Operations & Engineering

Having served as employees and now industry-leading consultants, we understand the important organizational dynamics associated with the highly regulated energy, utilities, and telecom industries.

A sample of our work in this area includes:

Inventory and security control in RFID floor mounted sensing technology with directional detection and wireless backhaul

Material and design standards focused on SCADA communication and electrical standards for underground transformers and cables

Benchmark and best practices for Smart Grid communication and control technologies, mobile inspection work practices, and T&D design and operational staffing models

Industry standards and protocols to enable remote intelligent switches, high speed or bandwidth field area networks, remote fault indicator sensors, volt and VAR optimization, and advanced grid automation

Effective strategies require even stronger implementation plans. We understand the many complex technical issues associated with aging infrastructures and increasing federal and state regulatory requirements.

A sample of our work in this area includes:

Condition assessment and risk mitigation with particular expertise in substations and underground distribution networks

Smart Grid cost-benefit analysis and strategy enabling an integrated and flexible distribution grid while leveraging commercially available industry products and applications

Next generation communication protocols with a detailed review of open and non-proprietary industry communication standards targeting remote management, diagnostics, and predictive maintenance

Emergency restoration best practices, with particular expertise in underground distribution networks