South Flank Piping & Electrical Package

Communications & Power Project: NRW (Newman WA)

BHP’s South Flank deposit is located approximately 130 km by road north-west of the town of Newman, and approximately 8 km to the south of the Companys existing Mining Area C operation.

Cape have been engaged by NRW to deliver piping and electrical packages as part of NRW’s bulk earthworks civil and concrete package.  This scope follows earlier works in which Cape were engaged to install electrical and communications conduits as well as HV power cable.

The overall project scope Includes:

• Installation of Approximately 30km of PE conduit up to DN800
• Approximately 8km buried 33kv Cable and 5km earthing cable
• Installation of all required fittings and approximately 6km of additional conduit.

The project will take 6 months to complete with a workforce peak head count of 30.