Raragh Wind Farm – Grid Connection Works

Adman were appointed by Mainstream Renewables Power to undertake the civil engineering design and construction of a 5km contestable grid route to facilitate the connection of the 12MW Raragh Wind Farm to Kingscourt 38Kv ESB Station.

The scope of works involved:

• Detailed design of the grid route including management of approval process with ESB Networks
• Liaising with Cavan and Meath County councils to obtain road opening licences in compliance with TII requirements
• Design stage surveys of existing buried services, culvert conditions, principle inspections on bridges, radar condition survey of road surfaces and topographical surveys of the grid route
• Installation of 5km of ESB grid route with over 4km along the public road
• Out of hours working on large sections that traversed the centre of the busy town of Kingscourt. This involved close coordination of our works with local businesses, residents and our supply chain partners
• Horizontal directional drilling under two bridges and a disused railway line
• Traffic Management for the duration of the works
• Final reinstatement of trenches and carriageways to TII “purple book” standards