KGAL Fluid Autumn / Winter 2024 - Flipbook - Page 4
consulting engineers
Fly through the workshop at Luang Prabang!
Work is gaining pace in the Whessoe workshops
at the Luang Prabang Hydro Power Project.
The fully integrated workshop facility is in full swing
now and our 8ýy through9 video gives a good indication
of the size of the facilities, with numerous sections of
the 21 Power Intake Gates being fabricated, each gate
will be circa 12m span x 17m high.
News in brief
Bridgwater
Mica Dam
In support of the lead designer for the Bridgwater Tidal Barrier,
AtkinsRealis, we are preparing the Essential Health and Safety Risk
Assessment (EHSRA) for the MEICA equipment. This documentation
is required in order to provide the UKCA Marking of the barrier in
accordance with the requirements of the Machinery Directive.
We have been retained by BC Hydro to carry out an extensive
Reliability Study pertaining to the gated assets at Mica Dam on the
Columbia River in British Columbia, Canada - a project that will run
until 2026.
Glasson Dock
We have been appointed by Jacobs to undertake inspection works on
a bottom hinged dock gate at Glasson Dock, which is owned and
operated by the Lancaster Port Commission (LPC) and forms part of
the Environment Agency9s flood defence system.
The gate is of flap type, pivoting on a fixed axis at the sill and operated
by a single hydraulic ram on the West side. The LPC did not have
confidence to operate the asset and there were concerns around asset
failure at high tides. The gate has now been removed and placed on
the dock side awaiting cleansing and inspection. The objective of this
project is to provide recommendations for interventions to extend the
life of the dock gate and associated ancillary equipment.
KGAL engineers have had a long association with the gate; Dave
Griþths provided the original outline design and tender proposal to
LPC, via main contractor Harbour & General, Stewart Wingrove
provided the detailed design, and Brent Imisson generated the detailed
drawings in the mid/late 80s. Stewart and Brent were involved in
increasing the height of the gate in the late 90s, when the gate was
incorporated into the wider flood defence scheme.
Our work scope includes carrying out a detailed Hazard and
Operability (HAZOP) Study, followed by a Failure Modes and Eûects
Analysis (FMEA) and, finally, a Fault Tree Analysis to determine any
areas for improvement that might be required.
Twerton
As part of our ongoing support of Mott MacDonald, the lead designer
on the Twerton Scheme for the Environment Agency, we have
completed a series of predictive flow calculations to inform
decision making on the control modes of the asset, and created a
3D model of the entire installation to aid with future maintenance
and BIM-related activities.
