MANAGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF A MAJOR ZERO DISCHARGE WATER-SUPPLY AND TREATMENT SCHEME AT MOUNT-PIPER-POWER-STATION - AUSTRALIA

Excellence in the organisation and management of a large multi discipl inary design and construct project such as the Zero Discharge Water Su pply and Treatment Scheme for Mount Piper Power Station was essential to its successful execution. This is a facet of a project, which is as fundamental to its success as is the process design and equipment sel ection, but is seldom dealt with in conferences such as this. We thoug ht delegates would find it of interest if we shared our experience in this area. This paper discusses the Management philosophies and strate gies of Pacific Power and Transfield-PWT Asia/Pacific that resulted in this project being completed to the satisfaction of the client in the minimum time without delays and cost increases caused by interfaces b etween the parties. It highlights the advantages of contract packaging and placing the total responsibility for the performance and integrat ion of a complex project system on one organisation.