Innovo’s transmission line services are geared to keep communities connected by supporting our clients’ capital and maintenance requirements. Whether you need to build from the ground up to fulfill increased load demand or maintain your existing infrastructure to ensure adequate ongoing supply, we customize our approach to meet your needs and budget parameters. We can address voltages of up to 500kV, and our services include:

• Overhead lines design:

  • New route selection and line design with optimized structure spotting

  • Existing route deviations with structure replacements and/or relocations

  • Line reconductoring, thermal uprating and fibre retrofits

  • Crossing span engineering, including safety marking design

  • Feasibility-level design studies, including detailed cost and materials estimates

  • Development of engineering contract documents, including design criteria and bid packages

• Structural and civil design:

  • Steel lattice towers

  • Steel, concrete and wood pole structures

  • Specialized substation gantry structures

  • Foundations of all types

• Site assessment and design:

  • Existing asset upgrade and/or reinforcement plans

  • Structure maintenance plans

  • Site restoration plans

  • Assessment study and recommendations for failed assets

• Construction support:

  • Third party review of engineered construction drawings and plans for safety and constructability

  • Bid review and evaluation services

  • Assistance in the development of construction scheduling and sequencing

  • On-site engineering support

Substation Design

When it comes to substation design, we understand from experience that every client will have preferred approaches. We also know that every project will have unique environmental factors and design challenges in play, and that these factors can have significant project planning implications.

Innovo’s shared vision approach to project planning involves up-front engagement and consultation with our clients. A significant portion of our business involves repairing and upgrading existing infrastructure, so we know that asking the right questions at project outset is critical. Being curious and diligent early on helps us foresee and eliminate many surprises or issues that might arise otherwise.

Our electrical substation design services include:

•    Electrical equipment selection and specifications

•    System single line/three line diagram design

•    Equipment layout and detailed design

•    Grounding calculation and detailed design

•    Lightning protection calculation and design

•    Cable selection, cable routing, and cable tray layout

•    Station service system calculation and design

•    Auxiliary power distribution design (MCC)

•    Protection and control system design (settings, schematics, wiring diagrams, specifications, etc.)

•    SCADA design

•    DC distribution and battery/charger system calculation and design

•    Telecommunication design

Our civil substation design services include:

•    Foundations

•    Oil containment

•    Oil water separators

•    Control buildings

•    Structural steel for low profile and compact structures

•    Site preparation

•    Fencing

•    Underground duct banks and manholes

Distribution

Distribution systems throughout North America and the world are experiencing significant demand issues associated with population growth and aging infrastructure. To meet these challenges, utilities are incurring higher and higher capital and maintenance costs to ensure a reliable supply of power. Utilities are spending significant dollars to replace equipment that has reached end of life, upgrading existing lines and replacing or upgrading existing structures. To help our clients achieve their distribution goals, Innovo provides the following services:

•    Overhead design

•    Structure design

•    Underground design

•    Condition assessments

•    Field verifications

•    Equipment specification

•    Overhead line relocations

•    Pole replacements

Project & Construction Management

Project and construction management is crucial to the successful execution of any project, and early engagement of a Project and/or Construction Manager supports identification of project related risks. Developing strategies that mitigate these risks often results in improvements to project budgets and schedules, and that’s why Innovo only assigns qualified and dedicated professionals relative to the deployment of services that include:

•    Project planning

•    Project estimating

•    Project risk identification

•    Project scheduling

•    Stakeholder coordination

•    Procurement strategies and tender evaluations

•    Constructability reviews

• Staging and outage planning

• Project change control

• Contractor oversight

• Project testing and commissioning coordination

• Development and coordination of the project team

• Financial oversight