Electrical

Distribution
Project Parties
Electrical Distribution Project Parties
 In any electrical project, we have four main players, the owner, the consultant, the contractor, and the supervisor.
 The owner can be just one person, a group of people, a company, or even a group of companies.
 The owner wants to construct a project on a certain land, this project can be a residential building, a commercial building, a
hospital, etc.
Electrical Distribution Project Parties
 The owner will go to a consultant company to prepare the required design drawings for the project.
 This includes the AutoCAD drawing for the building, electrical design, mechanical design for fire fighting, pumps, and
HVAC systems, and the structure design of the building.
Electrical Distribution Project Parties
 The owner will go to a contractor to turn the project plans into reality
 The contractor is responsible for the physical construction and execution of the project.
 They oversee the day-to-day operations, manage the construction crew, and ensure that the project is completed within the specified
time frame and budget.
 The contractor is also responsible for buying the required equipment like the transformer, cables, circuit breakers, etc.
Electrical Distribution Project Parties
 The owner will go to a supervision company to make sure that the project is built and constructed as intended.
 Construction supervisors oversee the construction of projects and monitor activities at worksites.
 They manage crews, ensure health and safety codes are observed, and that work is completed to schedule.
 In almost all the projects, the supervisor is a part of the consulting company. However, it can be also a separate company.
Electrical Engineer Positions
 In the consulting company, there will be electrical design engineers and electrical supervision engineers.
 The contractor company will have electrical executive engineers, technical office engineers like procurement engineers, and
shop drawing engineers.
Electrical Drawings
and Project
Coordination
Electrical Drawings
 Conceptual design drawings, shop drawings, and as-built drawings.
Conceptual Design Drawings - Consultant
 They are drawings prepared by the engineer of the technical office of the consulting company.
 It is a technical drawing that shows information about power circuits and lighting circuits for architectural projects.
 Any electrical working drawing consists of lines, symbols, dimensions, and notations.
Shop Drawings (Executive Drawings) - Contractor
 They are drawings prepared by the engineer of the technical office of the contracting company, for the following reasons:
 A technical reason is that the design drawings prepared by the designer lack many details necessary for implementation.
 The second reason is that in any contract you will find a clause, that no work can be carried out without executive drawings
approved by the consultant.
 As-Built Drawings - Contractor
 It is reported that the conditions of the site require the execution engineer to carry out the work slightly different from the shop
drawings for more than one reason.
 According to the conditions of the site or to make it easier for him to implement the work.
 Due to a modification requested by the owner or consultant while receiving the works.
 A contractual reason because it is among the handing over documents of the project, based on which the owner can do the
operation and maintenance of the project
 In short, the as-built drawings are the same as the shop drawings unless there is any change in the site from the shop drawings.
 Project Coordination - Architect
 If the building needs a transformer and a backup generator then we need two
rooms for this equipment, so we need to coordinate with the architect to reserve
two rooms for them.
 Lighting design coordination with the architect.
 Sockets design based on furniture.
Project Coordination – Civil Engineer
 Equipment loading on the building or structure (weight of equipment).
 Usually, they are installed on the first floor because they cause heavy loading on the structure. However, in very tall
buildings, there could be another transformer and generator in higher floors.
Project Coordination – Mechanical Engineer
 Cable trays, water pipes, and ducts, we should avoid installation on the same line in addition to lighting fixtures.
 Fire fighting systems.
Electrical Design
Steps
 Steps of Electrical Design
 Load estimation for our project.
 Transformer room and generator room sizing.
 Understand the basic concepts of lighting design.
 Understand the manual calculation of lighting design.
 Use the DIALux Evo program to design lighting in our plan.
 Learn the basics of the AutoCAD program.
 Add sockets to our plan then wire both along with the luminaries.
 Design power and lighting circuits.
 Design our panels with their circuit breakers and wires required (panel schedule).
 Learn how to draw the riser of the building.
 Discuss a single-line diagram for a large industrial area and its content.
 Understand how to do voltage drop and short circuit calculations using ETAP.
 Earthing system design.
 Lightning protection design.
 Steps of Electrical Design
 Cables course.
 Panel boards course.
 UPS systems.
 Power factor correction.
 Light current system design.