Company Information

Company History

Bullgate Engineering Services is a leading provider of highly specialised design and operational solutions for asset and project managers in electricity distribution engineering. Our consultants operate from the North East across to Cumbria and down to Staffordshire.

Bullgate Engineering Services Ltd was founded in 1989 as a small company providing innovative ideas and equipment for operatives at the practical level of electricity distribution engineering. We pride ourselves in a 100% success record in the design and prototype of a solution to each and every problem.

In expanding the business from this practical base into professional engineering and the design and operation of the distribution system itself, the company has built its foundation of innovation and solution. We achieve this by being able to provide the right level of professional, technical staff and the right level of skills for a large range of electricity distribution design or operational support.

The company has 30 consultants with professional management and technical skills ranging from design and operation to project management and from low voltage to 132kV. We have the flexibility to provide the team leader and whatever number of team members is needed for a particular project.

Capabilities

Able to fulfil all the requirements of the planning and design function up to 132kV, including surveying OH lines and cable routes, volt drop calculations, protection settings, civil engineering and draughting.

IPSA Network Analysis

Specialist studies using IPSA facility to include steady-state fault level and load flow studies of the grid network, Studies of transient conditions due to motor starts and trips and stability of connected generation.

GIS Basic Analysts Systems

General studies to determine load flow and fault level values for planning purposes and to check planning proposals.

Customer Minutes Lost

Calculations of ideal system configuration for minimizing customer minutes lost, CML's, and customer interruptions, CI's, using bespoke spreadsheet and GROND program.

DINIS network analysis.

General studies using DINIS facility to determine load flow and fault level values for planning purposes and to check planning proposals.

Management Systems.

Design and initiation of management systems to ensure efficient preparation of financial scheme paperwork.

Staffing

Our staff consists of: -

• Planning Manager/Senior Design Consultants
• Senior Design Consultants
• System Planning Engineers
• Planning/Estimating Engineers
• Planning Support Managers
• Works controllers
• Project Managers
• Operational Engineers

Most staff are ex Norweb or other Rec's having a great deal of design and operational experience together with extensive local knowledge. They are able to respond to demanding situations requiring quick, effective and economic solutions.