Telecommunications

Telecommunications

TELECOMMUNICATION CONSTRUCTION SERVICES

Our expertise in tower construction translates from the electric power industry to telecommunications seamlessly. Irby serves fiber, wireline, and wireless customers building and maintaining cell sites from foundation to antenna.

Leveraging key strengths, that include our geographic reach, manpower and equipment, we are able build multiple sites concurrently—within the tight timeframes required by telecommunications companies.

In the telecommunications sector, we typically maintain systems under long-term contracts to keep them operating efficiently over the course of their lifecycle. In fact, we’ve developed a number of new and innovative approaches that help customers maintain their systems and manage their overall cost of operation.

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Comanche Solar 34.5/230kV Substation and Transmission Line Construction Project

Comanche Solar 34.5/230kV Substation and Transmission Line Construction Project

Comanche Solar 34.5/230kV Substation and Transmission Line Construction Project

Type: Substation
Scope: Constructed a 34.5/230kV substation, a 2.5 mile 34.5kV interconnection, and an underground 230kV transmission line.
Location: Pueblo, Colorado

Client: CG Power Solutions USA

Online since 2016, Xcel Energy’s (“Xcel”) 120MW Comanche Solar project is the largest solar project east of the Rockies (~3.5 megaton carbon offset), generating enough energy to power more than 31,000 homes. Under EPC contract with Xcel, CG Power USA Inc. (“CGP”) subcontracted Irby in December 2015 to construct a 34.5/230kV substation for the project including a 2.5 mile 34.5kV interconnection between the east and west solar fields and a 230kV underground transmission line from the substation to Xcel’s Comanche Generation Station. The Irby work scope was completed in under six months with zero lost time incidents.

Start Date: December 2015
Completion Date: May 2016

 

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Marshall Ford-Lago Vista 138kV Transmission Line Construction Project

Marshall Ford-Lago Vista 138kV Transmission Line Construction Project

Marshall Ford-Lago Vista 138kV Transmission Line Construction Project

Type: Transmission, Water Crossing
Scope: Performed a 14.5 mile 138kV transmission line upgrade including a 1.3 mile crossing over Lake Travis.
Location: Austin, Texas

Client: Lower Colorado River Authority

In March 2016, Irby Construction was contracted by the Lower Colorado River Authority (“LCRA”) to perform the Marshall Ford to Lago Vista 138kV Transmission Line Construction Project. The project scope included the replacement of a 1.3 mile transmission line across Lake Travis plus the upgrade of an existing 14.5 mile transmission line (69kV to 138kV).

Irby Construction successfully completed this project in April of 2016 to schedule and budget.

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Start Date: March 2016
Completion Date: April 2016

 

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Eastern Alberta 500kV Transmission Line Construction Project

Eastern Alberta 500kV Transmission Line Construction Project

Eastern Alberta 500kV Transmission Line Construction Project

Type: Transmission
Scope: Performed a 100 mile 500kV DC line transmission line construction project.
Location: Alberta, Canada

Client: Alberta Transmission Company

The Eastern Alberta Transmission Line is a 300 mile 500kV overhead transmission line interconnecting the Newell HVDC static inverter plant near Brooks, Alberta with the Heathfield static inverter plant near Gibbons, Alberta.

Owned by ATCO Electric, a subsidiary of Alberta Transmission Company (“ATCO”), the ~$1.3B project further strengthens ATCO’s capability to transmit and distribute electricity to its 227,000+ customers in north and east-central Alberta, the Yukon, and the North West Territories.

Subcontracted via Quanta Services affiliate Valard Construction (Irby and Valard are both Quanta Services subsidiaries (PWR:NYSE)), Irby performed 100 miles of stringing through two sub-zero Canadian winter seasons to energize the project on time and to budget in December 2015.

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Start date: August 2013
Completion date: February 2015

 

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Lookout Substation Construction Project

Lookout Substation Construction Project

Lookout Substation Construction Project

Type: Substation
Scope: Constructed a greenfeild 138kV substation and subsurface cabling.
Location: Garland, Texas

Client: Garland Power & Light

Garland Power & Light (“GPL”) is a not-for-profit municipal utility serving nearly 71,000 customers in and around the city of Garland, Texas. In May 2016, GPL contracted Irby to construct the greenfield 138kV Lookout substation. The project scope included all surfacing, grounding, structure erection, bus/equipment installation, cable trenching, conduit systems, testing, and substation site restoration. Irby was assisted by American Site Builders for foundations and footings construction. The project was completed on schedule and to budget in November 2016.

Start Date: May 2016
Completion Date: November 2016

 

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