Tasmania to Victoria HVDC Inter-connector BOT Project

MHI provided consulting services as “Project Engineer” to TASLINK Consortium and to produce a “Project Technical Design Review Report”. Specific tasks included:

• Assisting in carrying out an engineering review of the project design
• Providing advice of the structure, role and responsibilities of long term operations and asset management organization, with an emphasis on higher level issues
• Working with TASLINK to assist in defining the project’s operation and asset management requirements, in order to design organizational structure responsible for governance, supervision and management of the overall scheme
• Providing assistance with designing a suitable Maintenance Sinking Fund and an associated equipment replacement strategy
• Providing assistance and advice on the replacement strategy for all major equipment and critical sub-components
• Determining life projections, recommended replacement strategies and estimates of associated costs to achieve a 40 year project life
• Assisting in establishing reasonable equipment life cycles for the purpose of establishing a maintenance sinking fund
• Assisting with the preparation of a performance based operations/ asset management/ maintenance specification, including appropriate performance indicators; and
• Reviewing the proposed project design, and prepared and presented a report on the review findings.