Engineering and Consulting Services

Telecom Engineering

PEC is committed to providing high-quality, cost-effective telecommunications engineering services at every stage of your project. Our primary areas of expertise include:

• Network Planning
• Outside Plant Design, Staking and Construction Surveillance
• RUS/RDUP Contracts and P&S
• Central Office Equipment Planning, Specifications Development, Assistance with Bidding, and Acceptance Testing
• Facilities Management/Mapping Services, GPS Surveying, GIS Integration
• Project Management

Easements and Acquisitions

PEC’s Acquisition Agents play a crucial role in identifying opportunities, navigating the complexities of real estate transactions, and, ultimately, facilitating compensation for easement agreements and property acquisitions.

Research and analysis of potential properties or businesses, including commercial, residential, and industrial, provides alignment with our client's objectives.

Negotiating prices, contracts, and other terms of sale affords a favorable outcome for our clients.

A comprehensive due diligence process to assess the acquired property or business's legal, financial, and operational aspects reduces risks and reinforces that the acquisition meets the client’s criteria.

Coordination with professionals such as attorneys, surveyors, appraisers, and financial advisors facilitates a smoother transaction.

PEC’s Acquisition Agents are our clients' representatives, defending their interests and guiding the transaction.

GIS and Spatial Technology

PEC leverages the power of a Geographic Information System (GIS) to organize, visualize and analyze our clients’ data so they can operate more efficiently and effectively in the utility and energy markets. Our mission is to help our clients get the most from their investment in GIS and Spatial Technology.

• Developing an overall GIS strategy or roadmap
• Assisting clients with their day-to-day workflow and long-term projects
• Augmenting and supporting the client’s GIS staff
• Implementing practical solutions that are tailored to specific objectives
• Building secure GIS platforms to store, manage and present information for executive collaboration – inside their enterprise or hosted in the cloud
• ArcGIS Online Utility Jumpstart
• Utility Software Implementation and Deployments

Additional duties include providing data processing services, applications and professional solutions across many different areas: field data collection, data migration, data analysis, conversions, imagery acquisition, remote sensing and professional map production.

Typical projects performed by PEC GIS Services:

• Facility asset management
• Utility inspections
• Utility planning
• Geo-intelligence
• Geo-design
• Site selection analytics
• Regulatory compliance
• Business intelligence integration
• Imagery processing/classification
• Terrain and surface analysis
• LiDAR capture, interpolation and modeling
• Vegetation indexing and management
• Hydrological analysis
• Statistical marketing analysis
• Routing
• 3D rendering and CAD integration
• Electronic or paper publishing

In addition, we have extensive experience working with scientists, surveyors, contractors, and landowners across the disciplines of electric, oil, gas, real estate, water and environmental land management.

Electrical Infrastructure Design

Our electrical design and construction services are client-focused and encompass all stages of design and construction, from new system planning and design to renovation and rewiring. PEC’s electrical design and construction services include:

• Utility infrastructure: We design engineering solutions for construction of utility infrastructure
• PEC is proficient with CrescentLink, PartnerSoft, NISC and other staking software platforms
• Substation design & construction: We handle design, equipment procurement, and construction coordinating services
• Substation upgrades
• Complete civil engineering support: Our team provides surveying, staking, line layout, right-of-way identification, and procurement services
• Single line diagrams and Construction drawings

Architectural Solutions

PEC has 31 years of experience, collaborating with engineers, architects, and contractors to deliver architectural solutions that meet your project needs. We focus on creating designs that not only meet immediate client needs but also provide solutions for future growth and aesthetic demands with expertise that includes:

• Lead Design & Production Team Management
• Client Consultation & Construction Administration
• Conscientious Building Practices
• Data Centers, Office Buildings, Schools, Gymnasiums, and Healthcare Facilities

Fixed Wireless and Private 5G Solutions

PEC offers comprehensive fixed wireless and private 5G solutions, leveraging 30 years of experience designing, deploying, and operating fixed and mobile wireless networks. Our expertise includes:

• 5G Radio/Core Architecture Solutions: We provide end-to-end solutions for 5G networks.
• RF Network Design & Optimization: Including coverage design, traffic engineering, and microwave transport engineering.
• Regulatory & Vendor Expertise: FCC licensing, 18 years of CBRS experience, and in-depth knowledge of 4G/5G/Wireless Broadband vendors.
• Financial Modeling & Funding Support: CAPEX/OPEX model optimization and NTIA BEAD proficiency.
• GIS & Mapping: Utilizing GIS/LIDAR RF clutter & elevation models for precise network planning.

PEC is passionate about solving the Digital Divide, providing equitable access to broadband for rural and remote areas. We offer comprehensive services from subscriber requirements and network design, to bill-of-materials, financial modeling, deployment, and system commissioning/optimization.

Analysis & Maintenance

Regardless of whether PEC handled your project's design and construction phases, we can provide full-service support, analysis, and maintenance for a variety of electrical engineering projects. Our analysis and maintenance services include:

• Electrical system upgrades
• Pole line inspections and quality assurance
• Safety audits
• PME/SME metering consolidation
• Troubleshooting, restoration, and repairs
• Protective Device Coordination Studies
• Arc-Flash Studies

Oil & Gas

PEC supports Oil and Gas clients in multiple states. We strive at providing cost effective ways to provide power to our clients assets. Whether it is miles of power lines or small micro-grids, PEC can offer solutions for any project. Our services include:

• Asset Inventory Collection and GPS location of electrical system and equipment
• Power line inspections for safety and quality assurance
• Pole tagging and mapping of oil fields
• PME/SME consolidation
• Milsoft modeling and load analysis for future growth plans
• Arc-Flash Studies
• Custom construction diagrams for pole assembly

Transmission & Distribution Projects

PEC has completed a variety of electrical engineering projects, spanning areas including substation design, electrical design-build projects, and pole line construction. With offices in Greenville, SC and Little Rock, AR, we serve clients across the country. Some of our completed projects include:

• SEL relay settings
• Transmission & distribution power substation design
• New pole line systems and upgrades
• Circuit coordination and fuse protection
• Lightning arrestor & surge protection design
• Electric system grounding and bonding improvements
• Neutral wire additions for three wire primary systems
• Distribution circuit modeling using Milsoft Utility solutions software
• PME/SME consolidation for reduced power costs
• Project and equipment specifications
• Drawing document conversions to AutoCAD
• On-site project inspections and quality insurance
• Safety audits and documentation
• Asset tagging, equipment labeling, GPS location records for electrical systems, roads, gas lines, and other items
• Database migrations and conversions from existing electrical modeling software to Milsoft Utility Solutions software