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Head Quarters/ Registered Office :Viale T.Edison, 50

20099 - Sesto S. Giovanni (MI)

Italy

1926 - 2009

more then 80 years in the

Transmission field

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Index

1. Company History

2. Company Business

3. Experience

4. Competences

5. Engineering Competences

6. TL’s Special projects

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1. Company History

SAE S.p.A. is founded to perform the first railway electrification project in

Italy (Bolzano-Brennero line)

SADELMI starts operations in Argentina.

Main activities: power generation, transmission and distribution, industrial

plants and infrastructures

SAE and SADELMI merge and following the acquisition by ABB group,

they originate ABB Sae Sadelmi. The new company acquires Soimi, ABB

Generatori, ABB Flakt Italy and Rebosio, thus strengthening its role of

engineering and contracting company.

ABB Sae Sadelmi divided in two different companies:

•ABB Sae S.p.A

•ABB Sadelmi S.p.A.

ABB Sae divided in two different units:

•ABB Sae Transmission

•ABB Sae Distribution

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1988

1998

2000

2005

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ABB decision to exit the Powerlines Business.

The Italian ABB Unit sold with the name of: SAE Power Lines

ATSL acquires 100% of the SAE Power Lines share capital2008

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2. Company Business

Transmission & Distribution (T&D)

• OHTL AC and DC on turnkey basis

• OHTL AC and DC rehabilitation

• Substations on turnkey basis

• Substations rehabilitation

SAE PL acts mainly as a Contracting Company for turn key projects in

the following business areas:

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3. Experience

SAE Power Lines has worldwide experience in developing

and executing projects as:

EPC Contractor

Partner for Concession Projects and/or merchant systems

Consortium Leader or Consortium Partner

Nominated sub-contractor for partial scope of works

Member of large Consortia for transmission and distribution

schemes (e.g. lines and substations)

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3. Experience

Alliances and partnerships have been developed over the decades in order

to guarantee the highest levels of reliability and cost competitiveness while

delivering to the highest standards of quality.

Typically SAE Power Lines has consolidated relationships with the following

network of partners:

Detailing firms

Soil and land surveyors

Conductor manufacturers

Steel tower manufacturers

Insulator and line hardware manufacturers

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3. Experience

Company presence over the years

Turnkey Projects

Engineering and/or supply only

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3. Experience

Overhead Transmission Lines

during the last 10 years:

more than 3,000 Km

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3. Experience

The company has a highly skilled and competent

permanent workforce and has access through his

historical ties to resources on contract and/or temporary

basis for:

• Engineering

• Site Management/Supervision

• Construction

making it possible to manage a large number of projects

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The competences present in SAE PL give the company the

highest expertise available in the Transmission & Distribution

market in the field of:

• Marketing and Sales

• Engineering

• Project Management

• Supply Chain Management

• Site and Construction Management

• QA/QC and Safety

This asset is well known and valued by our worldwide Customers

4. Competences

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General

• Strong domestic and international experience and presence

• Full T/Lines EPC contracting business process ownership and knowledge

• Unique track records and qualification standing

Marketing & Sales

• Strong Knowledge of Markets and Customers

• Deep partnerships and consortia Culture

• Project development

• Sub-suppliers and sub-contractors knowledge

4. Competences

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4. Competences

T&D Engineering – Transmission Lines

• Geo-technical: soil investigation, soil stability analysis and tests.

• Civil: foundation design and testing.

• Structural: self supporting and guyed structures design and testing.

• Electrical: grounding, clearances analysis.

• Routing: GPS technology knowledge, satellite maps management, on

site application.

• Tower spotting: route profile definition, optimal distribution of the

transmission towers on the route profile.

• Telecommunication: OPGW and accessories management

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Project Management

• Strong experience in management of large composite projects worldwide

• Consortia management culture

• Effective supply chain control

• Great knowledge of logistic aspects

• Fast and efficient mobilization capacity

• Local operations within different cultures management

• Risk management

4. Competences

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Tender docs.

analysis

Proposal

preparation &

Bid submission

Guarantees

&

Final acceptance

Contract

negotiation and

signature

Site activities

(Civil Works

& Erection)

Commissioning

&

Handing over

Engineering

Project Management

Procurement & Logistics

Customer / Consultant

Sales

4. Competences

Project management

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Offshore Project Team

P.M. Controlling Supply Mngmt & Log.

Project

Director

Project

Engin.

Project

Planner

Project

Controller

Proc./Exp.

& Logistics

Site

ManagerQA/QC

Site Org. Support.

QA/QCP.M. Planning

Engineering

4. Competences

Project management

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4. Competences

Supply chain management

• Procurement of materials worldwide

• Material tracking

• Vendor List management

• Orders to subcontractors

• Shipping on door to door basis

• Construction equipment management

• Company and Project insurances

Site and Construction Management

• Mobilisation

• Construction method optimisation

• Planning and control of site costs and work schedule

• Subcontractors and own personnel management

• Local interface with customer and consultant

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4. Competences

QA/QC and Safety

• Quality System Management (ISO 9001)

• QA/QC planning and documentation for projects

• Processes definition and improvement

• QA internal auditing

• Quality control for supplies and works at sites

• QA training

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5. Engineering Competences

Structural Softwares:

TOWER: linear and non-linear analysis of

lattice structures by Power Line

Systems Inc.

ELDA: linear and non-linear analysis of

lattice structures (In house sw.)

TOSCA: optimisation of lattice structures

through linear analysis (In house sw.)

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Flexible OHTL design software

5. Engineering Competences

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Technical softwares for tower detailing and electrical clearances

BOCAD 3D In house software

5. Engineering Competences

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Drilled Caisson Foundation Rock Anchor Foundation

Grillage Foundation

Foundation design:

in house software's

5. Engineering Competences

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Line Design

– Plan and Profile

– Tower Spotting

– Sag and Tension

– Optimization of Tower Distribution

5. Engineering Competences

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(Data Terrain

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Satellite

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Management of :

– Aerial photographs

– Satellite image

– DTM

5. Engineering Competences

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Processing data from satellite

– Orthorectified satellite image by

software with real coordinates

– Identification of major crossing

(road, pipelines, power lines, river)

and other constraints .

– Place the DTM data under the

image to know ground movement

– Choose the best line route to build

the new power line

5. Engineering Competences

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Use of PLS-CADD software to determine:

– Line-route profile

– Tower Spotting

– Stacking Chart

– Material list table

– 3D virtual line

5. Engineering Competences

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Environmental Impact

OHTLs are virtually located on the landscape to evaluate their impact

5. Engineering Competences

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HV Compact Lines

Voltage range up to 400 kV

Environmental advantages:

• Reduction of land occupation

• Reduction of visual impact

• Reduction of right of way

• Reduction of costs

• Reduction of electrical and magnetic

fields

380 kV TL

Dimension comparison

6. TL’s Special Projects

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New optimized Cold-formed

Sections from steel coils

• Low weight

• Reduced number of members

• Freedom in Tower design (triangular sect.)

Save in material, transport,

erection costs

Environmental Low impact

Cold Formed Technology

for

Power Transmission Lines

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6. TL’s Special Projects

Pearl River Crossing

500 kV Double Circuit Line

• Country: China

• Scope of work: Engineering, supply, erection and supervision

• Customer: Guangdong General Power Company, China

• Year: 1986-1988

• Voltage: 500 kV

• Number of circuits: 2

• Transmission Capacity: 1600 MW (per circuit)

• Crossing Spans: 931 m + 1547 m

• Height of Suspension Towers: 238 m

• Water Clearance: 70 m

• Weight of one Suspension Tower: 1,040 ton

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6. TL’s Special Projects

Messina Strait Crossing

380 kV Double Circuit Line

• Country: Italy

• Scope of work: Engineering, supply, erection and

supervision

• Customer: ENEL - Italy

• Year: 1955

• Voltage: 380 kV

• Number of circuits: 2

• Crossing Span: 3.416 m

• Height of Suspension Towers: 215 m

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Geshm Strait Crossing

230 kV Double Circuit Line

• Country: Iran

• Voltage: 230 kV

• Crossing Span: 1,600 m + 1,000 m

• Foundation: pre-fabricated concrete sea-submersed

• Scope of Work: Turn key contract

• Customer: K.R.E.C.O - Iran

• Year: 1989-1993

6. TL’s Special Projects

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6. TL’s Special Projects

Yangtze River Crossing

500 kV Double Circuit Line

• Country: China

• Scope of work: Turn key contract

• Customer: East China Electric Power Administration

• Year: 1987-1988

• Voltage: 500 kV

• Number of Circuits: 2

• Transmission Capacity: 2,250 MW (per circuit)

• Crossing Span: 1,820 m

• Height of Suspension Towers: 180 m

• Water Clearance: 48 m

• Weight of one Suspension Tower: 540 ton

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Pidiregas 407

400 kV Double Circuit Line

• Country: Mexico

• Customer: Commission Federal de Electricidad (CFE)

• Scope: 122 km Transmission Line at 400 kV d.c

from San Luis de Potosì to Anahuac,

plus a 400 kV S/S in Potosì

• Years: 2001 - 2003

6. TL’s Special Projects

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6. TL’s Special Projects

Pidiregas 409

400 kV Double Circuit Line - Mexico

• Country: Mexico

• Project: Manuel Moreno Torres – Julie

• Length: 120 km TL , plus Aranita Island Crossing

• Customer: Commission Federal de Electricidad (CFE)

• Crossing Spans: 4,500 m with 4 spans

• Years: 2002 - 2004

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OKPAI –

KWALE PP

NEW SS

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EXTENSION

SS

Okpai 450 MW Power Plant

330 kV Double Circuit Line - Nigeria

• Country: Nigeria

• Customer: Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC)

• Scope: 56 Km Transmission Line and S/S, including

Niger River Crossing

• Years: 2002 - 2005

6. TL’s Special Projects