Page 2572 - Week 07 - Thursday, 3 August 2017
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All new switchboards fall under two categories:
(a) Those that are an off the shelf type, for smaller installations and sub boards. All such boards are built to the Australian Standard AS/NZS 3439.1:2002; and
(b) Larger main switchboards for commercial & industrial installations. These boards are custom built for the various tasks of delivering power to other sub switchboards throughout the facility, and manufactured at a licensed switchboard maker. In this case they will be built to the Australian Standard and an electrical engineers specification. Extensive testing is undertaken by the builder as part of the pre delivery process.
(3) Yes. Electrical switchboards are bought up to the latest standard, most recently in the instance of the upgrade of existing the Magistrates Court and New Build, and Forensic Medicine Centre. When refurbishment works occur the works must meet the requirements of the Building Code of Australia, with switch boards upgraded as required.
(4) Switchboard maintenance is conducted at six monthly intervals at buildings under the control of ACT Emergency Services. Thermal imaging of switchboards is carried out when a fault or anomaly is detected during six monthly maintenance. All major load centres are checked annually. The nature of the testing is invasive, in that a licensed electrician removes the escutcheon panels to reveal the electrical chassis and associated switchgear (circuit breakers). They identify any issues with the equipment, all minor problems are rectified during the inspection. If any issues arise they are dealt with in a timely manner. The ECOWISE audit identified contract management issues that CWI have now addressed with the service provider.
As part of the PPP the facilities manager (PFM) will be responsible for the annual inspection and testing of all electrical boards including thermal scanning of board components. This will cover the entire courts facility that accommodates the Supreme Court and Magistrates Court. As the Forensic Medical Centre is not part of the PPP The ACT Government will directly engage a facilities manager who will also be asked to carry out annual inspection and testing of all electrical boards including thermal scanning of board components.
(5) Inspections for electrical boards outlined above in dot point 4. The Contract Amount Represents the Net Present Cost of the service payments to be made during the 25 year operating term of the PPP agreement which is $250.5 million (Total value of this particular contract only).
(6) ESA has a contract in place - Contract C08623 – “Provision of Maintenance Services’.
(7) The contents of the ACT’s Critical Infrastructure Register are classified and I am therefore unable to release this information publicly.
HEALTH DIRECTORATE
The ACT Governments owned buildings and facilities are managed either by the ACT Property Group which is a business unit in the Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate (CMTEDD) or, in certain cases, by individual Directorates. As such, this response is grouped by ACT Directorate with the following response provided by Health Directorate for those assets under their custodianship.
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