Sector · clinics and hospitals

Hospital electrical installation and substation maintenance in Bogotá

We work in clinics and hospitals where power simply cannot fail: operating theatres, intensive care and diagnostic imaging. We work without shutting the facility down, and we leave everything certified.

The starting point

In a hospital, an electrical fault is not an inconvenience — it is a clinical risk

A hospital maintenance manager lives with a particular kind of tension. They know the substation has years on it, that the operating-theatre panels have never been opened, and that the power quality study has been deferred across three budget cycles. But they also know nothing can be switched off: there are patients connected to equipment, scheduled surgeries, and imaging systems that tolerate neither an outage nor a voltage swing.

The outcome is usually the same everywhere: maintenance is postponed until something fails, and then the work arrives at the worst possible moment and at the worst possible cost. Our experience in tertiary-care institutions is precisely the opposite: planning the work around clinical operations rather than the other way round. Working zone by zone, in defined time windows and with transfers arranged in advance, so that service is never interrupted where it matters.

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Critical points

What the regulations require in a healthcare facility

Patient care areas carry requirements that do not apply in an office or a warehouse. RETIE and NTC 2050 — the Colombian Electrical Code — impose specific conditions that are often discovered late, once the institution is already going through licensing or recertification.

01

Isolated power systems with line isolation monitors in operating theatres and wet procedure areas.

02

Equipotential grounding in patient care areas, with verifiable continuity.

03

Emergency power system with automatic transfer and bounded switching times.

04

Separation of critical, equipment and general service branch circuits.

05

Current RETIE certification, and recertification whenever alterations or extensions are made.

06

Recorded, traceable measurements — essential in licensing audits.

Our scope

What we do in clinics and hospitals

We cover the full cycle, from design and utility permitting through to recurring maintenance. In practice, most institutions call us for one of three reasons: a RETIE recertification bearing down on them, a substation that has gone without maintenance, or an extension that forces the service entrance to be redesigned.

01 · Design

Design and permitting

Electrical design and utility permitting through to RETIE certification.

02 · Substation

Substations

Assembly and maintenance of substations and both dry-type and oil-filled transformers.

03 · Theatres

Isolation panels

Maintenance of operating-theatre isolation panels with thermographic analysis.

04 · Power

Power quality

Power quality studies with harmonic and power factor correction.

05 · Grounding

Equipotential bonding

Grounding measurements and equipotential bonding upgrades.

06 · Networks

Data and security

Structured cabling, fibre optics, CCTV and access control.

07 · Code

Recertification

Remedial work for RETIE recertification of existing installations.

08 · Supply

Material supply

Supply of certified materials and equipment.

What applies here

Services for this sector

In clinics the weight falls on maintenance and certification, without stopping operations.

Tools

Software we work with

We design, model and document every project with professional engineering, BIM, calculation and visualization tools.

AutoCAD
AutoCAD
Revit
Revit
Navisworks
Navisworks
Dynamo
Dynamo
IFC
IFC
Rhinoceros
Rhinoceros
SketchUp
SketchUp
DIALux
DIALux
Twinmotion
Twinmotion
Power BI
Power BI
Visual Studio Code
VS Code
Python
Python
JavaScript
JavaScript
AutoCAD
AutoCAD
Revit
Revit
Navisworks
Navisworks
Dynamo
Dynamo
IFC
IFC
Rhinoceros
Rhinoceros
SketchUp
SketchUp
DIALux
DIALux
Twinmotion
Twinmotion
Power BI
Power BI
Visual Studio Code
VS Code
Python
Python
JavaScript
JavaScript

Frequently asked questions

Your questions, answered

Can you work without shutting down the clinic?
Yes, and it is the norm. We plan the work zone by zone and in defined time windows, with transfers and backups arranged in advance, so that critical areas are never without power. The schedule is agreed with the maintenance team before we start.
Do you handle the utility permitting?
Yes. We produce the design with drawings, calculation reports and load schedules, and manage the process with the network operator until the installation is approved, connected and RETIE certified.
How often should a hospital substation be maintained?
As a general reference, at least one preventive service a year is recommended, though critical systems usually need it more often. We set the interval after assessing the load, the age of the equipment and the facility's fault history.

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Other sectors we serve

We work as integrators for companies and projects across different sectors, adapting each solution to the technical and regulatory demands of every industry.

Does your clinic have a recertification or a service overdue?

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