Grassy Creek to Piapot 230/138kV Project

Client: SaskPower

Length: 107 km

Completion Date: May 2015

Location: Swift Current, SK

Scope/Description:

• 40km of 230kV double circuit line to Gull Lake where the lines split into 59km of single circuit 138kV line to Shaunavon Substation, and separate 8 km of single circuit 138kV line to the Grassy Creek facility
• 795 ACSR Drake supported on steel H-frame structures
• Structures were heli-erected due to a large portion of line traversing rough terrain
• Direct embedment foundations

Highlight:

Project management overcame owner-supplied material shortages by increasing available resources to maintain schedule