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A Solid History Founded in 1944, Ulteig has expanded to include eight US locations and a staff of more than 300 professionals. Ulteig is an employee-owned company, and as owners, we take immense pride in the quality and integrity of our work because we each have a personal stake in our company’s success. Our legacy of providing quality, responsive solutions to our clients’ challenges drives our employees to bring their very best to work each day.

Full Service & Dedication Our wide range of services and expertise provides clients with access to a wealth of knowledge, skill, technology, and talent. Ulteig is a multidiscipline, full-service firm that offers one of the broadest arrays of services in the industry — all from one firm. Few companies can match our ability to leverage our engineering resources and capabilities, which span four primary markets, including:• Power• Communications• Renewable energy• Government

The Ulteig DifferenceUlteig’s mission is to be the place where people want to work and to be the company that people want to hire; this mission defines our purpose as a business. As an organization, we are grounded in our core values because they define us as individuals and as a company. Our values are dedicating ourselves to our clients’ success, pursuing excellence in our work, and acting with integrity. These core values are embodied in the high level of professionalism we strive to deliver every day.

At Ulteig, we know how to make the most out of priceless resources — to both minimize the impact on the environment as well as maximize our client’s budget. With an expansive list of capabilities and market specialization that includes engineering, planning, energy, transportation, water/wastewater, municipal, surveying, right-of-way, and civil site design, our experts have the knowledge and passion to keep pace with a changing market. This combination of knowledge and drive transforms your ideas into successful outcomes.

Thinking ahead, exploring creative ideas, and developing options allows our professionals to go beyond the boundaries of convention and deliver the solution that best serves our clients’ needs.

Local Values, Global VisionWe know it’s a competitive market out there. But year after year, one of the major drivers for our success is the level of client intimacy we establish with all our clients. We answer the phone. We respond to changes in scope while staying on schedule. We provide highly trained specialists who are passionate about solving challenging problems and helping their clients succeed.

Ulteig is ranked on the Engineering News-Record’s annual US Design Firms list. We strive to continue growing our presence and contribution to the industry, all while setting a high bar for excellence at our company, with our professionals, and with our clients.

Ulteig provides services to clients across the nation, and we continue to help the markets we serve manage new and vexing challenges. Regardless of project location, the complexity of the requirements, or the project schedule, our clients can depend on responsive, professional service throughout their project experience.

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From urban infrastructure and airports to highways and electric utility power systems, we design and help sustain systems that millions of people depend upon every day. As a multidiscipline, full-service firm, Ulteig provides comprehensive solutions to meet the growing demand for critical engineering services in the renewable energy, power, communications, and government markets.

Whether our client is a municipality providing clean water for their community or an energy company delivering electricity to millions of customers, we believe in working intimately with our clients to address their greatest challenges.

Since the company’s inception, Ulteig has grown its portfolio to include successful projects in many US states. Our robust background includes a variety of project types, performed with a multidiscipline staff. The map above represents a sampling of our completed projects.

To serve the needs of our clients throughout the US, we have established offices in the following locations:• Bismarck, ND• Cedar Rapids, IA• Denver, CO• Detroit Lakes, MN• Fargo, ND

• Lynchburg, VA• Sioux Falls, SD• St. Paul, MN• Williston, ND

A national sampling of Uleig’s projects

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headerpower market overview

As electric power utilities confront the ongoing challenge of delivering reliable power to their customers, they are also experiencing an increased need for engineering partners who can provide solutions to address these challenges. For more than 40 years, Ulteig has provided power utilities with design services that enable the reliable operation of their networks, offered innovative solutions to meet the demand for electricity, and assisted in the development of alternative energy sources. We have served public, private, and industrial clients of all sizes and scope by helping them solve their most vexing power challenges. Our knowledge of local, state, and federal regulations allows us to successfully navigate the development process while delivering high-impact solutions, on time and within budget.

From 12.5 kV distribution systems to 500 kV extra high-voltage (EHV) transmission systems, we have experience handling every aspect of the process from routing and permitting to survey and right-of-way acquisition to detailed design and construction management. We offer solutions to power system operators with our combination of decades of engineering expertise, analytical techniques, software analysis tools, knowledge of regional regulations and NERC reliability criteria, and client-focused services.

By assessing a utility’s existing system configuration, projected/expected growth in load demand, and available generation resources, we are able to address these needs through critical engineering services that include: • Transmission and distribution• Protection and control• Substation physical• Commissioning• Planning• Renewable• Communications infrastructure• Civil engineering• Smart Grid• Structural engineering• Wetland services• Electrical engineering• Stormwater management• Right-of-way• Environmental planning• Geographic information systems (GIS)• Power transmission system planning• Wildlife biology• Computer/network engineering• Civil site development

headertransmission & distribution

Ulteig has surveyed and engineered more than 18,000 miles of AC and DC transmission lines for public and private clients. From 34.5 kV subtransmission line to 500 kV EHV line, we have the experience to handle all aspects of the process, from routing and permitting to survey, right-of-way acquisition, detailed design, and construction management.

Ulteig has the experience, personnel and tools to provide a full-service solution to our clients from project conception through completion. Our designs are timely, cost-effective, and meticulously meet the clients standards, when applicable. Ulteig’s goal is to provide solid commitment through unmatched client service to create a positive experience for our clients.

Services provided by Ulteig:• Permitting assistance, including photo renderings • Scoping• Transmission routing• Estimates• Transmission line design• Design criteria preparation• Facility studies • Shielding studies• Electric and magnetic field (EMF) studies• Grounding studies• Underground design• Steel design• Lattice tower analysis• Foundation design• Line uprating studies• Structure analysis• Stormwater pollution prevention plan (SWPPP)• Vegetation management• Material specifications• Material procurement support• Construction specifications• Construction management• Construction observation• Construction support• Assessment management• Reliability studies

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Ulteig has engineered and designed more than 1,000 high-voltage substations, switching stations, and interconnect stations — from 12.5 kV to 500 kV — for investor owned utilities, cooperatives, municipalities, contractors and developers. We provide all detailed engineering and design within a substation, including protection and control, electrical, detailed structural steel, and civil grading plans.

Our substation team offers all the capabilities to provide our clients with full services, from project conception through commissioning, including ongoing support. We provide the expertise and experience our clients need to realize cost-effective designs that are on time and within budget.

Our staff consists of professionals who are registered throughout the US and are ready to support our clients’ needs by providing personalized solutions. Ulteig’s professional staff meets our clients’ project objectives while balancing environmental, code, and site performance standards. Our cross-functional teams leverage the latest technology to produce reliable and economical solutions.

Services provided by Ulteig:• Project scoping• Preliminary arrangement• Site selection• Siting and permitting support, including

photo renderings• Environmental analysis• Right-of-way• Survey• Facility studies• Access road design• Construction estimating and support• Grading design• Control equipment enclosure design and

specification• Auxiliary power system design• Station battery system sizing• Fault coordination studies• Electrical control• Electrical design• Physical design• Structural steel design• Material ordering, tracking, and expediting• Equipment specifications• Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) and

Human-Machine Interface (HMI) programming• Protective relay settings developments• System control and data acquisition (SCADA)

and communication design• Spill prevention, control, and countermeasure

(SPCC) plan• SWPPP• Event analysis and evaluation• Lightning protection• Grounding• 3D design• Battery calculation• Project management

A Better Way to Build Ever need an additional week before energization? How much money can you save by reducing initial startup time while your testers are at your substation? Ulteig’s Substation Test Lab helps you and your projects avoid many of the pitfalls of in-field testing, saving time and money.

In our lab, we pretest SCADA programs, PAC configurations, relay settings, communication networks, and parameters passed via multiple protocols. Our engineers design, configure and test programs, as well as relay settings, communication networks, data maps and data points. An added benefit for you is that we also use the lab to train and develop better techniques, benefiting your substation projects before they are even constructed.

Fast Field SolutionsBuilding reliability into substations is a critical requirement for power distribution. With the test lab, our engineers build a deeper level of knowledge about substation operations, as well as the most efficient ways to integrate them into the grid. With our processes, we go beyond basic substation specifications to deliver the full picture of how your protective SCADA system functions best.

Staying Up-to-DatePower generation, transmission and distribution are becoming more complex as technology changes. With smart grids, new generation sources, competing protocols and communication shifts, it is critical to have staff training available to ensure your energy systems operate reliably and efficiently.

Lab Testing Capabilities

• Protective relay settings• RTU programming• PAC configurations• Initial network configuration• Network testing• Communications testing• Bench test relays• Teaching circuit design checkout• Teaching substation commissioning practices and techniques

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Ulteig’s professional staff provides the services needed to support the programming, checkout, and commissioning of new and existing substation facilities.

We provide review of all detailed design within a substation, including protection and control, programming and communication, electrical design, detailed structural steel design, and civil grading plans. This review helps provide a safe facility that mitigates failures because of improper commissioning.

Programming Services• SCADA alarm, status, and control point development• RTU program development• PLC program development• HMI program development and simulation• Relay setting development and system coordination• Metering program development• SCADA and communication interface design and testing• Protocol/communication management• In-house lab program debugging• Protection coordination and fault studies

Commissioning Services• On-site observation and inspection during construction• SWPPP inspections• Grading and site inspections• Facility witness testing/observation• Factory equipment witness testing• Facility checkout• Contractor communication support services• Checkout and testing assistance• Electrical design inspection• Development or review of commissioning documents• Development or review of equipment testing documents• Technical field education of personnel• Federal, state, and local compliance assistance• Test result evaluation and recommendation

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OverviewOne of the critical success factors of our Project Management Process is clear and concise communications from the start of the project. To ensure this, Ulteig has assigned a project sponsor to work closely with project manager. The proj-ect sponsor will be the primary Ulteig senior leadership representative assigned to the project. The project sponsor and PMO Director will be available throughout the project to assist the project manager with any major issues that may arise.

Project Management ProcessThe Ulteig Project Management Process utilizes the principles found in the Project Management Institutes Project Manage-ment Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). Ulteig has integrated client feedback with these proven Project Management principles to develop a comprehensive Project Management Process. Ulteig project managers are keenly aware of the triple con-straint project knowledge areas of scope, schedule and cost. Additionally, our project managers thoroughly understand the importance of project quality, resource management, communications and risk, and have the ability to respond quickly to changing project needs within these areas.

The Ulteig project team is comprised of a dedicat-ed project technical lead who facilitates the work performed by the engineers of the specific project disciplines. The project manager and the project technical lead work very closely in a collaborative fashion throughout the project life cycle.

The project team initiates its rigorous Planning Phase during the proposal development period by formulating an initial baseline schedule and scope definition based on RFP scope documents.

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The main goal of the Ulteig-provided Project Management Services is to provide leadership with a notable, continuous improvement in project efficiency. Additional benefits are to provide a greater level of visibility by tracking and reporting on project goals and objectives with up-to-date information. --Jason Hoskins, COO, Ulteig, St. Paul, MN

The project manager is responsible for success-fully executing the project objectives, including but not limited to the project scope, schedule and cost. The project manager reports to the PMO Director and has a dotted line reporting relation-ship with the project sponsor. The project manager is responsible to the client as well as the project team.

Upon award, the project manager leads the team in developing a detailed project plan that contains all of the critical project elements including: scope definition, cost plans, schedule, risks and mitigation strategy and communications plan. The project team will meet and review with the client all critical project information to ensure alignment. This is a very important step in our process and we are very diligent in our efforts. The Ulteig project team will ensure that it will look to understand and integrate when possible any project specific client feedback into each project.

During project execution, the project manager will work closely with the project team to ensure successful scope, schedule and cost criteria are met. Proper communication, project statusing and reporting are all focal points of the Ulteig project team. Ulteig is responsive to client feedback on the entire Project Management Process and welcomes the opportunity to discuss process improvement.

Project Management ValueYou can expect the following services when working with our PMO team:

• Collaborative relationship management • Clear and concise communications • Clear roles and responsibilities • Alignment of project stakeholders • Thorough scope definition • Accurate costing • Meet or exceed schedule expectation • Rapid project initiation • Disciplined change control • Timely Request for Information (RFI) management • Efficient design reviews • Proactive action item management

• Targeted status update meetings • Concise biweekly reporting • Accurate drawing logs • First time quality assurance and quality control • Convenient document control • Capture and apply key lessons learned• Clients’ representative• Problem solver• Continuous project progress assessment• Team builder• Manage project close-out • Management of project kickoff meeting• Web-based visualization and tracking tools• Real time field-to-office data recording

Ulteig will utilize an internal-developed web-based mapping application to allow for quick and easy access of field col-lected data to support the Microwave Engineering process. All relevant data, such as site locations, permitting, equip-ment, documents, and photos, will be incorporated into a centralized database. We believe this will create efficiencies in work-flow from field to office and enhance coordination and communication with all associated stakeholders.

At the conclusion of the project, Ulteig will work closely with the client to ensure all of the engineering punch list items are completed, Record Drawings are submitted and financial and contractual obligations are closed out. As a step in our Project Management Process, we feel that it is very important to conduct a face-to-face Lessons Learned meeting. Ulteig encourages its clients to provide us with open and honest feedback throughout the project. This feedback meet-ing allows key stakeholders in the project an opportunity to improve upon their own processes and also the processes of others.

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Ulteig’s communication sites tracker

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To support the impressive growth of the telecommunications industry, Ulteig provides expertise on civil, structural, and electrical engineering services as well as right-of-way and land acquisition services. These capabilities mean Ulteig delivers innovative solutions to the cellular, microwave, two-way radio, and fiber optic communications market segments. Our track record — combined with the latest engineering technology — makes us the engineering partner of choice for communication service companies, utilities, and municipalities.

Throughout the past decade, Ulteig has worked with clients on a range of communications projects, and our proven commitment to client satisfaction results in unparalleled quality. From concept through construction and beyond, Ulteig has the experience to meet your communications infrastructure needs.

Our communications services include:• Land surveying• Right-of-way• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)• Permitting• Deployment• Communications infrastructure• Structural evaluation• Civil engineering• Structural engineering• Electrical engineering• Computer/network engineering• Environmental planning• FAA 1A/2A letters• Civil site development

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Ulteig provides engineering services and expertise for a variety of markets, including utilities, energy, communications (wireless and wired), and local government. Our experts stand ready to provide each client with the best and most cost-effective solutions, including designing a fiber optic backbone on a transmission line, designing a stand-alone radio/cellular site, and designing a Smart Grid solution. We complete each project efficiently and accurately.

Services provided by Ulteig:• Structural evaluations• Fiber infrastructure design• Wireless, microwave, and two-way radio design• Zoning coordination and drawings• Siting and permitting support, including photo renderings• Civil site and access design• Foundation and structure design• As-built drawings of existing towers• Coaxial/antenna/equipment mounting, routing, and layout• Coax bridge and ice canopy design• Construction drawings• Construction management• Testing and commissioning• Design surveys• Existing structure analysis• FAA 1A and 2C certified letters

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The continued demand for cost-effective and reliable renewable energy sources is driving the need for a higher level of engineering expertise necessary to support this trend. Ulteig has a strong and proven track record of providing renewable energy developers, engineer, procure and construct (EPC) contractors, and construction firms with innovative engineering solutions to meet their individual project needs. We offer our clients a reliable partner who provides highly responsive services and expertise to support renewable energy projects, including wind and solar power systems. From project start through completion, we assist our clients by providing successful on-time and on-budget performance, regardless of the project size, scope, and structure.

Our extensive experience in providing tailored engineering solutions to our renewable energy clients means we can provide a distinct perspective on the customized requirements of your specific project. This approach has positioned Ulteig as a leading provider of engineering, consulting, surveying, and right-of-way services for the renewable energy industry. Our seasoned professionals can deliver the full range of technical services — regardless of scope — for your renewable energy project.

Your goal is to deliver reliable renewable energy to the market. Our goal is to help you meet your goal. We are the partner you need that provides essential technical and project-related expertise to complement your vision and capabilities. Ulteig’s customized engineering solutions are tailored to meet your distinct needs as well as provide a range of additional services that may be needed to support the work for successful project completion.

Developing and launching a renewable project involves a variety of issues that can affect commercial and operational viability. You face issues ranging from environmental regulations to land acquisition to optimization of system design, and Ulteig has experience successfully addressing these challenges so our clients can build and operate viable, sustainable projects. You can count on Ulteig to deliver an innovative, comprehensive solution based on years of experience working on renewable projects throughout the US and Canada.

Services provided by Ulteig:• Transmission and distribution• Environmental services• Substation physical• Power transmission system planning• Protection and control• Civil engineering• Commissioning• Structural engineering• Underground collection systems• Electrical engineering• Planning• Right-of-way• Communication infrastructure• Geographic information systems (GIS)• Land surveying• Smart grid• Aviation planning and design• Wetland services• Transportation planning• Stormwater management• Landscape architecture• Site development

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Studies• Arc flash studies• Cable ampacity studies • Grounded system studies• Harmonic and transient studies• Insulation coordination studies • Fault current studies • Power flow studies• System loss studies • Transportation studies

Design Services• Access road design• Collection systems design• Foundation and structure design• Operation and maintenance facility design• Overhead collection system design• PV and solar thermal systems design• Substation design• Transmission line design• Underground collection system design• WTG foundation design• Structural analysis • SCADA system • Preparing specifications for all equipment• Preparing plans for the wind turbine

grounding and conduit system• Medium-voltage conduit and cable system• Low-voltage conduit and cable system• Siting and permitting support, including

photo renderings

Land Surveying• ALTA/ACSM Land Title surveys• Cadastral surveying• Construction layout• Control surveys• Easement surveys• GPS surveying• High-definition scanning• Roadway system surveys• Land descriptions• GIS mapping• Power line surveys

Right-of-Way• Damage settlement• Document preparation• Easement negotiations• GIS database management• GIS parcel tracking• Negotiations of leases• Permitting• Project management• Public presentations• Title research• Site acquisition• Site research and qualification

Renewable projects completed by Ulteig

headerland services

Ulteig’s land services professionals combine the practices of land surveying, right-of-way acquisition, GIS, and HD scanning to deliver comprehensive services. Ulteig is recognized for having the ability to mobilize to projects of all types in any location — from local lot surveys to electric transmission corridors throughout the country.

Land SurveyingOur survey team has more than 65 years of surveying experience and includes a group of seasoned surveyors with strong backgrounds and unbeatable dedication to their clients. We have a combination of capacity and experience to deliver a range of surveying services for your projects. Ulteig’s highly trained survey teams use industry-leading hardware and software to gather and lay out field information for all types of land surveys and construction staking projects.• Utilities

• Property research• Control surveys• Cadastral surveys• Corridor (design) surveys• Route surveys• Construction staking • Easement surveys• Record surveys

• Construction• Civil• Property development

Right-of-Way AcquisitionLed by experienced real estate professionals, Ulteig provides right-of-way and site acquisition services for projects ranging from municipal infrastructure and large-scale electric transmission and pipeline corridors to wind farm sites.

Our right-of-way experts negotiate land purchases, leases, options, and easements to best meet our clients’ project objectives and criteria. Our team also handles document preparation, permitting, land title searches, and public presentations.• Permitting/routing• Title research• Acquisition

GISUlteig’s GIS practice helps both our clients and our own professionals attain a wide range of goals, gaining a comprehensive understanding of their informational needs and opportunities. Ulteig provides GIS and IT services to federal and state agencies, municipalities, airports, energy and other utilities, and various organizations. We help our clients draw knowledge from data about their business processes — ultimately creating implementation plans, spatial GIS data, and applications.• GIS System needs assessment and

implementation planning• Utility infrastructure inventory and

management• Enterprise database design and

development• Web and mobile GIS applications• Data and system integration• Spatial analysis• 3D Modeling

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High-definition (HD) scanning is a technology that incorporates the use of laser ranging to safely acquire accurate data that can be processed to create scaled, digital 3D model of the scanned object or environment. Using the HD scanning system allows Ulteig professionals to capture the survey information without interfering with ongoing facility operations, traffic, or construction activities.

HD scanning can be conducted indoors or outdoors and under any lighting conditions. The raw scan data can be used with software to view, pan, zoom, rotate in 3D, and obtain point-to-point measurements. Additional postprocessing can translate the data into accurate AutoCAD® drawings for design purposes or can be used for 3D visual flights. Whether data stands alone, is processed into a 3D model, or is linked with a GIS database, the uses for high-definition scanning data are varied and distinct.

The Leica ScanStation-One 3D rotating laser scanner, also known as the HD scanner, is similar to a total station, except that it captures a 3D image of the environment around it. It collects 9,000 points per minute and stores the points on a laptop, creating real-time data for the surveyors to model using their software.

The scanner records and stores precise full-scale representations of all visible elements within the desired scan area. It also captures a 3D photographic record of the items scanned. The tool scans in such high detail that even road joints, sidewalk cracks, building veneers, and license plates are visible.

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GovernmentUlteig’s government services group provides a broad range of services to cities, counties, towns, and state and federal agencies. Working with a diverse group of clients enables us to understand each project’s distinct needs and provide a customized solution for a successful outcome.

Our team of professionals encompasses a variety of disciplines, including aviation, municipal, planning, environmental, transportation, water resources, water, and wastewater. This broad set of capabilities allows us to collaborate with our clients to provide the best solution that fully meets their requirements — including structural, civil, water, electrical, and infrastructure needs.

We provide our government clients with expertise in the following areas:• Aviation planning, design, and construction phase services• Water treatment facilities and water distribution systems• Wastewater collection systems and treatment facilities• Watershed, floodplain, and stormwater management • Environmental planning• Transportation planning, design, and construction phase services• Community planning• Capital improvement plans (CIPs)• Communications infrastructure• Land surveying• Right-of-way• GIS• Grant writing and funding assistance• Electrical engineering• Civil engineering• Structural engineering• Civil site development

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Planning• Traffic analysis• Corridor studies• Site impact analysis• Multimodal plans• Environmental documents• Long-range transportation plans• Public participation and consensus building

Design• Structures and bridges• Water resources, drainage, and utilities• Multiuse recreational trails• Noise walls• Roundabouts• Streets and highways• Traffic signals and lighting• Reconstruction and rehabilitation• CADD and MicroStation• Construction traffic control and detour plans• Right-of-way acquisition

Construction• Project management• Bidding phase services• Shop drawing review• Construction surveying• On-site construction observation• Records and as-builts• Project closeout

Our services produce responsible results for connecting people to one another and their workplaces, connecting resources and goods to consumers, and connecting entire economies to one another. We are accustomed to meeting the requirements and expectations of federally funded projects and state departments of transportation as well as regional and local levels of government. We provide planning, design, and construction services for complex urban intersections, corridor retrofits, and urban and rural highways.

Ulteig also offers road monitoring services. We work with clients to document road and infrastructure conditions prior to construction. We also provide routine inspection services throughout the life cycle of the project.

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Dan Draughn, Account Executivedan.draughn@ulteig.com651.415.3870

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