Electricity Alliance South West
SCOPE: The Electricity Alliance South West carries out two workstreams on behalf of National Grid Electricity within the south west of England and south Wales. The first work stream includes asset replacement within existing substations while the second is the building of new or extended substations to enhance the electricity grid for future power generation including renewables.
The alliance also provides project management, construction delivery and commissioning of asset replacement and new, HV substations up to 400kV. Projects involve civil and M&E installation lasting from anything from six months to four years duration. The Alliance manages the project process from feasibility through design, construction and commissioning in partnership with Jacobs and Mitsubishi Engineering.
By working together with our consortium members, we are able to offer a full turnkey solution including:
- Scoping the project
- Project management and Investment Programming
- Civil Engineering design
- Electrical Plant design
- Provision of electrical equipment
- All aspects of CDM Health & Safety support
- Accountancy, commercial and planning services
- Turnkey delivery and commissioning services
Through working within our alliance arrangement, National Grid is able to take advantage of a number of benefits, including:
- Sharing best practice across a number of organisations to develop value engineering solutions that add value through lessons learnt
- Reduced risk yet enhanced safety policies and procedures
- Reduced overhead through co-location, no duplication of roles and efficient project delivery
- Mutual trust and understanding across all partners
- Open book approach to cost
- Reduced carbon footprint through local delivery teams
START: April 2007
TERM: 10 years
