Apr 18, 2024 | Capability & Credentials, Energy & Power
Why expert civil engineering design is key to reshaping the UK’s power and energy landscape Dedication, expertise and sector-specific experience will ensure the delivery of the UK’s most important power and energy goals. Britain’s power and energy sector is set...
Mar 13, 2024 | Energy & Power, People, Rail: Electrification
Whitfield Consulting Services (WCS) is often involved in the design of substations, facilities where power is transformed between voltages and switching occurs. Substations can be dangerous places for operatives, in particular due to the rare phenomenon of arc faults....
Mar 13, 2024 | Case Study, Energy & Power
To enable the ongoing decommissioning of a nuclear power station, decades of careful activity is needed to manage the safe withdrawal of a plant from service. We were honoured when UK Power Networks Services (UKPNS) chose us to help with this exacting work at Wylfa, a...
Dec 15, 2023 | Energy & Power, Rail: Civils & Structures, Rail: Electrification
Take a look at some of the projects we’ve delivered over the past year. From working with UKPNS at Heathrow Airport and powering the Piccadilly Line for London Underground, to using 3D BIM analysis and design at Reading West Station, our short overview provides...
Nov 22, 2023 | Capability & Credentials, Case Study, Energy & Power
Companies House, the UK’s register of businesses, is based in Cardiff. Like other government facilities, it is required to play its part in Britain’s Net Zero Programme, with funding available for improvements that will reduce energy usage and save money over time, as...
Nov 21, 2023 | Energy & Power
Sector-specific experience and adaptability were needed when long term partner Linxon asked WCS to provide construction stage support for their extension to the Bicker Fen 400/132kV substation in Boston, Lincolnshire. Challenging programmes were required so that...
Oct 11, 2023 | Energy & Power
The power and energy sector will see a surge in activity in the coming years. Globally renewable power capacity must triple to meet the 2030 goals, and the UK government estimates £100 billion of private investment will be put into the UK’s green energy transition....
Jul 25, 2023 | Energy & Power
From rail electrification to data centres, working with transformers is an everyday occurrence at WCS. As well as managing the complexities common to all these projects, we’re also experienced in overcoming the specific challenges and considerations each unique...
Jun 21, 2023 | Energy & Power
Many of the case studies in our portfolio describe work done alongside partner UK Power Networks Services (UKPNS). UKPNS holds a long-term contract to provide and maintain the energy infrastructure for Heathrow, and recently celebrated 30 years as a partner for the...
Jun 14, 2023 | Energy & Power
Buckland Developments is overseeing the creation of Welborne Garden Village, a new community of 6,000 homes, and turned to WCS to provide civil engineering services relating to the new substation that will bring power to Welborne. New Garden Villages Recently, the...
Apr 5, 2023 | Energy & Power
Whitfield Consulting Services (WCS) is often involved in the design of substations, facilities where power is transformed between voltages and switching occurs. Substations can be dangerous places for operatives, in particular due to the rare phenomenon of arc faults....
Mar 23, 2023 | Capability & Credentials, Energy & Power
New data centres are opening at a furious pace, and one thing they all have in common is the need for secure, uninterruptable electrical power. Whitfield Consulting Services (WCS) has been active in civil engineering design for substations suitable for data centres...
