Electrical Design for Heavy Industrial Facilities
Buildable, practical, and startup-ready electrical design support for facilities where downtime, safety, and execution matter.
Industrial electrical design is about more than producing drawings. In real facilities, design decisions affect constructability, outage planning, field coordination, startup, and long-term maintainability. At SOMOS, we provide electrical design and engineering support with a practical understanding of the challenges that come with working in existing heavy industrial environments.
Our goal is to help clients move projects forward with designs that are technically sound, aligned with applicable requirements, and grounded in the realities of installation and operation.
What we do
SOMOS provides electrical design and engineering support for heavy industrial facilities, including work related to:
- Medium-voltage and low-voltage distribution
- Equipment replacement projects
- System expansions and upgrades
- Electrical diagrams and plans
- Equipment layouts
- Power distribution design
- Construction-ready drawing packages
- Support through execution and startup
We work to develop designs that do more than look complete on paper. They need to support a smoother path through construction and commissioning as well.
What makes industrial electrical design different
Heavy industrial facilities rarely offer a clean, empty starting point. Most projects happen in operating plants with aging infrastructure, existing constraints, incomplete records, tight outage windows, and the need to coordinate closely with operations and maintenance teams.
That means good industrial design must account for:
- Existing conditions
- Real installation access
- Outage sequencing
- Constructability
- Startup impacts
- System continuity and operational needs
This is one of the biggest differences between a theoretical design and one that is truly useful in the field.
Common project types
Our electrical design support may include projects such as:
- Switchgear replacements
- Feeder modifications
- Transformer replacement support
- Motor and drive-related electrical scope
- Distribution upgrades
- Electrical support for facility expansions
- Brownfield modifications in existing plants
- Design packages that support construction and startup execution
How SOMOS approaches design
At SOMOS, we believe strong design support should reduce surprises later in the project. Our approach emphasizes:
- Practical system understanding
- Code and standards awareness
- Constructability
- Coordination with field realities
- Attention to outage and startup constraints
- Documentation that supports execution, not just review
We aim to provide work that helps project teams make better decisions early and avoid unnecessary rework later.
Typical deliverables
Depending on project scope, deliverables may include:
- Single-line diagrams
- Plan views and layouts
- Demolition drawings
- Power distribution drawings
- Cable schedules
- Equipment-related design documents
- Construction support documentation
- Engineering clarification during execution
Why clients bring in SOMOS
Clients typically engage SOMOS when they need:
- Support for aging electrical infrastructure
- Better planning around equipment replacements
- Design help for complex industrial modifications
- Engineering that takes field execution seriously
- Documentation that supports construction and startup, not just design review
We understand that the end goal is not simply to issue drawings. The goal is to help clients execute a successful project.