We were honored to recently partner with Innovative Technical Solutions Incorporated.  ITSI is a trusted contractor often employed by the US military.  Our joint venture was the design and installation of a new military security lighting system at Grissom Air Reserve Base.

The Air Reserve chose ITSI because of their history of successful infrastructure growth implementation.  ITSI chose RLLD Commercial Lighting as a GSA vendor because we sell all brands and types of premium, high-quality, American made light fixtures.  We also have enjoyed great success designing innovative lighting systems with unique applications of special products .   

Our assistance in finding the right type of lighting equipment for this military security lighting system worked so synchronistically with ITSI’s expertise in renovation and retrofits that we actually were able to help them prepare their government bed package.  Our 20 pages of a 400 page document itemized our equipment costs down at a line item level that exceeded government expectations.

The military security lighting system would to be installed in a portion of the airfield where planes are parked when landing and deiced.  Existing lights were old and outdated, so luminance was grossly inadequate. 

New military specifications required that the jet parking area have a luminance at a minimum of 1 foot candle.  In the deicing area, luminance needed to be a minimum 5 foot candles. 

While achieving these measurements would be simple, the challenge at hand lay in using existing 80 foot light poles.  ITSI could not put new poles in, and we had to increase light levels very carefully to avoid overloading the poles with too much physical weight.  Wind zone laws always limit how much weight a pole can legally support, so this was a balancing act, to be sure. 

We came up with the innovative plan to use athletic stadium lights to build this military security lighting system.  This may seem odd, but it was actually the best choice because stadium lights throw light for incredible distances without light levels dropping.  For an airfield measuring 1.8 million square feet total, this was really our only viable choice at the end of the day. 

Every fixture deployed featured NEMA 2 that creates this tight beam spread to carry for a long and focused distance.  High pressure sodium 1000W lamps were used in these fixtures because of their extended life rating of 20,000 hours and consequent minimal ongoing maintenance requirements. 

Both the Air Reserve and ITSI were also very thankful for a quick response on our part for a redesign need that surfaced mid-project.  When ITSI discovered a waterline and had to move an existing light pole, we redesigned the military security lighting system with our photometric software in time for project deadline.

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