Distribution System Design & Field Services
Patterson & Dewar’s distribution and field services staff comprises experienced engineers and staking technicians who help utilities build and maintain a reliable power delivery infrastructure. We assist clients with projects ranging from a simple single-span tap to a major highway relocation, to overhead and underground subdivision layouts with single-, double-, and triple-circuit construction and underground duct systems.
By blending current technologies with time-tested best practices, we deliver high-quality distribution solutions to address the unique challenges faced by the evolving power delivery market.
Distribution System Services
- Distribution line design
- Underground system design
- Distribution voltage conversion plans
- Electrical utility mapping/GIS
- Joint-use applications and NESC certifications
- Pre-construction conferences facilitation
- Construction contract and work order closeout
- Construction management
- FEMA reviews
Field Services
- Line staking
- Pole and sag assessments
- Work order reviews and staking sheet validation
- Post-storm reviews and restoration assistance
- Right-of-way clearance and easement acquisition
- Quality control and crew monitoring
- Field inventory with GPS location (poles, meters, and other distribution system devices)
- Guy guard installation
- Meters replacement with AMR
- Pad-mount equipment level, tampering, drainage, and clearance assessments
- Troubleshooting radio interference caused by electric lines