Portfolio

 

FDC
Sydney University
Engineering Technology Precinct
Levels 7, 8, 9 lab gas and life safety design and installation

Completed March 2023

 

Design and installation of lab gas and life safety systems for three levels of labs in building J03.  Lab gases included house gases (Compressed air, Nitrogen, Argon and Vacuum), inert specialty gases (Carbon Dioxide, Oxygen, Helium etc) and ultra-high purity toxic and hazardous gases (Hydrogen, Methane, Carbon Monoxide, Hydrogen Sulphide and Ammonia).

Umech performed hydraulic sizing calculations on all of the gas lines and completed meetings with the users to understand their ways of working. 

  • Piping routing drawings, coordination of design with other service disciplines in Revit.

  • Design of the Life Safety System to comply with AS61508.  It included gas hygiene assessments of all spaces, user meetings to complete LOPA assessments to determine required SIL values for safety instrumented functions.  SIL Verification calculations and device proof test procedures.

  • Design of Life Safety system operation including production of control system architecture drawings and cause and effect matrices.

  • Umech procured all required plant including 11 gas cabinets, numerous gas manifolds and Life Safety sensors.

  • Over 10 km of piping was installed including copper and ultra-high purity electropolished stainless steel tubing which was orbitally welded.

  • Fabrication of three PLC based control cabinets for the Life Safety System. Factory and Site Acceptance Testing for control system.

  • Pressure testing of all gas pipe lines.  Helium Vacuum leak testing of all orbitally welded gas lines.

  • Operating and maintenance manual, as built drawings and asset register to University of Sydney requirements.

 

Energy Australia Tallawarra A Power Station
Hydrogen Delivery System for Turbine Cooling

Completed Sept 2022

 

Umech installed over 300m of Hydrogen pipeline on site at the Tallawarra A power station and including the design and construction of a distribution shed and bulk handling area for bulk delivery and storage of Hydrogen manifold packs. Works included the hazardous area classification, design and installation with a custom nitrogen purging system and Hydrogen vent stack.

 

UNSW - CQC2T - INTREC
QUANTUM COMPUTING CQC2T

Completed June 2017

 
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  • House gas distribution for Nitrogen,

  • Helium recover piping and custom manifold panels

  • Specialty gas delivery systems for individual labs from bottle sources

  • Ultra high purity Nitrogen, Oxygen and Argon gas manifolds and distribution piping with 99.999% purity, orbitally welded

  • Life Safety system for oxygen depletion detection Systems with gas supply interlocks

  • Process cooling water system with heat exchanger and 2000lt tank

  • 2 process chillers

 
 
 
 

UNSW - Multiplex
MATERIAL SCIENCE ENGINEERING BUILDING

Completed June 2015

 
 

Umech installed speciality gas piping for 26 different gases over 6 floors of highly spec’d research laboratories. These included bulk gases, toxic gases, flammable gases and ultra high purity gases. The installation included all works from fitting of gas Cabinets and cylinder manifold panels in place to the hook up of tools user outlet valves in laboratories.

Additionally, Umech installed a SIL rated life safety system that manages the delivery of toxic and hazardous gas. Including oxygen depletion, exhaust pressure monitoring and toxic gas sensors.

  • House gas distribution for Nitrogen and Argon

  • Specialty gas delivery systems

  • Compressed air plant and distribution

  • Laboratory air distribution

  • Toxic and flammable gas detection systems

  • Oxygen depletion systems

  • Laser safety interlocks

  • SIL rated life safety system

 
 

Bayer Pharmaceuticals – New Zealand
Purified Water and Water for Injection
Generation and Distribution System

Completed September 2016

 
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Design and construction of a new Purified Water (PFW) and Water for Injection (WFI) generation and distribution plant for Bayer facility in Manukau; New Zealand.  Design and construction of a clean steam generation and distribution system.   

  • Hydraulic sizing calculations of the purified water and water for injection distribution loops. 
    Process modelling to determine the appropriate storage tanks and generation systems capacities.

  • System integration including importing of major equipment including water purification equipment, WFI Still, Clean Steam generator and storage vessels.

  • 3D design of prefabricated skids.

  • Piping routing drawings.

  • Design of the SCADA / PLC based control system, Including development of Software and Hardware Design Specifications, Electrical Drawings.

  • Construction and Factory Acceptance Testing of the main control panel in our workshop.

  • Construction of process skids in our Sydney fabrication facility.

  • Onsite installation of both the mechanical piping and electrical and controls elements of the system.

  • Commissioning and Site Acceptance Testing of the plants.

  • Ongoing maintenance of the facility (still continues).

  • Operation and maintenance manual for the plant.

 
 
 

UNSW SIRF
Solar Industrial Research Facility: Pilot Facility

Completed Jan 2014

 
 
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  • PVC exhaust systems for fume cupboards and process tools

  • Polypropylene electrofusion piping for DI water reticulation

  • Compressed air distribution

  • Chilled Water distribution

  • Nitrogen gas distribution

  • Trade Waste and chemical liquid waste collection

  • Electrical power distribution 240V and 415V to 100A

  • Installation of Large Scale process tools.

 
 
 

JUST Some of our Clients