Reliapole TV and news interview at inspection job in Arkansas. An excerpt:
The University of Arkansas at Monticello announced this weekend’s football game will move to Arkadelphia because the poles at Convoy Leslie-Cotton Boll stadium have fatigue related cracks. At least 19 Arkansas communities have the same light poles.
“When we first heard about it, we were concerned for the safety of our community,” Monticello School District Superintendent Bob Harper says.
With good reason. Other poles from the now out of business Whitco Co. of Fort Worth, TX have had catastrophic failures, collapsing onto bleachers, even crashing into a gymnasium.
“Schools really need to pay attention,” Wes Oliphant says.
Wes Oliphant works for Reliapole Solutions which inspects poles for structural integrity and potential design flaws. Oliphant says he’s inspected approximately 100 Whitco poles in multiple states, 30 of which already show cracks at the base where the pole connects to a mount bolted into the ground.
