HAND HILLS SUBSTATION
PROJECT SNAPSHOT
Project Name | Hand Hills Substation
Owner | BluEarth
Client’s Name | BluEarth
Location | Delia, Alberta
Date / Project Timeline / Delivery | April 2022 to April 2023
Market Sector | Wind
BACKGROUND (PRE-PROJECT COMMENCEMENT)
The BluEarth Hand Hills Wind Project, is a 145 MW wind project located near Delia, Alberta. This project was constructed to provide clean, renewable energy for approximately 68,000 homes annually.
ACTION (ICONIC’S SCOPE & DELIVERY)
Project Deliverables:
- Detailed Substation Engineering
- Procurement of ALL major equipment including transformer
- Site Civil Works including remediation
- Construction
- Commissioning and Start-Up
Iconic’s detailed scope of work included:
- Substation design engineering and drawing packages for construction permitting, Owner design review, installation and “as-built” documentation
- The engineering, procurement, and construction of the substation for the Project, including all civil works, structural works, and electrical works
- Engineer, supply, install, commission, and test all systems that are part of the SOW
- Construct the Work, including all site civil & structural work, foundations, laydown yards, SCADA system, mechanical and monitoring/control systems, perimeter fence.
- The furnishing and installation of the local distribution interconnection for back-up power supply during operations.
- Provide construction power.
- At Substantial Completion, furnished ALTA-equivalent surveys including an overlay of the As-Built Drawings.
- Substation construction management, including quality assurance/quality control, site health and safety, site environmental compliance, site material control and management of all subcontractors.
- Commissioning and testing including all tasks necessary to allow commissioning of the substation.
- Project turnover, including substation completion documentation, Owner training, substation operations and maintenance documentation and manuals, and procurement of Owner requested spare parts.
RESULT / SOLUTION
Project is substantially complete.