Complete coordinated package
One coordinated scope from design basis through the agreed issue package.
Full-lifecycle solar engineering
Engineering coverage from site question to handover package.
Broad, coordinated engineering services for utility-scale and commercial solar projects.
Ways to work with SolarLab
Use SolarLab as a complete design partner, for a defined technical package, or as added specialist capacity within your team.
Defined work package
A specific discipline, calculation, review or drawing package with clear interfaces.
Dedicated engineering capacity
Specialists integrated with the client team for a defined period, workload or project need.
What we deliver
Seven engineering services, each adaptable to the decisions and level of detail your project requires.
Feasibility and concept design
Establish a credible technical basis before major project commitments are made.
Feasibility and concept design
Establish a credible technical basis before major project commitments are made.
We turn site information, constraints and commercial objectives into an initial plant concept that can be evaluated, compared and developed.
Typical deliverables
- Site and constraint assessment
- Concept layouts and technology selection
- Preliminary electrical and civil concepts
- Yield, loss and shading studies
- Grid-connection concept and early interface definition
- Design basis, preliminary quantities and cost inputs
Planning and permitting design
Provide clear technical drawings and inputs for planning, permitting and stakeholder review.
Planning and permitting design
Provide clear technical drawings and inputs for planning, permitting and stakeholder review.
We prepare coordinated planning-level information around the applicable authority requirements and the evidence supplied by the client and local specialists.
Typical deliverables
- Planning and permitting layouts
- Site boundary, equipment and access-road plans
- Typical sections, elevations and installation concepts
- Preliminary grading and drainage principles
- Electrical and civil planning inputs
- Authority-comment and application-drawing coordination
Bid and Tender Engineering
Create enough coordinated definition to price, compare and commit with controlled technical risk.
Bid and Tender Engineering
Create enough coordinated definition to price, compare and commit with controlled technical risk.
We convert employer requirements and project assumptions into a coherent technical offer, design basis and tender package.
Typical deliverables
- RFP review, design basis and clarification strategy
- Tender layouts and preliminary single-line diagrams
- PV sizing and DC, AC and MV concepts
- Preliminary civil design and interface definition
- Energy models, cable sizing and voltage-drop calculations
- BoM, BoQ, specifications and pricing inputs
- Vendor evaluation, technical comparison and deviation registers
Detailed and construction-ready design
Turn the agreed design basis into coordinated, issue-ready documents for site execution.
Detailed and construction-ready design
Turn the agreed design basis into coordinated, issue-ready documents for site execution.
We coordinate electrical and civil interfaces into a buildable package while keeping calculations, schedules and drawing decisions traceable.
Typical deliverables
- PV layouts, stringing and equipment arrangement
- DC, AC and MV cabling, trenching and cable schedules
- Earthing, lightning protection and protection integration
- Transformer, switchgear and equipment interfaces
- Roads, fences, grading, drainage and civil plans
- Foundation, ramming and installation details
- Labels, schedules, technical reports and issue-ready drawing sets
Design optimization and technical advisory
Improve performance, cost and risk without losing control of technical interfaces.
Design optimization and technical advisory
Improve performance, cost and risk without losing control of technical interfaces.
We test design choices against energy performance, constructability, equipment strategy, commercial objectives and applicable requirements.
Typical deliverables
- DC/AC ratio and inverter-loading optimization
- String, inverter and equipment configuration studies
- Loss, shading and energy-performance analysis
- Equipment selection and value engineering
- CAPEX and LCOE trade-off analysis
- Design audits and code-compliance review
- Repowering studies and improvement roadmaps
Owner's engineering
Give the owner an independent technical view before decisions become expensive to reverse.
Owner's engineering
Give the owner an independent technical view before decisions become expensive to reverse.
We review design, procurement and delivery information on the owner's behalf, identify technical risk and track whether agreed requirements are being met.
Typical deliverables
- Independent design-basis and design-package review
- Technical due diligence and risk registers
- Tender strategy, bid review and technical clarification
- Vendor and equipment technical evaluation
- Code, grid and client-requirement compliance review
- Interface, deviation and design-change oversight
- Progress, quality and handover-documentation review
- Technical recommendations and decision records
Construction-phase, commissioning and handover support
Preserve design intent while site questions, changes and final records are resolved.
Construction-phase, commissioning and handover support
Preserve design intent while site questions, changes and final records are resolved.
We remain the engineering interface through construction queries, commissioning preparation and controlled consolidation of final project documentation.
Typical deliverables
- RFI response and technical issue resolution
- Submittal and shop-drawing review
- Vendor coordination and interface clarification
- Design-change and deviation control
- Engineering QA/QC and punch-list support
- Commissioning and grid-connection documentation support
- Redlines, as-built records, labels and O&M packages
- Handover-documentation review and closeout
Engineering framework
A clear basis for coordinated engineering.
Requirements made traceable
Each package is prepared against the national codes, grid requirements, client standards and project specifications identified for the assignment. The design basis records these requirements so decisions remain traceable across disciplines.
A defined engineering role
SolarLab provides engineering, design review and technical advisory services. Physical construction, EPC execution, local statutory sign-off, surveying and geotechnical fieldwork remain with appropriately appointed parties unless a separate, verified scope is agreed.
Define the technical scope with us.
Share the project stage, decisions and deliverables you need. We will propose the right engineering package.