A Division of MCW Consultants Ltd. “Creating the environment our Client’s require to live educate, work, play, and heal” Since 1964 the MCW Group has built a solid reputation for the delivery of Professional Consulting Engineering Services, Energy Management Services, and Engineering Development Services. The systems designed by the MCW Group of Companies are built to deliver energy in the form of lighting, heating and cooling, as well as information in the form of voice and data. By the very nature of the solutions provided, the MCW Group of Companies help to create the environments required for clients to live, work, play and heal. Our diverse array of clients have always brought to us their toughest challenges and most exciting dreams, knowing that we will provide our designs and services to address their needs in a manner which will allow them to succeed and prosper. This success and prosperity is enhanced through the delivery of our services in a manner consistent with MCW’s philosophy of sustainability, and our client’s desire to reduce the collective “Environmental Footprint.” “Reducing our Client’s Environmental Footprint” Age Power Consultants AGE Power Consultants are a committed team of Electrical and Mechanical Professional Consulting Engineers providing services to Utility, Industrial, Commercial and Institutional clients, both nationally and internationally. Age Power Consultants have been providing conceptual design, detailed design and project management services for transmission and distribution projects as a division of the MCW Group of Companies since 1999. The acquisition of AGE Engineering was in answer to the changing demands of the Electrical Market place by Industrial, Commercial and Institutional clients to provide an encompassing electrical infrastructure design package. With continued expansion and diversification of expertise, AGE has expanded their services to include the Utility market. Engineering Solutions AGE provides assessments of our client’s electrical system to establish an optimized set of reliability and performance targets. These assessments performed during the conceptual engineering stage of every project enable AGE to solve critical economic, design, planning and operational challenges. Custom designed solutions aim to solve the critical challenges posed by each unique client’s environment. Station Engineering AGE provides innovative and imaginative engineering tailored to the specific need of each of our clients. Our Engineering experts provide optimized designs for outdoor transformer stations with voltages from 15 kV to 500 kV and indoor switchgear with voltages from 4.16 kV to 34.5 kV. Lines Engineering AGE provides designs for new overhead and underground transmission and distribution lines up to 500 kV as well as upgrading, optimization and refurbishment of existing lines. Services include insulation design, lightning protection and structural design optimization. System Protection and Control Engineering AGE provides fully integrated Protection & Control Systems and Telecom Services, including protective relay settings, fault calculations and SCADA designs. AGE offers consulting services to evaluate existing and proposed protection systems, and to analyze unique protection performance problems. Power Quality Studies and System Analysis AGE provides consulting and technical services to assess client’s system power quality and system capabilities. Studies include power factor and harmonic studies and energy studies. AGE’s engineering experts carefully conduct system analyses using field data and the latest in analysis software. “We specialize in engineering solutions that minimize the need for outages” A list of services we can provide …. Overhead Distribution & Transmission • • • • • • • • • • Pole Line Design Route Selection Structural Design Optimization Tower and Hardware Design Conductor Specification Lightning Protection Grounding Design and Ground Resistance Measurements System Optimization System Protection Voltage Regulation Studies Underground Distribution • • • • Duct Bank Design Grounding Design Cable Specifications System Protection Station • • • • • • • • • • • • Steel Structure Design Foundation Design Control and Protection Design Protective Relaying Coordination Study Single Line Drawing Three Line Drawings Control and Wiring Diagrams Grounding Design and Ground Resistance Measurements Transformer Containment Systems Equipment Specification for Power Transformers, Switchgear (Metal Clad, Metal Enclosed and Gas Insulated), Disconnect Switches, Circuit Breakers, Control and Metering Design Review Drawing and Specification Document Checks Power Quality Studies • • • • • Energy Studies Power Monitoring Power Quality Studies Power Factor and Harmonic Studies Magnetic Field Studies Power System Analysis • • • • • Conventional Load flow Harmonic Load Flow System Frequency Response Electro-Magnetic Transient Analysis Coordination & Short Circuit Studies Solution Design • • • • Critical Power Systems Power Factor and Harmonics Compensation Solutions Static VAR Voltage Compensation Protective Relaying Design Equipment and Software • • • • • • • EDSA Design and Analysis Software PSCAD/EMTDC Electro-Magnetic Transient Simulator Dranetz Power Analyzers Fluke Harmonics Analyzers Digital Storage Oscilloscopes LEM Ground Testing Equipment ACR Loggers TORONTO WINNIPEG 156 Front St. West, Suite 600 210-1821 Wellington Avenue Toronto, Ontario M5J 2L6 Winnipeg, Manitoba R3H 0G4 Tel: (416) 598-2920 Tel: (204) 779-7900 Fax: (416) 598-5394 Fax: (204) 779-1119 E-Mail: mcw_tor@mcw-ers.com E-Mail: mcw_wpg@mcw-ers.com OTTAWA VANCOUVER 464 Somerset St. W., 1400 - 1185 West Georgia St. Ottawa, Ontario K1R 5J8 Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 4E6 Tel: (613) 231-6755 Tel: (604) 687-1821 Fax: (613) 231-2480 Fax: (604) 683-5681 E-Mail: mcw_ott@mcw-ers.com E-Mail: mcw_van@mcw-ers.com www.mcw-ers.com