Category: Civil Projects
Project Summary
Coal Mine - Mine Water Fill-Point Upgrade.
Project Brief
Site requirement to increase water flow rates to water carts and fill 785 carts in less than 10 minutes, requiring a minimum fill rate of 300 litres per second (lps).
Requirements
- Increase throughput from the current small pump hardware filling header tanks at only 20 lps
- Review current electrical infrastructure to cater for the required upgrade
- Budget A$750,000, to include transformer, pump, standpipe, piping and installation
- Additional, secondary project and budget to upgrade civil items
Deliverables
- New standpipe sized and installed, catering for future larger sized trucks
- Electrical infrastructure upgraded, including transformer and associated infrastructure
- New electric pump supplied and fitted, providing 350 litres per second
Business Outcomes
- 785 water trucks successfully filled in nine minutes
- Uprated, high volume water fill-point implemented for use within summer months
- Project delivered safely, on budget and and on time
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