Auchteraw Battery Energy Storage System
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Client: Powersystems UK Ltd
The project comprised the construction of a 49.9MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) facility near Fort Augustus, including associated drainage, civil engineering and electrical works.
Our teams delivered the construction of the substation and associated infrastructure, together with a cable route connecting the site to the Fort Augustus Substation.
The works included earthworks, reinforced concrete plant foundations, cable and earth ducting, drainage, road widening, construction of a new site access bellmouth and service.
Principal Elements
Earthworks 5,000m2
Concrete foundations 300m3
Surfacing 200m2
Drainage 670lm
Cable ducting 2,200lm
Security fencing 1,450lm
57 week programme
Points of Interest
Planning restrictions limited delivery vehicles to two per hour through the village of Auchteraw
Construction delivered to a challenging programme while the design continued to develop
Management of changing work scope throughout the ongoing design development
Working to rigorous safety standards
Close coordination of overlapping civil engineering and electrical works