APD is delighted to announce the appointment of Rodney Reuben as Technical Principal – Power Systems, leading our transmission planning and system studies teams on the East Coast. Rodney is a Chartered Professional Engineer with more than 20 years’ experience in the power industry both in Australia and abroad.
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APD Engineering were engaged by BHP to deliver a Class 4 Desktop-level Cost Estimate (Turnkey delivery model) for two identified sites. Once an option was agreed APD produced a detailed design package for installation of the capacitor bank. The detailed design package included primary, civil and secondary design.
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Tom Price Transmission Tower: APD were engaged by Rio Tinto & Powerlines Plus to conduct detailed designs for the replacement of a damaged tower in WA
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Provision of electrical distribution and street lighting design, nbn pit & pipe design services and construction assistance for 2 stage residential development.
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Transgrid engaged APD Engineering to perform Testing & Commissioning (Primary, Secondary & SCADA) and Engineering support on the new Wallerawang 132kV / 66kV Substation, NSW. The Transmission Circuits that have been relocated and modified are assets of TransGrid, Essential Energy, Endeavour Energy and RailCorp.
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APD CEO, Jordan Kosek, gave a great opening address and Phalguna Varadhi’s talk on “Critical HV Substation Infrastructure in a Transitioning Energy Market” was very well received.
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As part of the re-start of the operations at Thunderbox mine, APD was engaged to undertake powerline modification and upgrade works for Saracen Minerals Holdings. This included undergrounding of existing 11kv overhead assets, installation of a new 315kV transformer, earthing, soil testing and maintenance / repairs on other existing infrastructure.
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APD was contracted by BHP Iron Ore to perform detailed design and Process Control System (PCS) integration for a Variable Speed Drive (VSD) replacement of two vent fan soft starters at Wheelara and Orebody (OB18). Based on the client’s drawing, specifications and documentation APD prepared detail designs, executed the integration and completed the project.
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Many reasons to attend the EECON conference in Melbourne this November but as an added bonus here’s an opportunity to climb a wind turbine.
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Getting Paid to Use Less Energy – This was posted in Arena Wire: “The Australian summer is coming and so is demand response. Here’s how it will work.”
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