Foundations · Erection · Stringing

Power lines across tough terrain.

MRCC connects Pakistan’s power network. Our core work is building 132, 220 and 500 kV transmission lines from the ground up: tower foundations, including pile foundations, tower erection and conductor stringing, along with the grid stations and civil works at either end. We work for the national grid, power distribution companies and EPC contractors, from the Indus plains to the hills of Balochistan and AJK.

Our core work Contact our team

35 yrsConnecting the grid since 1991

500 kVQuad-bundle D/C line experience

90Completed line, grid and civil works

10+Power utilities and EPC clients

Core business

Foundations, erection, stringing

Our core work is building the transmission line itself, from the ground up. Our own crews and equipment handle all three stages on 132, 220 and 500 kV lines, for the national grid, distribution companies and EPC contractors.

Workers in a deep tower foundation excavation

Tower foundations

All tower civil works, from excavation to backfill, in every kind of ground.

Setting out, excavation and de-watering
Stubs, reinforcement and concreting
Pile foundations and pile caps
Backfilling and tower earthing

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Tower erection

Lattice towers and steel tubular poles erected safely and to drawing.

Tower assembly by drawing
Gin pole and crane erection
Tightening and nut-bolt welding
Dismantling, shifting and rebuilding towers

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Stringing

Tension stringing with our own TESMAC puller and hydraulic tensioner.

Insulators and hardware fitting
Twin and quad-bundle conductor
Sagging, clamping and jointing
Earth wire and OPGW

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How we build a line

Survey & routeAlignment, pegging and soil investigation.

FoundationsExcavation, concreting or bored piles.

Tower assemblyMembers sorted and assembled to drawing.

ErectionTowers and poles raised, bolted and tightened.

StringingConductor pulled under tension, sagged and clamped.

Testing & handoverCommissioning and energisation with the client.

About MRCC

Built on work done well

MRCC is a transmission line, grid station and civil works contractor focused on power infrastructure. Our teams execute transmission line and grid station works within the stipulated time while meeting every quality parameter, from new lines and river crossings to emergency breakdown and rehabilitation work on lines in service.

Our mission

To develop lasting, growing relationships with our clients by delivering any transmission line or grid station work in the stipulated time, observing all quality parameters. Excellent quality through honest hard work is how we earn our clients’ trust.

Our values

Openness and honesty in how we do business, with clear reporting of both our successes and where we can improve.

“To us success is not a destination, it is a journey and we are focused on it.”

Nasir Ahmed Panhwar, Chief Executive Officer of MRCC — **Nasir Ahmed Panhwar**Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Message from the CEO

A transmission line is a connection: power station to grid, grid station to grid station, and in the end, power to the homes and industries that depend on it. For more than three decades, MRCC has been making those connections, and we treat every one as a promise to our client.

I founded MRCC in 1991 on a simple belief: honest work, careful planning and respect for the people in the field are what earn a client’s trust. That belief still guides every site we run, whether we are stringing a new 500 kV line or restoring a damaged tower on a line that must stay in service.

The connections we build rarely run through easy places. They cross rivers, deserts and mountain terrain. That is where our people have proved themselves, from pile foundations at river crossings to emergency restoration on the national grid, delivered on time, to specification and safely.

Everything we have achieved has come through the grace of Almighty Allah, the prayers of our parents and the dedication of the MRCC team. To our clients, thank you for your continued trust. To those planning their next project, we would be glad to show you what our team can do.

Nasir Ahmed Panhwar — Chief Executive Officer

Expertise

Survey to energisation

One contractor for the full line: route survey and soil investigation, pile and conventional foundations, tower erection, stringing and sagging, testing and commissioning, and the grid station at either end.

Power works 132–500 kV

Transmission line projectsFoundations, erection, nut-bolt welding, stringing, testing and commissioning of S/C, D/C, twin and quad-bundle lines.
River crossings & re-routingIndus river crossings, motorway diversions and deposit works, including RCC pile foundations.
Pile foundationsBored cast-in-situ piles for river crossings, tubular poles, grid station buildings and switchyards.
Grid stationsControl houses, equipment foundations, switchyard electrification, line and transformer bays, testing and commissioning.
Rehabilitation & emergency restorationTower rehabilitation, breakdown repairs and emergency restoration on energised 500 kV and 220 kV lines.

Engineering Pre-construction

Route surveyTotal station alignment, clearing, pegging, profiles and plan tabling.
Soil investigationSub-soil reports and release of tower foundation types.
Design & engineeringFoundation design, including special pile foundation designs.
Environmental (EMMP)Mitigation measures under environmental management and monitoring plans.

Civil & support Allied works

Civil worksGrid station buildings, switchyard trenches and fencing, sewerage and RCC works.
Emergency restorationRebuilding collapsed and damaged towers on lines in service.

Featured project · Rare specialist work · River crossing on piles

132 kV New Rohri–Sukkur Site

An exclusive MRCC project and rare work in the field: pile foundations built inside the Indus floodplain. Locations 42 to 57 of the 132 kV single-circuit double-tower line between New Rohri and Sukkur Site cross the Indus floodplain. MRCC built a causeway to reach each location, drilled bored piles, cast the pile caps and tower foundations between the river channels, then erected the towers and strung ACSR Rail conductor over about 2.9 km.

Line: 132 kV SDT, ACSR Rail
Section: Locations 42–57, about 2.9 km
Foundations: Bored piles & pile caps
Client: SEPCO

Drone view of the river crossing foundations

Aerial view of the causeway and a foundation site between river channels — Causeway access to a location between channels

Aerial view of pile cap reinforcement, materials and plant at one location — Pile cap reinforcement with plant and material on site

Finished foundation on the riverbank with the Indus behind — Finished foundation on the riverbank

Completed pile cap beside the river with a boat moored nearby — Completed pile cap at the water’s edge

Top view of a finished foundation next to the river — Foundation beside the main channel

Pile cap reinforcement and starter bars at ground level — Pile cap steel ready for concreting

Finished foundation between farmland and river — Foundation between farmland and river

Worker fixing reinforcement on a pile cap — Fixing pile cap reinforcement

Featured project · Rare specialist work · Pile foundations

Grid Station Dokri on piles

When Grid Station Dokri was converted from 66 kV to 132 kV, the waterlogged ground could not carry conventional footings. The control house and switchyard were designed on special pile foundations, and MRCC drilled and cast the bored piles on site with its own reverse rotary rig. Piling inside a working grid station is work few contractors in the field take on.

Grid station: 132 kV Dokri
Foundations: Bored cast-in-situ piles
Built on piles: Control house & switchyard
Client: SEPCO · 2023

Piling rig, crane and survey at work on site

Crane lifting a full-length pile reinforcement cage — Lowering a full-length pile cage

Reverse rotary rig drilling with slurry channel lined in polythene — Reverse rotary drilling with lined slurry channel

Piling rig and crane working in front of the grid station building — Rig and crane working side by side

Rig crew beside the polythene-lined slurry pit — Lined slurry pit to keep the bore stable

Pile reinforcement cage standing in a bore next to the switchyard — Cage set in the bore, next to live equipment

Slurry pit reflecting the blue piling rig — Slurry management on a waterlogged site

Rig, crane and crew working in waterlogged ground — Working through waterlogged ground

Workers handling tremie pipes beside the rig — Tremie pipes ready for concreting

Crane holding the concrete hopper over a bore with a total station in front — Concreting under survey control

Featured · 500 kV emergency rehabilitation · Client NTDC

Three collapsed 500 kV towers rebuilt on Dadu–Shikarpur

In April 2024 three SJG-type towers, locations 37, 38 and 39, collapsed on the 500 kV Dadu–Shikarpur Circuit-II. MRCC cleared the twisted steel, rebuilt the three towers with cranes, re-hung the insulator strings, restrung the quad-bundle conductors, welded the nuts and bolts and handed the circuit back. NTDC re-energised the line.

Line: 500 kV Dadu–Shikarpur Ckt-II
Scope: 3 SJG towers, locations 37–39
Status: Completed & energised, April 2024
Client: NTDC · EHV-II Hyderabad

Collapsed 500 kV tower beside its foundation stub after the storm

Restored 500 kV tower carrying quad-bundle conductors

The collapse · April 2024

Collapsed 500 kV tower lying beside its foundation stub with insulator strings still attached — Tower down with the insulator strings still attached

Collapsed 500 kV SJG tower lying across a harvested paddy field — SJG tower lying across the paddy field

Buckled 500 kV tower body with an insulator string hanging from the conductor — Buckled tower body, insulator string hanging

Twisted tower leg torn from its concrete foundation stub — Leg torn from the foundation stub

Damaged foundation stub in standing water in front of the collapsed tower — Damaged stub in standing water

The rebuild

Site video, April 2024

Crane holding the rebuilt crossarm of the 500 kV SJG tower — Crossarm going back on with the crane

Crane lifting an insulator string to the crossarm — Raising the insulator strings

MRCC crew on site as the crane raises the crossarm — Crew and crane at the location

Welding the tower nuts and bolts at the stub — Nut-bolt welding at the stubs

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Project spotlight

220 kV Uch–Sibi

About 110 km of 220 kV single-circuit double-tower line with twin-bundle Rail conductor, built between 2019 and 2022. MRCC carried out the civil works, tower erection, stringing, testing and commissioning.

Line: 220 kV SDT, twin bundle
Length: About 110 km
Built: 2019–2022
Owner: NTDC, via SDEPCI

Workers in a deep tower foundation excavation with reinforcement and concrete chute — Tower foundation excavation and concreting

Orange TESMAC conductor puller on site — TESMAC puller set up for stringing

Concrete test cubes beside a compression testing machine — Concrete cube testing for every pour

Engineers and crew under an erected lattice tower — Site team under an erected tower

Puller, tensioner and tractors in the stringing yard — Puller and tensioner in the stringing yard

Forklift unloading insulator crates from containers — Receiving insulators and line material

Full MRCC site crew lined up in helmets and safety vests — Daily safety line-up with the full crew

Completed transmission line towers crossing green farmland — The completed line crossing farmland

MRCC crew in safety gear on the 220 kV Uch–Sibi line site — Our crew on the 220 kV Uch–Sibi line

Ongoing

On site now

Contracts currently under execution.

132 kV

In progress

132 kV SDT Shahdad Kot–Garhi Khero T/L, locations 100–120 (5.2 km)

Foundations, erection, stringing, testing & commissioning

SEPCO Sukkur

132 kV

In progress

132 kV D/C feeding line for Technopolis Grid Station (1.169 km)

RCC pile foundations for tubular poles, erection, stringing, EMMP · See photos

IESCO Islamabad

Completed projects

Our track record

A selection of our completed work in three areas: transmission lines, grid stations and civil works. Full experience records are available to clients on request.

Line works

Transmission lines

132, 220 and 500 kV lines, from twin and quad-bundle construction to river crossings and emergency tower restoration.

500 kV · Quad bundle

500 kV D/C quad-bundle lines: Port Qasim–Hub/Jamshoro and 95–145 km near Domeli

Tower erection and construction as approved sub-contractor.

Clients: ICC · MREC
Years: 2016–17

220 kV · Twin bundle

220 kV Uch–Sibi T/L (about 110 km)

Civil works, erection, stringing, testing and commissioning. See photos

Client: SDEPCI for NTDC
Built: 2019–22

220 kV · D/C

220 kV D/C T/L from RLNG Power Plant, Trimmu (Jhang) to 220 kV G/S Toba Tek Singh

Both circuits over about 50 km: civil works, erection, stringing, testing and commissioning.

Client: NTDC
Completed: 2018

132 kV · River crossing

132 kV New Rohri–Sukkur Site and Liberty–Deharki–Guddu river crossings

Piling, foundations, erection and ACSR Rail stringing across the Indus. See photos

Client: SEPCO

500 kV · Tower shifting

Dismantling & shifting of four 500 kV S/C D-type towers at Sekhat

Interconnection scheme for back-feed energisation of Engro Power Plant (Thar).

Client: NGC EHV-II Hyderabad
Status: Completed

Grid works

Grid stations

Electrical works at 132 kV grid stations, including a full 66 to 132 kV conversion.

132 kV · Conversion

Grid Station Dokri, 66 kV to 132 kV conversion

Equipment foundations on special pile design, switchyard trenches, transformer way and switchyard electrification. See photos

Client: SEPCO
Year: 2023

132 kV · Line bays

Four 132 kV line bays at Humayoun & Ratodero

Equipment erection, control cabling, testing and commissioning.

Client: SEPCO
Year: 2018

132 kV · Transformer bays

10/13 MVA transformer bays at New Jatoi, Mehar, Padidan & Radhan

Erection, protection, wiring, testing and commissioning.

Client: SEPCO
Scope: 4 grid stations

Civil works

Buildings and infrastructure at operating grid stations, and municipal works.

Building · Pile foundations

Control house on special pile foundations, 132 kV G/S Dokri

Bored piles, control house building and switchyard fencing. See piling photos

Client: SEPCO
Year: 2023

Road

Tuff paver road at 220 kV Grid Station Vehari

Road works inside an operating 220 kV grid station.

Client: NTDC
Year: 2023

Housing

Staff flats at 132 kV G/S Sakhi Wahab Hussain Valley, Hyderabad

Cat-IV (D-type) flats with water supply and sewerage.

Client: HESCO
Year: 2020

Capacity

Our own equipment

MRCC owns the machinery to survey a route, drill bored piles, cast foundations, erect towers and string quad-bundle conductor, and mobilises it to wherever the project is.

StringingTESMAC puller, 180 kNItalian puller with bull wire for twin and quad-bundle conductor

StringingHydraulic tensioner, 2 × 75 kNStrings up to four-bundle conductor, 1500 mm bull wheels

Stringing72 stringing blocks, 100 OPGW sheavesHead boards for twin and four-bundle, 7,000 m pilot line winder

Jointing9 hydraulic compressors, 120 tDies for Lynx, Rail, Greeley and Drake conductor

PilingReverse rotary piling rigUsed on our bored-pile projects, from river crossings to grid stations, with pile formwork from 900 to 2000 mm diameter

FoundationsExcavators & 4 tractor-trolleys10 mixers, 20 vibrators, complete de-watering sets

Erection5 gin poles up to 98 ft (5 t)Winch, 10 t tripod, chain blocks and torque wrenches

SurveySokkia & Hi-Target total stationsTheodolites, levels, GPS, megger and earth testers

Credentials

Licensed & certified

PEC

Pakistan Engineering CouncilLicensed constructor, registered since 2006

ISO
9001

Quality managementISO 9001:2015, ISOQAR (UKAS)

ISO
14001

Environmental managementISO 14001:2015, ISOQAR (UKAS)

ISO
45001

Health & safetyISO 45001:2018, ISOQAR (UKAS)

FBR

National Tax NumberFederal Board of Revenue

SRB

Sindh Revenue BoardSales tax on services registration

PRA

Punjab Revenue AuthoritySales tax on services registration

Clients

Trusted by the grid

NGC (formerly NTDC)SEPCO SukkurHESCO HyderabadIESCO IslamabadMEPCO MultanFESCO FaisalabadGEPCO GujranwalaQESCO QuettaShandong Electric Power (SDEPCI)ICC (Pvt) LtdNHA (deposit works)

Leadership

Our team

Engineers and technically trained staff with long field experience on high voltage lines.

Nasir Ahmed PanhwarChief Executive Officer

Muhammad Furqan NasirDirector Projects

Work on the lines

We hire engineers, surveyors, foremen and skilled line crews for projects across Sindh, Punjab, Balochistan and AJK. Send your CV to info@mrcc.pk.

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Contact

Talk to MRCC

Send tender documents, BOQs or site enquiries. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Head office · Sukkur

Bungalow No. A-91, Dehli Muslim Society, Shikarpur Road, Sukkur, Sindh

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Branch office · Lahore

38 E-1, Johar Town, Lahore, Punjab