RES AMERICAS
11101 W. 120th Ave Suite 400
Broomfield, CO 80021
USA
Tel: (303) 439-4200
Fax: (303) 439-4299
E-mail: info@res-americas.com
TEXAS Office:
RES Americas
9050 Capital of Texas Hwy
Suite 390
Austin, TX 78759
USA
Tel: (512) 708-1538
Fax: (512) 708-1757
Email: info@res-americas.com
OREGON Office:
RES Americas
700 SW Taylor Street
Suite 210
Portland OR 97205
USA
Tel: (503) 219-9000
Fax: (503) 219-9009
Email: info@res-americas.com
MINNESOTA Office:
RES Americas
12 South 6th Street
Suite 930
Minneapolis, MN 55402
USA
Tel: (612) 746-4028
Fax: (612) 746-4068
Email: info@res-americas.com
CANADA Office:
RES Canada
300 Léo-Pariseau
Suite 2516
Montréal
Québec H2X 4B3
Canada
Tel: (514) 525-2113
Fax: (514) 524-9669
Email: infoCanada@res-americas.com
Construction
RES Americas has a proven, experienced and successful construction business with attractive economics and approximately 20% market share in the U.S. in 2007, based on data compiled by AWEA.
RES has the expertise and resources necessary to control and manage key aspects of wind project construction. The engineering, costing, project management, safety and environmental management, procurement and subcontracting processes are all performed in-house, with vendors and subcontractors handling the turbine and tower manufacturing, geotechnical investigations, equipment and materials supply, and site preparation (roads, foundations, cabling, erection, substation and overhead line installation services).
Wind project construction
Wind project construction typically consists of two major component activities:
- Substation, transmission interconnection and collection system
- Equipment, erection, electrical and civil.
The construction of wind projects is a heavy construction process with highly modular components. This initially involves site investigation, preparation of project design and layout, ordering of turbines, main transformers, and other equipment with long-lead times. Project construction commences with the access roads and turbine pads, and continues with the preparation and pouring of turbine foundations, construction of a control/maintenance building, trenching/cabling for the collection system, construction of a substation, erection of towers and turbines (delivered to site by the turbine vendor), installation of turbine transformers, electrical connection of the turbines to the utility grid through the collection system and substation. Construction culminates with the commissioning of individual turbines and thereafter, the project as a whole. RES Americas’ approach to constructing a successful project is designed to work together to produce a project that is constructed as safely as possible and to the highest quality, while being completed on time with the maximum realization of profit margin.
