Client:
City of Benson, MN

Benson, MN

Key Features:

  • 115 kV, horizontal line post, single pole construction.
  • DGR service for this project included MN local review permitting, assisting in the right-of-way acquisition process, design, construction staking, and construction management.

Key Experience:

  • Working with the BNSF railroad company during the right-of-way process for a transmission line that ran parallel to the railroad tracks.
  • Developing the environmental assessment that was submitted to the State in the permitting process.
  • Working with many different entities during different phases of the project. This included the railroad, other power companies, governmental bodies, surveyors, the local
  • FibroMinn generation facility (coordinating scheduled outages and design), and all contractors.

Line Tap

The project included full services for a 1.4 mile 115 kV line. The project required coordination with many different entities, including other power companies for coordinating the interconnection, and with a railroad company for right-of-way permitting, which included coordinating an inductive interference study. DGR services for this project included permitting, coordinating the design survey, design, construction administration, construction staking, and resident project observation.