b'Partner News Winter 2021 31CorporateThe project included all phases from civil and electrical studies to preliminary and detailed engineering design. The team also provided additional design support during construction phases. It was designed with building information modelling (BIM) engineering software, incorporating embedded asset data that will enable operational data management throughout the project life cycle. In addition, the Burns & McDonnell team provided custom-produced 3D videos of the substation as a supplemental visual aid.Sustainable design features were key elements as well, with the spare space on the project site used to develop a custom solution to a sustainability problem. This project included an on-site rainwater harvesting system, avoiding the need for an Long Itchington substation expensive water supply line to the remote Burns & McDonnell and rural location. Despite a challenging schedule and other demands, the project proved to be a significant success as one of the first full-service substations placed in Powering up HS2 service for HS2.Burns & McDonnell, which has been operating in the US for over 120 years, opened its first European office in Birmingham in 2017 and has since more With the UK Government launching thesaid the project has been an importantthan tripled in size. It established a new largest public transport improvementmilestone for Burns & McDonnell as webusiness practice focusing on mission-project in a generation, a critical substationcontinue to grow in the UK. He added,critical projects in 2020 and will soon be was needed for a tunnel boring project nearIm proud Burns & McDonnell is playing aopening an office in London to serve the Long Itchington.leading role in supporting the UKs transitionEuropean data centre market. In 2021, to Net Zero, from our work supporting theBurns & McDonnell has been selected to Building HS2 depends on a reliable powerdevelopment of electricity transmission andjoin two major frameworks by National supply. As one of the largest publicdistribution networks, to helping to powerGrid Electricity Transmission, and a third infrastructure projects in the history of thegreen public transport infrastructure suchframework run by Scottish and Southern UK, HS2 will link up London, the Midlandsas HS2. Electricity Networks.and the North, serving eight of Britains 10 largest cities and carrying over 300,000 people a day or 100m passengers a year. Burns & McDonnell has contributed to this ground-breaking endeavour with detailed engineering of the new Long Itchington 33/11kV (kilovolt) substation, which will supply 10MVA (megavoltamperes) of power for a tunnel boring machine being brought on-site. The twin bore tunnel is being constructed beneath Long Itchington Wood as part of the main construction works.The project was the first comprehensive substation engineering project Burns & McDonnell has completed fully within the UK under its National Electricity Registration Scheme accreditation. Jonathan Chapman, Burns & McDonnells UK Managing Director,The Burns & McDonnell team'