Power and Water Corporation uses Converge's ConcreteDNA to safely speed up pole replacement and saved a lot of money in the process.
Earlier this year Peter Grice at NT Power and Water Corporation realised he had a problem. Terminates and corrosion had damaged the integrity of the existing timber power poles. To keep the lights on and community safe, he needed to replace 900 in remote Alice Springs. Their max production was 4 per week as the support structures were time-consuming and expensive to procure.
Looking to technology, he discovered Converge's ConcreteDNA. The team in Darwin was able to monitor the concrete foundations strength progress 1,496km away and give the okay that the pole jack was safe to remove and take to the next location. It wasn't a cut and paste solution, but working together we've been able to increase their throughput from 4 poles a week to 15!
This represents a massive 375% increase in the speed of the rollout while also increasing the quality control from concrete monitoring that was previously cumbersome (read:not done, but don't write that) due to the remote nature of the project.
The project was at risk of not being complete within the Territory Government's promised 3 years. ConcreteDNA allowed the project to resequence their work without procuring more expensive pole jacks
The corrosion in the old timber poles were a safety a risk and threatened the power supply to Alice Spring's residents and businesses. Delivering this project faster, safer and cheaper means that Power and Water can get on with the job and continue their great work.
