Power & Gas Utilities Solutions Lifecycle
As you make critical decisions regarding your assets and infrastructure development, Kleinfelder continues to expand its already robust architecture, engineering, and science services to address the entire project lifecycle. Tapping into our global technical network, we assemble the required subject matter experts for permitting, siting, design, construction, and rehabilitation of various power generation and delivery facilities—thereby enabling clients to increase power generation from renewable sources.
OPERATIONS AND COMPLIANCE
Our extended capabilities, coupled with our early project knowledge, enables success over the lifetime of your project.
Project Finance
Technical expertise to assist with financial close.
Merger & Acquisition Due Diligence
Portfolio valuation and assessment to minimize risk and assist in deal positioning.
Asset Management
Inventory and lifecycle management of infrastructure.
Regulatory Compliance
Navigation and proactive solutions in an ever-changing regulatory environment.
CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
Kleinfelder’s services continue as the Owner’s Representative, once the project moves from the design/permitting phase to the construction phase.
Construction Management/Project Management
Staff augmentation to assist with construction management.
Construction Observation and Testing
Quality control for specification adherence and construction performance.
Pile Load Testing
Verification and production testing to refine design or confirm specification adherence.
PERMITTING SERVICES
Kleinfelder’s permitting services span from local entitlements through complex State and Federal approvals.
BIA, BLM, FERC, USACE
Completion of Individual Site Permits or Nationwide Permits.
FEMA
Hydrological engineering for CLOMR and LOMR permitting.
NEPA/CEQA
Completion of Initial Study, EA, EIR, EIS, and relation studies.
Project Entitlements
Zoning modifications, CUPs, SUPs, GPAs, and SDPs.
DESIGN & ENGINEERING
Includes full design specs for construction, or partial design, for an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) approach.
Project Management
Scope, schedule, and budget management for entire design process.
Electrical Engineering
DC design consultation, AC design and specifications, substation, switchyard, transmission, and distribution design.
Structural Engineering
Design specifications and detailing for foundations, equipment pads, substations, and switchyards.
Civil Design
Grading plan, access roads, SWPPP, erosion control, and hydrology.
EARLY STAGE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
These services have proven successful in understanding both opportunities and constraints, to ensure project viability.
Preliminary Geotechnical Engineering
Confirmation of construction suitability and early evaluation of potential foundation options.
Natural Resource Surveys
Surveys to understand nature and extent of biotic, cultural, and wetland issues, with potential to impact site development.
Interconnection Assessment and Management
Power Flow modeling to ensure interconnection viability and to understand upgrade requirements.
Desktop Constraints Analysis
Quick review of project specific land attributes that could impact project cost and schedule.