Course Overview

In-Depth Exploration of Specialized Electrical Engineering Skills

Modern Survey Methods for Overhead Transmission Lines

Introduction:

The need for new Transmission lines is continuous as the demand is ever increasing to evacuate enhanced power generation to the load centers across the country. In order to optimize the cost of transmission line, the transmission line survey is critical, where considerable saving in cost of project can be achieved. Transmission line survey is very essential as many projects had to be abandoned due to wrong routing and due to issues that could be avoided like lines entering forests, snow areas etc.

The cost of transmission line would be reduced if at survey stage the river crossings or swamps that require piling or expensive foundations can be avoided during the selection of route.

At the survey stage usually the execution of the plan commences and therefore the survey is a critical stage of power transmission line construction. Most of the transmission line surveyors learn job skills on the site and follow out dated practices. The errors during survey stage can be avoided through proper audit and corrective measures before profiling. Conventional transmission line survey has undergone lot of changes since the introduction of modern tools like DGPS and optimum tower spotting software.

In order to familiarize the professionals with the new techniques of survey, SOFTNITRO is organizing a training program on “Modern Survey Methods for Overhead Transmission Lines”

Programme Contents:

Transmission Line Basics
The Latitude Longitude , UTM Coordinates, Map Projections
Digital & satellites survey.
Creating Ground profile from Digital Elevation Model(DEM)
Use of softwares(Global Mapper, ArcGIS, JOSM, Google Earth Pro, AutoCadd) in Survey Optimization
Topo – Sheets – Raster and Vector Maps
Geo-Referencing the Topo Sheets and Route Alignment.

Extracting route alignment and analysis for optimization
Tools For Survey – Total Station, Global Positioning System, Differential GPS and RTK(Real Time Kinetic)
Data Collection from the Field, Common Errors in Detailed Survey
Contour Generation
Standardization of Feature Codes & Data Input to PLSCADD
Tower Spotting Data and Optimum Tower Spotting Using PLSCADD
Check Survey
Basic introduction of LIDAR Survey

Target Group:

Transmission Line Engineers & Designers, Surveyors and Survey Engineers, Executives, Professionals from Governments, Private and Public Sector Undertakings of Power Utilities, Contractors, Consultancy Firms, Professors, Lecturers, Students of various Colleges & Universities will find the program useful.

Trainer Profile

Trainer has 10 years of experience in Design & Survey of Transmission Lines from 33 kV to 765 kV using latest software’s. Also worked on the distribution lines in congested areas.

Certificate of Participation

The certificate of attendance will be issued to the participants on completion of course.

Course Date, Timings

To be Decided.