CASE STUDY:

Western Turner Syncline

Electrical, communications and fire installations to various facilities. 
Client & Department Georgiou
Location Rio Tinto Western Turner Syncline
Project No. & Name Western Turner Syncline Stage 2
Value 7.6 Million
Date June 2022
Project Duration 14 Months

Installations to Tyre Change Workshop, LME Workshop, HME Workshop and Administration, Ice Room and Medical buildings.

Project Key deliverables included:

  • Installation of new 33KV HV underground supply and new Transformer.

  • Electrical, Communications and Fire Installation to Tyre Change Workshop and ancillary building.

  • Electrical, Communications and Fire Installation to LME Workshop

  • Electrical, Communications and Fire Installation to HME Workshop. 4 bay Extension

  • Electrical, Communications and Fire Installation to Administration, Ice Room and Medical buildings

  • Installation of Site Wide Area Lighting. 10M & 20M light towers.

  • Electrical and communications Installation of MEM dome shelter

  • Electrical Installation of Site Access Boom Gates including solar hybrid power supply.

  • Electrical Installation of water Infrastructure.

  • Installation of Fibre Optic site wide reticulation

  • Significant increase of scope from IFT – IFC
  • Accelerated electrical construction schedule with multiple open work fronts.
  • Day shift / Night shift operations to allow access while working around other trades.
  • Market skilled labour shortage
  • COVID impacted resource manning levels and availability
  • Successful completion and handover of stage 2, Ability to coordinate and manage all scope deliverables as well as those of our business partners under our contractor quilt.
  • Extensive knowledge of the Rio Tinto systems and procedures.
  • Incident and injury free operations