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ENGINEERING FOR POWER SUBSTATIONS

Fred Wilson & Associates provides comprehensive electrical, site/civil and structural engineering services for new, rebuilt and upgraded substations. FW&A specializes in overcoming diverse substation design challenges with innovative solutions such as hybrid bus configurations and creative site/civil engineering.

Substation engineering services include:

• Physical layout design
• Protective relaying and control systems design
• Design of incoming and outgoing transmission and distribution lines
• Design of lightning protection and grounding systems (including ground grid analysis)
• Complete site development (including design of foundations, grading and drainage, associated water/sewer utilities, control buildings and site access roads)
• Permitting and regulatory compliance such as Spill Prevention Control & Countermeasures (SPCC)
• Assistance with final substation checkout and commissioning