Case Study: Hubei Electric Engineering Corporation achieves faster, higher-quality substation design and CNY savings with Bentley

Hubei Electric Engineering Corporation - Customer Case Study

Hubei Electric Engineering Corporation, a subsidiary of POWERCHINA Limited, faced the challenge of designing a CNY 172 million indoor Miaoshan 220kV Secondary Transformer Substation in a dense urban area to meet Year 2030 energy demands in excess of 400,000 kilovolts (kV) and provide 220kV, 110kV, and 10kV outgoing lines. To address complex three-story layout and coordination requirements, Hubei Electric Engineering Corporation worked with Bentley using Bentley Substation, OpenBuildings Designer, Bentley Raceway and Cable Management, ContextCapture, ProStructures, and ProjectWise.

Bentley’s solution gave the multi-discipline team a unified model space (ProjectWise) and integrated design tools to resolve clashes and improve design quality. Using Bentley software avoided rework in at least 10 instances—saving CNY 2 million—while streamlining collaboration and construction support; once complete the substation will optimize the High Tech Zone’s power grid and improve quality of life for more than 400,000 people.