The Design cell at Mechanical Engineering Division was created in 1980’s with objective to support the Tower Testing Station activities and take up the consultancy works on  design of towers for newtransmission lines,analysis and  checking of Transmission Line towers, Communication towers , Foundation (Like Open Cast Foundations, Raft Foundations , Pile Foundations & Caisson Foundations etc.) designed earlier for further optimization of weight, checking the adequacy of existing towers/foundations for up-rating a line, redesign of existing towers with least modifications for upgrading etc.

Computer Software Facilities:

1. Structural Analysis & Design (Staad-Pro V8i & Foundation Advanced)
2. PLS CAD, PLS-Tower, PLS-Pole 
3. AutoCad

Special Achievement in Design & Consultancy:

Transmission Line Towers:

1. Designed & Developed   66 kV D/C Compact tower with insulated cross arm using polymer composite material first time in India.
2. Design of 110 kV D/C Narrow Base tower base width of 2m.
3. Design Checking/Approval of 765 kV S/C type “A” tower with Quad Conductor for PGCIL.
4. Design Checking/Approval of 400 kV D/C type “DA, DB, DC & DD/DE” tower with Quad Conductor for L& T Chennai.
5. Design Checking/Approval of 220 kV D/C type “DD” Cable Termination tower for KEI Industries Limited.
6. Approved/Designed more than 5000 Transmission Line Towers to various Electricity Boards/Power Utilities across the Global/India.

Foundation of Transmission Line Towers:

1. Design of Pile Foundation for 110 kV D/C type “NB3, NB30 & NB60” tower for Kerala State Electricity Board Limited.
2. Design of Open Foundation for 220/110 kV M/C type “GLA, GLB, GLC & GLD” tower in Wet, Dry, Fully Submerged, Partially Submerged, Black Cotton & Dry Fissured Rock type of Soils/Rocks for Kerala State Electricity Board Limited.
3. Design Checking/Approval of Open Foundation for 132 kV M/C type “MD2, MD15, MD30 & MD60” tower in Wet, Dry, Fully Submerged, Partially Submerged, Black Cotton & Dry Fissured Rock type of Soils/Rocks for Chattisgarh State Power Transmission limited.
4. Design Checking/Approval of Pile foundations for 220 kV D/C type tower for Associated Power Structures Private Limited.
5. Design Checking/Approval of Pile foundations for 220 kV D/C type tower for KEC International Limited.
6. Approved more than 3800 Open Foundations, 600 Raft Foundations and 600 Pile Foundations to various Electricity Boards/Power Utilities across the Global/India.

Transmission Line Pole Structures:

1. Design Checking/Approval of 220 kV M/C dual monopole with V- Shape cross arm configuration (Pole height 68.3M) first time in India.
2. Design Checking/Approval of 220 kV M/C H- type dual monopole (Pole height 69.9M) first time in India.  
3. Design Checking/Approval of 400 kV D/C type “PB, PC, & PD” Pole for TS TRANSCO.
4. Design Checking/Approval of 66 kV D/C type “PDCT1 & PDCT2” Cable Termination Pole for Haryana VidyutPrasaran Nigam Limited.
5. Design Checking/Approval of 220-66 kV M/C type “PM” pole for Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited.
6. Design Checking/Approval of 6m height street pole for Supreme & Co. Private Limited..
7. Approved more than 300 Transmission Line Poles to various Electricity Boards/Power Utilities across the Global/India.

Foundation of Transmission Line Pole Structures:

1. Design Checking/Approval of Caisson Foundation for 66 kV D/C type “DE” Cable Termination Monopole for Haryana VidyutPrasaran Nigam Limited.

Communication Tower:

1. Design Checking/Approval of 100m lattice Guyed mast (Basic Wind Speed -55 m/sec for Shah Infra Towers Private Limited, Davangere.
2. Design Checking/Approval of 20m, 30m, 40m, 50m , 60m, 70m, 80m, 90m, 100m, 110m & 120m height (Basic Wind Speed -200Kmph) triangular tubular towers for Ramboll India Private Limted, Hyderabad.
3. Design Checking/Approval of 40m height (Basic Wind Speed -47 m/sec) triangular tubular tower for PrincipleACS Hyderabad.
4. Design Checking/Approval of 60m height (Basic Wind Speed -40 m/sec) triangular tubular tower for PrincipleACS Hyderabad
5. Design Checking/Approval of 50m height (Basic Wind Speed -40 m/sec) triangular tubular tower for PrincipleACS Hyderabad.
6. Approved more than 250 Communication Towers to various Electricity Boards/Power Utilities across the Global/India.

Foundation of Communication Tower:

1. Design Checking/Approval of Strip foundation for 30m & 40m height triangular tubular tower (Basic wind speed – 180 & 200 Kmph) for Ramboll India Private Limited, Hyderabad.
2. Design Checking/Approval of Strip foundation for 40m height triangular tubular tower (Basic wind speed – 200 Kmph) for RailTel Corporation of India..
3. Design Checking/Approval of Strip foundation for 30m height triangular tubular tower (Basic wind speed – 200 Kmph) for PrincipleACS, Hyderabad.
4. Approved more than 500 foundations for communication towers to various Electricity Boards/Power Utilities across the Global/India.

Communication Pole Structures:

1. Design Checking/Approval of 40m height monopole (Basic Wind speed – 40 m/sec) for PrincipleACS Hyderabad.
2. Design Checking/Approval of 30m & 40m height monopoles (Basic Wind speed – 180 & 200 Kmph) for Ramboll India Private Limited, Hyderabad.
3. Design Checking/Approval of 40m height stepped monopole (Basic Wind speed – 40 m/sec) for PrincipleACS Hyderabad.
4. Approved more than 50 communication pole structures to various Electricity Boards/Power Utilities across the Global/India.

Foundation for Communication Pole Structures:

1. Design Checking/Approval of foundation for 40m height monopole (Basic Wind speed – 40 m/sec) for ProncipleACS Hyderabad.
2. Design Checking/Approval of Isolated mono pier foundation for 30m & 40m height monopole (Basic Wind speed – 180 & 200 Kmph) for Ramboll India Private Limited, Hyderabad.
3. Approved more than 50 foundations for communication monopole structures to various Electricity Boards/Power Utilities across the Global/India.