Power Expertise

Valdes' Power Sector expertise includes the full range of services required to support utility and industrial power generation and distribution projects. We can leverage this experience along with our broad base of engineering expertise to provide cost effective solutions to your capital project needs.

• Power system one line development
  
• Modeling of load flow, fault current, and protection coordination utilizing SKM software
  
• Physical layout and design
  
• Underground distribution system layout plans and profiles
  
• Equipment and labor specifications, solicitation of proposals and bid tabulations
  
• Equipment condition assessment
  
• Design of equipment structures and foundations
  
• Design and specification of built-in-place and pre-engineered buildings
  
• Assessment and repair of failed or damaged structures
  
• Design of site drainage, grading, trackwork and storm sewers
  
• HVAC design/dust collection/washdown systems
  
• Fire protection design
  
• Construction and commissioning support
  
• High Definition Laser Scanning - perform accurate field measurements without an outage
  
• Environmental retrofits
  
• Coal and other material handling systems
  
• Local control & automation upgrades
  
• High Energy piping surveillance programs
  
• Equipment replacement
  
• Scheduled outage support
  
• Plant upgrades & expansions
  
• Plant utilities
  
• Auxiliary power systems
• Substation design
• Lighting design
• Grounding design
• Cogeneration plants
• Combined cycle facilities
• Renewable energy facilities
• Combustion turbine plants