Switchyards

Switchyard & Substation Design

Our work on substations typically includes the design and detailing of all or some of the following: foundations, oil containment pits, site plans, site formation and grading, duct banks, switchgears, equipment layout, structural steelwork, terminal poles, bills of materials, construction details as well as the design of other associated equipment and buildings. We are seasoned in designing modifications needed to allow existing substations to meet new regulations or operating requirements in addition to designing new substations from the ground up. Listed below are some examples of substations our company was involved in designing.

Power Stations Layout and Design – Ontario

· Greenfield Energy Centre – 230 kV substation and 230 kV double circuit (4 km),, Courtright, Ontario

Station design & detail of all required structural steelwork, design of foundation design of the electrical equipment layout and bill of material. Grading design.

· St. Clair Energy Centre – Outdoor Switchyard, St. Clair, Ontario

Station design & detail of all required structural steelwork, design of foundation design of the electrical equipment layout and bill of material.

· Totten Mine – 69 kV / 15 kV Substation, Ontario

Station design & detail of all required structural steelwork, design of foundation design of the electrical equipment layout and bill of material.

· Halton Hill – 230 kV switchyard design, Ontario

· Gartshore – 138 substation, Sault St. Marie, Ontario

· Atlas Specialty System N29 - 230kV substation, Ontario

· Barrie Hydro - Penataguishene substation, Ontario

· Huron Wind Farm - 44kV Substation, Bruce County, Ontario

· Lac Des Iles Expansion Project - 120kV & Tap Point Substation, Ontario

· Gerdau Courtice Steel Inc. - 230kV Substation, Ontario

· Waterloo North Hydro - 230kV Substation, Waterloo, Ontario

· Atlantic Packaging, Whitby Cogeneration Plant - 230KV Switchyard, and Transmission Tower, Whitby, Ontario

· Ontario Power Generation - Decews Fall Generating Station, Ontario

Converted substation and transmission from 44kV to 115kV

Power Stations Layout and Design – Canada

· Fortis B.C. – 230 kV substation, Kettle Valley, B.C.

· Meadow Lake OSH Plant - 230kV substation, Saskatchewan

· Nexen Chemicals - 115kV substation, Brandon, Manitoba

· B.C. Hydro - 500kV Guichon Capacitor Bank, Logan Lake, British Columbia

· Brooklyn Energy Centre – 138kV and 25kV Substation, Brooklyn, Nova Scotia

· Transcanada Pipelines: North Bay, 240kV Switchyard and 3.5kM Transmission Line, Kapuskasing, 240kV Switchyard and 2.0kM Transmission Line

· Delta Port – 69kV Substation, Vancouver, British Columbia

· Enbridge Pipelines Inc. – SVC Yard, Gretna, Manitoba

Power Stations Layout and Design – International

· Jamaica Public Service Co. Ltd., Wigton Wind Farm Project, 69 kV substation and 69 kV transmission line, Jamaica

· Saltillo Plant - 115KV – 33/19.075KV 25 MVA. Substation, Magna, Mexico

· Bahamas Electricity Corporation, New Providence Power Expansion Program – Phase II – Six Substations (132kV & 33kV) and 50km of 33kV & 132kV Single & Double Circuit Transmission Lines, New Providence, Bahamas

· Belize Electricity Limited, Second Power Development Project – Six 115/34.5/22kV Substations, Belize

· Jamaica Public Service Co. Ltd., Up Park Camp - 69kV Substation, Kingston, Jamaica

· Jamaica Public Service Company Co. - Spur Tree 138kV Substation, Parnassus 138kV Substation, Kendal 138kV Substation, Jamaica.

· St. Lucia Electricity Services Limited, Union 69KV Substation, Reduit 69KV Substation, Soufriere 69KV Substation and 8 KM of 66KV Transmission Line from Reduit Station to Union Station, St. Lucia

· Falconbridge – switched structures for furnaces, Dominica nRepublic