As-Built Engineering

Electrical SLD Reconstruction

Building the first accurate single-line the plant has ever had.

Some sites have no usable electrical drawings at all · acquired assets, lost archives, forty years of undocumented extensions. We reconstruct the single-line from nothing but the plant itself: switchgear survey, transformer and breaker nameplate capture, protection device inventory and cable tracing, assembled into a drawing that matches what is actually installed.

25 marquee operators · 21 countries · verified roster
Bayer · Pfizer · TATA · Adani · JSW · ISRO · Siemens · Bosch · DuPont · Mahindra · Hindalco · and others
Bayer
Pfizer
TATA
Adani
JSW
Nestle
ISRO
Mahindra
Siemens
Bosch
DuPont
Aditya Birla
Hindalco
Amazon
Indian Oil
ITC
Asian Paints
Dr. Reddy
Kia
Bureau Veritas
Lloyd
Halliburton
Jindal Steel
AMNS
Rolls Royce
Bayer
Pfizer
TATA
Adani
JSW
Nestle
ISRO
Mahindra
Siemens
Bosch
DuPont
Aditya Birla
Hindalco
Amazon
Indian Oil
ITC
Asian Paints
Dr. Reddy
Kia
Bureau Veritas
Lloyd
Halliburton
Jindal Steel
AMNS
Rolls Royce
Why this matters

What to do when there is no drawing left to update

There is a difference between an out-of-date single-line and no single-line. An out-of-date drawing can be verified and corrected. A site with no drawing · or a drawing so far from reality that it misleads · has to be rebuilt from the physical asset upward, and that is a survey problem before it is a drafting problem. This is the normal condition on acquired plants, on units extended in stages by different contractors, and on sites where the electrical archive was lost to a move or a fire. Until the single-line exists, nothing else can proceed: you cannot commission a study, size a replacement, plan an isolation or answer an inspector. Reconstruction is the entry point, and it has to be done on an energised plant without a shutdown.

Method

How we deliver Electrical SLD Reconstruction

CEng MIE India-signed deliverables · LiDAR-powered where applicable · digital twin handover ready · routes to the As-Built Engineering practice lead within 24 hours.

01

Asset and nameplate capture

Systematic survey of every substation, switchroom and MCC. Transformer, breaker, switchgear and MCC nameplate data captured · rating, impedance, vector group, tap range, breaking capacity, manufacturer and year. Photographed against the asset tag, geotagged where LiDAR is in scope.

02

Topology tracing on an energised plant

Incomer, bus section, tie and outgoing feeder relationships established by tracing physical connections, bus arrangement and interlocks. Where the bus configuration cannot be observed directly, it is confirmed against protection settings and operating procedure rather than assumed.

03

Protection and metering inventory

Every relay, CT, VT, fuse and MCCB recorded with model, ratio, and where accessible, the installed setting. This is what turns a topology sketch into a document a coordination study can be built on.

04

Single-line assembly and validation

Drawing assembled to IEEE 315 and IEC 60617 symbology, showing voltage levels, ratings, protection and cable data. Validated back to the plant in a walkdown with your electrical maintenance lead before issue.

05

Issue and model handover

Issued as a CEng MIE India-signed single-line with an asset register behind it. The same data is delivered structured, so it can be built directly into an ETAP or DigSILENT model without a second survey.

Standards + compliance

Built to the standards your auditors quote

Reports reference the international and national standards your regulators, F500 audit teams, and corporate process safety leads cite. Every deliverable signed by a Chartered Engineer (CEng MIE India).

Anonymous case anchors

What this looks like in production

Three landmark engagements from our verified roster · quantified outcomes, no client names disclosed without written permission.

Acquired chemical site, India · no drawings inherited

Site changed hands with no electrical documentation transferred. 4 substations, 11 transformers and 96 outgoing feeders reconstructed over five weeks on an energised plant. First single-line in the site’s history issued and signed.

Steel rolling mill, India · forty years of extensions

Plant extended in six phases by five contractors, each leaving partial drawings. Reconstruction found two 11 kV feeders energised from a bus nobody had recorded, and a tie breaker documented as normally open that was closed.

Port terminal, South East Asia · archive lost

Electrical archive lost in a relocation. Reconstruction across quay and yard distribution, delivered with an asset register that seeded the operator’s new maintenance system.

Frequently asked

Electrical SLD Reconstruction · the practical questions

How is this different from your single-line diagram as-built service?
The as-built service starts from an existing drawing and verifies it against the plant. Reconstruction starts with no usable drawing and builds one from the physical asset. Different starting point, different effort, different deliverable.
Can you do it without a shutdown?
Yes, and normally we have to. Nameplate capture and topology tracing are done on an energised plant using observation, panel schedules and operating procedure. Anything that needs a panel open is planned around available isolations.
What if we have partial drawings from different eras?
That is the usual case. Partial sets are treated as evidence rather than as a baseline · useful for cross-checking, never taken as fact without field confirmation.
Do you capture protection settings as well?
Where the relays are accessible we record the installed settings alongside the device. That saves a separate survey when you later commission a coordination or arc flash study.
What do we get at the end?
A signed single-line, an asset register with nameplate data behind every item, and the same information delivered structured so it can be loaded into a power system model without a second visit.

Scope your Electrical SLD Reconstruction engagement.

Tell us your plant, region, and scope · a named Chartered Engineer responds within 24 hours.

  • 4 fields. No phone interview to start.
  • Per-discipline routing to the As-Built Engineering practice lead.
  • Anonymous case anchors sent with first reply.
  • Same-day callback for deadline-driven enquiries.

As-Built Engineering Scoping

P&ID + Iso + SLD + GA · LiDAR-powered · routes to As-Built Practice.