Three Steps Ahead
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ABOUT

Senior expertise.
Built for complex projects.

Three Steps Ahead is an independent engineering consulting and design practice focused on hydropower, power systems, overhead transmission lines, energy storage and technically demanding infrastructure.

A new practice built on established expertise.

Three Steps Ahead is led by senior electrical engineers whose professional careers have been shaped by the design, rehabilitation, modernization and implementation of major hydropower and infrastructure projects. The practice combines detailed electrical-engineering knowledge with proven project-management experience and a wider understanding of multidisciplinary interfaces, procurement, contracts, manufacturing, construction, testing and operation.

20+

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

The key experts bring more than two decades of professional experience in hydropower, electrical systems and infrastructure.

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PROJECT MANAGEMENT

The key experts have served in project-management roles, coordinating multidisciplinary engineering activities, project interfaces and team contributions.

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INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Project experience across Serbia, the Western Balkans, Peru, Iraq, Algeria and other international project environments.

KEY EXPERTS

Senior expertise at the core.

The company is built around direct senior-engineer involvement in technical delivery and project management. Key experts and senior technical collaborators remain directly involved in technical decisions, reviews, coordination and deliverables.

Nenad Lazic, M.Sc.E.E.
Hydropower · Power Systems · Project Management · Owner’s Engineer

Electrical engineer with more than 20 years of experience in design, consulting, project management, technical review and supervision for hydropower plants, pumped-storage projects, HV substations, switchyards, OHTL, transformers, generator systems and water-control infrastructure.

  • Feasibility, basic and detailed design, tender documentation and bid evaluation.
  • Generators, excitation, generator-voltage systems, transformers, protection, control and auxiliary systems.
  • Contractor/manufacturer design review, FAT/SAT, supervision and commissioning support.
  • Project-management and multidisciplinary coordination responsibilities on hydropower rehabilitation, design and supervision assignments.
  • Project experience in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Croatia, Peru, Iraq and Algeria.
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Todora Lazic, M.Sc.E.E.
Control & SCADA · Project Management · FIDIC / Owner’s Engineer

Electrical engineer with more than 20 years of experience in hydropower, dams, navigation locks and major water-infrastructure projects, specializing in control, SCADA and monitoring systems, with extensive project-management and multidisciplinary coordination responsibilities.

  • Project Manager for the Mantaro / RON & SECA assignment, including tender preparation, market study / market consultation and technical clarification activities.
  • Project Manager on Iron Gate 1 and Iron Gate 2 navigation-lock assignments, with overall coordination of multidisciplinary design activities.
  • Member of the FIDIC Engineer’s team for HPP Dabar, with responsibility for plant control systems and technical support through design, manufacturing, installation, testing and commissioning.
  • Former Head of Department, with experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams and coordinating electrical, mechanical and civil interfaces.
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Experienced in leading
multidisciplinary teams.

The key experts have served as Project Managers and engineering leads on hydropower and infrastructure assignments. This experience is central to the Three Steps Ahead delivery model: the company can manage a wider project team, coordinate technical collaborators and specialist companies, manage interfaces and maintain consistency from project definition through implementation.

Small core. Broad capability. Clear project management.

Project teams can be expanded through a network of senior technical collaborators and specialized companies for OHTL, substations, grid connection, power-system studies and other disciplines, while Three Steps Ahead retains responsibility for integration, communication and technical coherence.

HOW WE SCALE

One technical lead.
The right team for the assignment.

The key experts are supported by a wider network of senior technical collaborators across different areas of energy engineering. For larger assignments, Three Steps Ahead can build and manage multidisciplinary project teams around the specific technical and contractual needs of the project.

01 · Key experts

Senior engineering & project management

Key experts provide technical direction, client interface, project management, integration, quality control and key engineering decisions.

02 · Technical collaborators

Senior specialist engineers

Experienced technical collaborators contribute project-specific expertise across energy, electrical, mechanical, civil, control and other disciplines according to assignment needs.

03 · Specialist firms

Dedicated engineering packages

Specialized engineering companies may be integrated for defined packages such as OHTL detailed design, substations, grid connection and power-system studies, civil/BIM or other disciplines.

Integrated responsibility without unnecessary overhead.

Three Steps Ahead coordinates interfaces, deliverables and technical consistency across the team so that specialist inputs form one coherent engineering solution rather than a collection of disconnected packages.

HOW WE WORK

Independent expertise.
Practical engineering.

We focus on technically rigorous advice that can be used in real projects: clear requirements, traceable decisions, early identification of interfaces, practical review of design solutions and close alignment between engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning.

Reference transparency. Project references presented on this website include professional experience gained by the company’s lead experts prior to the establishment of Three Steps Ahead. They are presented as expert experience and are not represented as corporate references of the newly established company.