Transmission Line Construction Management: How LS Power Tracks 1,198 Structures and Poles Across 70 Segments with KYRO AI | KYRO AI Case Study

The Challenge of Finding the Finish Line

Transmission line construction has a clearly defined finish line. Knowing exactly how close you are to it is the hard part.

When you are managing dozens of segments and hundreds of multi-pole structures, you lose visibility in three critical places at once. You cannot easily see which individual poles are finished. You cannot accurately measure progress according to the owner's specific rules. You cannot find the latest project status buried under a massive pile of daily forms.

At LS Power, KYRO AI tracks transmission line construction from the initial right-of-way all the way to final turnover. Every crew form updates its specific structure, every structure automatically updates its segment, and progress rolls up across 1,198 structures and poles and 70 segments under LS Power's exact rules.

A Build Measured the Owner's Way

LS Power is a transmission owner currently running three major field programs in KYRO AI: vegetation management and structure upkeep, transmission line construction, and substation inspections. For the construction program, LS Power provided 1,060 structures across 70 segments, which included complex two- and three-pole structures.

New construction must be measured exactly the way LS Power measures it, from right-of-way down to turnover. For example, right-of-way work is not considered fully complete until the final closeout. The last 5 percent of every single structure is strictly held for turnover and acceptance. Foundations cannot start until the right-of-way is ready, and wire never goes up until the foundations are completely done.

LS Power needed a system that measures progress by these exact rules on every single pole, without requiring a project manager to roll up the numbers by hand.

What Form-to-Segment Roll-Up Made Visible

Crews complete their standard inspection forms directly in KYRO AI. Each submission instantly updates that specific structure's progress, and KYRO AI recalculates the entire segment automatically.

• One Asset per Pole: LS Power started with 1,060 structures. KYRO AI expanded that to 1,198 assets so that every pole on a multi-pole structure got its own record and foundation tracking. This ensures an unfinished foundation can never hide inside a structure that looks done. Every asset uses a clean naming format and tracks its structure name, segment, circuit and structure types, voltage level, and exact map coordinates.

• Segments as Projects: These assets are grouped into 70 segments, with each segment managed as its own project in KYRO AI. Every structure gets a specific inspection task, either Tangent or Dead-End. Unless a structure is explicitly marked as a Dead-End, it automatically defaults to Tangent.

• Three Forms per Structure: Every task includes three specific forms:

• A ROW Inspection for vegetation and encroachments.

• A Foundation Inspection for the structural base.

• A Tangent or Dead-End form for wire pulling and installation.

• Three-Tier Progress Roll-Up, by the Owner's Rules: Every form submitted automatically updates four progress tracking fields: ROW, Foundation, Structure Wire, and overall Structure Completion. To match the owner's exact rules, right-of-way progress caps at 85 percent until final closeout. Structure Completion averages the first three fields but strictly stops at 95 percent, keeping the last 5 percent held for turnover and acceptance. The system then averages these numbers to calculate the overall segment completion, enforcing these rules perfectly every time.

• Built-In Sequence: Progress tracking naturally follows how the work is actually built. Right-of-way work hits about 85 percent before foundation work begins, and foundations must hit 100 percent before the structure work starts.

• Segment and Program Views: Automated dashboards display progress by task, segment, and the overall program. Project managers can instantly check where every segment stands without ever having to manually build a report.

• One Living Record with Full History: Instead of filing a brand new form every day, crews just update the same active submission as work progresses. Every time they save, the system updates the live report and automatically saves the older version as a PDF in the project documents. Everything stays perfectly organized by asset, form, and submission.

• Redlines Captured During Construction: If the site doesn't match the original plans, crews mark up the digital drawing directly in KYRO AI while standing in the field. That redline attaches right to the structure's permanent record alongside its ROW, foundation, and wire forms.

What the Data Showed

• Construction progress flowed directly from a crew's field form to a final segment total across 1,198 structures and poles and 70 segments, requiring zero manual roll-up.

• LS Power's strict 85 percent right-of-way cap and 5 percent turnover hold applied automatically on every single structure.

• Every pole of every multi-pole structure was tracked as its own independent asset with its own foundation progress.

• Every earlier version of every form was saved automatically as a PDF, creating a perfect, audit-ready paper trail for final turnover.

Why This Matters

Every modern construction tool has a dashboard. Very few measure progress the way the owner does.

By building its own rules into how progress is calculated, LS Power turned its construction dashboard into something it can plan from. Foundation work starts when ROW is ready, structure work starts when foundations are done, and the last 5% waits for acceptance, exactly the way LS Power builds. Across 70 segments, that's the difference between tracking a build and running one.

Want construction progress measured by your rules, not a generic percentage? Register for a webinar to see how KYRO AI rolls crew forms up to segment progress.

Frequently Asked Questions

How does KYRO AI calculate construction progress for LS Power?‍

Every form submission updates the task's right-of-way, foundation, and structure wire progress. Overall structure completion is calculated as the average of those three, strictly capped at 95 percent. Segment completion is the average structure completion across that entire segment.

Why does KYRO AI track each pole as a separate asset?‍

Two- and three-pole structures require individual foundation tracking on every single pole. LS Power's original 1,060 structures became 1,198 structures and poles in KYRO AI so that no pole's progress could ever be hidden inside a broader structure-level record.

How does KYRO AI keep a history of construction forms?‍

Crews update one living submission per form as the physical work advances. Every time they update it, the earlier version is saved automatically as a PDF in the project documents. This keeps the history perfectly filed by asset and form for easy auditing.

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