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Hydropower Engineering

Tonkin & Taylor has over 30 years continuous experience in hydro-electric engineering and is a leader in applying innovative thinking to projects.

Experience covers the full range of mini up to larger hydro schemes in terms of Greenfield and upgrading projects.

Expertise

T&T offers an extensive range of world class services in hydro-electric engineering.

Typical services include:

Conceptual and Feasibility Studies:

• Project definition and value engineering
  
• Geotechnical investigations and assessment
  
• Hydrology and hydroenergy
  
• Hydraulic and civil engineering design
  
• Cost estimating and project programming
  
• Environmental assessment.

Consents.

Detailed design and documentation:

• Costing and programming
  
• Advice during construction
  
• Commissioning
  
• Operation, maintenance and surveillance manual
  
• Emergency action planning.

Construction management.

Safety management.

Rehabilitation and upgrading.

Peer review and expert witness.

Experience

Recent project examples include:

• Project Aqua prefeasibility and feasibility studies
  
• The 7.5 MW power station associated with the Opuha Dam project, South Canterbury
  
• The feasibility study of hydro potential at 42 existing dams or weirs in Queensland, Australia
  
• A scoping study for the flood protection of the 50 MW Warragamba dam hydro station, Sydney, Australia
  
• Several prefeasibility and feasibility studies and regional surveys ranging from 1 MW up to 180 MW.

For more information please contact John Grimston.

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