Poletecs possesses a range of expertise in overhead line systems unrivalled by any other company in the UK. This expertise has been enhanced via Poletecs’ partnership with Scottish Institute for Wood Technology Projects (an independent start-up company of the at the University of Abertay) involving Poletecs in many areas of innovative research and development, ranging from evaluating the efficacy of novel wood pole remedial treatments to computer models that predict the resilience of existing overhead line systems.