Optimising the Reliability of Design
Reliability of process design of water treatment works in Hong Kong was enhanced through various studies and reviews.
Reliability of process design of water treatment works in Hong Kong was enhanced through various studies and reviews.
BMT was commissioned by government department and contractor to review the risk and operability of their process designs in water treatment works and sewage treatment works in Hong Kong. The objectives were to reduce the risk level and enhance the reliability of the treatment works.
BMT conducted dispersion modelling of gases, including nitrogen, oxygen, ozone and chlorine. HAZOP and risk assessment were also carried out to analyse the hazards impact of engineering design of vents.
BMT had also carried out reliability, availability and maintenance study (RAMS) to review and optimize the operability of the design.
BMT identified potential hazards and provided recommendations for optimising the engineering design for future operation through:
In partnership with the University of Sydney and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), BMT is helping to prepare new national guidelines regarding climate resilient materials. The new guidelines, known as Practice Note 12.2: Climate resilient materials for infrastructure assets (PN 12.2) will be released by the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (IPWEA) to supplement the existing Practice Note 12.1: Climate Change Impacts on the Useful Life of Infrastructure (PN 12.1), previously prepared by Northern Beaches Council and IPWEA.
Seqwater is the Queensland Government Bulk Water Supply Authority and manages over $11 billion of water supply infrastructure - including dams and weirs, conventional water treatment plants, a desalination plant, the Western Corridor Recycled Water Scheme, as well reservoirs, pump stations and more than 600 kilometres of bi-directional pipeline network. As part of Seqwater's climate change risk management, this project undertaken by BMT assessed climate change vulnerability of Seqwater's built assets.
Following on from our role in assisting Stockland to carry out environmental assessments and obtain federal approval for the project, BMT has been responsible for the planning and design of the stormwater quality and flood risk management strategy for the Aura site as well as on-going surface and groundwater monitoring.
The Queensland Government Department of Environment and Natural Resources contracted Buckley Vann Town Planning Consultants and BMT in 2010 to assist the Department with the development of a proposed planning and assessment code and associated guidelines to support the State Planning Policy for Coastal Management currently in development.