Polygonal tubular steel poles — static masts, distribution and substation poles, with the crossarms, arms and base plates that go with them — fabricated to the utility's drawings and galvanized for decades of service.
Utilities specify tubular steel poles where wood won't do and lattice is more structure than the site needs: static masts that carry shield wire over a substation, dead-end and tangent poles on distribution and sub-transmission lines, and take-off poles at the substation fence. A tubular pole is a single tapered polygonal shaft, welded from formed plate, with a base plate for anchor bolts or a direct-embed section, and the arms, vangs, climbing provisions and grounding the drawing calls for.
FabTek fabricates tubular steel poles to the utility's or engineer's drawings at our Hazlehurst, Mississippi plants: formed and seam-welded polygonal shafts, base plates and flanges, crossarms and davit arms, static-mast tips and hardware attachments, hot-dip galvanized through our finishing partners and match-marked for the setting crew. They ship alongside the substation structures and dead-end structures from the same package, so the steel for a yard or a line segment comes from one source on one schedule.
Tapered polygonal shield-wire masts for substations and switchyards, with tips, vangs and grounding provisions per the drawing.
Tangent, angle and dead-end tubular poles with arms and hardware attachments to the utility standard.
Poles that terminate the incoming line at the substation, detailed with the dead-end structures they work alongside.
Tubular and formed-steel arms, vangs and attachment plates, galvanized to match the pole.
Base plates, anchor bolts and templates matched to the foundation design; direct-embed sections where specified.
Send the pole schedule and standard drawings; we fabricate to them with revision control across the release.
Static masts stand in nearly every new substation and switchyard, carrying the shield wire that protects the equipment below. Distribution and sub-transmission poles replace wood on rebuilds and new lines where loading, right-of-way or storm hardening call for steel. Take-off poles and light-duty dead-ends mark the point where the utility's line meets the customer's substation at data center campuses, industrial plants and generation sites.
Investor-owned and public-power utilities specify them in standard drawings and pole schedules; EPC contractors buy them as part of substation and line packages; developers buy them when they own the substation. FabTek quotes the substation steel and the pole scope together when a project has both.
| Shaft | Polygonal tapered tubular steel, formed from plate and seam welded; ASTM A572 Gr. 50 or A871 (weathering) per design |
|---|---|
| Pole types | Static masts, tangent, angle and dead-end distribution poles, take-off poles, light-duty transmission poles |
| Base | Anchor-bolt base plate with templates, or direct-embed section, per the foundation design |
| Attachments | Crossarms, davit arms, vangs, static tips, climbing provisions, grounding pads and hardware per the utility standard |
| Finish | Hot-dip galvanized to ASTM A123 through our finishing partners; weathering steel where specified |
| Welding | AWS D1.1, certified welders, documented inspection of longitudinal and circumferential seams |
| Documentation | Material test reports with heat numbers, weld inspection records, galvanizing certs, match-mark drawings |
| Field service | Setting alongside substation steel by FabTek crews — see Substation Assembly |
| Also specified as | Steel pole, tubular steel pole, polygonal pole, static mast, shield wire mast, lightning mast, tapered steel pole, steel distribution pole |
Representative capabilities — exact ranges, ratings, and finishes are confirmed per project. Send drawings for a firm quote.
A substation package rarely wants poles alone. The static masts, the dead-end structure, the bus supports and the equipment stands are released together, set together and have to fit the same foundations and the same layout. FabTek fabricates all of it, holds one revision set across the package, galvanizes it in matched lots so the finish is consistent across the yard, and can set the steel with our own crews. Our comparison of tubular versus lattice transmission structures covers when a utility specifies each.
Built at four production sites in Hazlehurst, Mississippi.
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In-house powder coat backed by an IEEE 2000-hour salt-spray certification.
Reserved-line capacity and the automation to grow with your volume.
Yes. We fabricate polygonal tubular poles — static masts, distribution and take-off poles — to the utility's or engineer's drawings, with AWS D1.1 welding, ASTM A123 hot-dip galvanizing and full material traceability.
FabTek Industries fabricates static masts and tubular steel poles at its Hazlehurst, Mississippi plants alongside substation structures and equipment stands, ships nationwide, and can set the steel with its own field crews.
Yes. Poles, dead-end structures, bus supports and equipment stands are fabricated under one revision set and shipped and match-marked as one package.
Hot-dip galvanizing to ASTM A123 is standard for utility service; weathering steel or duplex (galvanized plus powder coat) is available where the utility specifies it.
Explore related lines: Transmission structures · Substation structures · Dead-end & A-frame structures · Bus supports & equipment stands
Further reading: Tubular vs. lattice transmission structures · Galvanizing vs. paint for substation steel · Fabrication and galvanizing, step by step
Have a pole schedule to quote? Send the standard drawings and the foundation design — we'll come back with a fabrication plan and a firm price, typically within one business day.