trees/diagrams/charts
shall be prepared. However, due to symmetry of pole structures, the
narrow front wind requirements under security condition may be
neglected. Further the Reliability level as per following Table-10
shall be considered for design of pole structure of transmission
lines:
Table-10
66 kV to 400 kV Transmission lines Reliability level 1

with one / two circuits and one / corresponding to 50 years
two conductors per phase return period
(a) 66 kV to 400 kV Transmission Reliability level 2
lines with more than 2 circuits; corresponding to 150
(b) 400 kV Transmission lines with years return period
more than two conductors per
phase;
(c) 765 kV transmission lines
(a) Special type pole structures; Reliability level 3
(b) Tall River crossing (>600 m span) corresponding to 500
pole structures; years return period
(c) Pole structures whose full scale
prototype can not be tested due
to limitation of testing facility in
India
4.7.3.2 Any other design criteria and loading condition proposed by the
Standing Committee of experts for investigation of transmission
pole failure or any other task force constituted by the Government
shall also be considered for designing of pole structure.
4.7.3.3 The loading trees/diagrams/charts shall be submitted to the

Purchaser for approval. The pole structure designs shall be
developed by the Contractor as per the approved loading
trees/diagram/charts.
4.7.3.4 For calculating vertical loads on the pole structure, the weight of
suspension insulator and tension insulator shall also be considered
for each phase conductor depending on the requirement.
4.7.3.5 In case pole structure designed for symmetrical configuration of

circuits is used for stringing of circuit(s) on one side of the pole, it
shall be ensured that pole is suitable for such scenario.
4.7.3.6 Negative directional wind shall be considered for single circuit poles.
4.7.4 Maximum Tension
4.7.4.1 Max tension shall be based on either
a) At 0 deg C (or at a temperature below 0 deg C if so specified by

the Purchaser) with 36% full wind pressure, or
b) At 32 deg C with full wind pressure;

whichever is more stringent.
4.7.4.2 Sag tension calculations are to be carried out by the Contractor

considering conductor & earthwire/OPGW parameters & specified
conditions and spans.
4.7.4.3 The conductor/earthwire/OPGW tension at everyday temperature

and without external load should not exceed the following
percentage of the ultimate strength of the conductor (table-11):
Table-11
(a) Initial unloaded tension 35%
(b) Final unloaded tension
(i) below 400kV 25%
(ii)400 kV and above 22% (conductor)
20% (earthwire/OPGW)
4.7.4.4 The ultimate tension of conductor and earthwire under everyday

temperature and 100% design wind pressure, or minimum
temperature and 36% design wind pressure shall not exceed 70 per
cent of their ultimate tensile strengths. Similarly, the ultimate
tension of OPGW under everyday temperature and 100% design
wind pressure, or minimum temperature and 36% design wind
pressure shall not exceed 40 per cent (upto 60% if verified through
relevant tests) of the ultimate tensile strength of OPGW.
4.8 Electro-mechanical strength of insulator
Electro-mechanical strength of insulator shall be selected such

that:
a) under 100% design wind loading conditions, the load on
insulator string shall not exceed 70 % of its electro-mechanical
strength;
b) under everyday temperature and nil wind conditions, the load
on insulator string shall not exceed 25% of its electro-
mechanical strength.
4.9 Conductor and Earth-wire Configuration
4.9.1 Conductor configuration shall be as specified by the Purchaser as

per its requirement.
4.9.2 Single earthwire shall be used for transmission lines up to 220 kV

and two earthwires shall be used for transmission lines of 400 kV
and higher voltage classes.
4.9.3 The earthwire shall be OPGW or galvanized stranded steel (GSS) or

Aluminium Alloy Conductor Steel Reinforced (AACSR) type, as
specified by the Purchaser.
4.10 Deflection Criteria (for both suspension and tension Pole

structure)
The maximum deflection of 5% (under ultimate load condition) of

the height of pole shall be considered in the design where there is
no restriction at site. However maximum deflection during testing
shall not exceed 8% after testing for 10 critical load cases.
Deflection during every day loading conditions should not exceed
2%. However, in any situation, the required electrical clearances at
site has to be maintained as per Central Electricity Authority
(Measures Relating to Safety and Electric Supply) Regulations.
4.11 D/T and W/T Ratio for Design of pole Structure
While designing the pole structure, the D/T ratio and W/T ratio (D:
Diameter of section, W: Width of side, & T: Thickness of sheet), as
applicable in line with ACSE 48-19 (or its latest version), shall be
maintained properly to avoid buckling and ovality of the individual
sections of the pole structure under load during transportation and
handling.
5.0 Design Calculation and Drawing
5.1 The detailed design calculations and drawings for different type of
pole structure for the transmission line along with design of
different type of foundation for the same are required to be
furnished to the Purchaser along with the bid. The line diagrams of
pole structures and foundations are also to be furnished. The
bidder shall also furnish basic assumptions and criteria of pole
structure design so that design calculations, even if computerized,
could be checked.
5.2 After award of contract, the Contractor shall submit detailed design
of all polygonal pole structures with all extension along with stress
diagram/computer output together with sample calculations,
calculations for deflection, and foundation design and drawing etc.,
anchor bolt templates and loading/rigging arrangement of pole
testing to enable the Purchaser to make a preliminary check
regarding structural stability of pole before tests.
5.3 The Contractor shall also submit one copy of reproducible of all
drawings & Bill of Materials after final approval.
5.4 The drawings of accessories of pole structure like number plate,

danger plate, phase plate, circuit plate, step bolt, anti-climbing
device, pole plate and earthing arrangement, bird guard, D-shackle,

aviation day and night markers/painting on pole etc. shall be
prepared by the Contractor and shall be submitted to the
Purchaser for approval.
5.5 After approval of design by the Purchaser/Consultant, the

Contractor shall develop structural drawings including all details of
cross arms, joints and attachments based on approved design and
furnish hard & soft copies of the drawings for scrutiny at
Purchaser's end. If the design/drawings are corrected by the
Purchaser, the Contractor shall submit revised designs/drawings
within 15 (fifteen) days of issue of corrections. The Contractor shall
develop computer aided structural drawings and prepare bills of
materials and shop drawings of Pole structure. After thorough
scrutiny and upon satisfaction about the soundness/correctness of
joints and the drawing as a whole, the Purchaser shall convey his
acceptance to the Contractor.
5.6 Upon receiving the acceptance of structural drawing from the

Purchaser, the Contractor shall develop shop drawings for Pole
structure and fabricate them as per the drawings for the purpose of
proto assembly and inspection. During proto-assembly inspection,
Purchaser may depute their Engineer for checking the conformity.
However, the overall responsibility of ensuring the correctness of
the shop & structural drawings and the proto assembly shall lie
with the Contractor. At this stage if any modification is required to
be carried out on the fabrication shop drawings or on the structural
drawings, the same shall be properly incorporated with prior
intimation to the Purchaser.
5.7 Subsequent to the successful proto assembly of the Pole structure,

the pole shall be tested as per IS: 802 and as specified by the
Purchaser. The test shall be carried out in presence of Purchaser's
and Contractor's representatives.
5.8 At the time of proto assembly and/or proto testing, if any

modification are required to be carried out, the same shall be
incorporated by the Contractor and the revised structural drawings,
bills of materials and shop drawings shall be submitted to the
Purchaser within 15 days of completion of testing of poles for
approval. After approval, the Contractor shall submit copies of
drawings/BOMs and 2 sets of shop drawings. Soft copies of
Structural & Shop drawings and BOM's shall also be submitted in
CD/DVD/Pen drive for use on computer.
5.9 The right of design shall be with the Purchaser. All drawings
therefore shall be duly marked with the following:
WARNING: THIS IS PROPRIETARY ITEM AND DESIGN RIGHT IS

STRICTLY RESERVED WITH PURCHASER. UNDER NO
CIRCUMSTANCES THIS DRAWING SHALL BE USED BY
ANYBODY WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION FROM THE
PURCHASER IN WRITING.
5.10 Loading Trees: Loading trees shall be prepared by the Contractor

for design purposes. The loading trees shall summarize various
aspects regarding loading and shall govern the design besides
requirements stipulated in IS: 802.
5.11 After successful testing of pole structure and subsequent approval

of design, drawing and bill of materials, the Contractor shall furnish
the soft copies and 4 sets of hard copies of following design
calculations, drawings and bill of material to the Purchaser within
fifteen (15) days of approval:
(a) Detailed design calculation including pole deflection calculations

and drawing for pole structure & foundations.
(b) Detailed structural drawings indicating dimension details of
sections and cross-arms, sizes of plates and anchor bolt
assembly details along with hole to hole distance, joint details
etc.
(c) Bill of materials indicating cutting and bending detail against
each part.
(d) Shop drawings showing all details relevant to fabrication.
(e) All the drawings for the pole hardware & accessories.
5.12 While submitting the designs, structural drawings, bill of materials

and any other drawings pertaining to the subject transmission line,
the Contractor shall clearly indicate on each drawing Specification
No., Name of the transmission line and project, Name of Purchaser,
letter reference No., revision No., and dates on which the
submissions are made.
5.13 The drawings shall be prepared to the appropriate scale as per the
relevant standards. Not To Scale (NTS) drawings shall not be
accepted.
6.0 General Construction
6.1 Pole Structure
6.1.1 Steel grades having designated yield strength less than or equal to
that of IS: 2062 grade E450 or equivalent are to be used in Pole
structures, which includes pole shaft, cross arms & arm brackets,
base plate etc. The quality of steel shall be BR/B0/C type as per IS
2062. Not more than three grades of steel shall be permitted for
use. Steel plates below 6 mm size exclusively used for packing
plates/packing washers produced as per IS: 1079 (Grade-HR0) are

also acceptable.
6.1.2 Pole shall be continuously tapered from top to bottom with uniform
slope. However, when required straight sections (without tapered)
may be designed/used as extensions.
6.1.3 Steel grade of weldable quality only shall be selected. The grades of
steel shall be selected to meet the design requirements & climatic
conditions keeping in view the overall optimum weight of the pole
structure and availability of material.
6.1.4 The sheets/plates of monopole shall be from primary steel

producers such as TATA/SAIL/JSW/ RINL/ POSCO/ ArcelorMittal
Nippon Steel India/ Jindal Steel/ only. If the sheets/plates can not
be directly procured from these sources, the same can be procured
from dealer/distributors subject to condition that the original
maker of the steel are aforementioned suppliers and same should
be traceable. The manufacturer shall provide necessary documents
for the same.
6.1.5 Quality Control Order issued by Ministry of Steel, as applicable,

shall be followed.
6.2 Anchor Bolts
Anchor bolts shall generally conform to IS: 5624. The size, grade &
numbers of anchor bolts and its thread & nuts selection should be
compatible with the required strength as per design. The anchor
bolts for the pole shall be provided with top and bottom templates
to form cage. This is to get a proper alignment of bolts during
casting of foundation. Anchor bolts shall be completely galvanized.
6.3 Fasteners: Bolts, Nuts and Washers
6.3.1 All bolts and nuts shall conform to IS: 12427. All bolts and nuts
shall be galvanized as per IS: 1367 (Part-XIII)/IS: 2629 and shall
have hexagonal head and nuts, the heads being forged out of the
solid steel rods & shall be truly concentric, and square with the
shank, which must be perfectly straight.
6.3.2 The foundation bolts shall be of minimum 16 mm diameter and of

property class 6.8/8.8 and the connection bolts shall be of
minimum 12 mm and of property class 8.8 specified in IS: 1367
(Part-III). Nuts of property class matching with the property class of
mating bolt as specified in IS: 1367 (Part-VI) shall be used.
6.3.3 Bolts up to M16 and having length up to 10 times the diameter of

the bolt should be manufactured by cold forging and thread rolling
process to obtain in good & reliable mechanical properties and

effective dimensional control. The shear strength of bolts shall be as
per applicable standard. Bolts should be provided with washer in
accordance with IS: 1363 (Part-I) to ensure proper bearing.
6.3.4 All bolts shall be threaded to take the full depth of the nuts and
threaded enough to permit firm gripping of the members. It shall be
ensured that the threaded portion of each bolt protrudes not less
than 3 mm when fully tightened. All nuts shall fit and tight to the
point where the shank of the bolt connects to the head.
6.3.5 To obviate bending stress in bolts or to reduce it to minimum, no

bolt shall connect aggregate thickness of more than three (3) times
its diameter.
6.3.6 Bolts at the joints shall be staggered so that nuts may be tightened
with spanners without fouling.
6.3.7 Nuts should be double chamfered as per the requirement of IS:

1363 Part- III. It should be ensured by the manufacturer that nuts
should not be overlapped beyond 0.4 mm oversize on effective
diameter of bolts. The nuts shall be forged and tapped after
galvanizing and then lubricated.
6.3.8 The bolts and nuts shall be free from forging & threading defects
such as cuts, splits, burrs, bulging, taper, eccentricity, loose fit etc.
6.3.9 Flat and tapered washers shall be provided wherever necessary.
6.3.10 Spring washers shall be provided for insertion under all nuts. These
washers shall be of steel and shall be electro-galvanized, positive
lock type and 3.5 mm in thickness for 16 mm dia bolt and 4.5 mm
for 24 mm bolt. In place of spring washer, double nut or lock nut
may be provided with flat washer.
6.3.11 The surface of the washers shall be free of scales and burrs. The
washers shall be coiled without any kinks (except for the shape with
turned-up ends). The ends of the washer shall be so served as to
prevent tangling.
6.3.12 The spring washers after coiling shall be suitably heat treated so as
to result in the finished washer having hardness 43 to 50 HRC
when tested in accordance with IS: 1586.
6.3.13 To ensure effective in-process Quality Control it is essential that the

manufacturer have all the testing facilities for tests like weight of
zinc coating, shear strength, other testing facilities etc. in-house.
The manufacturer should also have proper Quality Assurance
System which should be in line with the requirement of this

specification and IS: 14000 series Quality System standard.
6.4 Pole Structure Accessories
6.4.1 Ladders and Step Bolts
(a) A ladder along with protection rings (caged ladder) of suitable

design (preferable) shall be provided to climb on the pole
structure. Step bolts or combination of step bolts and ladder
may be provided if so specified by the Purchaser. For access to
earth wire peak and horizontal access on cross arms, step
bolts/suitable designed hooks/side railings can also be
provided. Detailing for providing step bolts/hooks/ladders etc.
shall be done so that all parts of pole structures are accessible
and installation & maintenance of insulators, hardware
assemblies, conductors etc. is possible.
(b) The ladder or step bolts shall extend from about 2.5 meters
above the ground level to the top of the pole.
(c) The step bolts, if provided, shall conform to IS: 10238 and shall
be of not less than 16 mm diameter & 175 mm long and spaced
not more than 450 mm apart. The head diameter shall be 35
mm. The step bolt shall be fixed on two sides of polygon of the
pole structure in alternate step arrangement. Each step bolt
shall be provided with two hexagon nuts on one end to fasten
the bolt securely to the pole and button head at the other end to
prevent the feet from slipping away. The step bolts shall be
capable of withstanding a vertical load not less than 1.5 kN.
6.4.2 Insulator Strings and Earthwire Clamps Attachments
(a) Insulators assemblies as approved by the Purchaser shall be

used by the Contractor for Suspension and Tension pole
structures. For specific application, the Purchaser may consider
use of insulated cross arm in place of conventional cross arm.
(b) For the attachment of suspension insulator string, a suitably

dimensioned swinging hanger on the pole, if required, shall be
provided so as to obtain specified clearances under respective
swinging conditions of the strings.
(c) The hanger, extension links, D-shackles etc. as required and

considered in the design of the pole, shall be of same strength as
that of corresponding electromechanical strength/ ultimate
tensile strength of insulator string. The design and supply of
hanger, extension links, D-shackles are also in the scope of the
Contractor.
(d) At tension pole structures, strain plates of suitable dimensions

on the underside of each cross-arm tip and suitable plate at the
top of earth-wire peak should be provided for taking the hooks
or D-Shackle of the tension insulator strings or earth-wire
tension clamps, as the case may be. Full details of the
attachments shall be submitted by the Contractor for
Purchaser’s approval before starting the mass fabrication.
6.4.3 Earthwire/OPGW Clamps
Suspension and tension clamps conforming to IS 5613 shall be

provided by the Contractor. For Suspension and tension clamp for
attachment of earthwire/OPGW the Contractor shall supply U–
bolts, D–Shackles etc. for attachment of clamp to the pole structure.
These items shall be of same rating/strength as that of
corresponding rating/Ultimate tensile Strength of earthwire
suspension/tension clamp.
6.4.4 Anti-climbing Device
Barbed wire or spike type anti-climbing device shall be provided and

installed by the Contractor for all pole structures. The height of the
anti-climbing device shall be provided approximately 3 m above
ground level. The barbed wire shall conform to IS: 278 (size
designation A1). The barbed wires shall be given chromating dip as
per procedure laid down in IS: 1340.
6.4.5 Danger plate, Number plate, Circuit plate and Phase plate
(a) Each pole shall be fitted with a number plate, danger plate and
a set of phase plates per circuit. The arrangement for fixing
these accessories shall not be more than 4.5 m above the
ground level.
(b) The number plate, phase plate and circuit plate shall be as per
IS 5613.
(c) The letters, figures and the conventional skull and bones of
danger plates shall conform to IS: 2551 and shall be in a signal
red on the front of the plate.
(d) The corners of the number, danger and circuit plates shall be
rounded off to remove sharp edges.
(e) The letters of number & circuit plates shall be red enameled
with white enameled background.
6.4.6 Bird Guards
To prevent birds perching immediately above the suspension

insulator strings (I-Type/V-Type) and fouling the same with
droppings, suitable bird guards shall be provided at cross-arm tips
of all suspension poles. Saw type bird guard conforming to IS: 5613
or other bird guard as approved by the Purchaser shall be provided.
The bird guard arrangement shall be such that it shall either
prevent bird from perching in position where they are liable to
cause damages or ensure that if birds do perch, droppings will fall
clear of the insulator string. Suitable provision of cleat/plate to be
provided on all suspension poles facilitating installation of bird
guard after stringing.
6.4.7 Aviation Requirement
The day and/or night visual aids and markers for denoting
transmission line or structures as per requirements of Directorate
of Flight Safety or International Civil Aviation Organization shall be
provided.
6.5 Pole Structure Fabrication
6.5.1 The Pole Structure along with cross arms, earthwire peaks, base
plate and joints shall be fabricated by the Contractor as per the
design developed by the Contractor and approved by the Purchaser/
Consultant.
6.5.2 The fabrication of Pole structure shall be in conformity with the

following:
(a) Except where hereinafter modified, details of fabrication shall

conform to good industry practices and relevant standards.
(b) Connections by means of slip joints or flange joints are both

acceptable on mutual agreement as per the site requirements
and conditions. Joints shall be so designed and fabricated that
eccentricity is avoided as far as possible.
(c) Pole section, if made with telescopic slip joints, shall be suitable
for easy assembly either in air or on the ground at the
construction site. Overlapping shall not be less than 1.5 times
the largest inside diameter of the female section. The taper of
each section at a slip joint should match the taper of the
adjacent section.
(d) On slip joints, diameter of the inner and outer part of the pole
structure shall be controlled to ensure smooth assembly of the
monopole structure.
(e) In case of flange joints, the flanges welded to pole sections will
be joined with Bolts & Nuts.
(f) The cross arms shall be connected to the monopole by means of

suitable flanges welded on the body and cross arms.
(g) The Pole structures shall be accurately fabricated to connect

together easily at site without any undue strain on the
structure.
(h) The diameter of the hole for bolts shall be equal to the diameter
of bolt plus 1.5 mm.
(i) The structure shall be designed so that all parts shall be

accessible for inspection and cleaning. Drain holes shall be
provided at all points where pockets of depression are likely to
hold water. The top end of the pole, earth-wire peaks and cross
arms shall be suitably sealed with cover plate bolted to the
structure.
(j) Maximum size of individual fabricated/welded piece shall be so

selected to facilitate easy handling transportation and erection
of pole structure. Any other specific restriction on length due to
site condition should be specified by the Purchaser beforehand.
The limits of weights & dimensions of individual components
shall be finalized at the time of design development and
approval.
(k) All similar parts shall be made strictly inter-changeable. All steel
sections before any work is done on them, shall be carefully
leveled, straightened and made true to detailed drawings by
methods which will not injure the materials so that when
assembled, the adjacent matching surfaces are in close contact
throughout.
(l) In case of restriction due to size of hot dip galvanizing bath, pole
segments shall be fabricated & galvanized as per following table
and shall be seamlessly welded.
Table-12
Sr. No. Outer Diameter of pole Max. permissible no. of
segment (in mm) fabricated parts per pole
segment
1. Upto 600 1
2. 600≤ D<1200 2
3. 1200≤D<1800 3
4. 1800≤D 4
(m) No sharp/rough edges shall be permitted in the entire structure.
(n) Suitable provisions shall be kept in design and detailing of pole

structure for easy erection at site using conventional as well as
mechanized methods. Detailed erection procedure/manuals

shall be prepared and submitted by the Contractor.
(o) Design and detailing for providing ladders/step bolts/hooks etc.

shall be done so that such provision would facilitate
accessibility to all parts of pole structures and installation &
maintenance of insulators, hardware assemblies, conductors
etc. can be done easily. Design detailing for provision of other
accessories viz. Anticlimbing device, Danger plate, Number
plate, Phase plate etc. shall also be done.
(p) At base plate and other intermediate flange connections the

plate shall be perfectly levelled to ensure uniform and gap free
connection.
(q) Lifting and handling of monopole during galvanization,

fabrication etc. shall be done in such a way that each panel of
monopole is perfectly straight. Also, spider bracings may be
used inside the pole to arrest distortion or bending during
handling.
6.5.3 Material Cutting, Forming & Bending
(a) The required material cutting, forming and bending operations

shall be carried out generally in accordance with ASCE standard
48-19 (or subsequent revision) "Design of Steel transmission
Pole Structures".
(b) Before any cutting work is started, all steel shall be carefully
straightened & trued by pressure and not by hammering. They
shall again be trued after cutting & welding etc.
6.5.4 Drilling and Punching
(a) Holes for bolts shall be drilled or punched with a jig or made
with plasma/gas but drilled holes shall be preferred.
(b) Holes must be perfectly circular and no tolerance in this aspect

is permissible.
(c) The maximum allowable difference in diameter of the holes on

the two sides of plates or angle is 0.8 mm, i.e., the allowable
taper in a punched hole should not exceed 0.8 mm on diameter
(Not applicable for template holes and lifting holes).
(d) Holes must be square with the plates and have their walls
parallel.
(e) All burrs left by drills or punch shall be removed completely.

When the pole members are in position the holes shall be truly
opposite to each other. Drilling or reaming to enlarge holes shall
not be permitted.
6.5.5 Welding
(a) Welding being the key process of pole manufacturing, the

manufacturer should have ISO 3834-2 certification for quality of
welding.
(b) All welding shall be in accordance with the latest revision of

American Welding Society Structural Welding Code (ANSI/AWS
D1.1). Welding terms and symbols should comply with the AWS
definitions and symbols.
(c) Care should be exercised with respect to welding procedures,

qualification of welders/operators, electrodes, preheat, notch
toughness and minimum yield of the electrodes to ensure
conformance with the requirements of the ANSI/AWS D 1.1
code. Preheating shall be done according to the ANSI/AWS code
or the steel producer’s recommendations, or both. The welding
shall be done by the shield metal-arc, gas shielded flux core, gas
shield metal arc or submerged-arc processes. The storage of
welding consumables (welding wire, electrodes, fluxes and
gases) shall be in accordance with AWS D1.1 and as per
manufacturer’s recommendations. These details shall be
included in MQP (Manufacturing Quality Plan) to be prepared
and submitted by the Contractor.
(d) Circumferential and longitudinal welds within the slip joint area
of pole sections should be ultrasonically inspected in accordance
with AWS D1.1. Longitudinal welds in pole sections where visual
inspection is not adequate, magnetic particle tests or dye
penetration test should be conducted in accordance with AWS
D1.1.
(e) Pole shaft-to-base plate, and pole shaft-to-flange shall be full

penetration welds. Arm shaft-to-arm bracket shall be partial
penetration groove weld with fillet overlay, sized to develop the
full strength of the shaft. Longitudinal seam welding of pole
shaft (not in slip joint area) shall be partial penetration (min.
60%) from outer side.
(f) Warping of base plate due to exposure to extreme heat during

welding shall be avoided.
6.5.6 Erection mark
Each individual member shall have an erection mark conforming to

the component number given to it in the fabrication drawings. This
mark shall be made with marking dies of 16 mm size before
galvanizing and shall be legible after galvanizing. Purchaser may
specify erection mark format as per its requirement.
7.0 Quantities and weight
(a) The provisional quantities required (including provisional spare

for pole structure quantity) shall be mentioned by the
Purchaser. The final quantities of pole structure including spare
pole structures shall be confirmed by the Purchaser based on
the requirement of quantities of various pole structures after
completion of detailed survey.
(b) The Purchaser reserves the right to order the final quantities
including required quantities of spares.
(c) The rate quoted by the bidder for pole structure / structure
parts supply is deemed to be inclusive of galvanizing charges &
the cost of zinc.
(d) The Contractor is to supply up to 2.5% extra fasteners to take

care of losses during erection.
(e) Payment of the pole structures shall be made on per structure

basis as per the unit rates in the contract irrespective of any
change in weight of structure estimated by the bidder at the
time of the bidding vis-à-vis weight of structure as per actual
tested and approved design.
8.0 Galvanizing
8.1 The pole manufacturer has to submit in writing the suitability of its
galvanizing facility/bath where the pole sections are to be
galvanized.
8.2 Fully galvanized poles structures and anchor plate excluding

template shall be used for the transmission lines. Galvanizing of the
pole structure shall conform to IS: 2629 and IS: 4759. All
galvanized members shall withstand tests as per IS: 2633. For
fasteners, the galvanizing shall conform to IS: 1367 (Part-13).
Spring washers shall be electro-galvanized as per service grade 4 of
IS: 1573.
8.3 The galvanizing shall be done after all fabrication work is

completed, except that the nuts may be tapped or re-run after
galvanizing. Threads of bolts and nuts shall have a neat fit and
shall be such that they can be turned with finger throughout the
length of threads of bolts and they shall be capable of developing
full strength of the bolts.
8.4 All fabrication work on pole sections (including welding of base

section with base plate) shall be completed in all respect before hot
dip galvanization. No cutting, grinding, welding, fabrication etc.
shall be allowed on any pole sections after hot dip galvanization is
over except sections that will use metallizing.
8.5 The zinc coating shall be adherent, reasonably uniform, smooth,

continuous and free from imperfections such as black/bare spots,
ash rust strains, bulky white deposits/wet storage strains and
blisters.
8.6 The fabricated pole structure parts shall have a minimum overall
mass of Zinc coating and average zinc coating thickness as given
below (table-13):
Table-13
Minimum mass Average coating
of zinc coating thickness of zinc
(g/m2) coating (micron)
For plates and sections 460 65
below 5 mm
For plates and sections of 610 87
5 mm and above
8.7 For installation in coastal areas (upto 20 km from sea coast), the
fabricated pole parts shall have a minimum overall mass of Zinc
coating and average zinc coating thickness as given below (table-
14):
Table-14
Minimum mass Average coating

of zinc coating thickness of zinc
(g/m2) coating (micron)
For plates and sections 610 87
below 5 mm
For plates and sections of 900 127
5 mm and above
8.8 The Contractor shall also take guidelines from the recommended
practices for hot dip galvanizing laid down in IS 2629 while deciding
and implementing galvanizing procedure. The mandatory
requirements however, are specified herein. The surface preparation
for fabricated pole structure parts for hot dip galvanizing shall be
carried out as indicated herein below:
(a) Degreasing & Cleaning of Surface: Degreasing and cleaning of

surface, wherever required, shall be carried out in accordance
with IS 2629. After degreasing the article shall be thoroughly
rinsed. However, if acidic degreasers are used, rinsing is not
required.
(b) Pickling: Pickling shall be done using either hydrochloric or

sulphuric acid as recommended in IS 2629. The actual
concentration of the acids and the time duration of immersion
shall be determined by the Contractor depending on the nature
of material to be pickled. Suitable inhibitors also shall be used
with the acids to avoid over pickling. The acid concentration,
inhibitors used, and maximum allowable iron content shall form
part of plant standard to be formulated and submitted to
Purchaser along with Quality Assurance Program.
(c) Rinsing: After pickling, the material shall be rinsed, preferably

in running water to remove acid traces, iron particles or any
other impurities from the surface. Two rinse tanks are
preferable, with water cascading from the second tank to the
first to ensure thorough cleaning. Wherever single tank is
employed, the water shall be periodically changed to avoid acid
contamination, and removal of other residues from the tank.
(d) Fluxing: The rinsed article shall be dipped in a solution of Zinc

ammonium chloride. The concentration and temperature of the
flux solution shall be standardized by the Contractor depending
on the article to be galvanized and individual circumstances.
These shall form part of plant standard to be formulated and
submitted to – Purchaser along with Quality Assurance
Program. The specific gravity of the flux solution shall be
periodically monitored and controlled by adding required
quantity of flux crystals to compensate for drag-out losses. Free
acid content of the flux solution also shall be periodically
checked and when it is more than two (2) grams of free acid per
litre of the solution, it shall be neutralized by adding ammonia
solution or by addition of zinc spelter. Alternatively, PH value
should be monitored periodically and maintained between 5.0 to
5.5.
(e) Drying: When dry galvanizing is adopted the article shall be

thoroughly dried after fluxing. For the purpose of drying, the
Contractor may use hot plate, air oven or any other proven
method ensuring complete drying of the article after fluxing and
prior to dipping in the molten zinc bath. The drying process
shall be such that the article shall not attain a temperature at
which the flux shall get decomposed. The article thus dried shall
be galvanized before the flux coating picks up moisture from the
atmosphere or the flux layer gets damaged or removed from the
surface. The drying procedure, time duration, temperature
limits, time lag between fluxing, drying, galvanizing etc. shall
form part of plant standard to be formulated and submitted to
Purchaser along with Quality Assurance Program.
(f) Quality of Zinc: Any one or combination of the grades of zinc

specified in IS 209 or IS 13229 or other comparable
international standard shall be used for galvanizing. The
Contractor shall declare the grade(s) of zinc proposed to be used
by them for galvanizing. The molten metal in the zinc bath shall
contain minimum 98.5 % zinc by mass. It shall be periodically
measured and recorded. Zinc aluminium alloy shall be added as
per IS 2629.
(g) Dipping Process: The temperature of the galvanizing bath shall

be continuously monitored and controlled. The working
temperature of the galvanizing bath shall be maintained at
450+/- 10 degree C .The article should be immersed in the bath
as rapidly as possible without Compromising on safety aspects.
The galvanizing bath temperature, immersion angle & time, time
duration of immersion, rate of withdrawal etc. shall be
monitored and controlled depending upon the size, shape,
thickness and chemical composition of the article such that the
mass of zinc coating and its uniformity meets the specified
requirements and the galvanized surface is free from
imperfections and galvanizing defects.
(h) Post Treatment: The article shall be quenched in water. The

quench water is to be changed/drained periodically to prevent
corrosive salts from accumulating in it. If water quenching is not
done then necessary cooling arrangements should be made. The
galvanized articles shall be dipped in dichromate solution
containing sodium dichromate and sulphuric acid or chromic
acid base additive at a predetermined concentration and kept at
room temperature to retard white rust attack. The temperature
of the chromate solution shall not exceed 65 degree C. The
articles shall not be stacked immediately after quenching and
di-chromating. It shall be ensured that the articles are dry
before any further handling operation.
(i) Storing, Packing and Handling: In order to prevent white rust

formation sufficient care should be exercised while storing
handling and transporting galvanized products. The articles

shall be stored in an adequately ventilated area. The articles
shall be stored with spacers in between them and kept at an
inclination to facilitate easy drainage of any water collected on
the articles. Similar care is to be taken while transporting and
storing the articles at site. The Contractor shall prepare a
detailed galvanizing procedure including Flow Chart with control
parameters and all plant standards as required above and
submit to Purchaser for approval as part of Quality Assurance
Plan. Whenever, galvanizing of any portion of pole structures is
carried out in two or more parts, Zinc Metallizing/cold
galvanizing or Zinc Rich Paint, (Pre- mixed type paint, based on
organic/inorganic binders specially formulated for steel surfaces
may be used after welding of parts so as to have equivalent
thickness of specified zinc coating. The dried film of Zinc Rich
Paint should contain a minimum of 92 percent Zinc Dust by
mass is allowed as per Section -11 of American Welding Society
standard AWS WZC/D19.0-72
(j) Repair Method: Repair of damaged & uncoated area of hot dip
galvanized coating shall be in accordance with ASTM A780 or
Equivalent standard.
8.9 Thermal (zinc) metallizing
(a) Procedure:
i) Surface Cleaning:
 The surface shall be cleaned by suitable clean cotton waste
where the Zinc Metalizing to be applied to remove traces of
oil & paint.
 Rust, Mill Scale, Welding Slag & other foreign particles
shall be removed by the Shot Blasting/Manual
Grinding/Wire Brush.
ii) Use of Equipment:

 The safety & operation instruction provided in the
instruction manual for specific make of machine shall be
followed.
 Equipment shall not be operated above recommended
pressure & flow.
iii) Equipment Handling:

 The equipment should be maintain in first class condition.
 It should be ensured that the gun is pointed away from
person & away from material that will burn.
 All air lines, compressor, regulators etc. should be
inspected regularly for leaks & loose connections.
iv) Method of Application:

 Suitable size of single zinc wire shall be fed into spray gun.
Zinc purity shall be 99.9%.
 Appropriate pressure of Acetylene & Oxygen (or any other
gases as required by manufacturer) cylinder to be
maintained as per manufacturer recommendation.
 Combination of above gases (e.g. Acetylene & Oxygen)
generates the flame and it melts the zinc wire &
compressed air blows melted metal onto desire surface.
 Distance & Angle of Spray Gun should be maintained to get
the desired bonding of zinc coating with surface.
 Take up the gas lighter and open the gas head valve all the
way (straight up).
 Pause for about 3 seconds.
 Close the valve half way until feel it click into the lightning
stop.
 Spark the lighter in front of the nozzle
 Immediately open the valve all the way as soon as the gun
lights.
 Single layer application of spray will give 45-60 microns.
 Zinc coating can be increases by application of number of
layers.
 Apply zinc layers until a uniform, thoroughly wet
appearances is obtained.
 To shut the gun down, turn off the gas head valve.
(b) Inspection after Metallizing:

 Visual inspection for smooth finish i.e. free from lumps,
loosely adherence particles.
 Check Dry Film Thickness (DFT) Meter/Elcometer as per
requirement.
9.0 Pole structure Foundations
The type of foundation for pole structure shall be designed based on

a geotechnical investigation of the soil.
9.1 Geotechnical Investigations
These specifications provide general guidelines for geotechnical

investigation of normal soils. Marshy locations and those affected by
salt water or saltpetre shall be treated as special locations and the
corresponding description in these specifications shall apply. Any
other information required for such locations shall be obtained by
Contractor and furnished to Purchaser. Detailed Geotechnical

Report shall be submitted to the Purchaser.
9.1.1 Scope
(a) The scope involves soil sampling and tests, the details of which
vary according to pole location, in order to develop
recommendations concerning foundation types regarding
bearing capacity, uplift resistance and settlement constraints,
as described hereafter. Detailed soil investigation shall be
carried out at various pole locations. Selection of location for
conducting the soil investigation and the depth of such test
pit/bore holes may be decided in consultation with the
foundation designer. Bore log data including depth of the
ground water table at each pole location shall be furnished.
Contractor shall also collect data regarding variation of subsoil
water table along the proposed line route. Based on the soil
parameters, Contractor shall recommend the foundation type
suitable for each location as qualified herein and as approved by
the Purchaser. The Purchaser may modify the field exploration
campaign both prior to and during the exploration process
based on the actual findings.
(b) The work shall include mobilization of all necessary tools &
equipment and provision of necessary engineering, supervision
and technical personnel, skilled & unskilled labour, etc. as
required to carry out the entire field investigation as well as
laboratory tests, analysis & interpretation of data collected and
preparation of the Geotechnical Report. The aforementioned
work shall be supervised by a graduate in Civil Engineering
having at least 5 years of site experience in geotechnical
investigation work.
(c) Contractor shall make its own arrangements to establish the

coordinate system required to position boreholes, tests pits and
other field test locations as per the drawings/sketches supplied
by Purchaser. Contractor shall determine the Reduced Levels
(RL's) at these locations with respect to benchmarks used in the
detailed survey. Two reference lines shall be established based
on survey data/details.
(d) Contractor shall provide at site all required survey instruments

to the satisfaction of the Purchaser so that the work can be
carried out accurately according to specifications and drawings.
(e) Contractor shall arrange to collect the data regarding change of

course of rivers, major natural streams and nalas, etc.,
encountered along the transmission line route from the best
available sources and shall furnish complete hydrological details
including maximum velocity discharge, highest flood level

(H.F.L.), scour depth, etc. of the concerned rivers, major streams
and nalas (canals).
(f) The field and laboratory data shall be recorded on the proforma
recommended in relevant Indian Standards. Contractor shall
submit to Purchaser copies of field bore logs (one copy each to
Purchaser's Site Office and Design Office) and all the field
records (countersigned by the Purchaser) soon after the
completion of each borehole/test.
(g) Whenever Contractor is unable to extract undisturbed samples,

it shall immediately inform the Purchaser. Special care shall be
taken for locations where marshy soils are encountered and
Contractor in such cases shall ensure that specified number of
vane shear tests are performed and the results correlated with
other soil parameters.
(h) The soft copy of all field records and laboratory test results shall
be sent to Purchaser on regular basis. Purchaser may observe,
at all times, the laboratory testing procedures.
(i) The Contractor shall interact with the Purchaser to get

acquainted with the different types of structures envisaged and
in assessing the load intensities on the foundation for the
various types of poles in order to enable him to make specific
recommendations for the depth, founding stratum, type of
foundation and the allowable bearing pressure.
(j) After reviewing Contractor's geotechnical investigation report,

Purchaser will discuss with Contractor's Geotechnical Engineer
and finalize the report.
(k) Contractor shall carry out all the works expressed and implied
in Clause 9.1.1 of these specifications in accordance with
requirements of the specification.
9.1.2 General Requirements
(a) Wherever possible, Contractor shall research and review existing

local knowledge, records of test pits, boreholes, etc., types of
foundations adopted and the behavior of existing structures,
particularly those similar to the present project.
(b) Contractor shall make use of information gathered from nearby

quarries, unlined wells, excavations, etc. Study of the general
topography of the surrounding areas will often help in the
delineation of different soil types.
(c) Contractor shall gather data regarding the removal of

overburden in the project area either by performing test
excavations, or by observing soil erosion or landslides in order
to estimate reconsolidation of the soil strata. Similarly, data
regarding recent landfills shall be studied to determine the
characteristics of such landfills as well as the original soil
strata.
(d) The water level in neighboring streams and water courses shall
be noted. Contractor shall make enquiries and shall verify
whether there are abandoned underground works e.g. worked
out ballast pits, quarries, old brick fields, mines, mineral
workings, etc.
(e) It is essential that equipment and instruments be properly

calibrated at the time of commencement of the work. If the
Purchaser so desires, Contractor shall arrange for having the
instruments tested/ calibrated at an approved laboratory at its
cost and shall submit the test reports to the Purchaser. If the
Purchaser desires to witness such tests, Contractor shall
arrange for the same.
9.1.3 Specific Requirements for Geotechnical Investigation
(a) Bore holes shall be executed to specified depth of minimum 20

m. If refusal strata is reached (i.e. Standard Penetration Test
(SPT)-N value is more than 100 continuously for 5 m depth) with
characteristics of rock, the bore hole may be terminated at
shallower depth i.e. at 5 m in refusal strata, with prior approval
of the Purchaser.
(b) Laboratory testing shall be conducted on all soil samples to

determine grain size distribution, liquid limit and plastic limit of
the different soil strata encountered.
(c) Geotechnical Report must furnish the following:
(i) Location map indicating bore hole number with respect to

the pole location
(ii) Safe Bearing Capacity (SBC) or Ultimate Bearing Capacity
(UBC) with factor of safety
(iii) Natural moisture content, specific gravity and bulk unit
weight
(iv) Cohesive Soil: Effective Unit Weight, Un-drained Shear
Strength (Cu)/Cohesion, Plasticity, Strain factor etc.
(v) Cohesion-less Soil: Effective Unit Weight, N Value, Angle of
internal friction, P-Y Modulus etc.
(vi) SDR/Fissured Rock/Week Rock/Hard Rock/Weathered
Rock: Effective Unit Weight, Unconfined Compressive
Strength, Shear Strength, Initial modulus of Rock mass,

porosity and density test, Point load index, Core recovery,
RQD index as per relevant IS/IRC standards, etc.
(vii) Details of water table, if any
(viii) Geotechnical investigation scheme
(ix) Bore-logs indicating soil and rock stratification with IS
classification, sampling details and SPT ‘N’ values
(x) Soil cross-sections along various bore holes in two
orthogonal directions indicating soil stratification based on
field and laboratory tests
(xi) Settlement characteristics of the foundation
(xii) Grain size distribution curves
(xiii) IS classification of soils
(xiv) Shear tests (UU) to be done on saturated soil samples
(Internal fraction, cohesion)
(xv) Presence of carbonates, sulphates, nitrates, organic matter
and any other chemicals harmful to the concrete
foundation obtained from chemical test on soil sample
(xvi) Bearing capacity of soil at different levels
(xvii) Highest Flood Level (H.F.L.); Maximum discharge, velocity
etc. (from authenticated source such as CWC or
appropriate State authorities)
(xviii) Recommendations regarding type of foundation to be
adopted at the location.
9.1.3.1 Specific requirement for river crossing poles:
(a) For River Crossing Poles following additional information must

be included in the report:
(i) Discharge by Irrigation & CAD department

(ii) Maximum River Level
(iii) Catchment Area
(iv) Scouring depth
(v) River Cross Section at specified pole location
(vi) Recommended Silt Factor or shall be considered as per
703.2.2.1 of IRC 78 as suitably based on geotechnical
Investigation report data.
(b) Contractor is required to mobilize a suitable arrangement

(floating pontoon, plant, equipment etc.) to carry out
geotechnical investigation work in creek/river locations
identified by the Purchaser.
(c) Contractor shall fully satisfy himself about the conditions of

creek/river (depth of water, wave currents, wind conditions, etc.)
prevailing in the area of proposed investigation and plan the
necessary tools and plant to be deployed before quoting. Any
claim resulting from lack of data collection in this respect shall

not be entertained.
(d) Contractor shall make his own arrangements for locating the
coordinates and position of boreholes in creek/river with respect
to two grid-lines indicated by Purchaser.
(e) Boring in creek or river shall be payable only below the bed level
and no payment shall be made for lowering the casing in water.
(f) Contractor shall arrange for necessary transportation on water

(e.g. motor boat) to facilitate the supervision of work by officials
of Purchaser at its own cost.
(g) Full details of the construction plant, proposed working method

for boring and sampling in water shall be submitted along with
the Tender.
9.1.4 Codes and Standards for Geotechnical investigations
(a) All work shall be carried out in accordance with the Indian
Standards and codes (latest revisions) and as amended from
time to time.
(b) All standards, specifications and codes of practice referred to

herein shall be the latest editions including all applicable official
amendments and revisions. In case of conflict between the
present specifications and those referred to herein, the former
shall prevail. Internationally accepted standards which ensure
equal or higher performance than those specified shall also be
accepted.
9.2 Foundation
(a) The foundation shall generally be either open cast raft type or
pier type/Drilled Concrete Caisson/Steel Caisson/Embedded
type or pile/micro piles or screw/Helical pile type/well type etc.,
based upon the ground water table and type of soil & rock,
depending on economy and feasibility of construction at site and
shall be in conformity with the present day practices followed in
the country or abroad and the specifications laid herein. Plain
Cement Concrete/Reinforced Cement Concrete footing shall be
used for all types of normal poles.
(b) The scope of work for foundation shall include design, supply of
materials such as cement, sand, aggregates, reinforcement steel
as well as all items of work related to supply and installation of
foundations such as form work, excavation, anchor bolt setting,
concreting, placement of reinforcement, shoring, shuttering,
dewatering, stock piling, dressing, curing, backfilling with

excavated/borrowed earth (irrespective of leads), consolidation
of earth, carriage of surplus earth to the suitable points of
disposals required by the Purchaser or any other activity related
to completion of foundation work.
(c) The proposal for these types of foundations shall be submitted

by the Contractor based on the detailed soil investigation and
approval for the same shall be obtained from the Purchaser.
(d) The bidder has to furnish along with the bid one sample
calculation for each type of foundation offer for verification of
correctness of design procedure adopted by the bidder.
(e) The bidder is required to quote in the relevant schedules of Bid,

the composite rate of foundation per pole for the foundations
listed in the Bill of quantities. The composite rate quoted shall
deem to include the complete scope of work as indicated above.
(f) The bidder is also required to furnish estimated foundation

volumes and unit rates for excavation, concreting and
reinforcement in the relevant schedules of Bid. The unit rates of
excavation, concreting & reinforcement when multiplied with the
corresponding estimated volumes shall match with the
composite rate quoted for the foundations for the complete
scope of work.
(g) However, if foundations of types/classifications other than those

listed in Bill of Quantities, are required to be designed and
installed at certain locations due to different soil conditions, the
payment for such foundations shall be made based on the unit
rates for excavation, concreting and reinforcement, which shall
be deemed to include the complete scope of work as indicated
above.
9.3 Loads on Foundations
9.3.1 The foundation shall be designed for the pole base reactions
obtained from structural analysis due to specific loads or load
combinations on the superstructure with the relevant load factors
in accordance with relevant IS and IRC standards.
9.3.2 The reactions on the foundation/pedestal for Pole structure shall be

calculated considering following types of the loads:
a) Tension (uplift)/Compression (Downward thrust) force
b) Horizontal Shear forces
c) Longitudinal & Transverse direction base moments
9.3.3 The additional weight of concrete over the earth weight in the
foundation below ground level and the full weight of' concrete above
the ground level in the foundation will also be taken into account
adding to the down thrust.
9.4 Stability Analysis
In addition to the strength design, stability analysis of the

foundation shall be done to check the possibility of loss of contact
with soil/rock, failure by over-turning, uprooting, sliding and tilting
of the foundation. The maximum bearing pressure on soil should
not exceed bearing capacity of soil. The foundation should remain
stable under all the possible combinations of loading, to which it is
likely to be subjected under the most stringent conditions. The
stability of foundations should be checked for the following aspects:
9.4.1 The following primary type of soil resistance shall be assumed to act
in resisting the loads imposed on the footing in earth:
a) Resistance against uplift
The uplift loads will be assumed to be resisted by the weight of

earth volume contained in an inverted frustum of a cone on the
footing pad whose sides make an angle equal to the angle of
repose of the earth with the vertical, in average soil. The weight
of concrete embedded in earth and that above the ground will
also be considered for resisting the uplift.
b) Resistance against down-thrust
The following load combinations shall be resisted by the bearing

strength of soil:
i) The down thrust loads combined with the additional weight

of concrete above earth are assumed to be acting on the
total area of the bottom of the footing.
ii) The moment due to side thrust forces at the bottom of the
footing.
iii) Additional moments due to eccentricity of the loads.
The structural design of base slab shall be developed for the

above load combination. In case of toe pressure calculation due
to above load combination, allowable bearing pressure can be
increased by 25%.
c) Resistance against Over Turning Moment
The lateral load capacity of a chimney foundation shall be based

on the chimney acting as cantilever aided by the passive earth
resistance developed 500 mm below the ground level. The
chimney shaft shall be designed as per limit state method for
the combined action of axial forces, tension and compression
and the associated maximum bending moment. In these
calculations, the tensile strength of the concrete shall be
ignored.
9.4.2 In case the tension develops at the base of the foundation, the base
area should be reduced to a size where no tension occurs and base
pressure is recalculated. The recalculated maximum pressure on
such reduced area should not exceed allowable bearing pressure.
Such reduced area shall not be less than 80% of the total base area
of the footing/raft under worst load combinations.
9.5 Properties of Concrete & Reinforcement
9.5.1 The cement concrete used for the foundations shall be of minimum
grade M20 corresponding to 1:1.5:3 nominal mix ratios with 20 mm
coarse aggregate. If required higher grade concrete may be used for
casting of pole foundations as per site conditions. The concrete of
grade M25 or above shall be design mix concrete as per IS: 456. All
the properties of concrete regarding its strength under compression,
tension, shear, punching and bend etc. as well as workmanship
shall conform to IS: 456.
9.5.2 Ready Mix Concrete (RMC) from batching plant can also be used.
The ready mix concrete shall conform to IS: 4926. The selection
and use of Materials for the ready mix concrete shall be in
accordance with IS: 456. The minimum cement content shall not be
less than 330kg/m3. The transport of concrete and transportation
time shall be as per IS: 4926.
9.5.3 For foundation in creek or aggressive soil areas, concrete of grade

M30 Design Mix conforming to IS: 456 and epoxy coated
reinforcement as per IS: 13620 shall be used. In addition, 02 (two)
coats of bituminous painting of minimum 1.6 kg/m2 per coat shall
be applied on all the exposed faces of the foundation (i.e. pedestal &
base slab).
9.5.4 The weight of concrete to be considered for design of foundations

shall be as given in Table-15 below:
Table-15
Type of Concrete Weight of Concrete
Weight of dry region Weight in presence

KN/m3 (Kg/m3) of sub-soil water
KN/m3 (Kg/m3)
Plain Concrete 21.96 (2240) 12.16 (1240)
Reinforced 23.54 (2400) 13.73 (1400)
9.5.5 a) The Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) used in the concrete shall
conform to:
(i) IS: 269 - for 33 grade OPC

(ii) IS: 8112 - for 43 grade OPC
(iii) IS: 12269 - for 53 grade OPC.
b) The Pozzolana cement, if used in concrete, shall conform to IS:
1489.
9.5.6 Concrete aggregates shall conform to IS: 383.
9.5.7 Reinforcement shall conform to IS: 432 (Part-1) for Mild Steel &
Medium Tensile Steel bars and IS:1786 for High Strength Deformed
Steel Bars. All reinforcement shall be clean and free from loose mill
scales, dust, loose rust, and coats of paint, oil or other coatings,
which may destroy or reduce bond. Contractor shall supply,
fabricate and place reinforcement to shapes and dimensions as
indicated or as required to carry out the intent of drawings and
specifications. Only one type of steel shall be used for the design.
9.5.8 IS: 2502 - “Code of practice for bending and fixing of bars for
concrete reinforcement” shall be complied for reinforcement and IS:
5525 & SP: 34 to be read in conjunction with IS: 456, shall be
followed for reinforcement detailing.
9.6 Design of Foundations
9.6.1 Structural design of the foundations shall be done by Limit State

Method as per IS: 456.
9.6.2 The physical properties of soil under various conditions furnished

in table-16 to be considered for the design of foundations. However,
it may be noted that these properties are tentative in nature. These
soil properties shall be measured by the Contractor at the various
locations in conformity with the standard method of testing. After
soil investigations, if it is found that the design of foundations
based on above soil properties cannot be used at that location, new

foundation design shall be developed based on properties furnished
in soil report.
Table-16
1. Properties of soil Ultimate Angle of Repose

bearing Degree
capacity KN/m2
(Kg/m2)
(a) Normal Dry Soil 268 (27350) 30
(b) Sandy Dry Soil 268 (27350)
(c) Wet soil due to 134 (13675) 20
presence of sub-
soil water/surface
water 134 (13675) 15
(d) Wet Black cotton
soil
2. Weight of Earth Unit Value
(a) Dry KN/m3 (Kg/m3) 14.12 (1440)
(b) Sandy KN/m3 (Kg/m3) 14.12 (1440)
(c) In presence of KN/m3 (Kg/m3) 14.12 (1440)
surface water
(d) In presence of KN/m3 (Kg/m3) 9.22 (940)
subsoil water
3. Fissured Rock
(a) Ultimate bearing KN/m2 (Kg/m2) 612.19 (62500)
capacity
(both for dry as
well as submerged
fissured rock)
(b) Weight of fissured
rock
i) Dry
ii) In presence of KN/m2 (Kg/m2) 14.12 (1440)
subsoil water KN/m2 (Kg/m2) 9.22 (940)
c) Angle of repose
i) Dry Fissured rock
ii) submerged fissured Degree 20 deg.
rock Degree 10 deg.
4. Hard rock
a) Ultimate Bearing KN/m2 (Kg/m2) 1225.83
Capacity (125000)
b) Ultimate bond KN/m2 (Kg/m2) 0.147 (15)
between steel and
concrete
9.6.3 Particulars of the foundations, along with the estimated volumes of

concrete and excavation volumes for the various types of poles shall
be given in the bid.
9.6.4 The thickness of concrete in the pedestal portion of the pole

foundation would be such that it provides minimum clear cover of
not less than 50 mm from any part of the reinforcement to the
nearest outer surface of the concrete in respect of all dry locations
and not less than 75 mm, in case of all wet, partially submerged &
fully submerged locations.
9.6.5 While working out the volume of soil resisting uplift in Desert areas,
upper 500 mm depth of soil/sand shall not be considered.
9.6.6 The chimney top or muffing must be at least 300 mm above ground
level or above Highest Flood Level (whichever is higher).
9.6.7 The centroid axis of the concrete slab shall coincide with the axis of
the Pole/pedestal and pass through the center line of foundation
base. The design of the foundations (base slab and its
reinforcement) shall take into account the additional stresses in the
foundation resulting from the eccentricity introduced due to non-
compliance of this requirement.
9.6.8 At least 100 mm thick pad of size equal to the base of raft with its
sides vertical shall be provided below the raft for P.C.C. type
foundations and 150 mm for R.C.C. type foundation. Also, at least
75 mm thick lean concrete (1:3:6) pad shall be provided below
bottom slab. The size of the lean concrete shall be 75 mm beyond
base of bottom slab on all sides.
9.6.9 The thickness of base slab at centre i.e., at the point of maximum
bending shall not be less than 300 mm in case of RCC type
foundation.
9.6.10 The minimum distance between the lowest edge of the anchor bolt
and the bottom surface of concrete footing shall not be less than
200 mm.
9.6.11 The portion of the anchor bolt/anchor plate in the pedestal/raft/

chimney (or slab) shall be designed to take full down-thrust & uplift
loads by the anchor bolt/anchor plate combined with concrete. The
Contractor shall furnish the calculation for uprooting of anchor bolt
and design for bending of anchor plate along with the foundation
design.
9.6.12 Pile foundation design shall be based on IS: 2911 and non-
destructive integrating test shall be as per IS: 14893.
9.6.13 Over Load Factor: The overload factor for foundations shall be
considered as 1.1 i.e. the reaction on foundations shall be increased
by 10 per cent.
9.6.14 Pier type foundation, proposed to be adopted by bidder, shall be

designed and constructed as per IS: 456, IS: 491, and applicable
national/international standards/prudent utility practices so as to
withstand all loads/reactions due to pole structures.
9.6.15 In case of Screw anchor type/Steel caisson foundations, design

shall be as per applicable international standards and prudent
utility practices. Detailed design calculations shall be submitted by
the Contractor for approval of the Purchaser.
9.6.16 The construction drawings/working drawings along with design

calculation of foundations shall be submitted by the Contractor for
approval before execution.
9.7 Construction of pole foundations
9.7.1 Testing of Soil
The Contractor shall be required to undertake testing of soil for the

pole locations in the manner specified under relevant Clauses of
this Specification and shall submit his report about the subsoil
water table, type of soil encountered, bearing capacity of soil,
possibility of submergence and other soil properties required for the
design of foundations. The Contractor shall also furnish soil
resistivity values to the Purchaser along the line alignment.
9.7.2 Excavation
9.7.2.1 Excavation work must not be started until the pole schedule and
profile has been approved by the Purchaser.
9.7.2.2 Except as specifically otherwise provided, all excavation for footing

shall be made to the lines and grades of the foundation. The
excavation wall shall be vertical and the pit dimensions shall be
such as to allow a clearance of 150 mm on all sides from the
foundation pad. All excavation shall be protected so as to maintain
a clean sub-grade, until the footing is placed, using
timbering/shuttering, shoring etc., if necessary. Any sand, mud, silt
or other undesirable materials which may accumulate in the
excavated pit shall be removed by the Contractor before placing
concrete.
9.7.2.3 If any problem of dewatering persists at the construction site,

detailed scheme of dewatering shall be prepared before starting of
excavation work and IS: 9759 shall be followed as general guidance

for dewatering.
9.7.2.4 The soil to be excavated for pole foundations shall be classified as

under:
(a) Normal Dry Soil
Soil removable either manually, by means of an ordinary pick

axe, spade and shovel or mechanically by excavators etc.
(b) Wet Soil
During the excavation, if wet soil or the subsoil water table is

encountered within the range of foundation depth and/or where
pumping or bailing out of water is required due to presence of
surface water will be treated as wet soil.
(c) Dry Fissured Rock
Limestone, laterite, hard conglomerate or other soft or fissured

rock in dry condition which can be quarried or split with
crowbars, wedges, pickaxes etc. However, if required, light
blasting may be resorted to for loosening the material but this
will not in any way entitle the material to be classified as hard
rock.
(d) Wet Fissured Rock
Above fissured rock, when encountered with subsoil water

within the range of foundation depth or land where pumping or
bailing out of water is required, shall be treated as wet fissured
rock.
(e) Hard Rock
Any rock excavation other than specified under fissured rock

above for which blasting drilling, chiseling are required.
9.7.2.5 Where soil is of composite nature, classification of foundation shall

be according to the type of soil predominant in the footing.
9.7.2.6 No extra charge shall be admissible for the removal of the fallen
earth in the pit, when once excavated. Shoring and
timbering/shuttering as approved by authorized representative of
the Purchaser shall be provided by the Contractor when the soil
condition is so bad that there is likelihood of accident due to the
falling of earth.
9.7.2.7 Where rock is encountered, the holes for pole footings shall
preferably be drilled, but where blasting is to be resorted to as an
economy measure, it shall be done with the utmost care to minimize
the use of concrete for filling the blasted area.
9.7.2.8 Unnecessarily large quantities of excavation/blasting resulting in

placement of large volumes of concrete, payment of concrete should
be avoided.
9.7.2.9 The Contractor shall supply requisite blasting materials and be

responsible for the purpose of the storage and use of this material.
9.7.3 Setting of Anchor Bolts
(a) The anchor bolts shall be set correctly in accordance with

approved method at the exact location and alignment shall be
precisely at correct levels with the help of anchor bolt setting
templates and leveling instrument. Anchor bolts shall be set in
the presence of Purchaser's representative available at site and
for which adequate advance intimation shall be given to the
Purchaser by the Contractor.
(b) Setting of anchor bolts at each location shall be approved by the

Purchaser's representative.
9.7.4 Anchor Bolt Setting Templates
Anchor bolt cage assembly templates shall be designed and

arranged by the Contractor at no extra cost for all types of poles
Pitch Circle Diameters (PCD). The anchor bolt assembly templates
shall be galvanized in case it is forming part of foundation or shall
be red oxide painted where it is removable. The Contractor shall
deploy suitable number of templates to ensure timely completion of
line. One set of anchor bolt cage assembly of each type shall be
supplied without any extra cost to the Purchaser after completion of
work.
9.7.5 Mixing, Placing and Compacting of concrete
(a) The concrete shall be mixed in a mechanical mixer. However, in

case of difficult terrain, hand mixing may be permitted at the
discretion of Purchaser. The water for mixing concrete shall be
fresh, clean and free from oil, acids and alkalis. Salty or brackish
water shall not be used.
(b) Mixing shall be continued until there is uniform distribution of

material and the mix is uniform in color and consistency, but in
no case the mixing be done for less than two minutes. Normally
mixing shall be done close to the foundation, but in case it is not
possible the concrete may be mixed at the nearest convenient

place. The concrete shall be transported from the place of mixing
to the place of final deposit as rapidly as practicable by methods
which shall prevent the segregation or loss of any ingredient. The
concrete shall be placed and compacted before setting
commences.
(c) Form boxes shall be used for casting all types of foundations.
The concrete shall be laid down in 150 mm layers and
consolidated well, so that the cement cream works up to the top
and no honey-combing is left in the concrete. The mechanical
vibrator shall be employed for compacting the concrete. However,
in case of difficult terrain, manual compaction may be permitted
at the discretion of the Purchaser. After concreting the chimney
portion to the required height, the top surface should be finished
smooth with a slight slope towards the outer edge to drain off
any rain water falling on the coping.
(d) In wet locations, the site must be kept complete dewatered, both
during the placing of the concrete and for 24 hours thereafter.
There should be no disturbance of concrete by water during this
period.
(e) After the form work has been removed if the concrete surface is
found to be defective, the damage shall be repaired with rich
cement and sand mortar to the satisfaction of the Purchaser's
representative before the foundation pits are back filled.
9.7.6 Back Filling and Removal of Anchor bolt Template
(a) After opening of form work and removal of shoring and

timbering, if any, backfilling shall be started, after repairs, if any,
to the foundation concrete. Backfilling shall normally be done
with the excavated soil, unless it consists of large
boulders/stones, in which case the boulders shall be broken to a
maximum size of 80 mm. At such locations where borrowed
earth is required for backfilling, this shall be done by the
Contractor at no extra cost.
(b) The backfilling materials should be clean and free from organic
or other foreign materials. The earth shall be deposited in
maximum 200 mm layers, leveled, wetted and tempered properly
before another layer is deposited. Care shall be taken that the
backfilling is started from the foundation ends of the pits
towards the outer ends. After the pits have been backfilled to all
depth, the anchor bolt template may be removed.
(c) The backfilling and grading shall be carried to an elevation of

about 75 mm above the finished ground level to drain out water.
After backfilling, 50 mm high earthen embankment (band) will

be made along the sides of excavation pits and sufficient water
shall be poured in the backfilling earth for at least 24 hours.
9.7.7 Curing
The concrete after setting for 24 hours shall be cured by keeping

the concrete wet continuously for a period of 10 days after laying.
The pit may be back filled with selected earth sprinkled with
necessary amount of water and well consolidated in layers not
exceeding 200 mm of consolidated thickness after a minimum
period of 24 hours and thereafter both the backfilled earth and
exposed chimney top shall be kept wet for the remainder of the
prescribed time of 10 days. The uncovered concrete chimney above
the backfilled earth shall be kept wet by providing empty cement
bags dipped in water fully wrapped around the concrete chimney for
curing and ensuring that the bags are kept wet by the frequent
pouring of water on them.
9.7.8 Benching
When the line passes through hilly/undulated terrain, for a few pole
locations it may be required to level the ground for casting of pole
footings on same elevation. All the activities related to make the
required area of ground in same elevation for casting of foundation,
shall be termed as benching work. Benching work shall include
cutting of excess earth and removing the same to a suitable point of
disposal as required by the Purchaser. Benching shall be resorted
to only after getting specific approval from the Purchaser. Volume of
the earth to be cut shall be measured before cutting and got
approved from the Purchaser. This volume of earth shall be
considered for the purpose of payment against the head of benching
work.
9.7.9 Protection of pole footing
9.7.9.1 The work shall include all necessary stone revetments, concreting
and earth filling above ground level and the clearance from stacking
on the site of all surplus excavated soil, special measures for
protection of foundation close to or in nallas, river bed
hilly/undulated terrain etc. by providing suitable revetments or
galvanized wire netting and meshing packed with boulders. The top
seal cover of the stone revetments shall be done with M150 concrete
(1:2:4 mix). The Contractor shall furnish recommendations for
providing protection at these locations wherever required.
9.7.9.2 The quantity of excavated earth obtained from a particular location

shall generally be utilized in backfilling work in protection of pole
footing of same location, unless it is unsuitable for such purpose. In
the latter case, the backfilling shall be done with borrowed earth of
suitable quality irrespective of lead. The consolidation of earth shall,
however, be done after backfilling free of cost.
9.7.9.3 The provisional quantities for protection work to foundations, if

required, are to be furnished by the Purchaser.
10.0 Pole Erection, Stringing and Installation of Line
10.1 The erection, stringing and installation of line shall be carried out
as per the relevant standards and procedures.
10.2 The details of the scope of erection work shall include the cost of
labour, all tools & plants and all other incidental expenses in
connection with erection and stringing work.
10.3 The Contractor shall be responsible for transportation of all the

materials as per the scope of work to site, proper storage and
preservation at his own cost till such time the erected line is taken
over by the Purchaser. The Contractor shall be responsible for
transportation, proper storage, safe custody, loss or damage of all
supplied items for incorporation in the lines and shall maintain &
render proper account for all such materials at all times.
10.4 Contractor shall set up required number of stores along the line
and the exact location of such stores shall be discussed and agreed
to between the Contractor and the Purchaser.
10.5 Anchor bolt nuts can be secured to prevent loosening during

service, if desired by the Purchaser. The nuts may be secured by
mechanically damaging the bolt threads, using a mechanical
locking system, using a jam nut (a third nut set above the top nut
and tightened onto the top nut), or applying a tack weld between
the anchor bolt nut and the base plate. Because of the risk of heat
damage to high-strength bolt material, welds should not be applied
directly to the anchor bolt.
11.0 Earthing
11.1 Suitable provision shall be made for fixing of pipe type and counter
poise earthing on the pole structure. For counterpoise type
earthing, the earthing will vary depending on soil resistivity. For soil
resistivity less than 1500 ohms‐meter, earthing shall be established
by providing 4 lengths of 30 m counterpoise wire. Otherwise, for soil
resistivity greater than 1500 ohms meter earthing shall be
established by providing 4 length of 70 m counterpoise wire.
11.2 The footing resistance and impedance of each pole shall be

measured by the Contractor in dry weather after pole erection but
before the stringing of earth-wire and record of measurement shall

be submitted to the Purchaser. All the poles are to be earthed,
however, in any case Pole Footing impedance shall not exceed 10
ohms. Pipe type or Counterpoise type earthing or multiple earthing
or use of environmental friendly earth enhancement material shall
be used for earthing of poles to achieve specified pole footing
impedance. If it becomes difficult to achieve required pole footing
resistance & impedance, line surge arresters, if required, shall be
used on phase conductors, which will prevent back flashover. Pipe
type earthing and counterpoise type earthing shall be provided in
accordance with the stipulations made in IS: 3043 and IS: 5613
(Part-II/section-2). Additional earthing shall be provided on poles
after every 7 to 8 km distance for direct earthing of shield wires.
11.3 The provisional quantities for pipe type earthing and counterpoise
earthing shall be furnished in Bill of Quantities. The bidder shall
include cost of fabrication, supply and installation of earthing
material including supply of coke, salt, earth enhancement material
etc.
12.0 Statuary regulation and Standards
12.1 The Contractor is required to follow local statutory provisions,

stipulations of CEA Regulations & Electricity Act 2003 as amended
from time to time and other local rules and regulations referred in
these specifications.
12.2 The codes and/or standards referred to in specifications shall

govern, in all cases wherever such references are made. In case of a
conflict between such codes and/or standards and the
specifications, latter shall govern. Such codes and/or standards,
referred to shall mean the latest revisions and as amended from
time to time.
13.0 Quality Assurance
13.1 To ensure that the supply and services under the scope of this
Contract, whether manufactured or performed within the
Contractor's works or at his Sub-Contractor's premises or at Site or
at any other place of work, are in accordance with the
specifications. The Contractor shall adopt suitable Quality
Assurance Program to control such activities at all points
necessary. Such program shall be outlined by the Contractor and
shall be finally accepted by the Purchaser after discussions before
the award of Contract. A Quality Assurance Program of the
Contractor shall generally cover but not limited to the following:
(a) His organization structure for the management and

implementation of the proposed quality assurance program.
(b) Documentation control system.

(c) Qualification data for bidder's key personnel;
(d) The procedure for purchases of materials, parts/components
and selection of sub-Contractor's services including vendor
analysis, source inspection, incoming raw material inspection,
verification of material purchases, store inventory ledger, etc.
(e) System for shop manufacturing including process controls and
fabrication and assembly controls.
(f) Control of non-conforming items and system for corrective
action.
(g) Control of calibration and testing of measuring and testing
equipment.
(h) Inspection and test procedure for manufacture.
(i) System for indication and appraisal of inspection status.
(j) System for quality audits.
(k) System for authorizing release of manufactured product to the
Purchaser.
(l) System for maintenance of records.
(m) System for handling storage and delivery.
(n) A Quality Plan detailing out the specific quality control
procedure adopted for controlling the quality characteristics
relevant to each item of supply.
13.2 The Quality Plan shall be mutually discussed and approved by the
Purchaser after incorporating necessary corrections by the
Contractor as may be required.
13.3 Quality Assurance Documents: The Contractor shall be required

to submit all the Quality Assurance Documents as stipulated in the
Quality Plan at the time of or prior to Purchaser's inspection of
material.
13.4 The Purchaser, through his duly authorized representatives,

reserves the right to carry out Quality Audit and Quality
Surveillance of the systems and procedures of the Contractor's/his
sub-Contractor's Quality Management and Control Activities. A
typical Manufacturing Quality Plan (MQP) is enclosed as Annexure-
E.
14.0 Inspection and Tests
14.1 The prototype of pole structures with body extension shall be tested
as per relevant IS and specification. However, it shall not be
mandatory to test prototype of tall river crossing pole structures
and other special type pole structures designed for reliability level -
3 (500 year return period).
14.2 All standard tests, including quality control tests, in accordance

with appropriate Indian/International standard, shall be carried out
unless otherwise specified herein.
14.3 The Contractor shall keep the Purchaser informed in advance about
the time of starting and of the progress of manufacture and
fabrication of various pole parts at various stages so that
arrangements can be made for inspection.
14.4 The acceptance of any part of items shall in no way relieve the
Contractor of any part of his responsibility for meeting all the
requirements of the Specification.
14.5 The Purchaser or his representative shall have free access at all
reasonable times to those parts of the Contractor's works which are
concerned with the fabrication of the Purchaser's material for
satisfying himself that the fabrication is being done in accordance
with the provisions of the specifications.
14.6 Unless specified otherwise, inspection shall be made at the place of

manufacture prior to dispatch and shall be conducted so as not to
interfere unnecessarily with the operation of the work.
14.7 Structural components and 100% of all welds shall be visually

inspected to determine conformance to drawings, procedures,
overall workmanship, weld contour, weld size and any other
pertinent items.
14.8 Visual inspection shall be performed to detect pinhole crackings

and other undesirable characteristics.
14.9 Structural components shall be inspected for dimensional

compliance to determine conformance with detail drawings and
established tolerances.
14.10 Should any member of the structure be found not to comply with
the approved design, it shall be liable for rejection. No member once
rejected shall be resubmitted for inspection, except in cases where
the Purchaser or his authorized representative considers that the
defects can be rectified.
14.11 Defect which may appear during fabrication shall be rectified/made

good according to the procedure proposed by the Contractor and
approved by the Purchaser.
14.12 All gauges and templates necessary to satisfy the Purchaser shall be
supplied by the Manufacturer.
14.13 The correct grade and quality of steel shall be used by the
Contractor. To ascertain the quality of steel used, the inspector may
at his discretion get the material tested at an approved laboratory.
14.14 The Purchaser shall have the right to re-inspect at his expenses any
material though previously inspected and approved by him at the
Contractor's works, before and after the same are erected at Site.
14.15 Pole Load Tests
I. Testing of Pole Structure
(a) The Pole structure designed and supplied by Contractor shall

be proto type tested by Contractor at NABL accredited pole
testing station in India only. The proto type pole structure after
inspection by Purchaser shall be transported to the test bed by
the Contractor. The Contractor shall also carryout erection of
pole structure at the pole testing station and after successful
completion of proto-type testing, shall dismantle and take
back.
(b) Testing of Pole structure shall generally conform to IS: 802

(Part-III). The Purchaser shall depute its representative to
witness the tests. The responsibility for design and successful
proto type testing shall solely lie with the Contractor. At the
time of proto-assembly and/or proto testing, if any modification
is required to be carried out, the same shall be carried out by
the Contractor. These modifications, if any, shall also be
incorporated on the fabrication shop drawings and structural
drawings.
(c) A galvanized pole structure of each type complete with

extension or critical poles (poles with maximum angle of
deviation or with maximum extension or both) as decided by
the Purchaser based on quantities of supply and site
requirement shall be subjected to design and non-destructive
tests by applying test loads in a manner approved by the
Purchaser. The pole shall withstand these tests without
showing any sign of failure or permanent
distortion/deformation in any part and does not exceed the
specified deflection limits.
(d) The pole shall be tested for all the conditions considered for the
design of pole. The Contractor shall submit to the Purchaser,
for approval, the detailed program and proposal for testing the
poles showing the methods of carrying out the tests and
manner of applying the loads. After the Purchaser has
approved the test procedures and programs, the Contractors
will intimate the Purchaser about carrying out the tests at least
one week in advance of the scheduled date of tests during

which the Purchaser will arrange to depute his representative
to be present at the time of carrying out the tests. The
Contractor shall submit one set of shop drawings along with
the bill of materials at the time of prototype pole testing for
checking the pole and material. Further at the time of
submitting test report, the Contractor has to submit the final
tracings of shop drawings, Bill of materials and structural
drawings of pole for Purchaser’s reference and record.
(e) Premature Failure

(i) In the event of failure at less than 95% of the specified
design load, the failed component(s) may be replaced by
other component(s). The modified structure shall be
retested to resist 100% of specified design loads.
(ii) In the event of failure between 95% and less than 100% of
the specified design loads, with the exception of the final
load case, the support shall be modified and retested. If
failure occurs in the final load case, the Purchaser may opt
not to retest the modified support.
(iii) In the event of failure at 100% of the specified design loads
at less than 5 min. into the holding period, the client may
accept the support without modification.
Note: 1) The steel used in damaged portion/section in the
earlier test shall not be used again in the Pole structure.
2) In case of failure of any particular section/components
during testing, that particular section shall be replaced and
tests shall be continued for remaining tests/load cases. The
load case that caused the failure should then be repeated.
(f) In case of premature failure, the Purchaser may decide to carry
out the tensile test, bend test etc. as per relevant IS in any
NABL accredited lab for compliance of the material with the
specification for root cause analysis. The Contractor shall make
suitable arrangement for the same without any extra cost to
the Purchaser.
(g) No part of any pole shall be allowed to be used on the line

unless it has been subjected to test.
(h) The Contractor shall ensure that the specification of materials

and workmanship of all poles actually supplied conform strictly
to the poles which have successfully under gone the tests. In
case any deviation is detected, the Contractor shall replace
such defective poles free of cost to the Purchaser.
(i) Each type of pole to be tested shall be a full scale prototype/

galvanized pole and shall be erected vertically on rigid
foundation on the base plate arrangement above ground level
as provided in the design/drawing. The pole erected on the bed
shall not be out of plumb by more than 1 in 360.
(j) All the measuring instruments shall be calibrated in

systematic/ approved manner with the help of standard
weight/device. Calibration shall be done before commencing
the test of each pole up to the maximum anticipated loads to be
applied during testing.
(k) The suspension pole is to be tested with an arrangement

simulating the chosen insulators string.
(l) The tension pole is to be tested with strain plate as per

approved design/drawings.
(m) The sequence of testing shall be as per relevant standard or as

decided by the Purchaser at the time of approving the rigging
chart/test data sheet.
(n) Prefix T shall be marked on all members of test pole in addition

to the mark no. already provided.
(o) Purchaser's liability is limited to witnessing testing of poles

only once for each type of pole. Due to premature failure, if the
testing of pole is to be repeated more than once for any type of
pole, in such circumstances the Contractor has to bear all the
expenses in respect of Purchaser's representative.
(p) The destruction test shall not be carried out. The prototype
shall be inspected after testing. Welds shall be inspected in
accordance with the normal fabrication procedures. Visual
inspection shall be conducted for any signs of structural
damage.
(q) The pole structure subjected to test shall be allowed to be used

on the transmission line locations with lower deviation angle
limits (for e.g. PC type pole (15 to 30 degree deviation) structure
to be spotted for PB type pole location (2 to 15 degree
deviation)) or for locations having span lower than the designed
span, as decided by the Purchaser.
(r) Before utilization of tested pole in the transmission line the
pole shall be de-stressed and all specified tests including
examination of weld joints through Ultrasonic test shall be
carried out. The pole should be structurally sound and within
the fabrication tolerances.
II. Method of Load Application
(a) Loads shall be applied according to the approved rigging

arrangement through normal wire attachments, angles or bent
plates.
(b) The various types of loads, transverse, vertical and longitudinal

shall be applied in such a way that there is no impact loading
on the pole due to jerks from the winches.
(c) All the loads shall be measured through a suitable

arrangement of strain devices or by using weights. Positioning
of the strain devices shall be such that the effect of pulley
friction is eliminated. In case the pulley friction cannot be
avoided, the same will be measured by means of standard
weights and accounted for in the test loads.
III. Pole Testing Procedure
All the test procedures shall be approved prior to conducting

the type tests as per IS: 802 part 3. The procedure for conducting
the pole test shall be as follows:
(a) Bolt Slip test & Joint adjustment test
In a bolt slip & joint adjustment test the test loads shall be
gradually applied up to the 50% of design loads under normal
condition, kept constant for two (2) minutes at that loads and
then released gradually.
For measurement of deflection the initial and final readings on

the scales (in transverse & longitudinal directions) before
application and after the release of loads respectively shall be
taken with the help of theodolite. The difference between
readings gives the values of the bolt slip & joint adjustments.
The theodolite value after releasing the load to zero will be the
initial/base reading for all the main loading tests to be
conducted further.
(b) Normal Broken Wire Load Tests
All the loads, for a particular load-combination test, shall be

applied gradually up to the full design loads in the following
steps and shall also be released in the similar manner:
50 percent,
75 percent,
90 percent,
95 percent and
100 percent
(c) Observation Periods
Under normal and broken wire load tests, the monopole

structure shall be kept under observation for sign of any failure
for two minutes (excluding the time of adjustment of loads) for
all intermediate steps of loading up to and including 95 percent
of full design loads.
For normal, as well as broken wire tests, the monopole structure

shall be kept under observation for five (5) minutes (excluding
the time for adjustment of loads) after it is loaded up to 100
percent of full design loads for each load case.
While the loading operation are in progress, the monopole

structure shall be constantly watched, and if it shows any
tendency of failure anywhere, the loading shall be immediately
stopped, released and then entire monopole structure shall be
inspected. The reloading shall be started only after the corrective
measures are taken.
Full design loads for five (5) minutes, with no visible local
deformation after unloading (such as bowing, buckling etc.) and
no breakage of elements or constitute parts. The structure shall
be considered to be satisfactory, if it is able to support the
specified loads with no structural failure of prototype
members or parts and does not exceed the specified deflection
limits. Unloading should be controlled to avoid possible damage
or overload to the prototype.
Ovalization of holes and permanent deformation of bolts shall

not be considered as failure.
(d) Recording
The deflection of the pole structure at the top cross arm level in
transverse & longitudinal directions shall be recorded “before”
and “off” load conditions as well as at each intermediate and
final stage of normal load and broken wire load tests by means of
a theodolite and graduated scale. The scale shall be of about one
meter long with markings up to 5 mm accuracy. All deflections
shall be referenced to common base readings taken before the
first test loads are applied.
IV. Test Reports:
a) The test reports shall include the information as specified in IS

802 Part-III. Any other information as specified by the Purchaser
shall also be included in the report.
b) Certified steel producer test reports and physical test reports for
the material being used in prototype pole shall be furnished as
specified by the Purchaser.
15.0 Packing
15.1 The steel pole structure and its parts shall be suitably packaged so
as to avoid physical damages to pole and its galvanizing. Packing
procedure shall be submitted by Contractor for approval of the
Purchaser.
15.2 All components of any pole shall be sent in single consignment so

that complete pole can be erected without waiting for next
consignment.
15.3 The procedure that will prevent damage, loss or deterioration to the
structure during storage and shipment shall be provided by
Contractor/manufacturer.
15.4 Cleat angles, gusset plates, brackets, fillet plate, hanger and similar
loose pieces shall be tested and bolted together in multiples or
securely wired through holes.
15.5 Bolts, Nuts, washers and other attachments shall be packaged in

double gunny bags accurately tagged in accordance with the
contents.
15.6 The packings shall be properly done to avoid losses/damages

during transit. Each bundle or package shall be appropriately
marked.
16.0 Annexures as listed below have been provided for guidance of

the utilities/developers and may be modified as per
requirement:
(a) Annexure-A: Survey, Route marking, Profile Plotting and Pole

Spotting
(b) Annexure-B: Assembly and Installation of Pole structures
(c) Annexure-C: Safety Guide Lines
(d) Annexure-D: Bidder’s/Contractor’s Guaranteed Data Sheet
(e) Annexure-E: Standard Manufacturing Quality Plan (MQP)
(f) Annexure-F: Field Quality Plan
(g) Annexure-G: Relevant Indian/International Standards
APPENDIX-I
Sample Calculation of Wind Load on Pole Type Structures
Dimensional details of the monopole

Top diameter of the pole d1 = 420 mm
Bottom diameter of the pole d2 = 1360 mm
Height of the segment/pole Le = 28.1 m
C.G of the pole h1 = 11577 mm
Wind pressure calculations

Basic wind speed Vb = 47 m/s
Wind zone Z = 4
Terrain category = 2
Reliability level = 1
Reference wind speed VR=VB/K0 47 / 1.375 = 34.18 m/s
Risk coefficient k1 = 1
Terrain roughness coefficient k2 = 1
Design wind speed Vd=Vr*k1*k2 = 34.18 x 1 x 1

Vd = 34.18 m/s
Design wind pressure Pd=0.6*Vd^2 = 0.6 x 34.182 x 34.18

Pd = 701 N/m2
Height for gust factor hg = 11.58 m

Gust response factor Gt = 1.956 (As per IS:802(part-1/sec-1).Table.6)
Drag coefficient Cdt = 1 (for 12 sided polygonal section)
(Refer Annexure-3 of the letter)
Diameter of the pole d = 0.89 m
Projected length of the member Le = 28.1 m
Case-1 θ' 90 Degrees

θ 0 Degrees
Component in transverse direction
FWT, TRANS
= [Pd*Cdt*Gt*d*Le*Sin3θ’]*Cosθ
= 701 x 1 x 1.956 x 0.89 x 28.1 x sin^3(90) x Cos(0)
= 34290 N @ 11.58 m from the base level.
Component in longitudinal direction

FWT, LONG
= [Pd*Cdt*Gt*d*Le*Sin3θ’]*Sinθ
= 701 x 1 x 1.956 x 0.89 x 28.1 x sin^3(90) x Sin(0)
= 0.000 N @ 11.58 m from the base level.

θ 30 Degrees
3
FWT, TRANS= [Pd*Cdt*Gt*d*Le*Sin θ’]*Cosθ
= 701.038 x 1 x 1.9558 x 0.89 x 28.1 x sin^3(90) x Cos(30)

3
FWT, LONG = [Pd*Cdt*Gt*d*Le*Sin θ’]*Sinθ
= 701.038 x 1 x 1.9558 x 0.89 x 28.1 x sin^3(90) x Sin(30)

θ 45 Degrees
FWT, TRANS= [Pd*Cdt*Gt*d*Le*Sin3θ’]*Cosθ
= 701.038 x 1 x 1.9558 x 0.89 x 28.1 x sin^3(90) x Cos(45)

3
FWT, LONG = [Pd*Cdt*Gt*d*Le*Sin θ’]*Sinθ
= 701.038 x 1 x 1.9558 x 0.89 x 28.1 x sin^3(90) x Sin(45)
Case-1 Case-2 Case-3
Fw,Long 0.0 17144.8 24246.4
Fw,Trans 34289.6 29695.7 24246.4

Le
28.1
h1(c.g)
11.577
Loading Tree
Annexure-A
Survey, Route Marking, Profile

Plotting and Pole Spotting
Annexure-A
Survey, Route marking, Profile Plotting and Pole Spotting
1.0 Route Alignment
Route Alignment shall be done using Bhuvan/ Google imagery and

Survey of India topographical maps (scale 1:50,000). In case the
required Survey of India maps are available in digitized form, the
same shall be procured and used by the Contractor.
1.1 Requirement of Transmission Line Routing
(a) Routing of transmission lines shall be done in accordance with

CEA (Technical Standards for Construction of Electrical Plants
and Electric lines) Regulations and relevant IS codes.
(b) The routing and realignment, if any required, of the

transmission line shall be most economical from the point of
view of construction and maintenance. The Contractor shall
identify & examine alternative route alignments and suggest to
the Purchaser the optimal route alignment.
(c) The line routing should avoid large habitations, densely

populated areas, scheduled areas, forest/national park/wildlife
infringement/GIB area/Animal/Bird sanctuary, infringement of
endangered species habitat, vicinity to civil and defense
Airports, major river/sea crossings & coal/ mineral mining
areas, oil pipe line/underground pipe line/land slide prone
areas, firing range, coastal regulation zones, inflammable pipe
lines etc., to the extent possible. In case it is not possible to
avoid the forests or areas having large trees completely, then
keeping in view of the overall economy, the route should be
aligned in such a way that cutting of trees is minimum.
(d) The route should have minimum crossings of major river,

railway lines, National/State highways, overhead EHV power
line and communication lines.
(e) The number of angle points shall be kept to minimum.
(f) Angle points during survey should be selected such that

shifting of the point within 100 m radius is possible at the time
of construction of the line.
(g) The distance between the terminal points specified shall be

kept shortest possible, consistent with the terrain that is
encountered.
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(h) Marshy and low lying areas, river beds and earth slip zones
shall be avoided to minimize risk to the foundations.
(i) The areas requiring special foundations and those prone to

flooding should be avoided.
(j) It would be preferable to utilize level ground for the alignment.
(k) Crossing of power lines shall be minimum. Alignment of a

transmission line with respect to existing line shall be kept
considering ROW and pole falling distance.
(l) Crossing of communication line shall be minimized and it shall

be preferably at right angle. Proximity and parallelism with
telecom lines shall be eliminated to avoid danger of induction
to them.
(m) Areas subjected to flooding such as nalah shall be avoided.
(n) All alignment should be easily accessible both in dry and rainy
seasons to enable maintenance throughout the year.
(o) Certain areas such as quarry sites, tea, tobacco & saffron
fields, rich plantations, gardens & nurseries which may present
the Purchaser problems in acquisition of right of way and way
leave clearance during construction and maintenance, should
be avoided.
1.2 For examination of the alternatives & identification of the most

appropriate route, besides making use of information/data/details
available/extracted through Bhuvan/google imagery and Survey of
India Topographical maps, the Contractor shall also carryout
reconnaissance/preliminary survey as may be required for
verification and collection of additional information/data/details.
1.3 The Contractor shall submit his preliminary observations &
suggestions along with various information/data/details collected
and topographical map data marked with the alternative routes etc.
The final evaluation of the alternative routes shall be conducted by
the Contractor in consultation with the Purchaser’s representatives
and optimal route alignment shall be proposed by the Contractor.
Site visit and field verification shall be conducted by the Contractor
jointly with the Purchaser’s representative for the proposed route
alignment.
1.4 Final route alignment drawing with latest topographical and other
details/features including all rivers, railway lines, canals, roads etc.
up to 8 kms on both sides of selected route alignment shall be
submitted by the Contractor for Purchaser’s approval along with

report containing other information/details as mentioned above.
1.5 Changes in the route alignment, if any, during detail survey, shall be
incorporated in the final route alignment drawings.
2.0 Detailed Survey
2.1 The detailed survey shall be carried out using Total Work stations
etc. along the approved route alignment. As an alternative, the
Contractor may also use ALTM (Airborne Laser Terrain Modeling)
techniques of equal or better accuracy for the detailed survey.
2.2 Soil resistivity, along the route alignment shall be measured in dry
weather by four electrode method keeping inter-electrode spacing of
50 m. For calculating soil resistivity, formula 2πar (Where a=50 m
and r= megger reading in ohms) shall be adopted. Measurement
shall be made at every 2 to 3 km along the length of the route. In
case soil characteristics changes within 2 to 3 km, values shall have
to be measured at intermediate locations also. Megger reading and
soil characteristics should also be indicated in the soil resistivity
results.
3.0 Route Marking
3.1 The route of the transmission line shall be recorded using

GPS/DGPS of positional accuracy less than 3m.
3.2 The co-ordinates of all the angle points as well as other important
crossings, landmarks etc. shall be recorded using GPS for easy
relocating.
3.3 At the starting point of the commencement of route survey a suitable
peg/spike shall be driven firmly into the ground to indicate location
of the survey instrument. The co-ordinates of the location of the
survey instrument shall also be recorded. Further, the co-ordinates
at prominent position at intervals of not more than 750 meter along
the transmission line to be surveyed up to the next angle point shall
also be recorded and wooden peg of 50mm x 50mm x 650mm size
shall also be driven. Wire nails of 50mm length should be fixed on
the top of these pegs to show the location of instrument. The pegs
shall be driven firmly into the ground to project 100mm only above
ground level. Wherever the line alignment crosses the EHV line,
Railway line, P&T line or roads, the Contractor shall record co-
ordinates on the points of crossing. Wherever line route alignment
passes over permanent land marks such as rocks, boulders, culverts
etc. suitable white paint marks with directional and utility markings
shall be made and co-ordinates recorded. At angle positions
stone/concrete pillars of 150 x 150 x 1000mm in size with name of
utility marked on them shall be embedded into the ground for easy
identification.
4.0 Profiling
4.1 The complete profiling along the route shall be carried out using
modern surveying equipment viz. total stations. Reference levels at
every 20 m along the route are to be recorded. RLs at other
undulations along the route as well as in the route plan and other
en-route details viz. crossings, building & structures, trees & other
infrastructure etc. shall also be recorded. Areas along the route,
which in the view of the Contractor, are not suitable for pole
spotting, shall also be marked in profile. Any undulation keeping
conductor location as reference may also be indicated as dotted line
in profile.
4.2 The complete profiling details shall be digitized and the data shall be
prepared & stored in the format compatible to computer-aided pole
spotting software.
4.3 A printed/plotted output of the digitized profiling shall be submitted
by the Contractor to the Purchaser’s site-in-charge for review before
taking up computer-aided pole spotting.
5.0 Optimization of Pole Location/Pole Spotting
5.1 Optimization of pole locations including profiling shall be done by

the Contractor using computer-aided pole spotting software –
PLSCADD (or other software as specified by the Purchaser) and shall
furnish sample calculations and manual pole spotting drawings for
some typical sections.
5.2 Necessary data in respect of conductor, earth-wire and insulator are
to be collected from the Purchaser. On the basis of these, the
Contractor shall prepare the sag template drawing & pole spotting
data and submit the same along with sag tension calculations for
the approval of the Purchaser. Sag template prepared based on the
approved sag-template curve drawing shall only be used for pole
spotting on the profiles. Approved templates, prepared on rigid
transparent plastic sheet, shall be provided by the Contractor to the
Purchaser for the purpose of checking the pole spotting. The
templates shall be on the same scale as that of the profile.
5.3 Pole Spotting: While profiling & spotting the poles, the following
shall be kept in mind:
I Span
The number of consecutive spans between the section points

shall not exceed 15 spans or 5 km in plain terrain and 10 spans
or 3 km in hilly terrain or in cyclone prone areas. A section

point shall comprise of tension point with tension type poles
(with deviation angle 0-15 deg./2-15 deg./0-30 deg./15-30
deg./30-60 deg.), as applicable.
II Extension
An individual span shall be as near to the normal design span

as possible. In case an individual span becomes too short with
normal supports on account of undulations in ground profile,
one or both the supports of the span may be extended by
inserting standard body extension. The provisions kept in the
design of poles w.r.t. body extensions (as applicable) shall be
intimated to the Contractor by the Purchaser during execution
stage.
III Loading
There shall not be any upward force on suspension poles under

normal working conditions and the suspension poles shall
support at least the minimum weight span as provided in the
designs. In case uplift is unavoidable, it shall be examined if the
same can be overcome by adding standard body extensions to
the poles failing which tension poles designed for the purpose
shall be deployed at such positions.
IV Road Crossing
At all important road crossings, the poles shall generally be

fitted with normal tension insulator strings but the ground
clearance at the roads under maximum temperature and in still
air shall be such that even with conductor broken in adjacent
span, ground clearance of the conductor from the road surfaces
shall not be less than specified minimum ground clearances. At
all National/State highways, tension type poles (with deviation
angle of 30-60 deg.) with tension insulator strings shall be used
and crossing span will not be more than 250 meters, unless
higher span is permitted by National Highways Authority.
V Railway Crossings
All the railway crossings en-route the transmission line shall be

identified by the Contractor. At the time of detailed survey, the
railway crossings shall be finalized based on the requirement of
Regulation laid down by the Railway Authorities.
VI River Crossings
In case of major river crossing, river crossing poles shall be of

suspension type along with anchor poles of tension type (with
deviation angle of 30-60 deg.) on either side of the main river

crossing. Alternately on the basis of economics and/or
site/execution constraints, crossing of rivers using normal
extended angle poles (+18/+25/+30M extensions) may also be
considered. For navigable rivers, clearance required by
navigation authority shall be provided. For non-navigable river,
clearance shall be reckoned with respect to Highest Flood Level
(HFL).
VII Power line Crossings
(i) Where the line is to cross over another line, poles with
suitable extensions may be used, depending upon the merit
of the prevailing site condition.
(ii) For crossing of power line of 400 kV or above voltage class,

large angle poles of deviation angle of 30-60 degree &
designed for dead end condition, with required body
extension, shall be used on either sides of the power line.
(iii) For crossing of power line of 110 kV, 132 kV, 220 kV and
230 kV voltage class, the tension poles with required body
extension shall be used on either sides of the power line
and the crossing of power lines of 66 kV class shall be done
with any type of poles (suspension/tension) with required
body extension.
(iv) In case of crossing with tension poles proper guying shall

be provided to facilitate stringing of the power line crossing
sections separately on obtaining line shutdowns.
(v) Clearance between lines crossing each other shall be kept

in accordance with the CEA (Measures Relating to Safety
and Electric Supply) Regulations.
VIII Telecommunication Line Crossings
The angle of crossing shall be as near to 90 degree possible.

However, deviation to the extent of 30 degree may be permitted
under exceptionally difficult situations.
When the angle of crossing has to be below 60 degree, the

matter will be referred to the authority in charge of the
Telecommunication System. On a request from the Contractor,
the permission of the telecommunication authority may be
obtained by the Purchaser.
Also, in the crossing span, power line support will be as near

the telecommunication line as possible, to obtain increased
vertical clearance between the wires.
IX Oil Pipe-Line Crossings
Wherever transmission line crosses an oil/gas pipeline, the

angle of crossing shall be as near to 90 degree as possible.
Further, a minimum separation of 3m should be maintained
between pipe line and transmission line footings &
pipe/counterpoise earthing.
X Details En-route
All topographical details, permanent features, such as trees,

building etc. within 33.5m (765kV D/C), 32m (765kV S/C
Delta), 42.5m (765kV S/C Horizontal), 34.5m (±800kV HVDC),
26m (400kV S/C), 23m (400KV D/C), 26m (±500kV HVDC),
17.5m (220KV), 13.5m (132 KV) on either side of the center line
alignment shall be detailed on the profile plan.
XI Clearance from Ground, Building, Trees etc.
Clearance from ground, buildings, trees and telephone lines

shall be provided in conformity with the CEA (Measures relating
to Safety and Electric Supply) Regulations 2010 or its
successor.
6.0 Details of trees, forest areas, land owners etc.
6.1 To evaluate and tabulate the trees and bushes coming within 33.5m
(765kV D/C), 32m (765kV S/C Delta), 42.5m (765kV S/C
Horizontal), 34.5m (± 800kV HVDC), 26m (400kV S/C), 23m (400KV
D/C), 26m (±500kV HVDC), 17.5m (220KV), 13.5m (132 KV) on
either side of the central line alignment, the trees will be numbered
and marked with quality paint serially from angle point 1 onwards
and the corresponding number will be painted on the stem of trees
at a height of 1 meter from ground level. The tree outside the ROW
but expected to infringe in the ROW of the line and may require
lopping/trimming shall also be evaluated. The bushy and under
growth encountered within this area should also be evaluated with
its type, height, girth and area in square meters, clearly indicating
the growth in the tree/bush statement. The trees list should contain
the following:
a) Girth (circumstances) measured at a height of 1 meter from

ground level.
b) Approximate height of the tree with an accuracy of +2 meters.
c) Name of the type of the species/tree.
6.2 The Contractor shall also intimate the Purchaser his assessment
about the likely amount of tree & crop compensation etc. required to
be paid by the Purchaser during execution stage. This assessment
shall be done considering prevailing practices/guidelines, local
regulations and other enquiries from local authorities.
6.3 The Contractor shall also collect data/details of ownership of land

within the line corridor and pole base from the concerned
revenue/local authorities and submit the same to Purchaser.
6.4 The Contractor shall also identify the forest/non forest areas
involved duly authenticated by concerned authorities and shall
provide following details:
(a) A statement of forest areas with survey/compartment Nos.(all

type of forest RF/PF/Acquired forest/Revenue forest/Private
forest/Forest as per dictionary meaning of forest etc.)
(b) A statement of non-forest areas with survey/compartment nos.
(c) Tree cutting details(Girth wise & specie wise)
(d) Marking of forest areas with category on topo sheets 1:250000
showing complete line route, boundaries of various forest
divisions and their areas involved.
(e) Village forest maps of affected line and affected forest area and
marking of the same.
(f) Forest division map showing line and affected forest area.
6.5 The Contractor shall finalize the forest clearance proposal on the
prescribed format, as per requirements of the state/MOEF&CC, duly
completed in all respects for submission by the Purchaser to the
Forest Department.
7.0 Preliminary Schedule
The profile sheets showing the locations of the poles together with
preliminary schedules of quantities indicating pole types, wind &
weight spans, angle of deviation, crossing & other details etc. shall
be submitted by the Contractor for review & approval by Purchaser’s
site-in-charge.
8.0 Check Survey of Pole Locations
8.1 The check survey shall be conducted to locate pole locations on

ground conforming to the approved profile and pole schedule.
8.2 The co-ordinates of all the pole locations shall also be recorded using
GPS/DGPS of positional accuracy less than 3m for easy relocating.
The position of all pole locations shall be marked in the final
digitized route alignment drawing with relative distances from any
permanent bench mark area.
8.3 The Contractor shall also collect required data at each pole location
in respect of soil strata, ground water level, history of water table in
adjacent areas/surface water, distance from permanent bench mark
(these details to be furnished in a tabulated form) and classify the
suitable type of foundation at each pole location based on the data
collected at each location and detailed soil investigations carried out
at selected locations etc.
8.4 Contouring at hilly/undulated locations: The levels up or down of
each pit centre with respect to centre of pole location shall be
recorded at intervals of 2m using total stations/GPS/digital
theodolite and digitized contour plans shall be made. Based on the
digitized elevation plans, the quantities of benching & protection
work shall be optimized using suitable computer-aided
techniques/software or manual method.
8.5 The changes desired by the Purchaser in the preliminary pole
schedule or as may be required based on detailed survey of pole
locations & contouring shall be carried out by the Contractor and
the final pole schedule shall be submitted for approval of Purchaser.
The pole schedule shall show position of all type of poles, span
length, type of foundation for each pole, benching & revetment
requirement, deviation at all angles, crossings & other details etc.
9.0 Survey Methodology & Precision
9.1 All elevations shall be referenced to benchmarks established by the

Survey of India. Survey operations shall begin and end at
benchmarks approved by the Purchaser.
9.2 During the leveling of the profile, check surveys will be effected at
intervals not exceeding 50 km with benchmarks of known elevations.
The difference in elevations as surveyed by the Contractor and as
declared by Survey of India for these benchmarks shall not exceed
the precision required for 3rd order surveys;
e ≤ 24k
where k is the distance between benchmarks in km, and
e is the difference between elevations in mm.
9.3 In the absence of suitable benchmarks, the leveling shall be done by

two independent leveling parties working in opposite directions along
the same line. The difference in elevations between the two surveys
shall not exceed the precision required for 3rd order surveys as
stated above.
9.4 All important objects and features along the transmission line
centerline (railways, highways, roads, canals, rivers, transmission
lines, distribution lines, telephone lines etc.) shall be surveyed and
located with a positional accuracy of 1:2000 between points of
known horizontal position.
10.0 Survey Report
10.1 Complete BOQ of the transmission lines as per format provided by

the Purchaser shall be furnished in the survey report.
10.2 Each angle point locations shall be shown with detailed sketches
showing existing close by permanent land marks such as specific
tree(s), cattle shed, homes, tube wells, temples, electric pole/tower,
telephone pole, canal, roads, railway lines etc. The relative distance
of land marks from the angle points and their bearings shall be
indicated in the sketch. These details shall be included in the survey
report.
10.3 Information regarding infrastructural facilities available along the
final route alignment like access to roads, railway stations,
construction material sources (like quarry points for stone, sand and
availability of construction water), labour, existing transport
facilities, fuel availability etc. shall be furnished in the survey report.
10.4 All observations which the Contractor thinks would be useful to the
construction of the transmission lines mentioned under scope of
work are to be reported. The Survey report shall include
identification and explanation of route constraints.
10.5 Suggestions regarding the number of convenient zones (line
segments/portions) in which the entire alignment can be divided
keeping in view the convenience of construction/project
implementation are to be given.
10.6 Suggestions regarding location for setting up stores during line
construction in consultation with Purchaser’s representative shall
also be provided by the Contractor.
10.7 Working months available during various seasons along the final
route alignment, with period, time of sowing & harvesting of different
type of crops and the importance attached to the crops particularly
in the context of way leave problems and compensation payable shall
be stated by the Contractor.
10.8 Some portions of the line may require clearance from various
authorities. The Contractor shall indicate the portion of the line so
affected, the nature of clearance required and the name of concerned
organizations such as local bodies, municipalities, P&T (name of
circle), Inland navigation, Irrigation Department, Electricity Boards
and Zonal railways, Divisional Forest Authorities, airport Authorities
etc.
10.9 All the requisite data for processing the case for statutory clearances
such as PTCC, Forest and Railway shall be provided along with the
report.
10.10 The Contractor shall also collect & report details pertaining to
pollution levels envisaged along the transmission line.
10.11 The soft copies of survey reports shall be furnished by the
Contractor to the Purchaser.
Annexure-B
Assembly and Installation of

Pole Structures
Annexure-B
Assembly and Installation of Pole Structures
The installation Contractor is ultimately responsible for the proper assembly

and installation of pole structures. The Contractor shall provide storage and
handling instructions to minimize damage to galvanized or painted surface.
Care must be taken during installation to avoid structural damage which could
weaken the members and prevent them from supporting the intended loads.
1. Identification of components:
Each major component should include an identification tag. The assembly

and component drawings should show:
(a) The location of each tag;

(b) The identification number on each tag;
(c) A list of all parts required for each structure or assembly.
2. Anchorage:
(a) An evaluation of local soil conditions should be made by a foundation

designer. The foundation size and reinforcement must be adequate to
withstand the maximum reactions which might be applied by the pole
base.
(b) Concrete foundations should be installed well ahead of the installation
of the poles. Standard concrete requires about 28 days to develop its full
design strength.
(c) In designing and installing the foundation, consideration should be
given to the possible need for underground wiring and grounding.
(d) Projection of the anchor bolts should allow for the thickness of the base
plate, nuts (including the leveling nuts), and raking if required.
(e) Orientation of the anchor bolts in relation to the direction of the
transmission line must be checked carefully using data from the
Manufacturer’s drawings and the Purchaser’s plans and specifications.
The anchor bolts must also be vertical. This is typically checked by
leveling the top cage template.
(f) Prior to installing the anchor bolt cage, the following assembly checks
should be made:
(i) Verify the part number on the cage assembly with the part number
listed on the erection drawing.
(ii) Inspect the cage assembly for shipping or handling damage. Verify
the anchor bolt cage assembly and the anchor bolt circle roundness
against the assembly drawing. A four way measurement of the
anchor bolt assembly across the 45 degree orientation is
recommended. This check will avoid an out-of-round anchor bolt
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cage not fitting the structure base plate. If the anchor bolt cage is
found to be out-of-round, contact the Manufacturer.
(g) Reinforcing steel for the foundation must not be welded to the anchor
bolts.
(h) Care must be taken not to disturb the position of the anchor bolts while
pouring concrete.
(i) After the concrete sets, the top cage template should be removed and
the nuts should be retained for installation of the structure.
(j) Leveling nuts should be adjusted before installing the pole. Typically,
they should be in a horizontal plane. However, they can be used to
obtain a desired rake. The bottom of the base plate should be no more
than 2 times the diameter of the anchor bolt above the top of the
concrete foundation.
(k) In the case of structures which utilize embedded base installation,
typically the bottom (embedded) section of the pole is installed in the
ground first. The specified embedment depth should be shown on the
manufacturer’s erection drawing.
3. Assembly:
(a) General
(i) Assembly of pole sections at site shall in general be conducted

using hydraulic jacking devices and/ or suitable chain pulley
blocks to achieve proper jacking force.
(ii) Where space near the foundation and lifting capabilities permit, it is
preferable to assemble the complete structure on the ground and
erect it as a unit. The sections of the pole should be aligned on the
ground and supported, typically with wood blocks, in such a
manner that they will readily fit together. Care should be taken to
prevent dirt, stones, etc. from being trapped between the mating
surfaces.
(iii) Proper alignment of the pole sections is facilitated by the location of
the identification tags. These are positioned on the pole sections so
that aligning them on the same side for the entire pole length will
assure proper orientation of all conductor attachment points, arms
attachments, camber, etc.
(iv) If the structure is assembled vertically, extra care may be needed to
assure that all joints are properly assembled as indicated in the
following paragraphs.
(v) Any work left incomplete at the end of day should be guyed/
anchored properly to avoid any damage and a warning notice be
displayed.

(b) Slipover Joints
(i) To facilitate the assembly, mating surfaces may be lubricated. Care

should be taken not to use a lubricant that will later leak from the
joint and stain the pole. Soapy water can also be used successfully
for this purpose.
(ii) Each identification tag is positioned to indicate maximum splice.
The mating section should never exceed this position. In addition,
this tag can be used to determine if minimum splice has been
achieved.
(iii) A sound slip joint depends on the application of the necessary force
to achieve a tight joint, although the method selected may depend
upon the size of the pole sections, the type of pole design and the
equipment available to the Contractor. It is recommended to use a
hydraulic jacking device. Alternatively, two ratchet chain hoists or
similar devices on opposite sides of the pole tube may be used
provided adequate assembly forces can be achieved. Equal forces
must be applied by the devices simultaneously. If the jacking nuts
are used, forces must be applied no more than 1.5 inches from the
surface of the pole and the forces must be distributed equally to all
the nuts at each joint.
(iv) A tight, sound slip joint is dependent on meeting all of the following:
 The force used in assembly is at least the minimum value

specified on the manufacturer’s drawings.
 Any additional force applied to the joint does not result in
additional movement of the joint.
 The overlap length is not less than the minimum length specified
and is not more than the maximum length specified on the
manufacturer’s drawings.
 The joint shows no more than small gaps (which can be caused
by slight mismatch in the shapes of the mating sections).
(v) Forces should be applied in a slow steady pull and the assembly be
facilitated by oscillating the advancing section with the supporting
crane or by striking the pole in the area of the joint with a hammer
using a cushioning block of wood.
(vi) It should be ensured that galvanization on the external and internal
surface of the pole does not get damaged.
(c) Bolted Joints
Any bolting instructions specifically provided on manufacturer’s

drawings will supersede these general guidelines.

(i) Multiple-bolt, moment connections (e.g. arm-to-pole

connections, flange connections): Threads may need to be
lubricated in the field in order to achieve bolt tension in accordance
with American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC)
recommendations.
(ii) Single-bolt, pinned connections (e.g. swing brackets, cross-

bracing, pinned cross arms): The bolt head and the nut are snug
against the outer plates and the locking device or nut is fully
engaged. All plates do not need to be in contact.
(iii) Anchor Bolts: After plumbing the structure, all nuts should first be
uniformly snug-tightened against the base plate. Then, some
provision should be made to prevent unauthorized loosening of the
nuts. The two most common methods are:
 A slight amount of additional tightening of each top nut.

 Peening of the threads.
(iv) All connection bolts with diameters of 1.75 inches or more

should be snug-tightened until the bolt head and the nut are snug
against the outer plates and the locking device or nut is fully
engaged. All plates do not need to be in contact.
(v) Cantilever Arms: Before tightening the arm attachment bolts, the
arm should be rotated toward the base of the structure to remove
all play in the connection. While tightening the bolts, care should
be taken to assure that the all arms remain in the same plane. Bolt
tightening beyond the above recommended pretension is not
required just to bring the connection plates into contact. A small
gap between the arm bracket and connection vangs is acceptable.
(vi) H-frame Structures: Bolts in connections that are part of the

frame assembly (i.e. not attachments of cantilever sections) should
be left loose until all such bolts are installed. After all bolts are
installed, the nuts should be tightened in the following sequence:
 Connections between main pole sections.

 Connections between cross-arms and poles.
 Connections between cross-braces and poles.
 Connections between cross-braces.
Care should be taken to maintain all alignments during this

tightening operation.

(vii) Every flange joints shall be provided with copper or any suitable
material bye-pass strip to facilitate continuous path for
leakage/short circuit current/Lightening discharge current to
ground to ensure safety both to human and animals.
4. Corrosion protection and storage:
(a) After assembly, any damage to the protective coating on the structure
should be repaired.
(b) An on-going maintenance program must include periodic inspection for
normal deterioration of the protective coating and for any indication of
corrosion. Rehabilitation of the protective coating must be done to
preserve the structural integrity of each assembly.
(c) Structures should not be stored longer than 6 months prior to use
without a thoughtful storage maintenance and inspection program. The
following recommendations should be considered for all stored sections:
(i) All stored structures should be kept well ventilated, which includes
not allowing vegetation to grow in and around sections. Sections
should be blocked off the ground and separated if sections are
stacked on top of each other to provide air flow and ventilation.
(ii) Sections should be supported on wooden rafters while placing on
the ground. Wooden blocks should be non-treated wood (wood
treatments can be caustic to steel) and metal blocking should be
coated (rusting of steel will stain the sections).
(iii) Remove all packing and shipping materials to avoid finish
deterioration through holding moisture against the surface.
(iv) Provide proper inclination and orientation to allow free drainage of
water, including any condensation inside the pole, so that it does
not accumulate inside the pole or on outside surfaces.
(v) Rotation of the poles should be performed as necessary to equalize
any finish aging and to assess the continued effectiveness of
blocking and allowing good air flow ventilation inside & around the
sections.
(vi) Space should be maintained between two sections to avoid white
rust.
5. Erection
(a) Prior to lifting the structure, any slipover joint below the crane
attachment point should be securely lashed to prevent any possibility
of separation during lifting.
(b) The lifting crane must be attached:
(i) Above the center-of-gravity of the entire assembly including the
weight of all equipment mounted on the structure before erection.

(ii) To the main pole member(s) or, if to the arms, the attachment(s)
must be close to the pole(s).
(iii) As high as possible since higher attachment will result in more
nearly vertical alignment of the assembly while suspended above
the foundations.
(c) H-frame structures may require a spreader bar to achieve two points of
attachment to the structure and to assure that all lifting forces are
applied vertically.
(d) Care should be taken to operate the crane smoothly since movements
inducing jolts will cause impact loads which could damage some
portion of the assembly.
(e) At least a few anchor bolt & nuts should be installed as quickly as
possible after the base plate is in place. If the pole is eccentrically
loaded, such as in the case of arms on only one side of the structure,
the nuts on the side opposite the direction of eccentricity should be
installed first.
(f) The use of grout between the base plate and the concrete foundation is
not recommended or structurally required. Galvanized structures
require a method of drainage for any moisture that may enter the pole
section and weathering steel structures should not have a surface that
could hold moisture against the bottom of the base plate. If grouting
under the base plate is used, it is critical that sufficient drainage is
provided from the inside of the pole.
6. Protection from vibration:
Transmission structure components may be affected by vibrations induced

aerodynamically or from other sources. Although rare, these vibrations can
be severe enough to cause damage. This is believed to be more likely to
happen when structures (or components such as arms) are installed
without insulators and conductors which contribute damping to the system.
It is considered good practice for installers to attach at least some
equipment to each arm at the time of installation of the structure. The IEEE
document, “Guide to the Assembly and Erection of Metal Transmission
Structures”, mentions the following methods:
(a) Suspending weights or insulators from the arms;

(b) Tying the arm tips together and to the structure.
Also, damping devices such as the Stockbridge type may be effective. In

accordance with IS:1367/IS:12427 (latest revision) bolts and galvanized
bolts shall not be reused. Touching up or re-tightening bolts that may have
been loosened by the installation of adjacent bolts shall not be considered to
be a reuse.

7. Installation:
Prior to installation, the fastener components shall be properly stored. For

joints that are designated as snug-tightened joints, the bolts shall be
installed in accordance with the section below.
Snug-tightened joints:
All bolt holes shall be aligned to permit insertion of the bolts without undue
damage to the threads. Bolts shall be placed in all holes with washers
positioned as required and nuts threaded to complete the assembly.
Compacting the joint to the snug-tight condition shall progress
systematically from the most rigid part of the joint. The snug-tightened
condition is the tightness that is attained with a few impacts of an impact
wrench or the full effort of an ironworker using an ordinary spud wrench to
bring the nut and connection plate into firm contact.
8. Handling of material
a) Suitable capacity of Hydra Cranes or overhead cranes should be used

for lifting.
b) Clean Nylon belts of appropriate capacity should be used for material
handling.
c) Sections should be lifted with two nylon belts fixed at the extreme ends
from the center of gravity for easy lifting.
d) Only one section should be lifted at time.
e) Welded accessories should not come under direct load.

Annexure-C
Minimum Safety Guide Lines
Annexure-C
Minimum Safety Guidelines

The provision in Central Electricity Authority (Measures Related to Safety and
Power Supply) Regulations, Central Electricity Authority (Safety Requirements
for Construction, Operation and Maintenance of Power Plants and Power Lines)
Regulations and relevant Indian Standards should be followed during erection
and stringing along with the following safety guidelines.
1. Use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs):
(a) No work at site should be without proper PPEs in place for all
concerned.
(b) All workers are to wear Safety Helmets, Safety Shoes, Hand Gloves &
Safety Jackets all the time while executing the work. Contractor’s
Supervisors will also have to wear Safety Shoes and Safety Helmets
while in the field. Goggles & Masks to be used while working in
dusty or highly polluted areas.
2. Working at height:
(a) Full body harness with double lanyard Safety Belts are to be used
during working at heights above 1.5 m and secured with safety
lifeline or any other rigid object/structure safely before starting the
work. Also well-built ladders (properly secured at the base) can be
used for working at height, where ladders can be used.
(b) Efforts should be made to assemble the poles & accessories on the
ground only so that working on height can be avoided later.
(c) No work at height is to be carried out in case of inclement weather
conditions such as rain, lightning, heavy winds, etc.
(d) Ensure use of tool belts/backpack to properly secure hand tools at
all times.
(e) Ensure proper barricading of the drop zone to safeguard people at
ground from any falling objects.
3. Proper demarcation & barricading:
(a) Safety barricading to be done around the working area from day
one to safe guard against trespassing. “Men at work” board must be
put to indicate work under progress in the vicinity. Barricading to
be kept in place till the work is over, even if it takes few days to
complete.
(b) No excavated pits/ loose soil areas should be kept open without
barricading around the area.
Annexure-C : Minimum Safety Guidelines Page C.1 of C.3

(c) Also all storage area of materials near the working area has to be
demarcated & barricaded properly.
4. Use of cranes & clings:
(a) Cranes with 20% factor of safety (i.e. cranes with a lifting capacity
20% higher than the weight to be lifted) are to be used.
(b) The crane should be operated by a licensed operator only.
(c) Operational fitness of the crane has to be checked before hiring the
crane.
(d) The lifting hooks must have a safety lock in place to avoid slipping
of the clings.
(e) The lifting capacity of the clings to be checked before starting of the
work. The clings with 20% factor of safety in mechanical strength
must be used for lifting.
5. Working near the existing power lines:
(a) No work to be taken up without proper shutdown while working in

the existing power line or while working in the proximity of any
existing power line.
(b) Work to be started only after the line (all the phases) is
properly/securely earthed from both the ends and line
clearance/work permit is issued by the concerned authority in
writing.
(c) All the earthing points to be personally verified by Site Engineer of
Contractor.
(d) No shutdown to be arranged over phone communication. Personal
check is to be made for every shutdown and line clearance.
(e) The work under shutdown should be executed under direct
supervision of a qualified supervisor/engineer of the Contractor
only.
6. Material handling & work process:
(a) Poles and accessories to be stored in proper demarcated area and

should be away from the routes/places of public use. Ensure
adequate ingress & egress around the work area.
(b) While lifting or shifting the Poles/sections nobody should stay
boarded on it.
(c) Proper/suggested tools & plants must be used for fixing &
assembling to avoid accidents in the process. All the work must be
supervised by experienced supervisor(s), who can guide the team in
every activity.
(d) While lifting heavy poles with multiple sections, proper support
clings (along the length of the pole) are to be provided from the

point of lifting cling to the bottom of the pole to avoid fall of sections
due to malfunction of the slip joints.
(e) Any person under the influence of alcohol neither should be allowed
to enter the work location nor should help in the work from outside
by any means.
7. Working at night (After sun set):
(a) No work should be taken up once the day light is over.

(b) However if there is need to execute the work at night,
proper/sufficient lighting to be arranged to cover the working area
and the work should be executed under direct supervision of
responsible/qualified supervisor only and prior intimation to the
Purchaser representative in writing. The work group shouldn’t be
left alone to execute the work.
8. Emergency Response Plan:
(a) First aid boxes to be kept handy at sites. The Contractor’s

supervisor(s) must have the knowledge of first aid treatment to meet
the exigency.
(b) Contact numbers for emergency help (e.g. Doctors, Hospitals,
Ambulance services, Fire services, Police, etc.) available in the
nearby areas to be kept displayed in the work site at all times.
(c) All incidents including the near misses to be noted down by the
Contractor’s supervisor(s) and reported to the concern authority.
However, all major incidents/accidents causing “Lost Time
Injuries” & “Medically Treated Injuries” should be intimated
immediately and in no case more than half an hour of occurrence.
9. Tool Box Meeting:
(a) Tool Box Meetings to be conducted every day before starting of the
work. Work Plan for the day along with hazards/risks involved in
the activities and safe working practices for the same are to be
discussed with the workers.
(b) Record of the Tool Box Meeting to be generated and signature of all
the workers/supervisor are to be taken on the TBM sheet. This
activity will gradually enhance the safety awareness and will also
help in operating in a planned manner.

Annexure-D
Bidder’s/Contractor’s
Guaranteed Data Sheet
Annexure-D
BIDDER’S/CONTRACTOR’S GUARANTEED DATA SHEET
BIDDER’S/ CONTRACTOR’S GUARANTEED DATA Unit Data

offered
for poles
(I) General
(i) Nominal voltage kV
(ii) Highest system voltage for equipment kV
(iii) Frequency Hz
(iv) Rated lighting impulse withstand voltage kV peak
(v) Rated switching impulse withstand voltage kV peak
(for 400 kV and above)
(vi) Rated short duration power frequency kVrms
withstand voltage
(vii) System neutral (effectively earthed/ -
unearthed)
(viii) System short-circuit level & duration kA & sec
(ix) Short circuit current & duration for thermal kA & sec
stability check of the OPGW
(x) Minimum Specific creepage distance based mm/kV
on highest system phase to phase
(xi) Radio Interference Voltage µV
(II) Main Design Parameters
(i) Maximum ambient air temperature 0C
(ii) Minimum ambient air temperature 0C
(iii) Maximum conductor operating temperature 0C
to be considered for design (for sag tension

calculation)
(iv) Every day temperature 0C
(v) Temperature with maximum wind 0C
(vi) Wind Zone and basic Design wind speed m/s

(vii) Terrain Category
(viii) Reliability level
(ix) Wind span m
(x) Weight span max m
(III) Line Data
(i) Number of circuits -
(ii) Number of conductors per phase -
(iii) Number of OPGW -
(iv) Number of earthwire -
(v) Conductor Details -
Annexure-D : Bidder’s/Contractor’s Guaranteed Data Sheet Page D.1 of D. 5

[Type of conductor, no. of sub-conductors

per phase, Overall Diameter, stranding &
wire diameter for Al/Al alloy & steel, weight
per km, UTS, resistance per km, modulus of
Elasticity, coefficient of linear expansion]
(vi) Earthwire & OPGW details [Overall -
Diameter, stranding & wire diameter, weight
per km, UTS, resistance per km, modulus of
Elasticity, coefficient of linear expansion]
(IV) Types of Poles (Specify data for all types
of poles)
(i) Angle of deviation
(ii) Type of Insulator sets
(iii) Wind Span m
(iv) Weight span m
(v) Maximum span m
(vi) Total weight of pole for Basic/normal height kg
pole and extension poles
(V) Corrosion protection measures
(i) Average weight (gm/m2) and thickness
(microns) of Zinc coating on Pole Structure
& Parts
(a) Plates & Section below 5mm
(b) Plates & Section above 5mm
(ii) Galvanizing of bolts, nuts & washers µm
(VI) Main Design Data
(i) Minimum partial factors
(ii) Partial factors for actions
(iii) Deadweight
(iv) Wind for normal conditions
(v) Conductor tension for normal conditions
(vi) Conductor tension for exceptional conditions
(vii) Erection/maintenance loads
(viii) Partial material factors(M)
(ix) Steel poles cross section areas
(x) Steel poles net section areas at bolt holes
(xi) Support bolts
(xii) Reinforcing steel for concrete foundations
(xiii) Foundation in-situ concrete structure
(xiv) Soil property
(xv) Conductors for maximum wind load
(xvi) Conductors for everyday conditions
(xvii) Insulators for normal conditions
(xviii) Insulators for exceptional conditions

(xix) Fittings for normal conditions

(xx) Fittings for exceptional conditions
(VII) Clearances
(i) Minimum vertical clearances
(Minimum vertical clearances from the line
conductors at maximum sag ground or for
various crossings)
(a) Normal ground m
(b) Ground in populated areas m
(c) Roads and streets m
(d) To residential or other buildings m
(ii) Minimum Horizontal clearances
(a) Roadside (sidewalk of paved roads) m
(b) Roadside of unpaved roads- depending on m
area
(c) Railway track axis m
(d) Parallel running power lines m
(e) Pipelines m
(iii) Mid-span clearances
(a) Mid-span phase to phase clearance for m
horizontal phase arrangement
(b) Mid-span phase to phase clearance for m
quasi-vertical phase arrangement
(c) Mid-span phase to phase clearance for m
quasi-vertical wire phase arrangement
(iv) Minimum clearances between
conductors/live fittings and pole steel
structure
(a) Between conductors under still air condition m
(b) Clearance between live parts and earthed m
Pole parts in still air
(c) Clearance under swung insulator string due m
to maximum wind on conductor
(v) Clearance condition for earthwire /
OPGW
(a) EW/OPGW sag, compared to the conductor -
sag at every day temperature for the
nominal span
(b) Shielding angle
(VIII) Foundations
Soil Data (for Bidding only)
The foundations will be designed on the
basis of the soil investigations performed by
the Contractor. As soil investigations is not
complete, the bid shall be based on the soil

characteristics given below

(a) Class 1 - Hard rock
Density kN/m3
Soil pressure kN/m3
Shear friction resistance kN/m3
(b) Class 2 - Soft rock
Density kN/m3
Soil pressure kN/m3
Angle of frustum
(c) Class 3 - Good Soil
Density kN/m3
Soil pressure kN/m3
Angle of frustum
(d) Class 4 - Poor Soil, no Water
Density kN/m3
Soil pressure kN/m3
Angle of frustum
(e) Class 5 - Poor Soil, with Water
(submerged)
Density without groundwater kN/m3
Density with groundwater kN/m3
Soil pressure kN/m3
Angle of frustum
(f) Class 6 - Very Poor Soil, with Water
(submerged)
Density kN/m3
Soil pressure kN/m3
Angle of frustum
(g) Backfill (good soil)
Density (compacted) kN/m3
Angle of frustum
(IX) Poles General information and data
(a) Material used for all Pole parts
(b) Bolts and nuts standard for poles
(c) Bolts and nuts qualities for poles
(d) Step bolt diameter (min.) mm
(e) Permissible stresses of structural members, -
bolts and nuts correspond with
(f) Bolt connections secured with washers and
spring washers
(g) All Pole steel parts hot dip galvanized Yes/No
(h) Zinc coat for steel sections for bolts and µm
nuts
(X) Quality and tests correspond with

Welding qualification -
Welding quality -
(XI) Min. diameter and number of bolts
Bolt diameter mm
(XII) Tolerances for poles -

Annexure-E
Standard Manufacturing
Quality Plan
Remarks
Category of Responsibility
Components/Operations & Description Quantum of check/ Reference document/
Sl No. Type of check Acceptance norms
of Test Sampling rate Standard
Sub-Vendor Manufacturer Purchaser
1 RAW MATERIAL
1.1 STRUCTURAL STEEL (ANGLE SECTIONS, RODS, CHANNELS, FLATS, PLATES)
1.1.1 Mechanical Properties
1.1.1.1 Yield Stress Mechanical 2 Samples for per - P V
cast/heat size up to 100
MT
1.1.1.2 Ultimate Tensile Strength Mechanical 3 Samples for per cast - P V
/heat size between 100- IS: 2062/Relevant Standard as
IS: 2062/Relevant Standard as mentioned in technical
1.1.1.3 Percentage Elongation at 5.65√Area Mechanical 200 MT mentioned in technical - P V
specification
4 Samples for per specification
cast/heat size over 200 MT
1.1.1.4 Bend Test Mechanical - P V
1.1.1.5 Impact Test (if applicable) Mechanical 1 sample per section per IS: 2062/Relevant Standard as IS: 2062/Relevant Standard as mentioned in technical - P V
lot for each source mentioned in technical specification
specification
1.1.2 Chemical properties

1.1.2.1 Chemical Analysis Chemical IS: 2062/Relevant Standard as IS: 2062/Relevant Standard as mentioned in technical - P V
mentioned in Technical specification
100% on each coil and specification
plate (1 No. for each coil if
material is manufactured in
coil form and 1No. for each
Plate, if material is
manufactured in Sheet
Form)
1.1.3 Visual Inspection

1.1.3.1 Visual Visual One sample IS: 2062/Relevant Standard as - P V
for 50 MT / mentioned in Technical
Section or specification Material to be free from surface defects like laminations,
Part Thereof rough/jagged and imperfect edges, cracks, rounded apex,
deep roll marks, pipy and any harmful defects
Annexure-E : Standard Manufacturing Quality Plan Page E.1 of E. 8

Remarks
1.1.4 Dimensional Inspection

1.1.4.1 Plates
1.1.4.1.1 Weight Tolerances Unit Weight Test One sample IS 1852 / +5%, -2.5% over weights specified in IS 1730 - P V
for 50 MT / IS 1730
Section or
Part Thereof
1.1.4.1.2 Thickness Tolerance Measurement IS 2062 (i) For < 8 mm thick: -- + 12.5 %, - 5 % - P V
IS 1730 /
IS 1852 (ii) 8 mm to 12 mm:-- + 7.5 %, - 5 %
(iii) over 12 mm :-- ±5%
1.2 Zinc
Every Consignment P V -
IS 209/IS 13229 IS 209/IS 13229
One sample for P V -
100MT or IS 209/IS 13229 IS 209/IS 13229
1.2.1 Chemical Composition Chemical Part thereof
One sample of molten zinc P V -
taken from bath per quarter
IS 209/IS 13229 Min Zinc purity 98.5%
1.3 Zinc Wire for Metallization (Make: Metallizing Equipment Company)

1.3.1 Chemical Composition Chemical One Sample per Batch Min. Zinc Purity 99.9% P V -
2 IN-PROCESS INSPECTION
2.1 Fabrication of Monopole: Pole segments, as far as possible shall be fabricated in single piece. In case of restriction due to the size of Hot Dip Galvanizing bath, segments in two
or more parts may be fabricated in line with the relavant clause of Technical Specification
2.1.1 Cut to Length Dimensional As per cutting plan/ ± 5 mm on either sides./Utility - P V
approved Drwg., Shop Sketches
2.1.2 Shearing Dimensional As per cutting plan/ ± 2 mm on either sides./ Utility - P V

1st piece and every 50th approved Drwg., Shop Sketches
piece
2.1.3 Profile cutting Dimensional As per cutting plan/ ± 2 mm on either sides./ Utility - P V
approved Drwg., Shop Sketches
IS 802 Part II/ IS 7215/
Utility approved Drawings., Shop
2.1.4 Stamping Visual 100% Sketches As per Drawing; - P V
Shall be clear and visible stamping

Remarks
2.1.5 Punching/Drilling/Hole cutting Dimensional 5% Hanging Holes +/- 3 mm; Other Holes : +/- 1.5 mm / As - P V
per Utility approved Drwg., Shop Sketches
2.1.6 Bending Dimensional 1st piece and every 50th +/- 3 Degree/ Utility approved Drwg., Shop Sketches - P V
piece
2.1.7 Welding
As per Technical P V
specn./approved
(a) WPS Approval (Welding procedure WPS and Welder's qualification
Drawing/Utility approved Welding
specification) Approval by Utility
2.1.7.1 procedure & Welder`s -
(b) PQR/WQR Approval (Procedure
qualification
/Welder qualification record)
2.1.7.2 Check for Blow Holes Visual 100% Utility approved Drwg. / AWS Utility approved Drwg. / AWS D1.1 P V
D1.1 -
Check for Undercut Visual 100% Utility approved Drwg. / AWS Utility approved Drwg. / AWS D1.2 - P V
2.1.7.3
D1.2
2.1.7.4 Check for Discontinuity Visual 100% Utility approved Drwg. / AWS Utility approved Drwg. / AWS D1.3 - P V
D1.3
Bead thickness Measurement 100% Utility approved Drwg. / AWS Utility approved Drwg. / AWS D1.4 - P V
2.1.7.5
D1.4
2.1.7.6 Dye-Penetration Test / Ultrasonic Test Visual 100% As per ASME SEC V & SEC VIII As per ASME SEC V & SEC VIII / AWS D1.1 - P V Ultrasonic Test will be performed in
/ AWS D1.1 black/un-galvanized condition.
(10mm
and above thickness)
Magnetic Particle Test (MPI) Visual 25% Utility approved Drwg. / AWS Utility approved Drwg. / AWS D1.1 - P V
2.1.7.7
D1.1
2.1.8 Straightening Dimensional 100% Utility approved Drawing Height/600 ie. FOR 10 MTR Section ie, 16MM - P V
2.1.9 Dimensions of Sections and Accessories Dimensional 100% Utility approved Drawing Utility approved Drawing - P V

Remarks
2.1.10 Final Inspection of Fabricated Parts 100% All parameters from 2.1.1 to Utility approved Drwg. / AWS D1.4 - P V
2.1.9 above are checked and
record maintained before
releasing the material for
galvanizing.
2.2 Galvanizing
2.2.1 Degreasing Chemical One sample IS 2629 Manufacturer’s plant standard/Relevant IS - P V
daily
2.2.2 Pickling Chemical One sample IS 2629 Manufacturer’s plant standard/Relevant IS - P V
daily Iron contents 100 to 120 gram/litre. Max
2.2.3 Rinsing Chemical One sample IS 2629 Manufacturer’s plant standard/IS - P V

daily
2.2.4 Pre Fluxing Chemical One sample IS 2629 IS 2629 - P V
daily
2.2.5 Pre-heating Measurement One Check per day IS 2629 IS 2629 - P V
Dipping - P V
After drying is over the material is dipped in molten zinc. Following parameters are controlled
2.2.6
2.2.6.1 Zinc bath temperature Hourly Check IS 2629 450+/-10° C - P V

Recording is done by graphical manner or
sensors with digital display
2.2.6.2 Immersion & Withdrawal time. Hourly Check IS 2629 IS 2629 - P V

Degree of immersion and withdrawal time
is decided based on thickness and length
of material

Remarks
2.2.7 Quenching in Running Water: IS 2629 IS 2629 - P V

After dipping the material is quenched in
running water
2.2.8 Dichromating : One Sample IS 2629 IS 2629 - P V

After quenching, material is dipped in daily
sodium dichromatic solution to avoid the
white rust.(Proprietary Chemicals.)
2.3 Galvanizing Check
2.3.1 Visual Checking Visual 100% IS 2629 Surface to be free from defects like bare / black spots, - P V
(except when small and suitable for patching) heavy ash
& flux inclusions, lumps, pimples, runs etc
2.3.2 Thickness of Measurement 100% IS 4759 The minimum average zinc coating for all section shall be - P V
Zinc coating (BSEN ISO 1461) 87 microns for thickness ≥ 5 mm & 65 microns for
thickness < 5mm and for plates
*For monopole to be installed in
Coastal area, Coating Thickness
2.3.3 Weight of Zinc Measurement 25% samples / shift IS 4759 / IS 6745 (a) For thickness below 5mm, but not less then 2 mm and - P V shall be ≥5mm=127 micron, <5mm
Coating* for plates- Average Mass of Coating -460gm/m² & plate=87 micron
(b) For thickness 5mm & above – Average Mass of *For marine, ≥5mm=900gm/ m²,
Coating - 610 gm/m² <5mm & plate=610 gm/ m²
2.3.4 Uniformity Measurement 25% samples / shift IS 2633 Material to withstand - P V

of Zinc coating* 4 dips of one minute each without showing signs of
copper deposits
2.3.5 Adhesion Tests of Zinc coating* Pivoted Hammer Test 25% samples / shift IS 2629 No removal or lifting of coating in areas between hammer - P V
impressions
*Testing to be done on Coupon Samples associated with structures except for Thickness of Zn coating (checked by Elcometer) which shall be checked on sections

Remarks
Pole segments, as far as possible

2.4 Metallization shall be fabricated in single piece.
In case of restriction due to the size
Sweep blasting Surface - P V of Hot Dip Galvanizing bath,
segments in two or more parts may
be fabricated/metallization be
carried out in line with the clause of
Technical Specification.
Base Plate and shaft will be
Galvanized separately and after
welding. Metallization will be
performed on welded area of Base
2.4.1 Surface Preparation Visual 100% Plate, Shaft and Gussets.
Manufacturer’s Plant Standard/ Metallizing Equipment - P V

Application of Hot Zinc Spray though Zinc Catalogue
2.4.2 100%
Wire
2.5 Metallization Inspection

2.5.1 Thickness Measurement 100% IS 4759 For thickness 5mm & above – Avg. Thickness of zinc - P V
of Zinc coating by Elcometer Coating - 87 Microns
*For Coastal area, ≥5mm=127
micron, <5mm & plate=87 micron
3 FINAL INSPECTION AND TESTING (Inspection Engineer to ensure/check compliance of Notes/general requirements mentioned in the MQP)
3.1 Visual and Dimensional Inspection: For Visual & Measurement One sample for Please refer Please refer - P W
Fabrication (as per approved Drawing) & Every 50 MT/ Sr. No 2.1.1 Sr. No 2.1.1
Galvanizing section/Lot or part thereof to 2.1.9 /Utility's approved to 2.1.9 /Utility's approved drawing
drawing

Remarks
3.2 Mechanical Properties (Coupon test samples to be taken during cutting for structure)
3.2.1 Yield Stress Test Mechanical
3.2.2 Ultimate Tensile Strength Mechanical
One sample for Please Refer (for test values) Sr. Coupon Test sample during
3.2.3 Percentage Elongation at 5.65√Area Mechanical Please Refer (for test values) Sr. No.
Every 50 MT/ No. cutting of plates,rods,
1.1.1.1 to 1.1.1.5 - P V/W
3.2.4 Bend Test Mechanical section/Lot or part thereof 1.1.1.1 to 1.1.1.5 channels,flats for welded items
only)
3.2.5 Impact Test (if applicable) Mechanical
(For Chemical Properties, agency

shall not cut the hole 100%
during cutting of lifting holes.
IS: 2062/Grade as mentioned in Sample for chemical composition
3.3 Chemical Properties Chemical One sample per section IS: 2062/Grade as mentioned in Technical Specification - P V/W
Technical Specification shall be taken by Purchaser
representative before / after
galvanizing by cutting the hole
completely)
3.4 Galvanizing Tests*

3.4.1 Thickness of Zinc Coating (Galvanizing Chemical
coating check by Elcometer) One sample for
3.4.2 Weight of Zinc Coating Chemical Every 50 MT/ IS 2629/IS 4759/IS 6745/IS
section 2633/
Please refer Sl. No. 2.3 - P W
3.4.3 Uniformity of Zinc Coating Chemical and part (BSEN ISO 1461)
thereof
3.4.4 Adhesion Test of Zinc Coating Chemical
IS802/Technical specn./Packing list to be submitted

3.5 Packing, Storing, Bundling and Handling 100%
along with dispatch documents

Remarks
*Testing to be done on Coupon Samples associated with structures except for Thickness of Zn coating (checked by Elcometer) which shall be checked on sections.
Notes:
P: PERFORM V: Verify W: Witness
1 The MQP should be read in conjunction with Technical specification and shall deem to include additional tests, if any required as per contract between Purchaser & Manufacturer.
2 In case of any contradiction between MQP and Utility'sTechnical specification/Approved Drawing, the Technical specifications/Approved Drawing of respective project shall have precedence over this MQP.
3 All bought out components /fasteners to be procured from Purchaser approved vendors as per their standard/respective manufacturing quality plan approved by Purchaser/relevant IS.
4 Valid calibration certificates of various testing and measuring instrument / equipments from NABL accredited Labs.
5 In case of any test being carried out at the third party lab, the same should be NABL acredited.
The manufacturer shall maintain the proper co-relation of test certificates from raw material stage to finished product stage and the records should be available during inspection by Purchaser. In absence of proper correlation of test certificates of Raw Material, actual testing to
6
be done during Final Inspection.
7 The manufacturer should progressively align their Quality system and sub-vendors Quality system to the requirements of ISO 9000 series Quality standards and in due course of time should get their quality system certified to ISO 9001.
8 Grades of steel used as well as the relevant standards it is conforming to, shall be as per the approved Drawings/ BOM for the specific contract and the same shall be indicated in the offer list at the time of inspection.
Pieces of light sections to be wire bundled and those of heavy sections to be supplied loose. Stacking to have proper ventilation and kept inclined. Damage to galvanization coating to be avoided while handling. The manufacturer to ensure sequential supplies and other details
9
as per Purchaser Technical Specification
10 In case monopole part is to be used at sub zero temperature, Impact testing at -20° C shall be carried out during final inspection in line with IS/ Technical Specification.
11 Welding procedure and Welder’s performance qualification approval by Purchaser is required in case welding is involved at any stage of fabrication/erection.
All Welding procedures, qualification of welders, operators and procedures, electrodes, preheat, notch toughness and minimum yield of the electrodes needs to be ensured in conformance with the requirements of the latest revision of American Welding Society Structural
12
Welding Code (ANSI/AWS D1.1) or other equivalent National/International standards. Preheating shall be done according to the ANSI/AWS code or the steel producers’ recommendations or both.
13 All relevant standards shall be read along with the latest amendments.
14 Purchaser may review the effective implementation of the process during the product inspection/process inspection. In case of any violation in process or process parameters are observed, the reason along with corrective & preventive measure shall be conveyed to Purchaser

Annexure-F
Field Quality Plan
S. Description Items to be Tests/Checks to Reference documents Check/Testing Counter

No. of Activity Checked be done Check/Test by
Agency Extent
Utility
1. Preliminary a) Route alignment Optimization of route a. Preliminary survey. Contractor 100% at Field 100% based on
/Detailed length b. Topographical /Digitized record documents
Survey maps.
c. Pole structure spotting

data given by Utility
b) Route profiling & 1. Ground clearance. a. PLS CADD/Sag template Contractor 100% at Field 100% based on ref.
tower spotting. 2. Cold wt. Span b. Pole structure Spotting -do- -do- documents
3. Hot wt. Span data -do- -do- -do-
4. Sum of Adj. Span c. Route alignment -do- -do- -do-
(wind span) -do-
5. Angle of Deviation. -do- -do-
6. Suitability of Pole -do- -do- -do-
structure Verification of 100%
spotting in hilly area at Field
2. Check Survey Pole structure 1. Route Alignment a. Route alignment Contractor 100% at Field i) All angle Poles in
Location & Final 2. Final Length. b. Pole structure Schedule -do- -do- plains and 50%
Length in hilly terrains.
(Span/Section) c. Profile
ii) Final length to be
3. Angel of deviation
checked on 100%
& pit marking
basis based on
records/documen
ts.
iii) 20 % test check

at site for
physical
verification.
3. Geotechnical a) Bore log 1. Depth of bore log As per technical Contractor 100% at Field To witness 20% at
Studies 2. SPT Test Specification (Soil testing agency Field by
(Detailed Soil Purchaser/Utility
Annexure- F : Field Quality Plan Page F. 1 of F. 34


Agency Extent
Utility
Investigation) 3. Collection of approved by Utility/ representative
samples Purchaser)
b) Tests on samples As per tech. Specs. As per Technical Contractor 1. 100% by testing lab Review of soil testing
Specification (Testing in Laboratory of (Reports to be signed by report by
soil testing agency Testing agency person.) Utility/Purchaser
approved by (Reports to be signed by

Utility/Purchaser ) Testing person.)
2. Recommendation part of
soil testing report to be
signed by contractor.
3. Jointly signed field data

should be attached with
the report.
c) Special foundations As per tech. Specs As per Technical Contractor 100% by testing lab Review of soil testing
Specification (Testing in Laboratory of (Reports to be signed by report by
soil testing agency Testing person & Checking Utility/Purchaser
approved by person)
Utility/Purchaser)
4 Revetment RR Masonry 1. Size of Stone CPWD Specification. Contractor 100% physical verification Physical verification
on random basis
2. Cement : Sand As per Technical Contractor 100% Physical verification

ratio in mortar Specification in random


Agency Extent
Utility
5 Benching Checking of Reduced 1. Reduced Level As per approved drawings Contractor 100% 100% by Site
Level 2. Contour map with Engineer and 20%
detailed Calculation by Line In-charge
6. Monopole I) Materials 1. Brand approval Cement of Purchaser/ Contractor 100% Any new brand
Foundation a). Cement Utility approved brands cement proposed by
may be procured and Contractor shall be
validity of BIS license to be assessed by
ensured. Purchaser/ Utility .
2. Physical tests As per document at Contractor Review of 100% Material 100% review of lab
Annexure-I of this FQP (Samples to be taken Test Certificates (MTC) and test results and
jointly with Purchaser/ one sample for every MTC.
Utility and tested at week number of
Purchaser/ Utility manufacturer.
approved lab
3. Chemical Tests -do- Contractor to submit Review of all MTC’s 100% review of MTC
Chemical MTC test results
composition of
Cement
b). Reinforcement 1. Source approval May be procured either Contractor As proposed by contractor. Material shall be
Steel from producers directly or supplied from

through the authorized Producers /
dealers who can produce authorized dealers.
MTC from producers with
traceability.
Refer Purchaser/ Utility

approved list of producers
of reinforcement steel and
validity of BIS license to be
ensured.


Agency Extent
Utility
Also refer approved list of
Cut & Bend suppliers
2. Physical and As per Annexure-2 of this Contractor to submit 100% MTC’s 100% review of MTC.
Chemical analysis FQP MTC One sample* / 300MT / 1) Review of Lab test
test Manufacturer shall be results.
jointly sealed by 2) Unit weight of
Purchaser/Utility and three samples to be
tested at Purchaser/Utility witnessed.# #
Approved Lab.
* Note: All sizes of 10mm

and above shall be taken
for testing in every
300MT.
# # Three samples of each size of Reinforcement steel (all sizes of 10mm & above) out of 100MT steel Lot need to be physically weight at site in
presence of Purchaser/ Utility representative to ascertain their acceptance as per technical specification. The weighted samples at site may be kept
under custody for three months for further examination by any auditing authority (if required).
c). Coarse Aggregates 1. Source approval Source with materials Contractor Proposed by the To review the
meeting Technical Contractor, indicating the proposal based on
Specification location of the quarry and the documents
based on the test results of
Joint samples tested at
Purchaser/ Utility
approved Lab.
2. Physical tests As per document at Samples to be taken One sample per 1000 cum 100% review of lab
Annexure-3 of this FQP jointly and tested in or part thereof per source test results.
Purchaser/ Utility for 765KV & above TL and
approved lab One sample per 500 cum
or part thereof per source
for 500KV & below TL ,


Agency Extent
Utility
Samples to be tested by
Contractor in Purchaser/
Utility approved lab.
d). Fine aggregate 1. Source approval Source with materials Contractor Proposed by the To review the
meeting Technical Contractor, indicating the proposal based on
Specification location of the quarry and the documents.
based on the results of
Joint samples tested in
Purchaser/Utility approved
lab.
2. Physical test As per Annexure-4 of this Samples to be taken One sample per 1000 cum 100% review of lab
FQP jointly and tested in or part thereof per source test results.
Purchaser/Utility for 765KV & above TL and
approved lab One sample per 500 cum
or part thereof per source
for 500KV & below TL ,
Samples to be tested by
Contractor in Purchaser/
Utility approved lab
e). Water 1. Cleanliness (Water Technical Specification Contractor 100% visual check at Field Verification at
shall be fresh and random
clean)
2. Ph Value - do - Contractor One sample per source 100% review of the
At site with calibrated Ph field test results
meter or any other Ph not less than 6

approved method


Agency Extent
Utility
II) Foundation 1. Visual observation Technical Specification Contractor 100% at Field 100% at Field
Classification of soil strata
2. Ground water level
3. History of water
table in adj.
Area/surface water
4. Soil Investigation
wherever required
III) Concrete
Works
A)Before
concreting
a). Bottom of Pit dimensions Construction Drgs. Contractor 100% at Field 100% check by
excavated pit Purchaser/ Utility
b).P.C.C Grade , Completeness IS 456 and Purchaser/ Joint Inspection by For all locations For all locations
thickness & Size Utility approved Purchaser/ Utility and
construction drawings & CONTRACTOR
specification.
c). Stub setting 1) Centre Line Construction Drgs -do- -do- -do-
2) Diagonals and -do- -do- -do- -do-

back to back
3) Level of stubs -do- -do- -do- -do-
d). Frustum box Dimensions -do- -do- -do- -do-

quality and Placement
measurements
Bar bending schedule. Contractor 100% Checking of record
e) Reinforcement steel 100% and physical
f). Rod Type Earthing Dia. and length of the verification in
Technical specification and
rod. Random
approved construction


Agency Extent
Utility
drawings. Photograph of (At least 5%
GPS enabled camera locations shall be
cross verified at
random with respect
to stub setting and
reinforcement steel
placement.)
g). Concrete mix Ratio of mix Approval of Design Mix Contractor 100% 100%
proportion proportion submitted by contractor
(Applicable for based on inputs furnished
Design Mix) by Purchaser/ Utility as per
Annexure- 6 of this FQP.
B) During a). Workability Slump test as per Range 25 mm to 75 mm Contractor Minimum Two per day per check at random
concreting IS 1199 refer document at location, preferably one at
Annexure-5 of this FQP the start of concreting
b). Concrete Strength Cubes Comp Strength As per Technical Contractor Nominal Mix Normally testing
Specifications & as per Casting of cubes at site. One sample of 3 cubes in shall be carried out
Annexure-5 of this FQP Cubes to be tested for 28 each tower locations if all at the Purchaser
days strength at / the legs are cast /Utility in-house
Purchaser/ Utility Lab/At continuously without cube testing facility.
site (if testing machine interruption. If otherwise, Alternatively,
installed by contractor is additional 3 cubes to be samples shall be
duly calibrated by NABL taken for every subsequent tested at cube
Lab.)/ Purchaser/ Utility continuous casting case. testing facility
approved Lab. installed by

It is to be ensured that in
contractor at
Cubes at 100% location every case 3 cubes shall be
Purchaser/ Utility
are to be taken in selected in such a way that
premises, in the
presence of one each from start, middle
witness of
Purchaser/Utility and end of the casting
Purchaser/utility
officials. process.
representative.


Agency Extent
Utility
Cubes molds should be of Lastly at Purchaser/
ISI marked. Utility approved
Labs
NOTE: The efforts

shall be made to
carry out 100%
cube testing in the
in-house cube
testing facility.
IS 456 Design Mix Utility/Purchaser to
One sample of 3 cubes in witness testing on
each tower locations if all 20% samples and
the legs are cast also to review 100&
continuously. If otherwise, test results.
additional 3 cubes to be
taken for every subsequent
continuous casting case.
However, In case of
concrete supplied by RMC,
one set of 3 nos. of cubes
for every 50 cum or part
thereof for each day of
concreting and 28 days
compressive strength shall
be tested.
NOTE: Apart from cube

testing, the CORE testing on
casted foundations shall be
carried out on 5% of total


Agency Extent
Utility
locations. For one location,
any one leg shall be tested
on sampling basis. The
sampling should be
planned in such a way that
the locations are tested
within 45 days after casting
.Utility/Purchaser to decide
the sample locations to be
tested.
c). Anti-Corrosive Portion of Pole Technical Specification Contractor 100% at Field 20% on random
paint on foundation to be basis
foundation painted
C) After a) Curing, Back filling Compliance & As per Technical Contractor 100% 100%
Concreting & leveling of filled Completeness Specification
up soil
b) Back to back, level Dimension Check As per Technical Contractor 100% at Field Random check &
and diagonals to be Specifications & approved 100% verification of
checked by Total drawings records
Station and
recorded in JMC
c) Application of Visual check and As per Technical Contractor 100% at Field Random check &
Bituminous paint quantity Specifications & approved 100% verification of
on foundation drawings records
NDT/Core Tests UPV and Rebound As per Purchaser/Utility’s Standard procedure for Testing/Assessment of compressive strength of casted
Hammer /Core Concrete
7. Monopole a). Materials for Visual checking for Approved Drawings./BOM Contractor 100% at stores 100% verification of
Erection Monopole 1. Stacking records


Agency Extent
Utility
Sections bolts & 2. Cleanliness
nuts/washers/acc 3. Galvanizing
essories
4. Damages
b). Erection of 1. Assembling of As per Appd. Contractor 100% at field Random

Monopole Monopole Drgs./Purchaser/Utility
specification
2. Sequence of As per Appd. Drgs./

Contractor 100% at field Random
erection Purchaser/Utility
specification
As per Appd. Drgs./

3. Check for
Contractor 100% at field 25% by Site
Purchaser/Utility
completeness
Engineer and
specification
(Missing, hanging,
Random by Site
bend etc)
Incharge
4.Erection of As per Appd. Drgs./ Contractor 100% at field Site Engineer

structures Purchaser/Utility Only winches will be
specification allowed to secure the
safety and construction
ropes when erecting the
structures. The erection
will be performed with
the help of cranes with
telescopic boom
5. Tightening, missing As per Appd. Drgs./ Contractor 100% at field 25% by Site Engr
nuts and bolts Purchaser/Utility and random by Site
specification In charge.
6. Check for -do- -do- -do- -do-

verticality


Agency Extent
Utility
8. Earthing Installation of Earthing Footing 1.As per Purchaser/ Utility Contractor 100% at Field 20% locations to be
Earthing Resistance Test. approved drawing and 1. The earthing of the verified
Technical Specification (TS) pole shall be in line
with TS. .
2. The underground
earthing for the Pole
100% at Field 100% verification of
structures shall only
records
be finalized once the
footing resistance have
been carried out.
3. The terminal
structures will be
bonded to the
substation’s main
earth grid.
4. At all electrified
railway crossing and
metal pipelines, the
line’s earth
conductor will be
isolated from the
structure for ±800m
on both sides of the
crossing
Pipe Type Salt & charcoal As per approved drawings Contractor As above Checking of record
100% and physical
verification in
Random
9 Stringing I. Materials


Agency Extent
Utility
a) Insulators 1. Visual check for As per Purchaser/Utility Contractor 100% at Field 100% verification of
cleanliness/glazing/cr Specification, approved records and to carry
acks/and white spots. drawings Physical verification
random checks on
10%
2. IR Value Minimum acceptable value -do- Test shall be carried on 100 % by Contractor
Only for Disc 2000 Mega ohm 100% insulators using and record review by
Insulators 5/10 kV (DC) Megger Purchaser/Utility

and joint witnessing
by Purchaser/ Utility
on 05% insulator
3. Traceability Packing list Contractor 100% at field 100% Review of
(Make/batch records
No./Locations where
installed)
b) Conductors On receipt, Packing list Contractor 100% at stores 100% Review of
1. Visual check of records
drum.
2. Check for seals -do- -do- -do- -do-
3.Check depth from As per Purchaser/Utility Contractor Checking of Test 100% Review of
top of flange to the top specification, approved The line conductor shall Certificates and Inspection records
of the outer most layer drawing be supplied on returnable Repots
4. Greasing/Lay Ratio steel drums or non-

Tests returnable wooden
5. Packing drums. Drums shall be

marked with the length of
the conductor on the
drum and also with an
arrow to show the correct


Agency Extent
Utility
direction of rolling
c) Earth wire/OPGW Check for seals at Packing list Contractor 100% at stores 20% check
both ends In case of OPGW, OTDR 20% joint witnessing
test shall be carried on by Purchaser/ Utility
100% OPGW before
stringing
c) Hardware Fittings Visual Check for As per Purchaser/Utility Contractor 100% at stores 100% Review of
surface finish and specification and appd. All materials shall be free records
cracks drawings from folds, cracks and
other exterior and interior
defects which can affect
its strength, ductility ,
durability of ability to
function
Galvanizing As per Purchaser/Utility Contractor Record Review 100% Review of

specification All parts other than steel records
wires shall consist of a

suitable thickness of zinc
coating as per TS
Vibration Dampers As per Purchaser/Utility Contractor Record Review 100% Review of

specification The damper shall be records
designed for a working

life of at least 30 years
and the design shall take
full account of
environmental factors


Agency Extent
Utility
including conductor
temperature variations
between -10°C and 80°C,
ultraviolet radiation,
ozone and atmospheric
pollutants.
Stay Wire As per Purchaser/Utility Contractor Record Review 100% Review of

specification Stay Wire shall be records
galvanized steel strand as

per appd. Drawings and
TS
Armour Rod As per Purchaser/Utility Contractor Record Review 100% Review of

specification Armour rods shall be records
used to protect ACSR

conductor at all clamping
points on the suspension
stand-off insulators. The
size of the armour rods
shall be as per appd.
Drawings and TS.
d) OPGW & Optical Ground Wire As per Purchaser/Utility Contractor 100% inspection before 100% Review of
Hardware (OPGW) specification and appd. despatch records
drawings
Fibre Optics As per Purchaser/Utility Contractor 100% inspection before 100% Review of
specification and appd. despatch records
drawings
Mounting and As per Purchaser/Utility Contractor 100% inspection before 100% Review of


Agency Extent
Utility
Suspension Hardware specification and appd. despatch records
drawing
Termination and As per Purchaser/Utility Contractor 100% inspection before 100% Review of
Joints specification and appd. despatch records
Drawings
Stringing Field Work Tests/Check to be

done
Conductor .As per Purchaser/Utility Contractor The conductors and earth 100% Review of
specification and appd. wires shall be pulled up records
Drawings. and tensioned according to
“Code of Practice for
Overhead Power Lines
During Stringing Conductor/ Earthwire As per Purchaser/Utility Contractor The joints in the conductor 100% Review of
specification with Mid Span joints and records & Field
Repair Sleeve should be as check 20%
per the approved drawings
1.Scratch/cut check -do-
and TS
(visual)
2.Reepair Sleeve -do-
3.Mid span/Dead end -do-
joints


Agency Extent
Utility
4.Guying Appd. Guying

arrangement/
Purchaser/Utility spec.
After Stringing 1.Sag/Tension Stringing Chart/ Pole Contractor To be checked and verified 100% Review of
structure spotting data 100% at site as per the records & Field
approved Sag & Tension check 20%
Calculation
2. Electrical As per Technical Contractor To be checked and verified 100% Review of

records & Field
Clearances specification and appd as per approved check check 20%
drawings survey profile
i)..Ground Clearance As per Technical Contractor To be checked and verified 100% Review of
records & Field
specification and appd as per approved check check 20%
drawings survey
ii) Live Metal As per Technical Contractor 100% at Field 100% Review of
records & Field
Clearance specification and appd check 20%
drawings
3.Jumpering As per Technical Contractor 100% at Field 100% Review of

records & Field
specification and appd check 20%
drawings
4.Copper/Aluminium 100% Review of

records & Field
bond check 20%
5a. Placement of As per Technical Contractor 100% at Field 100% Review of

records & Field
Vibration Damper specification check 20%


Agency Extent
Utility
5b. Tightening of As per Technical Contractor 100% with fixed torque 100% Review of
records & Field
hardware B&N and specification wrench check 20%
fixing of split pins as
per manufacturer’s
recommendation.
10. Commissionin Handing over of Site Readiness of entire 1.Corridor Clearance As per Purchaser/utility 100% at Field
g line specification
2.Electrical Clearance As per Purchaser/utility

Contractor specification
3.Statutory Compliances As per Purchaser/utility

specification
11. Final Testing a) Readiness of lines 1. Completeness of As per pre-commissioning Joint inspection by 100% 100%
a) Pre- for pre- line. procedure adopted by Purchaser/ Utility and
commissioning commissioning 2. Meggar test of line Purchaser/Utility Contractor
of lines
b)Commissioni Readiness of lines for 1. Geo tagged a) As per pre- Joint inspection by 100% 100%
ng of line commissioning photograph of each commissioning Purchaser/ Utility and
procedure adopted by
tower after Contractor
Purchaser/Utility
completion of
stringing, to b) Pre-commissioning
ascertain the Report
completeness of
c) CEA clearance
tower.


Agency Extent
Utility
12. Storage of 1)Storage of Tower Visual & Physical Purchaser/ utility Contractor 100% Random check
materials parts, Conductor check specifications
drums, Insulators,
Hardware fittings,
Bolts/Nuts,
2) Cement Storage
NOTES:
1. This Field Quality Plan is typical & indicative only for the reference of Purchaser/Utility to develop their Field Quality Plan as per
their requirement & practices.
2. For special type of foundations, such as Pile, Field Quality Plan, as approved by Purchaser/ Utility shall be adopted.
3. The Accepting Authority for various tests/checks indicated in the FQP to be decided by Purchaser/Utility as per their practice.
4. The latest edition of relevant Indian Standard codes shall be referred, wherever required.

FQP Annexure-1
ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA AND PERMISSIBLE LIMITS FOR CEMENT
ORDINARY PORTLAND CEMENT
S. Name of the test Ordinary Portland Cement Ordinary Portland Cement Ordinary Portland Cement Remarks
No 33 grade as per IS 269: 43 grade as per IS 53 grade as per IS
. 2015 8112:2013 12269:2013
a) Physical tests To be conducted in Purchaser/

Utility approved Lab
(i) Fineness Specific surface area shall Specific surface area shall Specific surface area shall not Blaine’s air permeability method
not be less than 225 sq.m. not be less than 225 sq.m. be less than 225 sq.m. per Kg as per IS 4031 (Part-2):1999,
per Kg. or 2250 cm2 per gm. per Kg or 2250 cm2 per gm. or 2250 cm2 per gm. Reaffirmed 2013
(ii) Compressive 72 ± 1 hour : Not less than 72 ± 1 hour : Not less than 72 ± 1 hour : Not less than As per IS 4031 (Part-6): 1988,
strength 16 Mpa (16 N/mm2) 23 Mpa ( 23 N/mm2) 27Mpa (27 N/mm2) Reaffirmed 2014
168 ± 2 hour : Not less than 168 ± 2 hour : Not less than 168 ± 1 hour : Not less than
22 Mpa (22 N/mm2) 33Mpa ( 33 N/mm2) 37Mpa ( 37 N/mm2)
672 ± 4 hour : Not less than 672 ± 4 hour : Not less than 672 ± 1 hour : Not less than
33 Mpa (33 N/mm2), Not 43 Mpa ( 43 N/mm2), Not 53 Mpa ( 53 N/mm2)
more than 48Mpa more than 58Mpa
(48N/mm2) (58N/mm2)
(iii) Initial & Final Initial setting time : Not less Initial setting time : Not less Initial setting time : Not less As per IS 4031 (Part-5): 1988,
setting time than 30 minutes than 30 minutes than 30 minutes Reaffirmed 2014.
Final setting time : Not more Final setting time : Not more Final setting time : Not more -do-
than 600 minutes than 600 minutes than 600 minutes
(iv) Soundness Unaerated cement shall not Unaerated cement shall not Unaerated cement shall not Le Chatlier and Autoclave test
have an expansion of more have an expansion of more have an expansion of more as per IS 4031 (Part-3): 1988,
than 10mm when tested by than 10mm when tested by than 10mm when tested by Le Reaffirmed 2014.
Le Chatlier and 0.8% by Le Chatlier and 0.8% by Chatlier and 0.8% by
Autoclave test. Autoclave test Autoclave test.

FQP Annexure-1
S. Name of the test Ordinary Portland Cement Ordinary Portland Cement Ordinary Portland Cement Remarks
No 33 grade as per IS 269: 43 grade as per IS 269: 53 grade as per IS 269:
. 2015 2015 2015
b) Chemical composition tests Review of MTC only
a) Ratio of percentage of a) Ratio of percentage of a) Ratio of percentage of lime

lime to percentage of lime to percentage of to percentage of silica,
silica, alumina & iron silica, alumina & iron alumina & iron oxide
oxide 0.66 to 1.02% oxide 0.66 to 1.02% 0.80 to 1.02%
b) Ratio of percentage of a) Ratio of percentage of a) Ratio of percentage of

alumina to that of iron alumina to that of iron alumina to that of iron
oxide Minimum 0.66% oxide Minimum 0.66% oxide Minimum 0.66%
c) Insoluble residue, c) Insoluble residue, c) Insoluble residue,

percentage by mass percentage by mass percentage by mass Max.
Max. 5.00% Max. 5.00% 5.00%
d) Magnesia percentage by d) Magnesia percentage by d) Magnesia percentage by

mass Max. 6% mass Max. 6% mass Max. 6%
e) Total sulphur content e) Total sulphur content e) Total sulphur content

calculated as sulphuric calculated as sulpuric calculated as sulpuric
anhydride (SO3), anhydride (SO3), anhydride (SO3),
percentage by mass not percentage by mass not percentage by mass not
more than 3.5%. more than 3.5%. more than 3.5%.
f) Total loss on ignition shall f) Total loss on ignition shall f) Total loss on ignition shall
not be more than 5 percent not be more than 5 percent not be more than 4 percent
check
g) Chloride content, percent g) Chloride content, percent g) Chloride content, percent by

by mass, max 0.1% by mass, max 0.1% mass, max 0.1%

FQP Annexure-1
S. Name of the test Remarks

No
.
2. PORTLAND POZZOLANA CEMENT AS PER IS 1489 (Part 1):2015
a) Physical tests i) Fineness Specific surface area shall not be less than 300 sq.m. per Kg. To be conducted in Purchaser/
or 3000 Cm2 per gm. Utility approved Lab
ii) Compressive strength a) 72 ± 1 hour : Not less than 16 Mpa (16 N/mm2)
b) 168 ± 2 hour : Not less than 22 Mpa (22 N/mm2)
c) 672 ± 4 hour : Not less than 33 Mpa (33 N/mm2)
iii) Initial & Final setting Initial setting time : Not less than 30 minutes
time Final setting time : Not more than 600 minutes
iv) Soundness Un aerated cement shall not have an expansion of more than 10mm Le chatlier test and 0.8% by
Autoclave test as per IS 4031 (Part-3)
b) Chemical
composition
tests
a) Magnesia percentage by mass Max. 6% Review of MTC only
b) Insoluble residue, percent by mass, (a) Maximum {x + 4 (100-x)/100} (b) Minimum 0.6x, -do-
where x is the declared % of fly ash in the given Portland pozzolana cement.
c) Total sulphur content calculated as sulpuric anhydride (SO3), percentage by mass not -do-
more than 3.5
d) Total loss on ignition shall not be more than 5 percent -do-
e) Chloride content, percent by mass, max 0.1% -do-

FQP Annexure-2
ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA AND PERMISSIBLE LIMITS FOR REINFORCEMENT STEEL
AS PER IS 1786-2008 (Reaffirmed 2013), Amendment No.- 1
S. Name of the test Fe 415 Fe 500 Fe 500D
No
.
i) Chemical analysis test

Carbon 0.30 Percent Maximum 0.30 Percent Maximum 0.25 Percent Maximum
0.060 Percent Maximum 0.055 Percent Maximum 0.040 Percent
Sulphur
Maximum
Phosphorus 0.060 Percent Maximum 0.055 Percent Maximum 0.040 Percent
Maximum
0.11 Percent Maximum 0.105 Percent Maximum 0.075 Percent
Sulphur & Phosphorus
Maximum
0.42 percent Maximum 0.42 percent Maximum 0.42 percent Maximum
Carbon Equivalent
ii) Physical tests

a) Tensile Strength/Yield stress ≥1.10, but tensile strength not ≥1.08, but tensile strength not less ≥1.10, but tensile
ratio, less than 485.0 N/mm2 than 545.0 N/mm2 strength not less than
565.0 N/mm2
b) 0.2% of proof stress/Yield stress 415 500 500

Minimum, N/mm 2
c) Elongation percent , Minimum 14.5 12 16
d) Total elongation at maximum -- -- 5

force, percent, Minimum
e) Unit weight, Kg/m on sample sent As per IS 1786 As per IS 1786 As per IS 1786
for third party lab
iii) Bend & Rebend tests Pass Pass Pass

FQP Annexure-3
ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA AND PERMISSIBLE LIMITS FOR COARSE AGGREGATES AS PER IS 383:2016
3. Coarse Aggregates
i) Physical Tests
a) Determination a. IS Sieve Percentage passing for Single-Sized Aggregate Percentage Passing for graded Aggregate of
of particles size Designation of nominal size nominal size
40 mm 20 mm 16 mm 12.5 10 mm 40 mm 20 mm 16 mm 12.5 mm
mm
63 mm 100 - - - - - - - -
40 mm 85 to 100 100 - - - 90 to 100 100 - -
20 mm 0 to 20 85 to 100 - - 30 to 70 90 to 100 100 100

100
16 mm - - 85 to 100 - - - 90-100 -
100
12.5 mm - - - 85 to 100 - - - 90 to 100

100
10 mm 0 to 5 0 to 20 0 to 30 0 to 45 85 to 10 to 35 25 to 55 30 to 70 40 to 85
100
4.75 mm - 0 to 5 0 to 5 0 to 10 0 to 20 0 to 5 0 to 10 0 to 10 0 to 10
2.36 mm - - - - 0 to 5 - - - -
b. Combined Flakiness and Not to exceed 40%

Elongation index
c. Crushing Value Not to exceed 30%
d. Presence of deleterious material Total presence of deleterious materials not to exceed 5% for uncrushed, 2% for crushed and manufactured
coarse aggregates as per Annexure- 3A.

e. Hardness Abrasion value not more than 50%, Impact value not more than 45%
f. Soundness test (for concrete Not to exceed 12% when tested with sodium sulphate and 18% when tested with magnesium sulphate
work subject to frost action)

FQP Annexure-3A
Deleterious Percentage by Mass, Max

Substance Uncrushed Crushed Manufactured
a) Coal and lignite 1.0 1.0 1.0
b) Clay lumps 1.0 1.0 1.0
c) Materials finer 1.0 1.0 1.0
than 75 micron
d) Soft fragments 3.0 -- 3.0
e) Shale -- -- --
f) Total of 5.0 2.0 2.0
percentages of all
deleterious
materials (except
mica) including S.
No. a) to e) for
uncrushed and
crushed aggregates

FQP Annexure-4
ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA AND PERMISSIBLE LIMITS FOR FINE AGGREGATES AS PER IS 383
4. Fine aggregates
i) Physical Tests Percentage passing for

IS Sieve Designation
a) Determination of particle size F.A. Zone I F.A. Zone II F.A. Zone III
10 mm 100 100 100
4.75 mm 90-100 90-100 90-100
2.36 mm 60-95 75-100 85-100
1.18 mm 30-70 55-90 75-100
600 microns 15-34 35-59 60-79
300 microns 5 to 20 8 to 30 12 to 40
150 microns* 0-10 0-10 0-10
b) Presence of deleterious material Total presence of deleterious materials not to exceed 5% for uncrushed & 2% for
crushed/Mixed and manufactured fine aggregates as per Annexure- 4A.
c) Soundness Applicable to concrete work 10% when tested with sodium sulphate and 15% when tested with magnesium sulphate
subject to frost action
*For crushed stone sand the permissible limit on 150 microns IS Sieve is increased to 20 %.

FQP Annexure-4A
Deleterious Substance Percentage by Mass, Max

Uncrushed Crushed/Mixed Manufactured
a) Coal and lignite 1.0 1.0 1.0
b) Clay lumps 1.0 1.0 1.0
c) Materials finer than 3.0 15.0 ( for crushed sand)
75 micron 12.0 (for mixed sand) 10.0
d) Soft fragments -- -- --
e) Shale 1.0 -- 1.0
f) Total of percentages 5.0 2.0 2.0
of all deleterious
materials (except
mica) including S.
No. a) to e) for
uncrushed
aggregates and a) &
b) for
crushed/mixed and
manufactured
aggregates

FQP Annexure-5
ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA AND PERMISSIBLE LIMITS FOR CONCRETE WORK
1) Concrete a) Workability Slump shall be recorded by slump cone method and it shall between 25-75 mm
depending upon workability requirement as per IS 456: 2000.
b) Compressive strength For nominal (volumetric) concrete mixes compressive strength for 1:1.5:3 (Cement :
Fine aggregates : Coarse aggregates) concrete 28 days strength shall be min
265Kg/cm2 (26 N/mm2) and for 1:2:4 (Cement: Fine Aggregate: Coarse Aggregate)
nominal mix concrete 28 days strength shall be min 210Kg/cm2 (20.60 N/mm2)
Notes:
1) ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA BASED ON 28 DAYS COMPRESSIVE STRENGTHS FOR NOMINAL MIX CONCRETE: As per clause 5.4.10.4 of CPWD
Specifications, Volume 1
(a) The average of the strength of three specimen be accepted as the compressive strength of the concrete provided the strength of any
individual cube shall neither be less than 70% nor higher than 130% of the specified strength.
(b) If the strength of any individual cube exceeds more than 30% of specified strength, it will be restricted to 130% only for computation of
strength.
(c) If the actual average strength of accepted sample is equal to or higher than specified strength up to 30% then strength of the concrete shall
be considered in order and the concrete shall be accepted at full rates.
(d) If the actual average strength of accepted sample is less than specified strength but not less than 70% of the specified strength, the concrete
may be accepted after reconfirmation by NDT/Core test on the location portion represented by the cube samples in line with approved
Standard testing procedure of Purchaser/ Utility
(e) If the actual average strength of accepted sample is less than 70% of specified strength, the Engineer-in-Charge shall reject the defective
portion of work represented by sample and nothing shall be paid for the rejected work. Remedial measures necessary to retain the structure
shall be taken at the risk and cost of contractor. If, however the Engineer-in-Charge so desires, he may order additional tests to
be carried out to ascertain if the structure can be retained. All the charges in connection with these additional tests
shall be borne by the contractor.
2) 53 Grade cement shall be used after obtaining specific approval of the Engineer in charge.

3) Portland slag cement conforming to IS 455: 2015 may be used as per Technical Specification.
4) All Design Mix concrete shall be as per IS 456: 2000, reaffirmed 2016
5) ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA BASED ON 28 DAYS COMPRESSIVE STRENGTHS FOR DESIGN MIX CONCRETE: As per Table-11, Amendment No. 4
of IS 456: 2000 as given below:
Specified Case No. Sampling Acceptance Criteria for Mix Design Remarks
Grade as per Is 456:2000
M15 and A 1. Mean of Group of 4 non- Shall greater than or equal to

above overlapping consecutive test fck+0.825 x established standard
results. deviation (rounded off to nearest 0.5
N/sq. mm)*
Or fck + 3 N/sq. mm, whichever is
greater
A 2. Individual test result out of A Greater than or equal (fck-3) N/ Out of four non-
1. sq.mm overlapping consecutive
test results, one individual
test result only.
B 1. Group of non-overlapping fck + 4, N/sq.mm, minimum

consecutive if test results are
less than 4
B 2. Individual test result out of B fck - 2, N/sq.mm, minimum Out of less than four non-
1. overlapping consecutive
test results, one individual
test result only.
C1 When number of sample is fck + 4, N/sq.mm, minimum

only one.
* Established value of standard deviation shall be determined based on Note of Table-11 of IS 456
6.) The test results of the cube samples shall be the average of the strength of the three specimens. The individual variation shall not be more than ±
15% of the average.

FQP Annexure-6
CONCRETE MIX PROPORTIONING-MIX DESIGN ( to be furnished by site while sending samples for design mix)
S. Design Stipulations Specified Criteria for Mix Proportion

No.
A CONCRETE DETAILS: M20 M25 M30 M35 M40
1. Grade of Concrete ( M 20 to M 60- 28
days compressive Strength of 150mm
cubes )
2. Type of Concrete- Structural PCC RCC PSC Others
Classification
3. Placing Conditions of Concrete Building TL Pile S/S Pile S/S Structure Road
(Structural Elements)
B MIX DESIGN LIMITS:* 0.30 0.35 0.40 0.45 0.50 Others

4. Max. Water-Cement Ratio (W/C)-
Optional
5. Min Cement Content- Optional- 300 320 340 360 380 Others
Kg/m3*
C EXPOSURE CONDITIONS:@ Mild Mod. Severe V. Severe Extreme

6. Type of Environmental Exposure
7. Whether Exposed to Sulphate attack Yes No Not Known

from Soil, Water & Containment.
8. Whether Exposed to Chloride attack Yes No Not Known

from Soil, Water & Containment.
D CONCRETE INGREDIENTS: Ground River Pond Others

9. Source of Water for Construction
10. Type of Cement & Strength Grade. OPC OPC OPC PPC PPC PSC
Gr.33 Gr.43 Gr.53 BFS FAB
11. Brand, Batch No./Week/Year of

Cement(Test Certificate to be sent to

Lab)
12. Cementitious Materials Proposed for Microsilica/ Slag Fly Ash Other
Improvement of Density & Permeability. Silica Fume Pozzolona
13. FRESH CONCRETE Properties: 25-55 25-75 100-150 Others

Desired Slump of Concrete (mm)#
QUALITY CONTROL AT SITE: V.Good Good Fair Std.Lab.

14. Degree of Quality Control at Project Site
(For Standard Deviation)
15. Max. Size of Coarse Aggregate (MSA)- 63 40 20 12.5 4.75 Other

mm
16. Source of Coarse Aggregate Name of Quarry Location
17. Type of Fine Aggregate River Crushed Others

Sand Sand Specify
18. Source of Fine Aggregate (Sand) Name of Quarry Location
19. Admixture proposed to be Used (Batch Brand Name: Batch No.:

MTC to be Submitted to Lab)
20. Type of Compaction Equipment Plate Needle Vibro Hyd. Piling

Vibrator Vibrator Pressure Concrete
21. Type of Concrete Placement Facility at Manual Lift Hudraulic Bucket Concrete Pump
Project
22 Maximum/Minimum temp. envisaged

during placing of concrete
* Minimum Cement Content, Maximum Water-Cement Ratio and Minimum Grade of Concrete for Different Exposures with Normal Weight Aggregates
of 20 mm Nominal Maximum Size- Reinforced Concrete

Minimum cement Maximum free water Minimum grade of

content Kg/m3 cement ration concrete
300 0.55 M20
300 0.5 M25
320 0.45 M30
340 0.45 M35
360 0.4 M40
# Slump Value as per FQP;

i. For Switchyard civil works – 25 to 75mm
ii. For Switchyard pile foundations- 150-180mm
iii. For Transmission line open cast foundations- 25 to 75mm
iv. For Transmission line pile foundations- 150-180mm
ENVIRONMENT EXPOSURE CONDITIONS
MILD • Concrete surfaces protected against weather or aggressive
MODERATE • Concrete exposed to condensation and rain

• Concrete continuously under water
• Concrete surfaces sheltered from rain or freezing whilst wet
• Concrete in contact or buried under non-aggressive soil/ground water
SEVERE • Concrete surfaces exposed to severe rain, alternate wetting and drying
or occasional freezing whilst wet or severe condensation
• Concrete completely immersed in sea water
• Concrete exposed to coastal environment
VERY SEVERE • Concrete surfaces exposed to sea water spray, corrosive fumes or severe
freezing conditions whilst wet.
• Concrete in contact with or buried under aggressive subsoil/ ground
water
EXTREME • Surface of members in tidal zone, Members in direct contact with

liquid/solid aggressive chemicals
Note:- The design mix shall be tested for 7 and 28 days

General Notes:
1) This standard Field Quality Plan is not to limit the supervisory checks which are otherwise required to be carried out
during execution of work as per drawings/Technical specifications etc.
2) Contractor shall be responsible for implementing/documenting the FQP. Documents shall be handed over by the
contractor to Purchaser/utility after the completion of the work.
3) Acceptance criteria and permissible limits for tests are indicated in the Annexures. However for further details/tests
Technical specification and latest relevant Indian standards shall be referred.
4) Tests as mentioned in this FQP shall generally be followed. However Purchaser/Utility reserves the right to order
additional tests wherever required necessary at the cost of the agency.
5) The authorized dealer of reinforcement steel means the dealer whose names are listed in the steel producer’s web site or
certified by the producers.
6) READYMIX CONCRETE (RMC) IS ACCEPTABLE FOR USE. HOWEVER, SITE INCHARGE SHALL APPROVE THE
SOURCE OF MATERIALS TO BE USED FOR RMC .The documentation to be maintained shall be as per IS 4926:2003,
Reaffirmed 2012 i.e.
i) Information to be supplied by the purchaser (clause 7)
ii) Information to be supplied by the producer (clause 8)
iii) Sampling for concrete strength should be one set of 3 nos. of cubes for every 50 cum or part thereof for each day of
concreting and 28 days compressive strength shall be tested in line with IS 456:2000, Reaffirmed 2016.
7) The preference shall be given to batching/RMC plants approved by Quality Council of India.
8) Epoxy coating on reinforcement steel wherever required shall be done as per IS 13620:1993, Reaffirmed 2015.
9) Cement is to be used in the order, it is delivered (i.e. First in First Out). In case the cement remains in storage for more
than 3 months, the cement shall be retested before use and shall be rejected, if it fails to conform to any of the
requirements given in the relevant Indian Standard. Cement shall be packed in bags and stored in accordance with the
provisions in IS 4082:1996, Reaffirmed 2003.
10) Standard marking of ISI mark along with license number (Seven digit no., represented as CM/L-----) should be verified
for construction materials and test certificate submitted for review
11) The mix design shall be approved in line with standard format for mix design concrete and final approval of mix design
shall be done in consultation with Purchaser/utility’s engineering department. After approval, during first use, design
mix shall be verified by testing cube samples for 7 days and 28 days.

12) Tolerance of cement weight shall be governed by clause no. 10.1.1 of IS 269:2015 for OPC and by clause no. 10.1.1 of
IS 1489 (Part 1):2015 for PPC.
13) Digital Photographs during concreting, erection and stringing for each location shall be taken and kept in record for
future reference by high resolution GPS enabled camera.
14) All the charges in connection with NDT/ Core tests shall be borne by the contractor.
15) Bituminous paint should be applied wherever required check

Annexure-G
Relevant Indian/ International

Standards
Annexure-G
RELEVANT INDIAN/ INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
S. Indian Title
No. Standard
1. IS 209 Specification For Zinc
2. IS 269 Ordinary Portland Cement, 33 Grade —
Specification
3. IS 278 Galvanized Steel Barbed Wire For Fencing -
Specification
4. IS 363 Hasps and Staples – Specification
5. IS 383 Coarse and Fine Aggregate for Concrete–
Specification
6. IS 398 Aluminum Conductors For Overhead Transmission
(all parts) Purposes
7. IS 432 Specification For Mild Steel and Medium Tensile
Steel Bars and Hard-Drawn Steel wire For Concrete
Reinforcement
8. IS 731 Porcelain Insulators For Overhead Power Lines With
A Nominal Voltage Greater Than 1000 V
9. IS 800 Code of Practice For General Building Construction
In Steel
10. IS 802 Use of Structural
(Part 1) Sec 1 Steel In Overhead Transmission Line Tower-
Sec 2 Materials, Loads and Permissible Stress
Section‐ 1: Materials and Loads
Section‐2 : Permissible Stresses.
11. IS 802(Part 2) Code of Practice For Use of Structural Steel In Over
Head Transmission Line : Fabrication, Galvanizing,
Inspection & Packing
12. IS 802 (Part 3 Code of Practice For Use of
structural Steel In Overload Transmission Line: Te
sting
13. ASCE 48-19 Design of Steel Transmission Pole Structure
14. IEC 60826 Design Criteria of Overhead Transmission Lines
15. IS 808 Dimensions For Hot Rolled Steel Beam,
Column, Channel and Angle Sections.
16. IS 875 Code of Practice For Design Loads
(Other Than Earthquakes) For Buildings
and Structures
17. IS 1079 Hot Rolled Carbon Steel Sheet and Strip
Specification
Annexure-G: Relevant Indian/International Standards Page G.1 of G. 5

18. IS 1080 Codes of Practice For Design and Construction of

Shallow Foundations On Soils (Other Than Raft,
Ring & Shell)
19. IS 1340 Code of Practice For Chromate Conversion Coating
On Zinc and Cadmium Coated Articles and Zinc
Base Alloys
20. IS 1363 Hexagon Head Bolts, Screws and
Nuts (Size Range M5 To M36)
21. IS 1367 Technical Supply Conditions For
Threaded Steel Fasteners
22. IS 1477 Code of Practice For Painting of Ferrous
etals In Buildings:
Part‐I: Pre‐Treatment
Part‐II: Painting
23. IS 1489 Portland - Pozzolana Cement Specification
24. IS 1498 Classification and Identification of Soils For General
Engineering Purposes
25. IS 1521 Method of Tensile Testing of Steel Wire
26. IS 1573 Electro‐Plated Coatings of Zinc On Iron and Steel
27. IS 1586 Metallic Materials - Rockwell Hardness Test: Part 2
Verification and Calibration of Testing Machines
and Indenters
28. IS 1892 Codes For Practice For Subsurface Investigation For
Foundation
29. IS 1904 Codes For Practice For Design and Construction of
Foundation In Soil: General Requirements
30. IS 2131 Method of Standard Penetration Test For Soils
31. IS 2220 Codes For Practice For Thin Walled Tube Sampling
of Soils
32. IS 2720 (Part- Method of Test For Soils (Relevant Parts)
1-39)
33. IS 2809 Glossary of Terms and Symbols Relating To Soil
Engineering
34. IS 2911- Part Code of Practice For Design and Construction of Pile
I-VI Foundations (Relevant Parts)
35. IS 1778 Reels and Drums For Bare Conductors
36. IS 1786 High Strength Deformed Steel Bars and Wires For
Concrete reinforcement— Specification
37. IS 1852 Rolling and Cutting Tolerances of Hot
Rolled Steel Products
38. IS 1893 Criteria For Earthquake Resistant
Design of Structures
39. IS 2016 Specification For Plain Washers

40. IS 2062 Hot Rolled Medium and High Tensile Structural

Steel
41. IS 2071 High Voltage Test Techniques
42. IS 2074 Ready Mixed Paint, Air Drying, Oxide. Zinc Chrome
, Priming Specification
43. IS 2121 Conductor and Earthwire Accessories
44. IS 2486 Specification For Insulator Fittings For Overhead
Power Lines With A Nominal Voltage Greater Than
1000 V
45. IS 2502 Bending and Fixing of Bars For Construction Work
46. IS 2551 Danger Notice Plates
47. IS 2629 Recommended Practice For Hot Dip
Galvanizing of Iron and Steel.
48. IS 2633 Method of Testing Uniformity of
Coating of Zinc Coated Articles
49. ASTM A123 Standard Specification For Zinc (Hot-Dip
Galvanized) Coatings On Iron and Steel Products
50. IS 3025 Methods of Sampling and Testing (Physical and
Chemical) For Water Used In Industry
51. IS 3043 Code of Practice For Earthing
52. IS 3063 Fastener- Single Coil Rectangular Section Spring
Lock Washers For Bolts, Nuts Screws
53. IS 3188 Characteristics of String Insulator Units
54. IS 3757 High Strength Structural Bolts
55. IS) 3834-2 Quality Requirements For Fusion Welding of
Metallic Materials — Part 2: Comprehensive Quality
Requirements
56. IS 4078 Code of Practice For Indexing and Storage of Drill
Cores
57. IS 4091 Code of Practice For Design and Construction of
Foundations For Transmission Line Poles and Poles
58. IS 4434 Code of Practice For In-Situ Vane Shear Test For
Soils
59. IS 4453 Code of Practice For Sub-Surface Exploration By
Pits, Trenches, Drifts and Shafts
60. IS 4464 Code of Practice For Presentation of Drilling
Information and Core Description In Foundation
Investigation
61. IS 4759 Hot Dip Zinc Coatings On
Structural Steel and Other Allied Products
62. IS 4826 Galvanized Coating On Round Steel Wires
63. IS 4926 Ready-Mixed Concrete — Code of Practice
64. IS 4968 (Part- Method For Subsurface Sounding For Soils,
II) Dynamic Method Using Cone and Bentonite Slurry

65. IS 5313 Guide For Core Drilling Observations

66. IS 5369 General Requirements For Plain Washers and Lock
Washers
67. IS 5525 Recommendations For Detailing of Reinforcement in
Reinforced Concrete Works
68. IS 5613 Code of Practice For Design Installation and Mainte
Part-1 nance of Overhead Power Lines: Lines Upto and
Including 11kv
Section‐1: Design
Section‐2: Installation and Maintenance
69. IS 5613 Code of Practice For Design Installation and
Part-2 Maintenance of Overhead Power Lines: Lines
Above11kv and Upto & Including 220kv
Section-1: Design
Section 2: Installation and Maintenance
70. IS 5613 Code of Practice For Design Installation and
Part-2 Maintenance of Overhead Power Lines: 400kv Lines
Section-1: Design
Section 2: Installation and Maintenance
71. IS 5624 Foundation Bolts - Specification
72. IS 6610 Heavy Washers For Steel Structures
73. IS 6623 High Strength Structural Nuts
74. IS 6639 Hexagon Bolts For Steel Structure
75. AWS 19.0‐72 Welding of Zinc Coated Steel
76. IS 6403 Code of Practice For Determination of Allowable
Bearing Pressure on Shallow Foundation
77. IS 6745 Methods of Determination of Weight of Zinc Coating
of Zinc Coated Iron and Steel Articles
78. IS 6926 Code of Practice For Diamond Core Drilling For Site
Investigation For River Valley Projects
79. IS 6935 Method of Determination of Water Level In A Bore
Hole
80. IS 7422 Symbols and Abbreviations For Use In Geological
Maps, Sections and Subsurface Exploratory Logs
(Relevant Parts)
81. IS 8009 (Part- Code of Practice For Calculation of Settlements of
I) Foundations (Shallow Foundations Subjected To
Symmetrical Vertical Loads)
82. IS 8500 Specification For Weldable Structural
Steel (Medium & High Strength Qualities)
83. IS 8764 Method For Determination of Point Load Strength
Index of Rocks
84. IS 9143 Method For Determination of Unconfined
Compressive Strength of Rock Materials

85. IS 9179 Method of Preparation of Rock Specimen For

Laboratory Testing
86. IS 9259 Specification For Liquid Limit Apparatus
87. IS 9640 Specification For Split Spoon Sampler
88. IS 9759 Guidelines For Dewatering During Construction
89. IS 10050 Method of Determination of Slake Durability Index
of Rocks
90. IS 11315 Description of Discontinuities In Rock Mass- Core
(Part-II) Recovery and Rock Quality
91. IS/IEC 60815 Selection and Dimensioning of High-Voltage
Insulators Intended For Use In Polluted Conditions
Specification
93. IS 8263 Method of Radio Interference Tests On High Voltage
Insulators
94. IS 8269 Methods For Switching Impulse Test On HV
Insulators
95. IS 10162 Specification For Spacers Dampers For Twin
Horizontal Bundle Conductors
96. IS 10238 Fasteners- Threaded Steel Fasteners -
Step Bolts For Steel Structures
Specification
98. IS 13229 Zinc Galvanization - Specification
99. IS 13620 Fusion Bonded Epoxy Coated Reinforcing Bars-
Specification
100. IS 14893 Non-Destructive Integrity Testing of Piles ( NDT ) —
Guidelines
101. SP 34 Handbook On Reinforcement and Detailing

File No.CEA-PS-14-121/1/2021-PSETD Division 1
I/13446/2021
भारत सरकार
Government of India
विद्युत मंत्रालय
Ministry of Power
केन्द्रीय विद्युत प्राधिकरण
विद्युत प्रणाली अभियांत्रिकी एवं प्रौद्योगिकी विकास प्रभाग
Power System Engineering & Technology Development
Division
rd
3 Floor, Sewa Bhawan, R.K. Puram
New Delhi – 66,
विषय: Constitution of Committee for preparation of Standard Technical

Specification for steel Pole Type Structure
The transmission of power on overhead line will continue to dominate over

other mode of power transmission due to techno-economic reasons.
Presently self-supported lattice type towers/ compact narrow based towers
are primarily used for transmission of power on overhead transmission
lines. The steel tubular poles as an alternative to lattice structure have
gained acceptance by the utilities in India and use of such structure is
increasing in some areas due to less foot print & Right of Way (RoW), better
aesthetic and more reliable under extreme weather condition (smaller
bending moment at the base under heavy load condition).
1. At present, there is no national standard covering erection and design

of steel Pole type transmission towers. The Pole type towers are designed
based on the demand of the utilities on case to case basis. Hence, there is
need for preparation of standard specification of steel pole type structure for
transmission of power on overhead transmission lines. The standardisation
will help the utilities/Transmission Service Providers and manufacturer to
get products of similar quality & reliability, the delivery will be faster and
would establish uniform practices across the country.
2. In view of above, a Technical Committee is constituted under the

Chairmanship of Chief Engineer (PSE&TD), CEA with following composition
for preparation of standard specification of steel Pole type structure for
transmission of power on overhead lines.
1. Chief Engineer (PSE&TD), CEA Chairman
सेवा भवन , आर. के. परु म-I, नई दिल्ली -110066 टे लीफै क्स: 011-26170541 ईमेल:ce-psetd@gov.in वेबसाइट:www.cea.nic.in
Sewa Bhawan, R.K Puram-I, New Delhi-110066 Telephone: 011-26732352 email: ce-psetd@gov.in Website: www.cea.nic.in
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2. Chief Engineer (TCD), CEA Member
3. A representative from CPRI Member
4. A representative from SERC Member
5. A representative from PGCIL Member
6. Representatives from Power Utilities
 RRVPNL (Rajasthan) Members

 KPTCL (Karnataka)
 GETCO (Gujarat)
 TANTRANSCO (Tamil Nadu)
 UPPTCL (Uttar Pradesh)
 TSTRANSCO (Telangana)
 MSETCL (Maharashtra)
7. Representatives from Pole manufacturers Members
 Valmont
 Bajaj Electricals Ltd.
8. A representative from EPTA Member
9. Director (PSE&TD), CEA Convener
Proposed Terms of Reference of the Committee are as under:

(a) To prepare technical specification of Pole type structure including type
of material, constructional features, Structural & Foundation Design
and testing.
(b) To standardize manufacturing Quality Plan for manufacturing, testing,
and any other issue as decided by the committee.
The committee will submit the standard specification within three (3)
months from the first meeting of the committee. The committee may co-opt
any other member, as deemed fit.
This issues with approval of Chairperson, CEA
मोहित मुदगल / Mohit Mudgal

उप-निदे शक / Deputy Director
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To:
1. Chief Engineer (PSE&TD), CEA
2. Chief Engineer (TCD), CEA
3. Director (PSE&TD), CEA
4. SA to Chairperson, CEA
5. SA to Member (PS), CEA
Following organizations are requested to nominate a suitable officer to the

Committee.
6. Director General, Central Power Research Institute, P B No.8066,

Sadashivnagar PO, Prof. Sir C V Raman Road, Bangalore - 560 080
7. Director, Structural Engineering Research Centre, CSIR Campus,

Taramani, Post Box No.8287, Chennai–600 113.
8. Chairman & Managing Director, POWERGRID, Saudamini, Plot

No.2, Sector 29, Near IFFCO Chowk, Gurgaon (Haryana) - 122001
9. Chairman & Managing Director, RRVPNL, Corporate office, Vidyut

Bhawan, Jyoti Nagar, Janpath, Jaipur-302005
10. Chairman & Managing Director, KPTCL, 1st floor, Kaveri Bhawan,
KG Road,Bangalore-560009
11. Chairman, GETCO, Sardar Patel Vidyut Bhavan, Corporate Office

Race Course, Vadodara-390007
12. Chairman & Managing Director, TANTRANSCO, 10th Floor/NPKR

Ramasamy Malikai, No. 144, Anna Salai, Chennai-600002
13. Chairman & Managing Director, Uttar Pradesh Power Transmission

Corporation Ltd., Shakti Bhawan, 14-A, Ashok Marg, Lucknow-
226001
14. Chairman & Managing Director, Transmission Corporation of

Telangana Ltd., Vidyut Soudha, Khairatabad, Hyderabad - 500082
15. Chairman & Managing Director, Maharashtra State Electricity

Transmission Company Ltd., C-19, E-Block, Prakashganga, Bandra-
Kurla Complex Bandra (E), Mumbai 400 051
16. Chairman, Valmont Structures Pvt. Ltd., Unit 203, 2nd Floor,
Pentagon IV, Magarappata City, Hadapsar, Pune – 411028,
Maharashtra, India. Phone: +91 20 6666 4141
17. Business Head, EPC Power Transmission, Bajaj Electricals Ltd.,
3
I/13446/2021
Rustomjee Aspire, 6th Floor, Bhanu Shankar Yagnik Marg, Sion
East, Mumbai- 400022
18. Mr. Vijay Chhibber, Director General, Electric Power Transmission

association, Core 6-A, Ground Floor India Habitat Centre, Lodi
Road, New Delhi – 110003.
Signature Not Verified
Digitally signed by MOHIT

MUDGAL
Date: 2021.01.27 16:46:26 IST
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Chairman of the Committee
Shri Ashok Kumar Thakur

Chief Engineer (PSE&TD Division)
List of Contributors and Participants
1. Shri Ravinder Gupta CEA

2. Shri Ramesh Kumar CEA
3. Shri Y.K. Swarnkar CEA
4. Shri Baleshwar Thakur CEA
5. Shri Bhanwar Singh Meena CEA
6. Shri Deepak Raghuvanshi CEA
7. Shri Mohit Mudgal CEA
8. Shri Akshay Dubey CEA
9. Shri Karan Sareen CEA
10.. Shri Nishant Chohla CEA
11. Shri M. L. Sachdeva Ex-CEA
12. Shri S.K. Ray Mohapatra Ex-CEA
13. Shri J R Boro Ex-CEA
14. Shri Apoorv Goyal Ex-CEA
15. Shri Surendra Kumar POWERGRID
16. Shri Nitesh Kumar Sinha POWERGRID
17. Shri Rajiv Gandhi POWERGRID
18. Shri Karan POWERGRID
19. Shri Loveleen Singh DTL
20. Shri Ashok Kumar DTL
21. Shri Akhilesh Srivastava UPPTCL
22. Shri Ajay Shrivastava MPPTCL
23. Smt. Mamta Mehta RVPNL
24. Shri Sandeep Kalantri MSETCL
25. Shri Kishor Guard MSETCL
26. Shri Hardeep Singh PSTCL
27. Shri Arun Garg PSTCL
28. Ms. Deepika Joshi HPPCL
29. Shri Rakesh Negi HPPCL
30. Shri Bala Chander Rao TSTRANSCO
31. Shri T. Sharat Babu TSTRANSCO
32. Shri G Laxman Raju TSTRANSCO
33. Shri Krishna Mohan Singh TSTRANSCO
34. Shri Ajith Kumar Vamadevan KSEB
35. Shri Sudhakar Garapati KPTCL
36. Shri Syed Manzoor Hussain KPTCL
37. Shri. Govida Raju APTRANSCO
38. Er. M. Shafiulla TANTRANSCO
39. Shri S. Marimuthu TANTRANSCO
40. Mr. A. A. Joshi GETCO
41. Ms. M. B. Sharma GETCO
42. Ms. Dhara Bhatt GETCO
43. Shri C G Thakkar GETCO
44. Ms. Monica Sharma GETCO
45. Shri Rajesh Kumar HVPNL
46. Shri Sushant BSPTCL
47. Shri Kisan Jana OPTCL
48. Shri Hillol Biswas WAPCOS Ltd.
49. Dr. M. Selvaraj CPRI
50. Shri K. Vijayakumar CPRI
51. Dr. G. S. Palani SERC
52. Dr. N. Prasada Rao SERC
53. Shri Sanket A Barapatre Adani Transmission Ltd.
54. Shri Deepak Jha Adani Transmission Ltd.
55. Shri Paresh Mestri Tata Power Ltd.
56. Shri Sandeep Deshmukh Tata Power Ltd.
57. Shri Pramod Tupe Tata Power Ltd.
58. Shri Sambrit Chakraborty Tata Power Ltd.
59. Shri Railkar Parag Tata Power Ltd.
60. Shri Bipin B Shah Ex-Torrent Power
61. Shri Milind Nene Kalpataru Power
62. Shri Kaushal Thakkar Kalpataru Power
63. Shri Chandan Raina Sterlite Power
64. Dr. Deepak Lakhapati Sterlite Power
65. Shri Naveen Singh Sterlite Power
66. Shri Gopal Ji Sterlite Power
67. Shri C.Suresh Babu Reddy L&T Power
68. Shri Rajender Kumar Thakur Sekura Energy Ltd.
69. Shri R R Patel KEC Ltd.
70. Shri Ramnik Arora KEC Ltd.
71. Shri Bigyan Parija Indigrid
72. Shri Sudhir K Nayak Indigrid
73. Shri Saurabh Singh Indigrid
74. Shri Pradeep M V Bajaj Electricals Ltd.
75. Shri Dhiraj Chaddha Bajaj Electricals Ltd.
76. Shri Monal Wagh Bajaj Electricals Ltd.
77. Shri Kailash Deshmukh Bajaj Electricals Ltd.
78. Shri Sujal Shah Skipper
79. Shri Ramen Mukherjee Skipper
80. Shri Abhishek Goel Skipper
81. Shri Dayanand Swamy Kuna Salasar Techno
82. Shri Asis Panda Valmont
83. Shri Sreedhar Reddy Valmont
84. Shri Abhijeet Sapkal Valmont
85. Shri Priyotosh Bhattacharyya Special Invitee
Central Electricity Authority Central Electricity Authority (CEA) is a
statutory organization, originally constituted under Section 3(1) of
the replaced Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948, since substituted by
section 70 of the Electricity Act, 2003. It was established as a part-
time body in 1951 and made a full-time body in 1975. The functions
and duties of CEA are delineated under Section 73 of the Electricity
Act, 2003. The ‘Office of CEA’ is an Attached Office of the Ministry of
Power.
CEA is an apex technical body facilitating overall development of the
power sector in the country with the vision to provide quality Power
for all at an affordable price. CEA advises Central Government on the
matters related to National Electricity Policy, formulates short-term
and perspective plans for development of electricity systems, specify
various technical standards for construction of the electric plans &
electric lines, grid connectivity, safety requirement for construction
and O&M of electrical plants & electric lines, installation & operation
of electricity meters, promotes & assists in timely completion of
schemes & projects, promotes measure for upgrading skills of human
resource in the power sector, collects & utilization of industry,
promotes research in matters affecting power sector, and advise the
Central Government, State Governments, Electricity Regulatory
Commissions & licensees on all such matter of Power Sector on which
its advise is sought.

MINISTRY OF POWER, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
POWER SYSTEM ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
SEWA BHAWAN, R. K. PURAM, NEW DELHI-110066

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सत्यमेवजयते

STANDARD TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION

Standard Technical Specification for Steel

The transmission of power on overhead line will continue to dominate

CLAUSE NO. TITLE PAGE NO.

STANDARD TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION FOR STEEL MONOPOLE

1.1 This specification covers design, engineering, manufacturing,

2.0 Applicable Standards

CEA (Technical Standards for Construction of Electrical Plants and

The design, manufacturing, fabrication, galvanizing, testing,

In case, Indian Standards are not available, International Standards

A tentative list of applicable standards is given in Annexure-G.

3.0 Service and Climatic conditions

Following basic information (Table-1) shall be provided by the

(a) Name of transmission line

voltage pole structure)

In addition to above, any other input required for design of Steel

4.0 Steel Monopole Structure

4.1 General Description

4.1.1 The steel pole structures can be Single circuit/Double circuit/Multi

4.1.3 The pole structures shall be self-supporting polygonal steel pole

4.2 Type of Pole Structures

4.2.1 The poles are classified as given below in table-2:

Type of Pole Deviation Limit Typical Use

Deviation with or c) Dead end with 0 deg

The pole structure shall be designed for highest body extension

4.3.1 Normal Design Span

The Route of transmission line shall be clearly identified as normal

AC Voltage (kV) Normal design span (m)

Normal route Forest

4.3.2 Wind Span

4.3.3 Weight Span

Voltage Pole Type Normal Condition Broken wire

(b) In case the actual spotting spans at certain locations exceed

4.4 Electrical Clearance

4.4.1 Ground Clearance

Minimum ground clearance for conductor shall be maintained as

The minimum ground clearance from the bottom conductor shall

Conductor creep shall be compensated by over tensioning the

4.4.2 Live metal Clearance

The minimum live metal clearance to be provided between the live

Voltage level Suspension Insulator

765kV 00 5600 mm (S/C)

For computing the live metal clearances, the dimensions and

4.4.3 Phase to Phase Spacing

The phase to phase vertical and horizontal spacing shall be

Voltage level of Phase to phase spacing between

The staggering of conductors, if required, shall be as per IS: 5613.

4.4.4 Mid Span Clearance

The minimum vertical mid span clearance between the earth-wire/

Voltage Level Mid Span Clearance

Note: At restricted locations, suitable technical arrangement like Line

(a) Power line Crossing

(i) Clearance between power lines crossing each other shall

(ii) The angle of crossing shall be 90o as far as possible,

(iii) For crossing of power line of 400kV or above voltage class,

used on either sides of the power line and the crossing of

(vi) In case of crossing with tension poles proper guying shall

(b) Telecommunication Line Crossings