03/08 - ArborMetrics Solutions, Inc. to Assist Northern Indiana Public Service Company With Vegetation Management Program
 
Hendersonville, NC– ArborMetrics Solutions, Inc. was recently selected to provide both transmission and distribution vegetation management services to NiSource’s Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO).

On NIPSCO’s transmission lines, ArborMetrics arborists will handle work planning from start to finish.  “ArborMetrics’ people are contacting land owners, gathering the data for the GIS mapping system, interfacing with the contractors and managing quality control,” says NIPSCO Supervisor of Forestry Operations Jason Lietz.

“Our approach to Integrated Vegetation Management (IVM) offers continuous process improvement through quality control audits of the work,” explains ArborMetrics Business Development Supervisor Henry King. “This completes the feedback loop and let’s us help NIPSCO improve its reliability.” 
On NIPSCO’s distribution lines, ArborMetrics personnel will be performing hazard tree identification, looking for removals, getting permissions, and making circuit inspections to ensure compliance with contractors’ specifications.

NIPSCO provides electricity and gas to the northern Indiana region and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NiSource, a publicly traded utility engaged in virtually all phases of the natural gas business, as well as electric generation, transmission and distribution.
          
ArborMetrics Solutions provides utilities with the means to increase efficiency in vegetation management through the use of inventory management, mapping, resource allocation, scheduling contract personnel and implementing electronic tools for work management.