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Alberfield Pty Ltd was established in 1995, some examples of work carried out by Alberfield in this time include:

 

Greenhouse Gas Emission Audits

 

Western Power Corporation

City of Melville

Newmont Australia Ltd

Australian Greenhouse Office

 

Energy Audits

 

City of Cockburn

Western Australian Electoral Commission

 

Project Management

 

Australian Greenhouse Office Greenhouse Challenge Recruiting Agent, WA

BHP Billiton/Nickel West (formerly WMC Resources)

ICSGlobal / Boddington Gold Mine

ICSGlobal / WMC Resources

ICSGlobal / Lend Lease Projects

ICSGlobal / Jones Lang LaSalle

 

Energy Management

 

Australian Plantation Timber, (APT)

Alternative Energy Development Board / South Metropolitan College of TAFE

BHP Billiton/Nickel West (formerly WMC Resources)

Edith Cowan University

GHD / Simcoa Pty Ltd

 

Environmental Management

 

Hollywood Private Hospital

Western Power Corporation

 

Power and Control Systems Design

 

GHD / WA Water Corporation

BRW / Western Power Corporation

BRW / WA Water Corporation

 

Demonstration Project, "Sun Smart Demountable".

 

Alternative Energy Development Board / South Metropolitan College of TAFE

 

Research and Development

 

Curtin University, Alcoa Australia Limited, BHP Billiton (Nickel West), Rio Tinto Technical Group, Simcoa Operations Pty Ltd.

 


 

Greenhouse Gas Emission Audits

 

Western Power Corporation

Alberfield was commissioned to audit the greenhouse gas emissions and sinks from all parts of Western Power Corporation in the financial years 2003/04 and 2004/05 including the greenhouse gas emissions from the proposed components of the proposed desegregation of Western Power.  Work included completing the Generator Efficiency Standards reporting, the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory reports and completing the Greenhouse Gas emissions figures and the Greenhouse Response section of the 2004/05 annual report.

 

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City of Melville

As part of the Cities for Climate Protection program, on behalf of the City of Melville, Alberfield conducted a city wide audit of greenhouse gas emissions.  This involved carrying out GHG emission audits of various businesses throughout the City to provide suitable figures with which to calculate the greenhouse gas emission figures for the entire city.

 

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Newmont Australia Ltd

Alberfield was commissioned to conduct greenhouse gas emission audits for three Newmont mine sites within Australia. 

 

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Australian Greenhouse Office

As part of the Greenhouse Challenge Program, Alberfield carried out a series of greenhouse gas emission audits for various businesses within Western Australia who were signatories to the Greenhouse Challenge.

 

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Energy Audits

 

City of Cockburn

Alberfield was commissioned by the City of Cockburn to conduct an energy audit of the South Lake Leisure Centre.

 

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Western Australian Electoral Commission

Conducted energy audits on the Perth premises of the Western Australian Electoral Commission.

 

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Project Management

 

Australian Greenhouse Office Greenhouse Challenge Recruiting Agent, WA

Appointed by the AGO to recruit organisations operating in WA into the AGO GHC Programme and to assist them set and achieve voluntary reductions in their greenhouse gas emissions to aid the fulfillment of the Australian Government's Kyoto Protocol commitments on reduction of Australia's total greenhouse gas emissions.

 

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BHP Billiton/Nickel West (formerly WMC Resources)

Responsible for the definition and coordination of plant process control systems safety, performance and integrity reviews across Nickel Business Unit operations, including the preparation of tender packages and the assessment of tenders, feasibility studies, project management and reviews of project deliverables.

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ICSGlobal / Boddington Gold Mine

Contracted under ICS to Boddington Gold Mine to perform year 2000 compliance assessment and coordination of remediation of embedded and IT systems in the mine’s total infrastructure. Work entailed preparation of proposals, budgets, project schedules, reports, requests for tender, tender evaluation, supervision of contractors and liaison with vendors and stakeholders within the company and JV partner owners and operators of the mine in delivering the project in accordance with the ICS Year 2000 Methodology adopted for the project.

 

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ICSGlobal / WMC Resources

Contracted under ICS to WMC Resources Ltd as DCS Coordinator for the Company’s Year 2000 Project. Responsible for ensuring that DCS systems across the Company’s Australian assets were year 2000 ready.

Principle duties were project management and coordination to achieve the above. The work involved preparation and administration of budgets, cost estimates, project schedules, contracts and scopes of work to achieve this objective together with collaboration with other project team members in the formulation and implementation of strategies and a corporate methodology to achieve same. The personal supervision, development and successful implementation of extensive remediation & test programs, both off and on site, were integral to the overall success of the project.

 

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ICSGlobal / Lend Lease Projects

Neerabup Ground Water Treatment Plant. Year 2000 investigation of selected power and control systems for treatment plant upgrade. Responsible for preparation of proposal, budget, schedule and delivery of project.

Allendale Square. Year 2000 investigation of selected power and control systems for building services plant upgrade. Responsible for preparation of proposal, budget, schedule and delivery of project.

 

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ICSGlobal / Jones Lang LaSalle

Year 2000 investigation of building services backup diesel genset. Responsible for preparation of proposal, budget, schedule and delivery of project.

 

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Energy Management

 

Australian Plantation Timber, (APT)

Appointed to conduct baseline energy and greenhouse gas emissions audit of Company's WA facilities and Sydney head office. Work entailed historical audits (level 1), of three smaller sites and two detailed site audits, (level 2) with deliverables being a report defining energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions and recommendations for reductions in both supported by cost/benefit analyses for each recommendation.

 

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Alternative Energy Development Board / South Metropolitan College of TAFE

Preliminary assessment of energy utilisation in Aquaculture Project at SMCT Fremantle Maritime centre, project coordination and preparation of funding application to perform detailed energy utilisation assessment and to prepare project proposal to deliver aquaculture industry best practice process design for energy management.

 

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BHP Billiton/Nickel West (formerly WMC Resources)

  • Responsible for general investigations, project definition, coordination and management of contractors and service providers on a range of projects for the Energy Management Group including tariff and custody metering, power purchase agreements, power distribution arrangements and energy efficiency assessments and project development.
  • Preparation and delivery of pre-feasibility study to assess economic viability of construction and operation of LNG production, storage and distribution facility for Mount Keith Operations. The study also examined the economics of conversion of existing diesel mobile and stationary plant and equipment to LNG and transport of LNG to other users in the area.

 

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Edith Cowan University

Development of corporate Energy Management Policy for implementation across all university campuses.

 

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GHD / Simcoa Pty Ltd

Site survey and data collection for process evaluation report for charcoal retort plant associated with silica smelter operations.

 

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Environmental Management

 

Hollywood Private Hospital

Greenhouse gas emissions review and preparation of annual report for Greenhouse Challenge Programme.

 

Development and implementation of greenhouse gas emissions management components of hospital Environmental Management System in accordance with hospital emissions abatement action plan, ACHS requirements and ISO14001 guidelines. Work entailed review and recommendation of changes to relevant policies and procedures, development and implementation of greenhouse gas emissions management methodology including emissions management monitoring and reporting tools.

 

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Western Power Corporation

Preparation of annual greenhouse gas emissions reports for corporate entity and disaggregated business units. Development of monitoring and reporting databases for disaggregated business units. Services included collation of data, liaison with relevant internal departments and external government agencies and responses to ad hoc requests for information, calculations etc. as required.

 

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Power and Control Systems Design

 

GHD / WA Water Corporation

Responsible for power and control systems design, coordination and supervision of project drafting within design teams for:

  • West Pilbara water supply scheme, Harding Dam new water treatment plant.
  • Albany water supply scheme, Two Peoples Bay water treatment plant upgrade.
  • Exmouth water supply scheme, new water treatment plant. 22kV / 415V power and control systems.
  • East Pilbara Scheme Water Augmentation Project, involving installation of SCADA system, new pump stations, 66KV substation, 22KV power lines, chlorination plants, bore fields and their associated control, telemetry and UPS systems, power metering, interconnection and load management telemetry links to PEPL power station.
  • Standard chlorination systems designs, a set of generic process control and instrumentation designs for use as the basis for all new chlorination plants installed in the WA Water Corporation.
  • Wanneroo Ground Water Treatment Plant Upgrade, the re-instrumentation of the plant and the replacement of the existing plant distributed control system.
  • Goldfields & Agricultural Water Supply, new chlorination building and ancillaries.
  • Shenton Park Depot Pump Test Facility, earthing system upgrade.
  • Walpole Water Supply, Butler’s Dam new pumping station
  • Subiaco Waste Water Treatment Plant Control System Replacement, site investigations to define scope of work for “design and construct” RFT.
  • Collie Sewerage Waste Water Treatment Plant, new pump station and plant expansion.
  • Kununurra Diversion Dam, new gantry crane collector system.
  • Gwellup Ground Water Treatment Plant Control System Replacement, site investigations and preparation of design summary drawing package for upgrade proposal.

 

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BRW / Western Power Corporation

Provision of technical services in preliminary review of site data and design documentation packages as part of Fuel Oil and Coal Firing Removal feasibility study for Kwinana Power Station.

 

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BRW / WA Water Corporation

Provision of technical services in review of site data and preparation of design documentation packages for project definition of South West Integrated SCADA System, (SWISS) project.

 

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Demonstration Project, "Sun Smart Demountable".

 

Alternative Energy Development Board / South Metropolitan College of TAFE

Project feasibility determination, coordination and preparation of funding application for building industry best-practice alternative energy demonstration project, "Sun Smart Demountable".

 

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Research and Development

 

Curtin University, Alcoa Australia Limited, BHP Billiton (Nickel West), Rio Tinto Technical Group, Simcoa Operations Pty Ltd.

Preliminary investigations into energy recovery and utilization from low grade heat sources (<250˚C)

 

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