POWER SERVICES
Transmission and distribution, reliability systems, maintenance projects, and inspection services Underground Transmission and Distribution With over 125 years of combined experience, our Underground Electric group has ample knowledge in a wide range of engineering solutions related to the installation, relocation, or preservation of underground utilities. Underground distribution is increasingly considered as an alternative to overhead lines thanks to fast-track distribution projects, urban area load growth, improved trenching and trenchless technologies, and decreasing costs of highvoltage cable systems. Our team can support your underground transmission project from initial studies and permitting through detailed design and energization. Such experience provides solutions to aspects of research, design, permitting, traffic control, coordination, and management. New routes of installation and relocation are selected by paths of least resistance only after all considerations have been taken into account.
Overhead Distribution Our experienced staff of skilled overhead distribution designers have years of experience in utility design. Our team has successfully completed numerous projects with entities such as CenterPoint Energy, TxDOT, CPS Energy, American Electric Power (AEP), Texas New Mexico Power (TNMP), City of Houston, Galveston, Harris County, Fort Bend County, and Fort Bend County Toll Road Authority. These projects included relocations for public improvement, system improvement, feeder extensions, proactive span replacements, total Underground Residential Distribution (URD) loop rehabilitation, and pole replacements. Each designer goes through extensive training of software and client standards, field visits, safety training, and plan and profile comprehension. Our experienced staff has received training for fuse coordination as well as SAP, DDS, and MicroStation software. Every designer is tasked with field checking and capturing video and pictures of each job site before design begins. All projects go through rigorous QA/QC audits prior to client delivery.
Overhead Transmission Our staff of skilled overhead transmission designers and engineers have decades of experience in the design and development of overhead transmission lines from 34.5 kV up to 500 kV. Our staff has been involved with over 1,000 of miles of new construction of overhead transmission lines across North America and thousands of miles of rebuild, rerate, and as-built modeling and surveying. Projects have been completed in every major ISO/RTO in the United States. In addition, our transmission staff has designed collection systems and transmission interconnects for several large solar generation facilities (over 100 megawatts each). Each engineer and designer goes through extensive training on client standards, software, design principals, and safety training. Our staff is wellversed in design software such as PLS-CADD, PLS-Pole, Sag10, Flash, and foundation design software. Our staff has held led development of standards at IEEE and has been key members of research performed at organizations such as EPRI, NEETRAC, and Kinetrics.
Our long-term relationships and solid record of success are why our clients call on us again and again.
Power Services Underground Distribution and Transmission -
Project Management Conflict Analysis Aerial to Underground Conversion Design Traffic Control Design Street Cut Design Specifications Bid Packages Construction Phase Services Survey Coordination Route Staking Permitting Procurement
Overhead Distribution -
Substation Feeder Getaway Design Overhead Feeder Extensions Overhead Feeder Rebuilds Grid Hardening Governmental Road Widening Beautification Projects Fuse Coordination Cost Estimates
Overhead Transmission -
Greenfield Transmission Projects Route Selection Solar Interconnects and Collection Systems CCN Support and Testimony Permitting Line rebuilds Line reratings Voltage Upgrades As-Built Surveying and Modeling Interconnections Clearance Checks Standards Development Conductor Selection Studies Structure Selection Studies EMF Studies
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