ACB upgrade – 2 Mill Street, Perth

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Scope of project:

2 Mill Street in Perth’s CBD is a 12-storey, A-grade commercial building. Infrared Services were engaged by the property manager to replace an aging and faulty 2500amp air circuit breaker (ACB) located in the site main switchboard.

Due to the age of the circuit breaker and switchboard, it was necessary to carefully measure and custom fabricate a bus bar arrangement to convert the installation to accept a new Schneider Masterpact ACB. On paper, this looks to be a complex process yet our skilled team is used to handling this sort of work, and the end result reflected their expertise in this area.

For all this, we did face other challenges, but yet again, we were successful in dealing with them. They included:

–  Liaising with the network operator for a planned power outage during the replacement phase of the project.

–  Adhering to very tight deadlines to minimise the power disruption to the building while the changeover was completed. Our planning and project management was key in helping us stick to the strict schedule.

2 Mill Street represents another successful assignment for Infrared Services, and another happy client. Completed on time and on budget with a project value of approximately $25k.

Embedded metering network conversion – Adelaide House, 200 Adelaide Terrace, Perth

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Scope of electrical project:

This property is a 7-storey “B” grade commercial office building located in Perth’s CBD. To provide increased energy revenue for the owner of the building, the client identified a requirement to convert from a multiple-master metering arrangement to an embedded meter network. With our experience completing projects of a similar nature, we were asked to carry out this electrical network conversion.

As the nominated electrical contractor, Infrared Services worked closely with the engineering consultant and network operator (Western Power) to convert the 1600amp site main switchboard in order to accommodate Western Power CT metering. We replaced approximately 40 kWh meters throughout the building with new NMI-pattern approved electricity meters.

As you’d expect, a project of this large scale wasn’t without its challenges:

  • All work was to be completed within a single 12-hour power outage.
  • Work had to be done in conjunction with Western Power, the network operator. This required a high degree of collaboration and time management.
  • To reduce disruption to the tenants, all fabrication was undertaken off-site and in-house in order to reduce the building shutdown time to an absolute minimum.

In spite of these challenges, Infrared Services was able to successfully complete this electrical network conversion assignment, with a project value of approximately $50k.