Burns & McDonnell and Symmetricom to Collaborate on Innovative New Timing Solution to Enhance Development of the Smart Grid
25 June 2013 - 5:00AM
Marketwired
Burns & McDonnell and Symmetricom® Inc. (NASDAQ: SYMM), an
industry leader in precision timing and frequency technologies,
today announced that the companies have partnered to develop and
introduce an integrated electrical power timing solution that will
enable deployment of intelligent end devices for utilities in field
applications and within substations. Burns & McDonnell has
integrated Symmetricom's SyncServer SGC-1500 Smart Grid Clock and
the TimeProvider 5000 1588 PTP Grandmaster into its Smart Grid Lab
to test the functionality, performance, and interoperability of
integrated utility timing solutions.
Burns & McDonnell also announced today the successful
participation in Symmetricom's new SyncWorld® Power Ecosystem
Program. The new SyncWorld power utility-focused category aims to
facilitate timing and synchronization deployments in substation
modernization and synchrophasor applications by supporting
integration and interoperability between power utility solutions
and Symmetricom products. The power program compliments the
existing telecom and mobile programs within the SyncWorld
Ecosystem.
Burns & McDonnell and Symmetricom are collaborating in the
specification, testing, and deployment of an integrated utility
timing solution that spans the control center, the communications
network, and the substation.
"Smart Grid deployments are underway and with the growing
interest and demand, advanced smart grid technologies must be
available if we are to truly revolutionize our systems," said
Manish Gupta, vice president of marketing at Symmetricom. "With the
introduction of the SyncWorld Power segment and this new
partnership with Burns & McDonnell, we look forward to bringing
more complete solutions to support Smart Grid advancement."
"Power systems of the future require better time synchronization
for intelligent substation and field devices to meet the demands on
utilities," said Matthew Olson, Telecommunications Engineering
Department Manager at Burns & McDonnell. "Our partnership with
Symmetricom will enable us to test all aspects of a precision time
protocol deployment, providing valuable data that will benefit our
clients throughout North America."
Integrated timing solutions will play a key role in helping
power utilities enhance network utilization rates and improve
management and mixing of renewables and traditional power sources.
With the introduction of the Smart Grid, electrical substation
operations are undergoing fundamental changes as power equipment
and data networks shift from simple, reactive control and reporting
to proactive, real-time management and operations control.
Advanced synchronization and timing play a critical role in
enabling this transition. With Smart Grid-focused solutions, power
utility companies will be able to mitigate outages with real-time
monitoring for grid stress, frequency instability, voltage
instability and reliability margins. Ecosystem vendors in the new
Power category represent all major components required in
substation and synchrophasor applications, including switch vendors
and intelligent electronic device (IED)/phasor measurement unit
(PMU) vendors. In order to qualify, vendors must complete
successful solution testing, and commit to ongoing technical and
business activities to ensure joint success.
The integration of Symmetricom's SyncServer SGC-1500 Smart Grid
Clock and the TimeProvider 5000 PTP Grandmaster into the Burns
& McDonnell Smart Grid Lab allows Burns & McDonnell to test
all aspects of a Precision Time Protocol (PTP) deployment and
demonstrate its value. Located within the Burns & McDonnell
World Headquarters in Kansas City and configured with a field area,
substation, wide area, and control center network, the Lab
incorporates technologies from many different vendors that clients
are using to modernize the power grid.
About Burns & McDonnell
Founded in 1898, Burns & McDonnell is a 100 percent
employee-owned, full-service engineering, architecture,
construction, environmental and consulting services firm. Burns
& McDonnell is currently the 20th largest AEC firm in the
Engineering News-Record Top 500 ranking. The firm's Transmission
& Distribution Division is ranked by ENR as the largest firm in
the T&D category. With the multi-disciplinary expertise of more
than 4,000 professionals in more than 30 regional, national and
international offices, Burns & McDonnell plans, designs,
permits, constructs and manages facilities worldwide with one
mission in mind -- to make our clients successful. For more
information about Burns & McDonnell, visit
www.burnsmcd.com.
About Symmetricom, Inc. Symmetricom
(NASDAQ: SYMM), a world leader in precise time solutions, sets the
world's standard for time. The company generates, distributes and
applies precise time for the communications, aerospace/defense, IT
infrastructure, power and metrology industries. Symmetricom's
customers, from communications service providers and network
equipment manufacturers to governments and their suppliers
worldwide, are able to build more reliable networks and systems by
using the company's advanced timing technologies, atomic clocks,
services and solutions. All products support today's precise timing
standards, including GPS-based timing, IEEE 1588 (PTP), Network
Time Protocol (NTP), Synchronous Ethernet and DOCSIS® timing.
Symmetricom is based in San Jose, Calif., with offices worldwide.
For more information, visit: http://www.symmetricom.com or join the
dialogue at http://www.twitter.com/symmetricom.
For more information contact: Tracy Schriver Symmetricom, Inc.
t: 707-636-1908 Email Contact Roger Dick Burns & McDonnell T:
816-822-3339 Email Contact
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