Power Delivery ENGINEERING & DESIGN SERVICES

EDM provides a wide range of civil and electrical engineering and design services for transmission, distribution, substation, and joint-use assets. Our team strives to develop long-lasting collaborative relationship with our clients. We are committed to delivering safe, economical, and trustworthy engineering and design services.

New, Upgrade, and Retrofit Design and Engineering

Overhead and underground design

Structural/seismic analysis and design

Foundation design

System hardening for extreme weather events and wildfire risks

Owner’s engineer (OE) services

Finite element (RISA 3D, SAP 2000) modeling and analysis

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CUSTOM-ENGINEERING STRUCTURES and FOUNDATIONS

Monopoles, H-frames, Y-frames, and towers

Cast-in-place drilled pier, direct embedment, mat/slab, rock anchors, helical piles, and micro-piles

Fabricator coordination

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Line and Structure Modeling and Analysis

PLS-CADD/POLE, SPIDACalc, and O-Calc Pro

Modeling from LiDAR or ground survey

Criteria files and materials library

Clearance analyses

Custom job package

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Joint-use Engineering and Field Services

Make ready work

Owner’s engineer (OE) services

NESC and G.O. 95 code compliance

One Touch Make Ready Work

Underground layout/permitting

5G and wireless equipment installations

Data collection, audits, and post-construction inspection

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Inspection, Assessment, and Construction OVersight

Aged infrastructure

UAS inspection, inventory, data collection, and site monitoring: PhoDAR and LiDAR

Failure investigation and analysis

Engineering construction support and monitoring

Pre/post inspection and QA/QC

As-built drawings

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Electrical
Engineering

Protective relaying and control upgrades

System protection and coordination

Power quality/reliability studies

System modeling and load flow analysis/forecasting

Substation and field equipment testing, checkout, and commissioning

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STANDARDS/CODES INTERPRETATION and DEVELOPMENT

Engineering reviews

Material specifications

Design and construction standards

G.O. 95, NESC, IEEE, ASCE, ASTM, DFI, etc.

2-D and 3-D drafting

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