Grid & Substations
Structural engineering for substations and converter stations: buildings, transformer foundations, gantries, oil containment and cable ducts.
Structures for grid infrastructure: substations, switchgear buildings, converter stations.
What we take on
- Switchgear and converter buildings
- Transformer foundations with oil containment
- Gantries, equipment supports and structures in the outdoor compound
- Cable ducts, cable basements and site roads
The electrical engineering fixes the geometry
Clearances, insulator heights, transformer spacing and fire walls between transformers determine the layout and the heights. The structure has little design freedom here – the task is to realise those requirements soundly and in a way that can be maintained.
Loads from the plant
Transformers weigh hundreds of tonnes and have to be delivered, installed and later exchanged: transport routes, heavy-load areas and access are part of the structural design. Added to that are short-circuit forces on equipment supports and conductor pull on gantries.
Oil containment and neighbours
Oil containment structures are liquid-retaining structures with water-law requirements. Noise control towards neighbours regularly arises with transformers and converters and feeds back into walls and enclosures.
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