Underbank Estate Development Project
July 24, 2019

Balpara was engaged to provide electrical engineering and PM2 project management for the Underbank Estate development at Bacchus Marsh. This included electrical project management, electrical design, detailing and VEDN auditing services for specific stages of the project.

 

Project Overview

 

The Underbank Estate has been designed to be a natural extension of Bacchus Marsh, with convenient walking trails and road connections. Working on the Randwick Avenue component of the project, Balpara provided PM2 project management, electrical design, detailing and auditing services. As we were engaged by the developer and Morton Power to complete various elements of the work, Balpara was able to:


  • Discover issues early that may have resulted in non-conformance
  • Streamline communications between the auditing, design and detailing teams, thereby reducing service delivery timeframes


Balpara successfully reduced costs by resolving non-conformance issues on-site and using GPS auditing to identify issues early.

 

Project Scope

 

  • Providing underground electrical and telecommunication (NBN) design.
  • Electrical drafting, detailing and VEDN auditing with site visit timeframes determined by the developer. GPS was used to more accurately determine the depth prior to final surface completion, ensuring it was compliant.
  • Civil audit of trench size, depth and suitability, considering electrical asset installation, conduits, location of design offset and clearance.
  • Electrical trench audit of cable/joint location, size, depth and type, clearance with other assets, lighting pole type and location against design. Non-conformance management, providing photographic evidence, assistance and reporting on any variations to the PM2.
  • Project management to resolve construction issues on-site, negotiate with the utility, council and contractors, collect audited reports and request the Powercor audit, request test certificates from the contractor and submit the statement of compliance.


Balpara is excited to be working on this project with Kataland Investments, which is still in progress.

 

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