CHECKPOLE: THE DEFINITIVE MONOPOLE DESIGN SOLUTION.

CHECKPOLE is the only commercially available integrated monopole analysis and design package. Utilising our groundbreaking Google Maps integration via CHECKWIND, users from both technical and non-technical backgrounds can design monopoles from scratch for various international standards in less than 10 minutes.

SCREENSHOTS

FEATURES

  • Analyse steel, timber and concrete monopoles.
  • Select from over 200 predefined monopoles in our standard monopole library.
  • A range of GridComm Type H1, J1, J2, J3, J4, J5 and J7 monopoles.
  • A range of Rocla LT-A, LT-B, LT-C, SR1, SR2, SR2.5, SR3, SR3.5, SR4, SR5 and SR6 monopoles.
  • A range of Transfield Type L1, L2, L3, L7, M1, P and Q monopoles.
  • Build and share custom monopole and ancillary libraries between users.
  • Specify lap joints and have their mass included in the analysis.
  • Complete connection design including gusset plates and grout pads.
  • Specify up to 8 different types of reinforced and unreinforced openings along the length of the shaft.
  • Square, rectangular, symmetrical and unsymmetrical pad foundation analysis.
  • Automatic wind load calculation to AS/NZS 1170.2, TIA-222-G and TIA-222-H utilising our groundbreaking Google Maps integration.
  • AS/NZS 1170.2: Automatic Wind Region and Lee Zone detection.
  • AS/NZS 1170.2: Automatic terrain category detection for Terrain/Height Multiplier (Mz,cat) averaging calculation.
  • AS/NZS 1170.2: Automatic structure detection for Shielding Multiplier (Ms) calculation.
  • AS/NZS 1170.2: Automatic Topographic Multiplier (Mt) detection and calculation.
  • TIA-222-G/TIA-222-H: Automatic Basic Wind Speed (V) detection.
  • TIA-222-G/TIA-222-H: Automatic directional Exposure Category (Kz) detection and calculation.
  • TIA-222-G/TIA-222-H: Automatic Topographic Factor (Kzt) detection and calculation.
  • Support for Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu.
  • Select from over 500 predefined antennas from Argus, CommScope, Huawei, Kathrein, RFS and Tongyu.

REFERENCES

  • American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) 2013, ‘Standard Specifications for Structural Supports for Highway Signs, Luminaries, and Traffic Signals’.
  • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2012, ‘ASCE/SEI 48-11 Design of Steel Transmission Pole Structures’.
  • American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) 2005, ‘ANSI/AISC 360-05 Specification for Structural Steel Buildings’.
  • Australian Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) 2004, ‘Design Capacity Tables for Structural Steel Volume 2: Hollow Sections’, 2nd edn.
  • Australian Steel Institute (ASI) 2012, ‘Wind-induced Fatigue of Steel Structures: a Simplified Design Approach to AS 4100’, Steel Construction Journal of the Australian Steel Institute, Vol. 45, No. 2.
  • Australasian Wind Engineering Society (AWES) 2012, ‘Wind Loadings Handbook for Australia and New Zealand Background to AS/NZS 1170.2 Wind Actions’.
  • British Standards Institute 2009, ‘BS EN 1993-1-1-2005 Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures – Part 1-1: General rules and rules for buildings’.
  • British Standards Institute 2009, ‘BS EN 1993-1-8-2005 Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures – Part 1-8: Design of joints’.
  • British Standards Institute 2009, ‘BS EN 1993-1-9-2005 Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures – Part 1-9: Fatigue’.
  • British Standards Institute 2008, ‘BS EN 1993-3-2-2006 Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures – Part 3-2: Towers, masts and chimneys – Chimneys’.
  • British Standards Institute 2008, ‘BS EN 1991-1-4:2005 Eurocode 1: Actions on structures – Part 1-4: General actions – Wind actions’.
  • British Standards Institute 2013, ‘BS EN 40-3-3:2013 Lighting columns Part 3-3 Design and verification – Verification by calculation’.
  • CSA Group 2014, ‘CSA S16-14 Design of steel structures’.
  • CSA Group 2018, ‘CSA S37-18 Antennas, towers, and antenna-supporting structures’.
  • Giosan, I, ‘Vortex Shedding Induced Loads on Free Standing Structures’.
  • Hansen, S 2007, ‘Vortex-induced vibrations of structures’.
  • Holmes, JD 2015, ‘Wind Loading of Structures’, 3rd edn.
  • Horn, D 2011, ‘Technical Manual 1 – Design of Monopole Bases’.
  • International Committee on Industrial Chimneys (CICIND) 2002, ‘Model Code for Steel Chimneys’.
  • International Committee on Industrial Chimneys (CICIND) 2002, ‘Model Code for Steel Chimneys – Commentaries and Appendices’.
  • Rocla 2015, ‘RocPole™ Version 5.0 Application User Guide’.
  • Standards Australia 1985, ‘AS 1275-1985 Metric screw threads for fasteners’.
  • Standards Australia 1998, ‘AS 4100-1998 Steel structures – Commentary’.
  • Standards Australia 2010, ‘AS 5100.3-2004 Bridge design Part 3: Foundations and soil-supporting structures’.
  • Standards Australia 2012, ‘AS 4100-1998 Steel structures’.
  • Standards Australia 2013, ‘AS 3600-2009 Concrete structures’.
  • Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand 1998, ‘AS/NZS 4600 Supplement 1:1998 Cold-formed steel structures – Commentary’.
  • Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand 2000, ‘AS/NZS 4676:2000 Structural design requirements for utility service poles’.
  • Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand 2003, ‘AS/NZS 1170.3:2003 Structural design actions Part 3: Snow and ice actions’.
  • Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand 2009, ‘AS/NZS 1170.1:2002 Structural design actions Part 1: Permanent, imposed and other actions’.
  • Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand 2010, ‘AS/NZS 7000:2010 Overhead line design – Detailed procedures’.
  • Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand 2011, ‘AS/NZS 1170.0:2002 Structural design actions Part 0: General principles’.
  • Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand 2011, ‘AS/NZS 3678 Structural steel – Hot-rolled plates, floorplates and slabs’.
  • Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand 2011, ‘AS/NZS 4600:2005 Cold-formed steel structures’.
  • Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand 2017, ‘AS/NZS 1170.2:2011 Structural design actions Part 2: Wind actions’.
  • Standards New Zealand 1997, ‘NZS 3404:Part 1:1997 Steel Structures Standard’.
  • Telecommunications Industry Association 2014, ‘TIA-222-G-2 Structural Standard for Antenna Supporting Structures and Antennas’.
  • Telecommunications Industry Association 2017, ‘TIA-222-H Structural Standard for Antenna Supporting Structures, Antennas and Small Wind Turbine Support Structures’.
  • Wilson, K 1997, ‘Bearing Pressures for Rectangular Footings with Biaxial Uplift’, Journal of Bridge Engineering, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 27-33.
  • University of Sydney (USYD) 2002, ‘Advice on Design of Polygonal Poles for Power Transmission Lines’, University of Sydney Centre for Advanced Structural Engineering Investigation Report No. S1356.

REPORTING

CHECKPOLE

USERS

CHECKPOLE has over 400 registered users worldwide, representing the fields of construction, fabrication, power distribution, signage, structural engineering, and telecommunications.

Catalyst ONE

CPS Global

Downer Group

Future Engineering & Communication

Galvanised Poles Australia

Harrison Grierson

International Poles

Kennedy Bell Infrastructure

Kordia Solutions

Lewis Dunnings

Roam Engineering

Rohas-Euco Industries

SDS Engineering

Service Stream Mobile Communications

Stilmark Telecommunications

Valmont

Vicpole

Visionstream

WSP