Expertise Highlights
- High-Voltage Equipment Foundations
- Structural Steel & Gantry Detailing
- Bus Support & Support Structure Design
- Oil Spill Containment & Drainage Systems
- Control Room & Ancillary Building Design
Service Detail
Substation and Switchyard Detailed Engineering
Chimax specializes in designing substations and switchyards for utility, industrial, and renewable energy projects across Canada. With more than 30 years of experience, our team develops practical, reliable, and code-compliant designs that meet CSA standards, utility requirements, and regulatory guidelines.
Our expertise covers greenfield and brownfield substations, switchyards, and renewable energy interconnection facilities across a wide range of voltage classes. We support projects from early planning and conceptual layouts through detailed engineering, procurement support, and construction commissioning.
Our services include
- Substation and switchyard layout and equipment arrangement
- Electrical clearances, insulation coordination, and grounding design
- Bus configuration, conductor sizing, and equipment specification
- Protection, control, and SCADA interface coordination
- Control building, foundations, and structural design coordination
- Lightning protection and earthing system design
- Cable trenching, duct banks, and raceway design
- CSA compliance reviews and utility design approvals
- Construction drawings, technical specifications, and design reports
- Engineering support during construction, testing, and commissioning
Our Approach
Chimax’s integrated approach ensures optimized layouts, efficient constructability, and long-term operational reliability, making us a trusted engineering partner for substation and switchyard projects supporting transmission, distribution, and renewable energy infrastructure.
