Substation Design Services

Jay and Lowell, Vermont

For the Vermont Electric Cooperative and Green Mountain Power, D&K provided civil/site and structural design services for the construction of three new substations in Jay and Lowell as part of the Kingdom Community Wind Project, a 63 MW capacity project powering 24,000 households. Two projects were total replacements of existing substations and one was a design of a completely new substation.

The projects included civil/site design of the substation yards and development of below grade packages to support equipment and control buildings. Services included development of geotechnical criteria for foundation design, technical specifications, and construction documents, and performing an independent technical evaluation of the below grade package. Construction phase services included bid phase assistance, review of contractor submittals and field testing reports, and construction observation.