CASE STUDY
Western Turner Syncline
Electrical, communications and fire installations to various facilities.


Client & Department | Georgiou |
Location | Rio Tinto Western Turner Syncline |
Project Name | Western Turner Syncline Stage 22 |
Value | 7.6 Million |
Date | June 2022 |
Project Duration | 14 Months |
Installations to Tyre Change Workshop, LME Workshop, HME Workshop and Administration, Ice Room and Medical buildings.
Project key deliverables
- Installation of new 33KV HV underground supply and new Transformer.
- Electrical, Communications and Fire Installation to Tyre Change Workshop and ancillary building.
- Electrical, Communications and Fire Installation to LME Workshop
- Electrical, Communications and Fire Installation to HME Workshop. 4 bay Extension
- Electrical, Communications and Fire Installation to Administration, Ice Room and Medical buildings
- Installation of Site Wide Area Lighting. 10M & 20M light towers
- Electrical and communications Installation of MEM dome shelter
- Electrical Installation of Site Access Boom Gates including solar hybrid power supply
- Electrical Installation of water Infrastructure.
- Installation of Fibre Optic site wide reticulation
Key Challenges
- Significant increase of scope from IFT – IFC
- Accelerated electrical construction schedule with multiple open work fronts.
- Day shift / Night shift operations to allow access while working around other trades.
- Market skilled labour shortage
- COVID impacted resource manning levels and availability
The Weststate Advantage
- Successful completion and handover of stage 2
- Ability to coordinate and manage all scope deliverables as well as those of our business partners under our contractor quilt.
- Extensive knowledge of the Rio Tinto systems and procedures.
Other info
- Incident and injury free operations