The contract involved the construction of a new substation and transformer bases for Scottish Power.
The works consisted of providing a full construction package from inception to final handover. The sub station was built in a pedestrianised city centre location, which involved out of hours working and delivery restrictions.
The schemes involved the following work elements:
- Establish the location of all known services
- Break out structure footprints and reduce level dig
- Construction of 300mm R.C rafts foundation to transformer bases and control building
- Construction or R.C walls up to d.p.c in control building
- Construction of R.C walls to watertight transformer bunds
- Construction of 8M long by 6M high R.C blast wall
- Construct R.C bases to accommodate new compactor and baler units to service yard
- Power floated slab, service trenches and cable pits.
- Fabrication and installation of galvanised support steelwork to 33kv cells
- Cavity wall construction
- Pre cast concrete Kerkstoel roof slabs
- Concrete roof screed laid to falls to accommodate Isulation and felt
- Anodised aluminium copings to parapet wall
- Petrol interceptor and drainage
- Internal decoration
