Windich Tailings Storage Facility Construction

12 February 2019

TSF & Ponds Project: FMG (Laverton WA) 1.4 million BCM of materials were loaded, hauled, placed and compacted utilising Caterpillar 793 and 777 Dump trucks, EX3600 Excavators and Caterpillar D10 Dozers to construct the outer TSF walls. To facilitate faster construction, the construction material was moisture conditioned in situ with a “rice” paddy type of […]

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Tailings Storage Facility 3

12 February 2019

TSF & Ponds Project: Goldfields (Widgiemooltha WA) A volume of 127,890m3 of tailings was excavated, placed and compacted to raise the perimeter walls by 2.5m. This has a common wall with another existing tailings storage facility cell. Tailings was excavated from a shallow borrow pit within the facility. As this was a wet lift so […]

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Blackham TSF

12 February 2019

TSF & Ponds Project: Blackham Resources (Wiluna WA) Cape was contracted to: Load & Haul 775,000m3 of material to build the TSF J Stage 1A/1B Decommissioning of monitoring bores Re-location of existing tailings and waste stockpiles Excavation of selected materials from designated borrow areas and stockpiles located within existing waste dumps, placed and spread to […]

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The Bluff Wind Farm

12 February 2019

Power Project: ETSA (Jamestown SA) The installation at the Bluff Wind Farm situated in Jamestown, South Australia comprised 15,500mtrs of HV cable, 28,000mtrs fibre optic cable and 25,500mtrs earth wire connecting 25 turbines putting our EcoPlough with its unique ploughing method to work. This project was environmentally friendly with minimal disturbance to the vegetation and […]

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Jimblebar – RGP6

12 February 2019

Power Project: BHP Billiton & Theiss (Newman WA) The project was located approximately 39km east of Newman and involved detailed earthworks, trenching, bedding, and backfilling of underground services as well as the installation of electrical and communications infrastructure. The scope included: 206,000 bcm of detailed earthworks 41km of Raw Water and Portable Water Pipelines 4km Oily […]

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Port Hedland Inner Harbour Project

12 February 2019

Power Project: BHP Billiton & Calibre (Port Hedland WA) Located in the Pilbara region, Cape was engaged to supply, install and commission high voltage and low voltage power infrastructure to BHP Billiton assets in and around Port Hedland and Finucane Island. The scope included: 100km of LV cable 40km of HV cable 7 x switchgears […]

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Claremont WTE-CTE 81 Relocation

12 February 2019

Power Project: Western Power (Claremont WA) The scope of works for this project included: A section of the existing WT-CTE 81 overhead 132kV transmission line was moved underground and replaced between existing pole 49 (Eastern side of the alignment) and pole 57 (Western side of the alignment) Installation of one new cable transition structure, transitioning […]

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CBD Works – 2 Stages

12 February 2019

Power Project: Western Power (Perth WA) Stage 1 included the installation of eight no. 150 diameter A15:B15 carrying 11kv feeder cable through the Perth city centre to supply the new BHP building. The cables were laid within eight conduits beneath the road pavement in a trench approximately 1.3m width and 1.2m deep. This project required close liaison […]

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Calleya 400HV Cable Installation

12 February 2019

Power Project: Stocklands (Harrisdale WA) This project involved the construction and installation of: • Approximately 6.2km of 1 x 400mm2 HV feeder cable & conduit from Southern River Zone Substation to Pole termination of Warton road • 400mm2 HV cable joint bay • Cable joints to the feeder cable • HV straight joints • Sheath testing of […]

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132kV Feeder Joel Terrace

12 February 2019

Power Project: Western Power (Perth WA) Cape undertook the task of installing three new feeder cables in existing conduits and extend the existing spare conduits by approximately 20 metres under the railway reserve between East Parade and Summer Street, East Perth.

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Perth City Square Upgrade

12 February 2019

Power Project: Western Power (Perth WA) This project consisted of excavation, installation and backfilling works of two 132kV underground cable circuits in flat formation from the cable termination structures located inside the Milligan Street Substation to the existing underground cable joints in the Northern side of junction between Milligan Street and Murray Street. Installed alongside […]

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132kV Interconnection Clarkson – PTA Nowergup Substations

12 February 2019

Power Project: Western Power (Claremont WA) The scope of works included the installation of one 132 kV cable circuit and two communication ducts over a route distance of approximately 850 metres. Specifically: • Cable Installation – Directional Drilling and Open Trenching: 2 x 132 kV single core 400 mm2 copper conductor, XLPE insulated, copper tape and […]

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