Primary Substation, Summer Lane, Birmingham

28 Sep 2025

When the existing primary substation beneath an office block in Birmingham needed to be relocated following the sale of the building, a new facility was constructed 250 metres away on Summer Lane. Pascon was appointed to support this major transition, delivering trenching works and installing 300mm Triplex cables between the old and new sites. In addition to cable installation, Pascon designed, manufactured and fitted the bespoke ladder-racking system required to safely support the infrastructure. Overall, approximately 7km of cable was successfully installed and connected to the new 11kV switchboards, enabling the substation to be upgraded to a 60MVA capacity.

11kV Metered Connection

Ladder Racking Design and Installation

60MVA Power Upgrade

Background

The existing primary substation was located under an office block and needed relocating due to the sale of the building.
A new Primary Substation was built 250m away on Summer Lane

Solution

Pascon was appointed for trenching and to lay 300mm Triplex cables from the former substation to the new Primary Substation
Pascon played a direct role in designing, manufacturing and installing the ladder-racking system that supports the cables

Benefit

In total, around 7km of cable was installed and transferred to the new 11kV switchboards on a purpose-built ladder racking system.
The Substation upgraded to 60MVA