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Wednesday, 13 January 2016

Cable trenches installations

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Trench Construction:

  • The cable trench may be precast (Preferred) or poured in place (Non Preferrred).
  • Poured-in-place trench walls to be formed, do not cast against existing soil.
  • Exposed edges to be finished with edging tool.
  • No customer conductor, including bare ground/bonding conductors, is to be installed in the trench. 

Photos for some cable trenches installations 

Road Crossing with steel lids, Pedestrian trench, and guard posts in a substation.


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Road Crossing Trench with steel lids installed in a railroad yard.



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Road Crossing and Pedestrian trench in a substation.

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Road Crossing with concrete lids

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XL size Road Crossing Trench with concrete lids

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Cable tray in trench in XL size Road Crossing Trench with concrete lids

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Heavy equipment drive over Pedestrian trench in substation

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Pedestrian, Medium Vehicle, and HS20 Road Crossing trench.

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Concrete dividers in trench to separate cables

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Above ground trench installation

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Cable hangars mounted on trench walls

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Corner guard for cable protection

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Cable risers in XL trench




2 comments

Joanne said...

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admin said...

just came accross this blog. very informative.. those big cable.. how much tolerance on bending they can endure

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