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The Engineering Partners Inc

Engineering a Better World

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About the firm

The Engineering Partners Inc (EPI) delivers specialized engineering and design services for utility infrastructure and industrial power systems. Operating with a robust workforce, the practice designs solutions that enhance electric system reliability, harden critical grid infrastructure against extreme weather, and support renewable energy and electrification initiatives. Its projects modernize and strengthen the electric grid for utility and industrial clients.

Established
1985
Team
Midsize
Firm type
Electrical Engineering · Power & Utility Engineering · Industrial Engineering · Owner's Engineer

People

Lucy LabruzzoPresident and CEO

Craig N. SchaefferPrincipal Engineer, Chief Operating Officer

Shaun GahaganVice President - Project Delivery

Erik KolbPrincipal Engineer

Benedick BalisiPrincipal Engineer

Matt LongPrincipal Engineer

Romeo FloresPrincipal Engineer

Bryan RodriguezPrincipal Engineer, QA/QC Manager

Frederick RiehlPrincipal Engineer - Electrical Engineer

Capabilities

Electric Distribution Engineering & Design

Engineering, planning, and design of overhead and underground electrical distribution systems for utility and municipal networks.

  • Electric System Reliability

    Design of infrastructure upgrades including cable replacements, switch installations, SCADA-enabled devices, and system hardening.

  • New Business & Development Support

    Dry utility design, utility coordination, and project management for master-planned communities, commercial developments, and residential subdivisions.

  • Overhead to Underground Conversion

    Engineering conversion packages and coordinating communication joint trenches, streetlighting, and public right-of-way improvements.

Industrial Engineering

Design of customer-side electrical distribution and utility infrastructure for industrial, municipal, federal, and defense facilities.

  • Water & Wastewater Power Systems

    Electrical power and piping & instrumentation diagram (P&ID) systems for water treatment and distribution utilities.

  • Power Generation & Backup Systems

    Design of auxiliary systems, generator integration, central cooling and heating plants, and uninterruptible power supplies.

  • Specialty Marine & Aviation Systems

    Engineering for waterfront shore power, airfield lighting, and airport landing systems.

Power System Engineering

Electrical engineering studies and design services for educational, municipal, federal, and commercial facilities.

  • Power System Studies

    Short circuit, coordination, and load flow studies to optimize system performance and safety.

  • Telemetry & Supervisory Control Systems

    Studies, planning, and design of telemetry and supervisory control systems (FMS, UCS) for electric utility networks.

Electrification & Renewable Energy

Work in this area is organized into supported delivery tasks.

  • Engineering Design For Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

    Support includes Engineering design for electric vehicle charging stations.

  • Public Accessibility Standards

    Support includes public accessibility standards.

  • Support For Renewable Utility Connections

    Support includes support for renewable utility connections.

Substation Engineering & Design

Work in this area is organized into supported delivery tasks.

  • Studies

    Support includes Studies.

  • Planning

    Support includes planning.

  • Design Of Electrical Distribution Substations

    Support includes design of electrical distribution substations.

  • Switching Systems

    Support includes switching systems.

  • Protection Systems Ranging From 4kV To 69kV

    Support includes protection systems ranging from 4kV to 69kV.

Wildfire Mitigation & Electric System Hardening

Engineering services to fire-harden the power grid and modernize critical and aging utility infrastructure.

  • Fire Risk Mitigation Programs

    Targeted design solutions to reduce wildfire ignition risks and modernize overhead distribution lines.

Industries

Electric Utilities · Power Transmission & Distribution · Renewable Energy · Federal · Government · Industrial · Automation & Controls · Wastewater · Water Supply · Education · Commercial · Multifamily Residential · Aviation · Marine

Projects

City of San Diego Block 4Y Dry Utilities Undergrounding

San Diego, CA · Electric Utilities · Client: City of San Diego / SDG&E

Project details

Replacement of overhead electric facilities with new underground electrical services for the conversion of 405 residences, one apartment complex, and one commercial mall in the Block 4Y Skyline Area of San Diego. Services included electrical design for the Dry Utilities Undergrounding Program, coordination with communication joint trenches, city streetlights, and ADA sidewalk curb ramp improvements.

NASA Advanced Supercomputer Facility N258 Electrical Supply Reliability Improvement

Moffett Field, CA · Federal · Client: NASA

Project details

Modification of existing electrical infrastructure to provide three diesel generator-driven Rotary type Uninterruptible Power Supplies (RUPS), complete with full system switchgear and auxiliary systems in an outdoor enclosure, supporting a total plant capacity of 8MW/10MVA.