LV network installation, Aycliffe Road, Borehamwood

Rospower delivered the full LV electricity network for a mixed use residential and community development at 141 Aycliffe Road, Borehamwood, working in partnership with UK Power Connections (UKPC).

Project scope

Works included breeching new 95mm² waveform cable to the existing UKPN provided POC (5c.1 Cu), laying approximately 75 metres of waveform cable along Aycliffe Road, and providing 9 single phase residential service connections plus a whole current three phase connection for the on site community centre.

Traffic management was delivered under a four way traffic light scheme with a full road closure and a signed diversion route via Allerton Road and Buckton Road. Works were carried out adjacent to a live school and surgery, requiring close coordination with neighbours and frontages throughout the programme.

Key deliverables included:

• ~75m LV 95mm² waveform cable installed in highway
• 9 single phase residential connections (35AL CNE)
• One three phase community centre connection (100A)
• Four way traffic lights with full road closure and diversion
• Works delivered adjacent to a live school and surgery
• Full footway and carriageway tarmac reinstatement along the cable route

Compliance

All works complied with UKPN and MUA G81 specifications and the Safety at Streetworks Code of Practice 2013, with materials and installation methods signed off for adoption onto the UK Power Networks distribution network.