Overhead line construction
Your advantages in overhead line construction with us
All services provided from a single source with a fixed project manager
Special engineering expertise and planning skills
Highest standards for health, safety, quality and environment
Well-trained teams thanks to our own training centre
State-of-the-art machinery
For over 100 years, we have been helping to expand the network infrastructure. The task now is to make them fit for the energy transition: To ensure that electricity from renewable energy sources really reaches consumers, it must often be transported over long distances. We support you with the reconstruction and expansion of energy grids, so that they meet the new and increased requirements and ensure a reliable supply to consumers.
Service portfolio
Improved power grids for the energy transformation
We ensure that people enjoy power on tap for we reliably plan and construct your national and regional electricity grids. Our engineering expertise gives you a crucial edge.
We ensure high availability of power supplying, plan and construct transmission and distribution networks (110-380 kV). In the field of overhead line you benefit from a service portfolio that covers the entire value creation chain: from advice and planning to implementation and service. Project management is provided by a single source – backed by the flexibility of a strong global group. Here, our engineeringdepartment forms the basis for our first-class position. Whether it is property management, construction, static engineering or line planning – we use the latest software for your commissions. When constructing and maintaining your power grid, we deploy wellcoordinated teams for the preliminary assembly, for mast erection and for the wire rope hoist. The civil engineering work is also performed by our own specialists.
We always focus on aspects of occupational safety, quality and environmental protection in overhead line construction. EQOS Energie received the “Best Contractor 2023/2024 in the HSEQ – Overhead Line” award from the electricity transmission system operator 50Hertz.

Engineering
One of special strengths is engineering. More than 100 technical employees are actively engaged in structural engineering, line planning and assembly procedures, feasibility studies and routing, property management, budgeting, project development and processing, alternative concepts and engineering services at all stages.
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Civil engineering
Our civil engineering experts ensure that your projects are on safe ground. We can assist you with both foundation and subsoil improvement as well as the installation of earthing systems.
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Installation
Whether it's new construction, renovation work or the installation of temporary and emergency rods - our teams are there to competently assist you with all your work.
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Current news
Construction progress on Ultranet: EQOS Energie renders existing transmission lines fit for the future
Overhead line construction for the Ultranet direct current connection: Contract from Amprion worth more than EUR 14 million | Replacement of cables and chains over a distance of just under eleven kilometres on the 380-kV grid between Weißenthurm and Koblenz | EQOS Energie has already completed seven out of 12 line sections
read more »630 years of experience and many personal stories
630 years of shared EQOS experience at the anniversary event | The focus was on personal encounters and memories | Under the motto ‘Your Q’, the focus spanned from yesterday through today to tomorrow
read more »EQOS Energie continues to expand its capacities for rail infrastructure
An investment of over EUR 9 million to expand and modernise its machinery | New specialist vehicles for catenary and maintenance projects | Additional capacities for infrastructure projects in the Austrian rail sector
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