Media

Extreme Weather Requires a Big Focus on Resilience
Extreme Weather Requires a Big Focus on Resilience

December 3, 2024

Extreme weather events driven by climate change are increasingly threatening the reliability and resilience of electricity network infrastructure. To address these challenges, a holistic approach to infrastructure planning and investment is essential.

Utility Resiliency: Addressing Today’s Common Threats
Utility Resiliency: Addressing Today’s Common Threats

November 9, 2024

In a recent podcast discussion, Christian Nolan, President of Groundline USA, highlighted the critical challenges facing utility resiliency today - Aging Infrastructure, Climate Change, Cybersecurity, and Workforce & Skills.

Introducing Marilyn Duncan, our newest Principal Engineer!
Introducing Marilyn Duncan, our newest Principal Engineer!

October 10, 2024

Introducing Marilyn, our Principal Engineer

Congratulations to Johnny Willis on receiving his Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) certification!
Congratulations to Johnny Willis on receiving his Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) certification!

October 10, 2024

Johnny Willis, Chartered Professional Engineer

Net zero 2050 ambitions require us to get serious about electricity grid infrastructure
Net zero 2050 ambitions require us to get serious about electricity grid infrastructure

September 17, 2024

At the COP28 climate conference held in Dubai in December, the world’s nations pledged to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030.

Congratulations Harman Dhanju, CPEng
Congratulations Harman Dhanju, CPEng

September 13, 2024

Harman is one of our Senior Overhead Lines Engineers and has become the 4th person in our team to become a Chartered Professional Engineer.

Introducing Ahmed, our new Transmission Line Engineer
Introducing Ahmed, our new Transmission Line Engineer

September 13, 2024

Introducing Ahmed, our Transmission Line Engineer

Introducing Yuri, our Junior Overhead Lines Engineer
Introducing Yuri, our Junior Overhead Lines Engineer

August 28, 2024

Introducing Yuri, our new Junior Overhead Lines Engineer

Introducing Denise, our Senior Marketing Services Manager
Introducing Denise, our Senior Marketing Services Manager

August 14, 2024

Introducing Denise, our new Senior Marketing Services Manager to the Groundline USA team

Groundline at 20: Still challenging the status quo in electricity transmission
Groundline at 20: Still challenging the status quo in electricity transmission

July 24, 2024

From a two-man operation in 2004 to the 70+-person organisation we are today, Groundline’s success has always been based on long-term relationships and a reputation for providing honest advice, innovative thinking, and high-quality service.

Introducing Amber, our Senior People and Culture Advisor
Introducing Amber, our Senior People and Culture Advisor

June 6, 2024

Introducing Amber, our new Senior People and Culture Advisor in the Groundline NZ Office

We need to get serious about the transmission engineering talent shortage
We need to get serious about the transmission engineering talent shortage

May 23, 2024

The electricity lines industry is currently facing a critical challenge: A significant shortage of skilled engineering talent.

Can We Improve Sustainability Through Asset Management Strategies?
Can We Improve Sustainability Through Asset Management Strategies?

May 22, 2024

Christian shares key insights on how asset management can play a vital role in helping utilities to achieve sustainable outcomes that suit their business objectives.

Are we serious enough about risk versus resilience in utility networks?
Are we serious enough about risk versus resilience in utility networks?

May 10, 2024

There is a lot of talk about reliability, modernisation and cybersecurity in the utility industry, but are we talking about resiliency enough?And is resiliency considered as its own entity sufficiently in risk management decisions?

Foresight Podcast: Asset Management and Sustainability
Foresight Podcast: Asset Management and Sustainability

May 6, 2024

Christian Nolan, President Groundline USA talks about the role asset management plays in helping utilities to achieve sustainable outcomes that suit their business objectives.

Innovation to tackle the electricity industry’s resilience challenges
Innovation to tackle the electricity industry’s resilience challenges

April 2, 2024

The sunny state of Florida is where I’ve called home most of my life, where I trained to be an engineer, and where I got my start in the electricity industry at the Florida Power and Light Co.

Paradigm Shift in Timber Pole Condition Assessment (Whitepaper)
Paradigm Shift in Timber Pole Condition Assessment (Whitepaper)

March 5, 2024

Paradigm Shift in Timber Pole Condition Assessment - Utilization of measurable health indices for objective asset management decisions

Introducing Sarah, our newest Junior Overhead Lines Engineer
Introducing Sarah, our newest Junior Overhead Lines Engineer

February 19, 2024

Sarah is our newest Junior Overhead Lines Engineer and is based in our Groundline New Zealand office.

Foresight Podcast: Resiliency & Reliability
Foresight Podcast: Resiliency & Reliability

February 19, 2024

Christian Nolden, President Groundline USA talks with Tripp Winkler about a common confusion between resilience and reliability in utility networks and the impact it has on asset management and network strength.

Utility companies have a safe and cost-effective alternative to undergrounding electricity lines
Utility companies have a safe and cost-effective alternative to undergrounding electricity lines

February 8, 2024

Electric utility companies in a growing number of states across the U.S. are struggling with a dilemma

New Junior Overhead Line Engineer
New Junior Overhead Line Engineer

December 19, 2023

Groundline is excited to welcome Fathima Naushad to our team. She has joined us as a Junior Overhead Line Engineer.

Craig Thornton, Chartered Professional Engineer
Craig Thornton, Chartered Professional Engineer

December 19, 2023

Craig is the latest member of our team to be recognised as a Chartered Professional Engineer.

Dithering on electricity infrastructure threatens Australia’s energy transition
Dithering on electricity infrastructure threatens Australia’s energy transition

December 19, 2023

‍If Australia is to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, we’ll need to see a major programme of renewable energy projects come online in the next two decades.

Chartered Professional Engineer
Chartered Professional Engineer

December 19, 2023

The team at Groundline are celebrating that Ertugrul Keles, Senior Overhead Lines Engineer has just become a Chartered Professional Engineer.

Resilience & Reliability Are Not the Same Thing
Resilience & Reliability Are Not the Same Thing

December 19, 2023

Many in the electricity industry confuse resilience and reliability as the same thing, when they are in fact, quite different. This is a call to regulators, governments and industry leaders - we need to change how we operate and fast!

Stakeholder Engagement - The Heart of Infrastructure Development
Stakeholder Engagement - The Heart of Infrastructure Development

December 19, 2023

As we continue to upgrade and build new lines, it is critical for project owners to balance cost, speed and social license to secure a sustainable and reliable energy future.

The Urgent Need to Modernize the Electricity Sector
The Urgent Need to Modernize the Electricity Sector

December 19, 2023

The electricity industry is under pressure globally, but is struggling to deliver. We believe our sector needs change – the technology is already here and it doesn’t cost the earth.

Groundline Engineering celebrates USA expansion
Groundline Engineering celebrates USA expansion

December 19, 2023

May 4th 2023 saw Groundline Engineering formalise its entry into the US market in a ceremony presided over by New Zealand Trade Commissioner Vicky Whitlock in Washington DC.

A Line in the Sand – 750km of HVDC Overhead Line
A Line in the Sand – 750km of HVDC Overhead Line

December 19, 2023

If you think about some of the most exciting projects underway in the world today, then the Australia-Asia Powerlink (AAPL) project in Western Australia is high on the list. This is such an exciting opportunity on the renewables stage.

Let’s get to work.

CONTACT US

MENU

CapabilitiesProjectsTHORMediaAboutCovered ConductorContactLinkedIn

OUR LOCATIONS

New Zealand

United Kingdom

Australia

United States

Copyright © Groundline Engineering Ltd.
All rights reserved
Built by Quill and Arrow Limited