Industrial electrical design · Control documentation · Plant BIM

Substation design outsourcing — HV & MV documentation.

Single-line diagrams, physical layouts, protection schemes, and IEC 61850 automation documentation for transmission, distribution, mining, and industrial substations. Up to 500 kV.

IEEE C37 / C57 IEC 61850 AS 2067 Microstation / AutoCAD ETAP Protection

We produce HV and MV substation documentation — single-line diagrams, physical layouts, protection schemes and IEC 61850 automation documentation — for greenfield and brownfield transmission, distribution, mining and industrial substations up to 500 kV. Drawings are prepared in Microstation or AutoCAD to the IEEE, IEC or AS 2067 requirements your project uses.

§01 — Overview

Substation documentation lives longer than the engineer who drew it.

Substation drawings are referenced for decades. Protection settings ripple through the whole network when one bus changes. Control schematics are the first thing a commissioning engineer pulls at 3am during a relay trip.

Our substation design outsourcing covers the full spectrum — transmission to distribution, greenfield to brownfield, IEEE to IEC. Every deliverable produced to utility-grade standards and client-specific conventions.

  • Transmission substations up to 500 kV
  • Distribution substations: 33 kV, 11 kV, 6.6 kV
  • IEC 61850 substation automation documentation
  • Protection coordination, arc flash, short-circuit studies
  • Utility-grade drawing standards and title blocks
  • Scope and review requirements agreed before production
Substation power distribution sample
§02 — Deliverables

Substation drawings we produce

Single-Line Diagrams

Transmission and distribution SLDs with full protection, metering, and control notation per IEEE / IEC convention.

Physical Layouts

General arrangement, plan views, elevations, and section drawings for outdoor and indoor substations.

Protection Schematics

Relay schematics, trip/close logic, and protection-panel wiring per client standards and IEEE C37.

Control Schematics

Control schematics, AC/DC distribution, station-service schematics, and marshalling-cabinet detail.

IEC 61850 Automation

SCD and ICD file review, IED configuration documentation, station-bus architecture drawings.

Protection & Coordination

Relay coordination studies, arc flash analysis, short-circuit calculations in ETAP or SKM Power Tools.

Start with a defined scope.

Agree the source information, deliverables and review requirements before the first issue.

Scope your project
Before you send a drawing

Your team. Our team.
A clear way to work.

Agree the standards, review responsibilities and working arrangements before the first issue.

Quality: who checks the drawings?

The checking brief covers the project standard, drawing references and review responsibilities. We agree the internal checks, client review sequence, revision allowance and response windows as part of the package scope.

Standards: will you draw to our codes and templates?

We work to the standard that applies to your project: NEC (US), IEC 60364 and IEC 61439, AS/NZS 3000 (Australia and New Zealand), CSA C22.1 (Canada) and BS 7671 (UK). We draw inside your title blocks, layer conventions, cell and block libraries, not ours.

IP and NDA: what happens to our files?

Confidentiality and file access are agreed before source material is shared. Tell us if you require an NDA or a client-managed workspace, VDI or VPN. The scope identifies the permitted environment, access arrangements and handover requirements.

Stamps: who signs the drawings?

If your package requires a PE, Chartered Engineer or other statutory sign-off, tell us during scoping. We agree the responsible party and review requirements before production starts.

Time zones: when can we talk to the team?

Our production team is based in Pakistan (PKT, UTC+5). We agree your project’s working hours and handover arrangements during scoping. The table below uses a 09:00–18:00 PKT reference window to help plan the overlap; it is not a committed project schedule.

Scheduling reference: a 09:00–18:00 PKT window in your local time
Your time zoneReference window, your clockOverlap with your 09:00–17:00
Perth — AWST (UTC+8)12:00–21:005 h (12:00–17:00)
Brisbane, Sydney — AEST (UTC+10)14:00–23:003 h (14:00–17:00)
Dubai — GST (UTC+4)08:00–17:008 h (09:00–17:00)
London — GMT (UTC+0)04:00–13:004 h (09:00–13:00)
New York — ET (EST, UTC−5)23:00–08:00 (overnight)None — overnight handover
Los Angeles — PT (PST, UTC−8)20:00–05:00 (overnight)None — overnight handover

Daylight saving: Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Hobart move to AEDT (UTC+11) from October to April, cutting the overlap to 2 h (15:00–17:00); Queensland and Western Australia stay on standard time. UK summer time (BST, UTC+1) widens the London overlap to 5 h (09:00–14:00). US daylight time moves our day to 00:00–09:00 EDT and 21:00–06:00 PDT, so US teams can plan an overnight handover; the actual arrangement is agreed for your project.

§03 — FAQ

Substation-design questions

What voltage classes do you cover?
Up to 500 kV for transmission substations; 33 kV, 11 kV, and 6.6 kV for distribution and industrial substations; 400 V / 480 V LV distribution.
Do you handle IEC 61850 substation automation?
Yes. SCD and ICD file review, IED configuration documentation, and station-bus architecture drawings for IEC 61850-compliant substations.
Can you do greenfield and brownfield substations?
Both. Greenfield: new substation SLD, physical layout, and protection design. Brownfield: as-built updates, protection re-setting documentation, and refurbishment drawings.
Do you produce client-specific standards?
Yes. We work inside utility-specific template libraries from the engagement start. Our teams maintain client-specific cell libraries, title blocks, and protection-panel conventions per active engagement.
What turnaround can we expect?
Simple distribution substations: 2–4 weeks for complete documentation. Transmission substations (132 kV+): 6–12 weeks depending on complexity and scope.

Substation-grade documentation without new hires.

Tell us the source information, drawing types and target issue date. We agree the deliverables, review allowance and price before work starts.