The farm project site spans the shires of Kojonup and Broomehill-Tambellup, in the Great Southern Region of Western Australia.
Scope of Work
Detailed Design of the Civil Balance of Plant including:
- Approximately 18 km of new access tracks
- 18 Crane pads
- 18 WTG foundations
- Substation and O&M pad
- Site compound
- Batching plant compound
Project Challenges
- Non homogeneous soil conditions
- Inability to source circular reinforcement in the local market.
How We Managed This
- Additional geotechnical investigation
- Advanced geotechnical models (Plaxis)
- Replacement of circular reinforcement with segmental reinforcement (innovative approach).
Value Engineering
- The advanced geotechnical model has allowed to optimize the size of the foundations and reduce the quantity of concrete compared to the tender quantity
- The replacement of circular reinforcement with segmental reinforcement, rather than changing to a 2 directional perpendicular arrangement has allowed to maintain reinforcement rates well below the tender values.
