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Chris Blackburn
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  • Salem, OR
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"illumination engineer" $2000 for a street light desk? Robbery?

Chris Blackburn
  • Developer
  • Salem, OR
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We are doing a 10 lot subdivision in Salem Oregon. We have a 1/2 street improvement that requires 2 street lights from PGE (Portland General Electric)   

PGE is asking for an Illumination engineer to pick the correct wattage and throw of the street lights (so they do not shine in the neighbors yard and light up the street/sidewalk correctly.  There are literally 4 Leotek lights to choose from and a few vents that change the light throw.

They make software to show you what works:

https://www.visual-3d.com/software/roadwaytool.aspx
https://www.visual-3d.com/Downloads/Documents/RoadwayTool.pdf

My question is why it would cost $1500-$2000 for them to run the appropriate software to choose one of the 4 light fixtures for 2 street lights-  They are not designing the light post, the electrical or any other aspects?   Is this well lit highway robbery?   

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