This contract was for the supply and installation of Standby Gensets and Automatic Transfer switches, for the Water Authority of Fiji (WAF). This project has gone a long way towards safeguarding Suva's Town Water supply. The project was completed in October 2012.
With the upgrades to the Treatment plants at Waila and Tamavua,
that we completed in mid-2010 and now with the installation of the
gensets, Suva's Town Water Supply is much more reliable
The Kohler generators were supplied by Rick Barnes of TransDiesel out of Auckland.
Generators and Automatic Transfer switches (ATS) installed:
- Waila Water TP. 1x 1650Kva, 1x 1100Kva and 2x 1600amp
ATS's
- Wails Pumping Station. 1x 1100Kva and 1x 1600amp ATS
- Savura Pumping Station 1x 1000Kva Genset and 1x 1600 amp
ATS
- Wainibuku Pumping Station 1x 550Kva and automate the existing
ATS
As head contractor there was a big learning curve for us on this
project. Agreeing a suitable contract with Water Authority was the
first hurdle, then we had to set up letters of Credit between WAF
and us, then us and Kohler. Then it had to work for both
parties. As both were determinedly on their own paths, it took some
doing. When all that was sorted we had to employ Civil contractors,
find cranes big enough (In Fiji) to do the difficult lifting and of
course then just the Sparkie stuff, up to 2000 amp
mains, ATS's and so on..
The project is complete with the generators doing their job
throughout cyclone Evan.