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AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Governing body responsible for the following pole specification: Standard Specifications for Structural Supports for Highway Signs, Luminaires, and Traffic Signals. (Also called LTS-2) ACORN NUT Decorative anchor bolt nut with enclosed rounded top. AGENT Representative of manufactured products and responsible for communication, sales and service of customers within a specified region. AISC American Institute of Steel Construction ALLOWABLE STRESS Maximum permissible stress as defined by design criteria. ALLOY A compound mixture consisting of one or more base elements (metal) to achieve desired physical or mechanical properties. Examples of different aluminum allows are as follows: 6063: Standard pole and arm shaft material.4043: Standard aluminum welding electrode.5356: Standard aluminum welding electrode.6061: Special pole and arm shaft material.356: Standard flange base casting material. ALUMINUM A silver-white non-ferrous metallic element whose features and physical properties include: a good resistance to temperature variations, high reflectivity, resistance to oxidation, ductility, light weight, and recyclable. ANCHOR BASE See Fixed Base ANCHOR BOLT Threaded steel rod embedded into concrete and used to connect the pole to the foundation. ANGLE IRON ping ANODIZING The process of coating a metallic surface electrolytically. This process normally involves the combination of electrical current and chemical bath in which the materials surface or skin is altered to form a protective shield for the remaining material ANSI American National Standards Institute APPROVAL DRAWING Formal drawing submitted to customer for their review to determine acceptability of product. ARCHITECTURAL COATING Special finish coating designed to give the appearance of concrete, marble, granite or sandstone. ARGON Inert gas element utilized as a shielding component of gas metal arc wel