This industrial project consisted of the construction of the new 11kV switch room was adjacent to the existing Avoca Zone power substation. Works included a new cable marshalling area below ground level with the switch and control rooms above at ground level. Conduits were installed between the existing “live” electricity substation and the new building […]
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The Tanilba Bay Substation consisted of a new 11kv and 33kv switchrooms to upgrade the local area.. The construction consisted of insitu concrete basement slab and walls. The main structure was precast concrete wall panels and a kingspan roof planks. A new entry driveway and permiter fence to Ausgrid’s specifications. DURATION 32 weeks
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This Ourimbah power substation project involved the refurbishment of an existing oil containment bund at the Ourimbah substation. Transformers used throughout the electricity network are typically filled with oil to cool the transformer as required. If there is a leak, the oil is captured in the concrete bund and diverted to an oil seperator system
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This project involved the installation of a full mechanical ventilation system into the existing Ausgrid power substation at Kooragang Island, Newcastle. The substation experiences a high heat load from the large amount of electrical equipment within the facility and excessive heat can reduce the efficiency of the substation. Further, the substation is in close proximity
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The Kurri Kurri Substation project involved the construction of a new Switch building and outdoor switch yard, inclusive of an in-ground oil water separator tank and blast proof 400mm thick transformer walls with split face blocks. This substation was built to service the increasing demand for power in this area and as with all Ausgrid
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The Project was a three storey mixed use commercial real estate development consisting of contiguous piling, concrete slabs and columns and precast concrete panels for the external walls. The major challenges for this project were due to the constraints imposed by a tight building site, as this development was located in between two existing structures.
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This project involved the demolition of an existing residential dwelling on the property to allow the construction of 66/33/11kV Sub transmission Station. This would serve to upgrade the existing Aberdeen Substation and provide capacity to the local area. The substation electricity transmission station project was a lump sum contract with Ausgrid, with contingencies in place
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The construction of the Trade Skills Facility was a difficult project for a number of reasons. The building itself was a complex design with a high level of acoustic requirements housing classrooms, commercial kitchen space, music tutorial areas and adjacent to the existing performing arts building, however when you combine this with the day to
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The project for St Philip’s Christian College involved the construction of two new wings off the recently completely stage 1 performing arts centre. The works involved construction of a new drama classroom, recording and rehearsing studios, keyboard classroom, music classroom and storage rooms. The key challenge of this project was managing the interface between construction
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Holy Trinity is the merging of the local Anglican Parishes from the Terrigal district. The new building was to accommodate church services and functions, an up-market secondhand clothing store, a 38 space carpark, and the widening of Serpentine Rd to allow increased traffic. Thrum Architects designed a very modern building, centering around angular precast concrete
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