Design and Construction
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Discuss about the Independent Reviewer and Environmental Auditor.
The VDP (Victorian Desalination Project) is being constructed on the coast in South Gippsland by AquaSure consortium. The VDP project includes a pipeline and desalination plant to transfer the waste to the Melbourne water distribution network. VDP project Design and construction plan was developed with a commitment to minimizing any adverse impacts on cultural heritage, flora and fauna, local communities and landscape. The VDP project use the two main Contract such as DTSJV (Degremont Thiess Services) and TDJV (Thiess Degremont Joint Venture). These two contracts are used to maintain the Victorian Desalination Project.
Main Scope of CDP project is used to gives the rainfall independent water supply to Melbourne. It is used to produce the high-quality water for the plant. When plant is requiring the high-quality water, the desalination plant operations provides the high-quality water and key components of the plant. VDP project construct a desalination plant as a part of the next stage of its water plan. The VDP must be constructed and designed in accordance with a collection of documented environmental performance requirements of the project deed. It must be met the Victorian environmental legal requirements. To maintain the VDP project by using the Environmental management framework and it used to creates the VDP environmental management plans that used to support the delivery of compliance with environmental performance requirement (Langdon, 2018).
VDP project Design and construction plan was developed with a commitment to minimizing any adverse impacts on cultural heritage, flora and fauna, local communities and landscape. The design included a revolutionary green roof that is that largest of its kind in Australia. It provides the acoustic protection, thermal control, reduce the maintenance needs and corrosion resistance. The VDP project involves the following area for the processing of the project is located near Wonthaggi. These are discussed in below.
Initially the VDP project needs the structures that constructed in the ocean to deliver the seawater to the plant. These activities are managed by the marine and tunnel structures with land-based construction activities.
The Victorian desalination projects is to draw saline water from the Bass Strait. This project has the potable standards to meet the state water supply targets by using the reverse osmosis technology (GUIDE TO STANDARDS AND TOLERANCES 2015, 2018).
The VDP project uses the TDJC contract to delivering the commissioning phase of the project. This project also identifies the five relevant regulations that are applicable to the VDP project. It also critiques the type of contract that was used for the VDP project. This project also identifies the environmental risks.
The Identified five relevant regulations for VDP project is discussed in below. It is based on environmental legislation register. It is used to identified and addresses the relevant regulations of all commonwealth and state legislation to the project. It includes the Project Deed that is sued to set outs that project works and it requires the number of approvals, licenses and permits to provide the permission to the works. It must be constructed and commissioned (Victorian Desalination Project, 2018).
The First regulation is based on Environmental protection activity that is commissioning the approvals will be required specifically for the commissioning of the project. To approval the EPA commissioning by using the Environmental Protection Act 1970 regulations. This regulation is used to approvals the EPA commissioning. It is used to permit the EPA to authorize discharge and storage of waste to enable the commissioning of the project. Second regulation is based on Electricity that is required for proposed works that is disturb the overhead power lines, soil and other materials. So, VDP project uses the Electricity Act 1994 regulations to written the relevant road authority approval that should be obtained prior to the carrying out the electricity works (PROJECT RELEVANT LEGISLATION, 2018). The third regulation is based on land protection because that is used to declared the plants and provides the environmental frameworks. So, VDP project use the Land Protection Act 2002 is used to provides the management of network. The fourth regulation is based on Soil Conservation. The main scope the Soil conservation Act 1986 is to consolidate and amend the law relating to the conservation of soil resources and that is used to facilitate the implementation of soil conservation measuresThe main scope of the Soil Conservation Act 1986 is to amend and consolidate the soil resources that are related to the conservation of soil resources that is used to facilitate and implement the measures of soil conservation. The fifth regulation is based on Mineral Resources. VDP project uses the Mineral Resource Act 1989 is used to considered if operations are within the vicinity of mineral tenements (Aquasure.com.au, 2018).
Contracts Used
The VDP project use the two main Contract such as DTSJV (Degremont Thiess Services) and TDJV (Thiess Degremont Joint Venture). These two contracts are used to maintain the Victorian Desalination Project. The AquaSure used the Commissioning Environmental Sub-Plan because that is used to describes the Thiess Degremont Joint Ventures(TDJV) systems. The TDJV contract is mainly used for managing and minimizing the environment risks that are associates with activities of commissioning of the project. It prepared in accordance with system of AquaSure’s environmental management (VICTORIAN DESALINATION PROJECT LISTED SPECIES MONITORING REPORT, 2018). Key purposes of the CESP of TDJV are to,
- Implement the Thiess and Degremont environmental policies
- It delivers the prescribed environmental outcomes for the relevant commissioning activities.
- It monitors, develop and implement the management measures
- It establishes the management and mitigation measures to achieve the environmental requirements of the Victorian Desalination Project.
- It establishes the environmental commissioning management requirements
- It Minimize the potential impacts of the project commissioning activities.
- It specially manages the potential impacts to the community and environment.
The TDJV is the sub-contractors and consultants in the VDP projects. It is used for all personnel must comply with the CESP requirements. It consists of all commissioning activities from the initial intake of seawater through to finalization. It addresses the design and construction area environmental management plan (| WT Partnership, 2018). It identifies the environment risks associated with commissioning and it also comply with the environmental requirements. This contractor considers the all commissioning activities that are transfer to the operations and maintenance. It maintains the following information’s such as functional and drawing descriptions, discipline inspection and test reports, factory acceptance test reports and manufacturer and supplier O&M manuals and reports. It also includes the following process such cleaning activities and construction verification activities (Aquasure.com.au, 2018). The TDJV follows the environmental targets and objectives are listed in below,
- It easily complies with the environmental standards establishes for the project through the design and risk management.
- It optimizes the energy efficiency through the project offset and design.
- It protects the beneficial uses of the marine and coastal environment.
The TJDV will engage with the relevant regulatory agencies prior to and throughput the relevant approvals process to gain an understanding of their requirements. It will submit the new or revised permits, approvals and licenses to the AquaSure Environmental Management Register. The AquaSure has contracted TDJV to construct, commission and design the projects as its D&C contractor (Department of Treasury and Finance Victoria, 2018). It meets the legislative requirements and it has an obligation to ensure the appropriate the environmental management is implemented. It has contractual responsibilities and obligations with a number of organizations to facilitate the project delivery.
The AquaSure and TDJV contractor are carry out the environmental risk. The environment risk is one of most addressed and identified risk in VDP project. It has been carried out for the D&C Marine Area works. These are identified by Environmental Risk Register. It summarizes the potential hazards form the activities of project and potential impacts of these hazards and the risk of occurrences (Theaustralian.com.au, 2018). The TDJV involves the risks that project poses to the environment specifically during the commissioning the activities with the VDP project. The TDJV approach is used to reduces the environmental risks that are associated with commissioning are addressed and identified. The AquaSure and TDJV contractor are uses the commissioning work area packs to provide the overall environment impact assessment and mitigate the risk (Water and catchments, 2018). It also provides the risk control measures and procedures to ensure a risk is controlled. The contractor also uses the work method statements and procedures to provides the step by step planning for activity risk assessment. It identifies the key environment risks for commissioning activities and ensure the appropriate mitigation and controls measures. The Identified risk are shown below.
References
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VICTORIAN DESALINATION PROJECT LISTED SPECIES MONITORING REPORT. (2018). Flora and Fauna Monitoring Report. [online] Available at: https://www.aquasure.com.au/uploads/files/2013%20VDP%20Annual%20Flora%20&%20Fauna%20Report%20Final%20%2824_09_2014%29%20%28AQS00073134%29.pdf [Accessed 17 Jun. 2013].
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