Civil related O&M challenges in GIS cable Cellar Rooms, Data Centers and Substation Control Panel Room

The weakest civil points in basement areas are those where utilities like power cables, sometimes pipes enter the building premises. This gap between cables and wall is sealed using some kind of mortar. However, over the period the mortar develops cracks and water leakage starts. A sump pit and dewatering system is designed to take out the water that is leaking and accumulating. The stagnant water at the basement is a source mosquitos and health hazards to the people working near the premises. The problem becomes so difficult that during every or alternate pre monsoon season, the civil O&M department has to spend money on rework during monsoon deploy additional pumps to pump out water. We came across this issue and solution, however lack of coordination between civil and electrical is making this issue tedious/ complex to solve, time consuming, risk to life and sometimes impossible to solve. Author wants to highlight to bridge this gap and discover best practices worldwide.