CapX2020 construction videos |
CapX2020 Hampton-Rochester-La Crosse project |
Bird Diverter Installation |
CapX2020 Fargo-St. Cloud-Monticello project |
CapX2020 Brookings County-Hampton project |
CapX2020 Mississippi River construction |
CapX2020 interphase spacer installation |
CapX2020 Briggs Road transformer move |
CapX2020 North Rochester transformer move A 542,000 pound transformer is moved into the new North Rochester Substation near Pine Island. The transformer is part of the CapX2020 Hampton-Rochester-La Crosse transmission line project. |
CapX2020 economic benefits Learn about the significant local economic benefits of the CapX2020 transmission construction projects. |
Drilled pier foundation construction |
CapX2020 construction matting CapX2020 civil construction crews use matting during transmission line construction for several reasons: it minimizes impact to vegetation and wetlands; lessens environmental impacts; alleviates compaction to farm fields; provides a safe, work platform; and allows access to challenging terrain. |
CapX2020 transmission line construction using a helicopter Get a bird's-eye view of transmission line construction on the CapX2020 Monticello-St. Cloud 345 kV project. During summer 2011, a helicopter was used to pull wire and install spacers and bird diverters on the 28-mile line being built along Interstate 94 just northwest of Minneapolis. |
CapX2020 sets transmission structure in a wetland During January 2011 construction of the CapX2020 Monticello-St. Cloud 345 kV transmission line, a heavy-lift helicopter was used to set a 150-foot steel structure in an environmentally sensitive wetland. The site was fully restored following construction work in March 2011. |
CapX2020 implosive connection devices Demonstration of implosive devices used to splice high voltage electric transmission lines, such as those used on the CapX2020 projects. |
Steel pilings foundation |