Project Name: Yarnima Power Station - Concrete Works
Client: BHP Billiton
Project Commencement Date: August 2012
Project Completion Date: May 2013
EPCM: WorleyParsons
Project Location: Newman, WA
Yarnima Power Station
Key Facts
Number of staff at peak: 115
Volume of concrete: 6,200m³
Tonnes of REO: 900
Project Overview
Yarnima Power Station will involve installation of a gas turbine generator that will operate in open cycle for the first year. The power station will then be expanded to a combined cycle configuration. This will involve the installation of additional gas turbine generators, heat recovery steam generators, steam turbine generators, substation equipment and associated balance of plant.
The plant will be installed adjacent to the existing Newman power station located in the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. The Site is accessible by air, road and rail. Newman is located approximately 416km south east Port Hedland and is accessible by road from Perth and Port Hedland. The nearest domestic airports are at Newman and Port Hedland.
Project Scope of Works
Construction consists of:
3x Gas Turbine Generator (GTG) foundations, switchroom foundations, battery room foundations and transformer foundation plinths and bunding, Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG) foundations including Bypass Stack and HRSG Stack foundations, HRSG switchroom foundations
1x HRSG waste water collection pit, STG drains pit, black start generator switchroom foundations
2x Steam Turbine Generator (STG) foundations including STG access platform foundations, cooling water tower foundations
4x STG Transformer foundation plinths and bunding
Cooling water pump area foundations including access platform foundations
Piperack support foundations
Concrete pits and culverts including electrical conduit and mechanical services