Know what's happening inside your light poles — before one of them comes down. Built for property management groups, retail owners and ESCOs.
Request a Pole Testing Quote →Light poles rust from the inside out. Water from rain and irrigation collects at the base of the pole, and corrosion works its way outward through the steel wall. By the time anything shows on the outside, the pole is often already past the point of repair.
Ultrasonic testing uses high-frequency sound waves to measure how much steel is actually left in the pole wall — no digging, no cutting, no downtime. We take a minimum of 12 readings around the base of each pole, compare them against the pole's original wall specification, and give every pole on your property a clear condition rating.
The result is simple: you find out which poles are fine, which ones to watch, and which ones need to come down now — on your schedule and your budget, instead of after a failure.
A falling pole can injure people and damage vehicles and property. Testing shifts that risk off your balance sheet.
Most of the damage happens inside the pole, where a visual inspection or a paint job will never reveal it.
Planned replacement is a line item you control. Emergency replacement after a failure is not.
Documented, routine testing demonstrates due diligence and strengthens your position on claims and renewals.
Catching problems early means repairing poles you'd otherwise replace — more life out of infrastructure you already own.
You get an ordered replacement list, not a pass/fail sheet — so multi-year capital planning becomes straightforward.
Multi-site portfolios where a single pole failure becomes a claim against the property.
Parking lots and shopping centers where poles carry the lighting your customers park under.
Energy service companies who need pole condition data behind a retrofit bid — we test, you deliver the project.
A technician documents anything visible — cracks, rust, leaning, base damage or impact.
Paint and surface corrosion are cleared at the test points so the readings are accurate.
Sound waves measure the remaining wall thickness at a minimum of 12 points around the base.
Readings are compared against the pole's original specification to determine how much steel has been lost.
Every pole is rated and ranked, with a clear recommendation: sound, monitor, or replace.
Wall-thickness readings and photographs for every pole tested, with each pole rated on a clear three-tier scale.
Poles ranked by urgency, so you know exactly what needs budgeting this year versus what can wait.
A recommended interval for each pole based on its condition and site environment, so testing becomes routine instead of reactive.
"We had no idea two of our poles were nearly gone. The report gave us exactly what we needed to get replacements into next year's budget instead of finding out the hard way."Sample Client · Property Manager
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