Customer

Texas-New Mexico Power

Highlights

  • Real-time Project Oversight
  • Optimized Field-to-Office Communication
  • Streamlined Document Management

Streamlining Project Execution for TNMP with Field Technology

The Challenge

TNMP, in the midst of expanding and modernizing its infrastructure across a large and geographically diverse service area, needed to improve how it executed, tracked, and coordinated transmission line and substation engineering and construction projects. The utility’s goals were ambitious but clear:

  • Build a scalable and efficient program for project controls, construction oversight, and material management.
  • Strengthen communication and collaboration between engineering teams and field crews.
  • Resolve issues such as delayed document sharing, lack of real-time visibility, and fragmented construction feedback loops.
  • Provide field teams with access to the latest plans and drawings, and streamline the return of as-built documentation to engineers.
  • Equip project managers with real-time situational awareness across projects.

To deliver on these goals, TNMP needed a unified, easy-to-use solution that combined technology, services, and actionable data, without overburdening internal teams.

The Solution

After evaluating several options, TNMP partnered with Think Power Solutions to design and implement a fully integrated solution combining field technology, business intelligence, and project execution oversight.

Key components of the solution included:

  • Project Controls & Schedule Integration: Developed and tracked detailed project schedules for transmission and substation work, feeding real-time updates into dashboards.
  • Field Progress Tracking: Used a mobile GIS-compatible app to document progress, informing project metrics in real time.
  • Document Management in the Field: Deployed an enterprise file-sharing solution enabling crews to access and upload the latest drawings and construction documents.
  • Complete Project Visibility: Provided TNMP with a real-time, system-wide view of project status, financials, schedules, and risks.

Key Benefits

By integrating field technology, real-time tracking, and intelligent project management tools, Think Power Solutions delivered a transformative program that elevated TNMP’s engineering and construction execution capabilities.

This collaboration has enabled TNMP to improve transparency, increase efficiency, and reduce risk—supporting their long-term infrastructure growth with confidence.

The Results

  • Real-Time Project Oversight: Project managers and engineers now receive timely updates, improving decision-making and reducing surprises.
  • Optimized Field-to-Office Communication: Construction issues, material needs, and documentation updates are relayed faster and more accurately.
  • Streamlined Material & Document Management:  Field teams can access and upload critical documentation efficiently, reducing project delays.
  • Integrated Business Intelligence: Management has full visibility into schedule and cost performance across TNMP’s $150M transmission and substation program.
  • Scalable Operational Model: TNMP now operates a robust, mobile-friendly system built to scale across regions and teams.

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