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OVERHEAD LINES

Service through partnership
Powerteam has over 50 years experience constructing, refurbishing and maintaining overhead lines for power utilities in GB and Ireland ranging from work on LV to 400kV networks.

Customer solutions
Powerteam  construct and refurbish overhead lines up to 400kV for transmission and distribution network operators. Services include:

• Tower and woodpole design
• Construction of new overhead lines
• Refurbishment and maintenance of existing overhead lines
• Installation of overhead fibre-optic systems
• Condition assessment
• Survey and design
• Technical appraisal
• Design risk analysis
• Senior authorised persons for outage management
• Project management
• Site health and safety management
• Grid connection management
• CDM (Construction Design Management) Principal Contractor project management role and Irish equivalent PSDC/PSCS - Principal Contractor Design/Construction stage)
• Supply and management of asset register systems

Distribution Systems
Our employees are highly skilled and experienced in the construction and refurbishment of networks from LV to 11kV, 20kV and 33kV.

Transmission Systems
Powerteam are experienced in constructing transmission lines from 132kV to 400kV, including trident, double portal and tower systems, with particular expertise in diverting lines around substation schemes.

Safety is our business
Powerteam manage all our projects in accordance with the most demanding health and safety procedures. Our project managers are highly trained to comply with best practice in providing a safe environment for our customers, the public and our employees. We have extensive experience of managing contractors and employees on refurbishment programmes. Project specific method statements and risk assessments are developed and agreed with our clients prior to work commencing. In August 2006 we attained OSHAS 18001 accreditation – one of the few high voltage electrical contractors to do so.

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