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Now the chimneys are felled, what will become of the Hazelwood Power Station site?
Hazelwood is a 4000 hectare site that includes among the defunct brown coal-fired power station, a 1281 hectare mine void, operational switchyard, a 524 hectare pondage, as well as landfill and dump areas1. It is owned by Engie, a French-based energy provider.
The eight towers at the defunct Hazelwood Power Station in Morwell, Victoria, came tumbling down on Monday in a controlled demolition that highlights the end of an era.
The 137 metre1 chimney assets operated for more than fifty years before the brown coal-fired power station was shut down in 2017. During its years of operation, the generating units collectively produced 1600MW of electricity and the power station provided more than twenty-five percent of power to Victorians2.
The IPWEA is a not-for-profit organisation professional association and a Technical Society of Engineers Australia. IPWEA has developed many resources to assist asset managers who work in the Public Works Sector. Here are two resources that may be of interest to Asset Management Council Members:
The contract to build an $800 million facility in Greenvale, Queensland, is underway, with shortlisted candidates announced.
They are Lendlease, CPB Contractors, and Lang O’Rourke.
The Australian-Singapore Military Training Initiative (ASMTI) will enhance the needs of the ADF and Singapore’s Armed Forces. The training facility will strengthen the collaboration and commitment, and will bring an enhanced benefit to both countries’ defence forces1.
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There’s no need to feel isolated during #shutdown.
Recently, our Sydney Chapter met for the first V-Chat. What’s a V-Chat, you may well ask? A virtual hook-up for asset management members to connect and network, and keep their asset management brain ticking over. Toby Horstead led an informal session discussing the NSW Stimulus package.
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