On Sept. 28, 2022, Hurricane Ian made landfall near Cayo Costa in southwestern Florida as a dangerous, high-end Category 4 storm. The storm’s catastrophic winds, storm surge, flooding and tornadoes caused extensive damage.Ìý

Irby 51ÂÒÂ×»»ÆÞ was ready with teams on the ground consisting of more than 60 personnel. Irby conducted damage assessment in impacted areas throughout Southwestern Florida including collecting data and necessary requirements for reporting, riding out circuits and marking maps where poles, wire, and equipment were down.Ìý

As a result of Irby’s storm damage assessments, the company and its customers were able to assign the right crews and right equipment to the right place so that power could be restored as quickly as possible.Ìý

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provides electricity to more than 209,000 customers in Orleans Parish, Louisiana. On Sunday, August 29, 2021, Hurricane Ida made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 150 mph. The New Orleans area suffered damage causing outages for approximately 895,000 customers.

As a result of Hurricane Ida, a 475-foot lattice transmission tower in Avondale, a suburb on the west bank of the Mississippi River, was damaged and fell with conductor lines landing in the river. The tower on the Harahan side of the river remained intact with the conductor lines attached. This was a primary circuit for New Orleans and power was rerouted to restore electricity for customers until the damage could be repaired.

Entergy New Orleans contracted with Irby to manage the project from beginning to end. The removal of the destroyed transmission tower’s lines in the Mississippi River was a national priority. Efforts included coordinating with the Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Coast Guard, Levee District, Louisiana State Police, Jefferson Parish EOC, the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and other agencies to ensure safety and minimize risks.Ìý Ìý

To safely remove the wire from the tower, clearing the downed conductor lines was completed by through a series of controlled detonations. Explosives were attached to the conductor lines on both sides of the tower and demoed in sections.Ìý

Once the lines and old towers were cleared away, , LLC, completed pile driving work and Irby sister company installed anchor bolted piers to resist uplift forces that might otherwise cause the new tower and lines to be extracted from the ground.

With foundations in place, Irby, , and erected two 475-foot towers to supersede the old ones. With only 6 hours a day permitted by authorities to shut down major river traffic, Irby has begun stringing the lines using barges across the 3,700-foot span of the Mississippi. Once that is complete, energizing the lines is the last step in bringing this major transmission system back to life.

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On 10 September 2017, Hurricane Irma made landfall on Florida’s Atlantic seaboard. The storm caused significant damage to power transmission infrastructure resulting in a loss of power to over 6 million Floridians.

Irby crews, attending emergency restoration activities on the Gulf Coast as a result of Hurricane Harvey, adapted deployments to provide needed specialist personnel and equipment to restoration efforts in Florida. By months end, power had been restored to pre-storm output levels.

Start Date: September 2017
Completion Date: September 2017

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Hurricane Harvey was a category 4 storm which made landfall on the United States Gulf Coast in August 2017. The storm caused substantial damage including electricity outages resulting from high winds and significant flooding.

At its peak, forced outages displaced more than 10,000 MW of electricity generating capacity within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas grid including six major 345kV transmission lines and more than two hundred 69 kV–138 kV lines. As Harvey made landfall, caravans of Irby specialist personnel and equipment were mobilized so the power restoration process could begin as soon as the rain and winds subsided.

Alongside many fellow companies, Irby teams logged 114,000 manhours restoring power to impacted communities.

Start Date: August 2017
Completion Date: October 2017

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Dissipating on 10 October 2016, Hurricane Matthew was the most powerful storm of the 2016 Atlantic Hurricane Season, creating estimated damages of $10.3 billion across the Southeastern United States.

As directed by via local government agencies, Irby mobilized its crews to support emergency power restoration efforts in the storms wake, providing a caravan of specialized personnel and equipment for rapid response. By months end October 2016, Irby had restored power as directed.

Start Date: October 2016
Completion Date: October 2016

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In late May 2011, Arkansas experienced extreme precipitation conditions in addition to high winds and dozens of tornadoes. This resulted in damage to property and infrastructure including transmission and distribution lines in and around Lonoke.

, a power provider with over 700,000 customers in 63 Arkansas counties (an Entergy Corporation subsidiary), rapidly mobilized the emergency restoration call-out services of Irby to rehabilitate the lines. Irby quickly and safely returned power to the impacted areas by months end.

Start Date: May 2011
Completion Date: May 2011

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In January 2007, a severe ice storm impacted the Tulsa Metropolitan Area (“TMA”) leaving more than 200,000 homes without power. The affected infrastructure included transmission lines owned and operated by the (“GRDA”), a state-owned electric utility deriving hydroelectric power from the Grand River Waterway. The GDRA contracted Irby to perform emergency restoration works in multiple TMA locations and power was restored within days.

Start Date: January 2007
Completion Date: January 2007

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Super Typhoon Pongsona hit the U.S. Territory of Guam on December 8, 2002, with winds blowing an estimated 202-240 MPH. The storm battered the island for over 12 hours causing significant infrastructure damage. The Guam Power Authority reported more than 700 broken concrete poles.

In addition to total power loss on the island, water service was discontinued, and fuel storage systems were decimated by fire. The restoration process was impaired by these challenges yet, 60% of power had been restored within a month of the storm’s landfall.

activated call out emergency restoration with Irby who deployed specialist personnel and equipment at notice.

Irby located and loaded a large cargo plane with bucket trucks, transformers, and other equipment. The plane and 35 Irby crew members left on the 7,520- mile journey Christmas Eve.

Irby’s work on site included restoring power to Navy and Air Force facilities for Kellogg Brown & Root Services in conjunction with Systems Energy and Technology, an island contractor.

Irby crews remained on the island through the New Year until the project was complete and power was fully restored.

Start Date: December 2002
Completion Date: February 2003

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In early May 2007 major tornado outbreaks significantly impacted portions of the Central United States. The storm cells created an estimated $268 million in damage to community infrastructure. Irby mobilized its crews to provide emergency power restoration services to the enabling a full return to previous power levels by months end.

Start Date: May 2007
Completion Date: May 2007

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In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast to devastating impact. The hurricane and its aftermath ranked as the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history causing more than $160 billion in damage.

As directed by via local government agencies, Irby mobilized several crews to support emergency power restoration efforts within the impacted communities.

Start Date: August 2005
Completion Date: August 2005

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