LEADERS IN HIGH VOLTAGE ENGINEERING

Maskwa’s diverse team of multi-discipline engineers are experts in the power industry with experience in all aspects of power interconnection projects.

Our staff is skillful in various engineering roles, starting with conceptual development through to commissioning and the many services in between including budget estimating, detailed designs, drafting, developing specifications for equipment and material, procurement, and supporting construction.

Our team is comprised of highly skilled technical leaders that have the knowledge and experience to make your project a success.

HIGH VOLTAGE ENGINEERING

Maskwa High Voltage offers a full range of engineering services for the power delivery industry that includes Transmission, Distribution, and Substation designs ranging from 4160V to 500kV for both brownfield and greenfield projects.

TRANSMISSION

Overhead and underground Transmission engineering services for voltages up to 500kV including designs in geographically challenging environments

DISTRIBUTION

Overhead and underground Distribution engineering services for both urban and rural environments for voltages up to 34.5kV

SUBSTATION

Substation Engineering services for brownfield and greenfield applications for voltages up to 500kV including layout designs, Civil/structural, protection and control, SCADA, Telecom, studies, and relay settings

MARKETS

RENEWABLES

Engineering services for the renewables sector for Wind and Solar projects from the development phase through detailed design to construction support and energization.

ENERGY STORAGE

Engineering services for Energy Storage projects from concept development and technology evaluations to siting and regulatory approvals, detailed design, construction, and energization.

INDUSTRIAL

Engineering services for the Industrial sector from FEED level design and specifications through detailed design to construction support and energization.

Smart Energy Transition

Wind, Solar, Storage

SPECIALTY SERVICES

STUDIES

Maskwa has in-house capabilities to conduct studies for any phase of a project from interconnection studies to studies for detailed designs of substations, transmission, and distribution lines.

Studies include insulation coordination, electric and magnetic field modeling, load flow and reactive power, short circuit, Harmonic, arc flash, voltage drop, AC and DC load studies and battery sizing, grounding, lightning protection, line and structure optimizations, conductor selection and power cable ampacity calculations, thermal ratings of overhead & underground facilities, failure & incident investigation, life cycle analysis and optimization, solar Glare, noise Impact, Storm Water management, etc.

SPECIFICATIONS

Maskwa has expertise in the development of specifications for design, high voltage major equipment as well as construction installation specifications, material specifications (e.g. conductor, connectors, grounding), survey and LiDAR requirements, geotechnical requirements, grounding system test requirements including detailed SRT and GRT test plans, etc.

STANDARDS

With experienced industry leaders on the team, Maskwa High Voltage can review and revise Transmission, Distribution, and Substation standards to ensure they meet all current requirements. Referenced standards can be checked and verified against design or installations to ensure compliance. If an application requires a new standard to be developed, Maskwa can assist owners with the technical requirements and also create standards on their behalf.

Owners Engineering

Industry 'best practices’

PROJECT EXECUTION

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Project management services are tailored to meet the client’s needs ranging from project management for your entire project scope from concept to completion to undertaking smaller scopes at various stages of a project.

Project management support for the development phase, regulatory process, detailed design, construction and major equipment tendering, and construction management.

FIELD ENGINEERING

Maskwa offers field engineering services as owner’s representatives to verify quality and witness site installations.

Services include site inspections, quality audits, review of inspection and test plans (ITP), review of construction and commissioning QA/QC documentation, etc. 

VALUE ENGINEERING

Maskwa provides value engineering on all projects we undertake to ensure our clients receive the best value for their money. 

Value engineering includes regular constructability reviews to verify design is optimized for construction, investigating alternative methods for data collection including LIDAR or drone surveys, material checks to ensure lead times and costs align with the project schedule and budget, flexibility in design to incorporate site issues or clarifications, use of GIS for spatial mapping, and 3D modeling of design to assist with clearances and access discussions.