Since 1999, Luděk Krba has worked at Elektrotrans, a company formed a year earlier in the Czech market for electricity transmission and distribution services. Since then, as Lead Designer for this business, purchased by VINCI Energies to become part of the Omexom network in 2008, he has managed a team providing comprehensive design services for new and reconstructed electrical lines. 

In addition to the renovation of aging power lines, an increase in transmission capacity is required to meet increasing demand for electricity, improve the network’s operational capacities, and accommodate the development of new energy sources. 

Luděk Krba’s largest ongoing project is the “Brand-new V406/407 line linking Kočín, near the Temelín nuclear power plant, and Mírovka, a substation close to Havlíčkův Brod”. A key milestone will be reached in spring 2025 with the delivery of installation documentation for 121 km of electrical lines – “The longest in the Czech Republic”. 

But the biggest project to come will be the digitalisation of his profession. “We are increasingly talking about BIM [Building Information Modelling], digital twins, advanced design, and modelling the life cycle of power lines,” explains the lead designer. “This is a significant change that will definitely help in our work.” 

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