Substations

Our Capabilities

• Site Selection & Layout Planning: Concept layouts, equipment positioning, clearances and access based on constructability, maintainability and safety, including underground services routing and staging.
• Architectural & Building Services: Designing switchrooms, enclosures and substation buildings including penetrations, detailing, HVAC, pressurisation systems and practical interfaces for electrical equipment.
• Civil & Structural Design: Engineering earthworks, foundations, bunds, trenches, drainage and pits, transformer plinths, cable trenches and equipment bases.
• Transformers & Switchgear: Integrating power and distribution transformers, HV/MV/LV switchgear, ring main units and associated mechanical and electrical auxiliaries.
• Earthing, Lightning & Safety Systems: Earthing grids, lightning shielding and protection systems.
• Protection, SCADA & Communications: Developing protection relay schemes, SCADA architecture, IEC 61850 communications design, fibre optic networking and system integration across the substation.
• Power System Studies & Grid Connection: Performing load flow, short-circuit, protection coordination, arc flash and EMG studies, and managing grid connection applications and technical rules compliance.
• Cabling, Supports & Connectivity: Cable routing, cable ladder and support design, fibre optic connections and EMC/EMG considerations to ensure systems integrate cleanly, EMtek are UG cabling experts.
• Delivery, Certification & Handover: Procurement packages, scopes of work, construction support responses, NPER certification, HV Submissions and handover documentation aligned to how projects are actually delivered.