TRANSCANADA
Krech Ojard & Associates’ Electrical Group (KOA) was contracted by TransCanada Pipeline to perform project supervision and reporting functions at eight of their compressor stations located across the central United States. The KOA Electrical Group was responsible for all data collection, recommendations or remediation, and reporting as regarding deficiency findings of the existing electrical systems.
Adjustments were also made to breaker settings from TransCanada supplied data. Project appropriate repairs were made during the inspection and MCC cleaning progress, other items that were of a more major maintenance requirement were noted for inclusion in the final report. This project was essential to the client who had acquired some of these facilities through merger and there may have been no site documentation or only dated information available. KOA is a LedCore approved provider of services.
A third party firm with qualified electricians and a third party testing agency were also brought onto the team directed by KOA for a complete and agile method to complete work in a correct, timely, and orderly manner. Testing at TransCanada’s compressor stations included:
- breaker testing for proper trip times and amperages
- thermal imaging to revealelevated temperatures which might indicateenergy inefficiency
- connections requiring tightening
- imminent component failure.
