Construction Projects On-Time and On-Budget

Installation services for substations, switchyards, transmission lines and power systems

Saber’s Turnkey Solutions division is staffed with seasoned project managers, superintendents, and linemen with extensive experience in all aspects of power construction. Saber maintains an impressive fleet of electrical construction equipment covering all heavy construction requirements, enabling our team to deliver on-time and on-budget projects for our clients.

Saber’s construction teams specialize in logistically challenging areas and critical schedules. Our direct-hire, full-time team has extensive experience in the construction, maintenance, and upgrade of substations as well as transmission, distribution and fiber optic systems including large-scale electrical power projects throughout North America. Our project controls, accounting, QA/QC and safety programs are fully integrated to further support the rigors of third-party audits that project financing often requires.

Connecting jumpers at a 138 kV solar interconnection substation in west Texas

Saber is uniquely qualified for construction services due to the breadth of service offerings and skillsets:

• Purchasing volume: supplier relationships spanning the electric power marketplace. We leverage these relationships for our clients to provide economic solutions for their projects to be delivered in a timely fashion.
• Versatility: industry agnostic teams serving Utility, Renewables/BESS, Technology/Commercial, Midstream and Industrial/Petrochemical markets
• Construction estimating and management
• All aspects of safety and risk management for medium and high-voltage electrical projects
• Installation of medium and high-voltage electrical substations and switchyards, and industrial power distribution systems, including installation and setup of major electrical apparatus (breakers, switches, instrument transformers, power transformers, bus duct, switchgear, protection control panels, control buildings, etc.)
• Installation of overhead transmission lines up to 765 kV

Power System and Substation Construction to 765 kV

West Texas collector substation

Saber has extensive experience in the construction of high-voltage substations from 5 kV to 765 kV. Our jobs range from complete greenfield substations and switchyards to transformer upgrades and complex substation expansions. Our project list extends well into the civil, commercial, and industrial markets, including projects in manufacturing, colleges and universities, office and high-rise, medical facilities, microgrids and more.

During construction, we work with regulatory agencies, utilities and all authorities having jurisdiction to ensure compliance and a smooth installation.

Services:

• Earthwork – grading, drainage, retention and detention
• Foundations – helical piles, drilled piers, spread footings, driven piles with caps, slabs on grade, augur cast piles, direct embed
• Conduit, trench and raceways
• Grounding systems – above and below-grade
• Steel – standard shape and tapered tubular
• Above-grade electrical – buswork, insulators, equipment installation
• Lighting installation
• Static protection and mitigation systems
• Protection and control systems and wiring
• Integration and SCADA systems
• AC and DC station light and power
• Control buildings
• Communication systems
• Transmission and distribution lines – overhead and underground, steel, wood, concrete
• Low and medium-voltage switchgear and motor control
• Medium-voltage variable frequency drives and synchronous transfer systems
• Medium and high-voltage cable terminations, pulls, and repairs
• AHJ coordination
• Outage sequencing
• Gas-insulated substations of all voltages
• Iso-phase bus
• Option of full turnkey design, build, operate, and maintain