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Yarra Trams Acland Street Project
December 19, 2017

Balpara was engaged by Yarra Trams to provide electrical consultation on the Acland Street redevelopment project in St Kilda, a project that consisted of electrical distribution, AS3000 and public lighting design as well as the project management on behalf of Yarra Trams.

Scope

• Redesign and manufacturing of existing LV distribution cabinets; from circuit breakers to Webber fuse strips for all shop supplies
• Design of street lighting to AS3000 standard
• Feature lighting electrical supply for palm trees and plaza shelters
• VicRoads public lighting
• Cable tracing to all of the retail shops
• Load testing of existing cables
• Protection studies in conjunction with United Energy/ZNX
• Project Management of all the works

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