Sverdrup Engineering Services

Raptor Ridge Single Axis Tracker Solar Project

Tucson, Arizona

Challenge: Tucson Electric Power (TEP) requested design for a state-of-the-art solar facility incorporating all the lessons learned from their extensive past experience and utilizing the highest reliable cost-efficient equipment available. In the past TEP witnessed poor civil…

TEP HQ EV DC Fast Chargers

Tucson, Arizona

Engineering design and construction support for two Enel X 175KW DC fast-charging stations. The chargers can recharge the average EV in less than an hour and are part of Tucson Electric Power’s (TEP) commitment to promote the use of clean transportation. The chargers are located…

Democracia SAT Solar Facility

San Ignacio, BZ

Full Civil, Electrical, and Structural system design for 20MWAC Single Axis Tracking Facility near Belmopan in Belize Central America. Civil design included survey, drainage report, storm water evaluation, road design, site grading and drainage, fencing, and permitting…

Tech Park 2.5MWAC Dual Axis Tracker Solar Refurbishment

Tucson, Arizona

Electrical and Structural Engineering for 2.5MWAC Dual Axis Tracker Solar Refurbishment Project within the solar zone at the Premier Arizona Technical Park Research Center in Tucson, Arizona. The solar zone is a partnership between the University of Arizona and Tucson Electric…

Fort Huachuca Phase 1 Erosion Control

Fort Huachuca, AZ

This project provided a stormwater analysis and developed a management plan for the current situation where a significant amount of erosion has occurred. This site has two runoff locations where water becomes concentrated flow and lifts the soils and brings them downstream as the…

ENR2 Rooftop Agrivoltaic Solar Canopy

Tucson, Arizona

Engineering for 63KWAC Agrivoltaic Rooftop Solar Canopy at the University of Arizona Environment and Natural Resources 2 (ENR2) Building. ENR2 is located on University of Arizona’s main campus, is LEED Platinum certified and designed to display sustainability in a desert…

Naranja Park Solar Carport

Oro Valley, AZ

Civil and Electrical Engineering for 250KWAC Solar Carport at Naranja Park in Oro Valley, Arizona. Site consists of 100 covered parking spaces and design included infrastructure for future electric vehicle charging stations. Civil design included specifying and reviewing survey…

138kV Substation OCM Replacement

Sierrita, AZ

Civil, Electrical, and Structural design consisted of replacing two obsolete 138 kV oil circuit breakers (OCB’s) located in FMI Sierrita’s 200MW main substation with new SF6 breakers. The existing electro-mechanical relays for the OCB’s were replaced with new Schweitzer relays…

Chalillo SAT Solar Facility

San Ignacio, BZ

Full Civil, Electrical, and Structural system design for 10MWAC Single Axis Tracking Facility near Chalillo Dam in Belize Central America. Civil design included survey, drainage report, storm water evaluation, road design, site grading and drainage, fencing, and permitting…

P&C Relay Upgrade for 96MVA Gas Generator

El Paso, TX

Design new protection relay panel including relay selection and panel layout for Unit 1, a 96MVA gas generator. Demo existing ABB relays and replace with state of the art SEL relays for generator protection, transformer differential, metering, and feeder protection; SEL 300G…

Mammoth Phase 2

Marana, AZ

Silver Bell Mine (SBM) hired Sverdrup Engineering Services to design the phase II intermediate raffinate pump station for the Mammoth Heap Leaching facility in the Mammoth Wash area. SBM distributes Raffinate leaching solution via a pipeline from the Main Raffinate Pond, located…

Iron Workers Parking Lot Upgrade

Fresno, CA

Civil, Electrical, and Structural Engineering for a parking lot expansion for the Fresno Ironworkers Training Facility in Fresno, California. Site consists of 55 parking spaces with four accessible spaces, six clean air spaces, and design included infrastructure for future…

ABB/Baldor PV Facility

Belton, SC

Electrical System Design for 1MWAC 1.3 Fixed Tilt Solar Facility near Belton, South Carolina for owner ABB. Facility was designed with ABB inverters to show case the string inverters to prospective clients. Due to limited land space the system has a modest 1.3 DC/AC ratio and a…

Hayden Outside Lighting Project

Hayden, AZ

Designed and oversaw construction of 56 Eaton Lumark LED outdoor lights with approximately 32,000 lumens each. A lighting analysis was performed in DIALux Version 7.1, a software program that calculates foot-candle (fc) distributions for any given user-defined area. The analysis…

Old Mill Switchyard

Marana, AZ

Civil, Electrical, and Structural design of 15MVA 15kV Electrical Switchyard. Work included specifying, reviewing, and including geotechnical evaluation into design. Civil design included grading site, controlling storm water runoff/erosion, and 7' fence with 3 strands of barb…

Jacobson Solar Project

Kingman, AZ

Civil, Electrical, and Structural system design for 5MWDC fixed tilt system near Kingman, Arizona. Civil design included survey and initial site plan for pre-application permitting purposes. After preliminary approval, civil design continued with drainage report, storm water…

Fort Huachuca Solar Facility Phase 2

Fort Huachuca Sierra Vista, Arizona

Civil, Electrical, and Structural system design for 5MWDC fixed tilt system at Fort Huachuca near Sierra Vista, Arizona. Civil design included survey, hydrology/drainage report, site grading and drainage, and fencing. Structural design included specifying and review geotechnical…

Single Axis Tracker Layout

USA

Designed a standard 2MW Single Axis Tracker layout to be used for future clients to use as template to layout specific solar projects. The design included the layout of sixteen (16) tracker units arranged in a 4x4 block, power and communications for trackers, and DC wiring from…

SKIC 10MVA Substation and 35kV Power Line

Fresno, CA

Algonquin hired Sverdrup Engineering Services for Civil, Electrical, and Structural design on a fast track 10MVA substation and 1.5 miles of 34.5kV distribution line to support solar PV facility in PG&E territory. Design started in February and ended in May with equipment…

SKIC 20MVA Substation and 35kV Power Line

Fresno, CA

Algonquin hired Sverdrup Engineering Services for Civil, Electrical, and Structural design on a fast track 20MVA substation and 1.5 miles of 34.5kV distribution line to support solar PV facility in PG&E territory. Design started in December and ended in February with equipment…

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