Strum Engineering Associates Ltd. is a Canadian engineering consulting company incorporated federally in 1983, specializing in the fields of electrical power systems and industrial process automation and instrumentation. With its head office in Dartmouth, Nova scotia and branch offices in Sydney and Yarmouth Nova Scotia, the company provides engineering services to power utilities, industry, government and commercial and institutional enterprises primarily in the eastern Canadian region. The firm has also been active in a number of foreign countries. with projects in the field of bulk electrical power generation, transmission and distribution systems design, construction, and commissioning. The Company offers a full range of services from conceptual planning through to project management and commissioning. The senior staff have nearly 200 years cumulative experience in electrical, instrumentation/automation, mechanical engineering including significant experience overseas. Description Of Services Offered: Electrical Engineering Studies: -Generation Expansion for Utilities and Private Power Producers -Electrical System Short Circuit, Protection Coordination, Load Flow, System Voltage Profile, Ground Potential Rise, System Transient Stability, Motor Starting -Insulation Coordination -Power Factor Improvement and Reactive Power Control -Power System Harmonics and Quality -Energy Masnagement and Conservation -Technical and Economic Feasibility -Industrial Process Automation -Power Utility Teleprotection and Telecontrol Mechanical Engineering Studies: -Power Generation -High Pressure Steam Plants and Distribution systems -Industrial Refrigeration Systems and Plants -Industrial Process Automation Design and Specification: -Transmission and Distribution Substations -Power Delivery and Distribution Systems -Protection, Control, Metering and Instrumentation -Emergency and Standby Generation Systems -Power System Harmonics Filters -Grounding Electrodes and Systems -Lighting Systems -Industrial Process Automation and Instrumentation, Programmable Control Systems, Distributed Controls, (DCS, DCMS), SCADA Systems -Industrial and Commercial Buildings and Related Electrical and Mechanical Systems -Water Treatment, Waste Water, Solid Waste Collection, Processing and Disposal -Power Generation Plants -Large Scale Wind Farm Intertie Substations and Collector Circuits -Boiler and Heating Plants -High Pressure Steam Plants and Distribution Systems -Industrial Refrigeration Plants Field Services: Complete Spectrum of Electrical and Mechanical Testing and Commissioning Services -Process Automation and Instrumentation Pre-Commissioning and Operational Testing -Full Range of Electrical Power System Components amd Systems Testing -Primary and Secondary Current Injection Testing (to 15000A) -Electrical Insulation Systems Assessment, Including HV DC Testing -Protective Relay Calibration, Setting and Testing -System Fault Investigations, All Levels of Operating Voltage -Infrared Thermographic Surveying -Power Systems Qualitative and Harmonics Measurements -Soil Resistivity and Ground Electrode Resistance Surveys Project Management: -Planning and Scheduling -Cost Estimating -Inspections and Expediting -Project Site Management and Supervision