Eltranet Design Limited is a provider of engineering services specialising in the design of overhead electricity transmission network infrastructure

Design Services

Eltranet Design Ltd offers you a range of design and design management services to support your projects at any stage from feasibility through to construction.

We work alongside you in determining options available and delivering the solutions.

Our services include support for new route construction, existing route diversion, asset upgrading or re-conductoring, with extensive experience of design up to 400,000 volts.

Existing or New Infrastructure

New overhead line routes and route modifications

Project options including new route corridors.
Feasibility studies for modification to existing assets.
Structure site selection and the assessment of design implications.

Conductor systems

Selecting conductor and earthwire systems to satisfy network demands.
Supporting component, system or supplier approval (Type Registration or Approval)

Existing assets

Confirming clearances between conductors and features or effected third-party operations.
Determining asset refurbishment and strength assessment requirements to facilitate asset replacement or reinforcement.

Design engineer roles

We offer the following overhead line design engineer roles authorised in accordance with National Grid’s Transmission Procedure (TP) 141:
Principal Designer (Pre-Contract)
Contractor Design Approval Engineer OHL
OHL Design Engineer (Assurance)

Equipment interface

Designing the interface between overhead line and other technologies such as cable or switchgear.

Design support

Managing the design and surveys required to deliver your project including topographic, geotechnical, asset.
condition and environmental elements. Demonstrating governance through design and hazard reviews.