Substation Structure Design Guide (ASCE Manuals and Reports on Engineering Practice No. 113), provides a comprehensive resource for the structural design of outdoor electrical substation structures. This new manual covers a wide range of relevant topics and offers current recommendations developed by substation structure designers. This document has been prepared by the ASCE Subcommittee on the Design of Substation Structures, and is a must-have resource for utility engineers, structural and electrical engineers anyone that works in the field of transmission line substation design. 164 pp.

Topics include:

• Electrical Equipment and Structure Types
• Loading Criteria for Substation Structures
• Deflection Criteria
• Methods of Analysis
• Design
• Connections to Foundations
• Quality Control and Quality Assurance