Several of PDC’s engineers and associates have worked in Standards departments of investor-owned utilities, and have a great deal of experience developing standards and specifications for both extruded-dielectric and pipe-type cable systems.  Standards experience includes cables, joints, terminations, cable clamps and racking, line pipes, pumping plants, cathodic protection, sheath bonding systems, ground systems, fiber optics for temperature monitoring, duct banks, conduit, duct bank concrete, Fluidized Thermal Backfill (FTB™), type and qualification tests and commissioning tests.  Standards and specifications also include earthwork, geothermal survey and thermal resistivity assessment, Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD), auger boring (Jack and Bore), vaults and cable installation.