Construction

SOLON’s in-house project managers, estimators, electricians, and civil crews perform or manage the following activities:

Electrical

• Electrical excavation, backfill
  o Potholing
  o Concrete and asphalt restoration
  o Directional drilling
• Electrical conduit and wire installation
• Module mechanical and electrical installation
• Inverter mechanical and electrical installation
• Wire management
• Panelboard, transformer, and AC gear installation
• Monitoring and weather station installation
• Canopy lighting
• Interconnection certification and special inspections
• Service entrance upgrades
• Utility transfer trip equipment

Structural

• Pile / caisson survey, excavation, and installation
• Concrete forms
• Racking installation including all fabrication, field welding
• Structure grounding
• Painting
• All special inspections

General

• Daily safety orientations
• Weekly construction meetings
• Mobilization, site fencing, and facilities
• Tree removal
• Grading, grubbing
• All AHJ, utility, and special inspections

Commissioning

• Full owner closeout packet
• Module string curve tracing
• NREL and ASTM performance testing
• Megger testing
• Inverter commissioning
• DAS / SCADA commissioning and calibration