Aurecon excels at INNOVATE NZ 2010 Awards
Source: Aurecon - www.aurecongroup.com
05 August 2010
Four Aurecon projects won at the 2010 INNOVATE NZ
Engineering Excellence Awards, with Aurecon receiving one Gold, two
Silver and one Merit awards.
The Innovate NZ awards are organised by the Association of Consulting
Engineers NZ (ACENZ) and recognise innovation in consulting engineering
both in the structures or processes developed and in the means of
providing engineering services to the client.
Gold - Hautapu Lactose project
Winning Gold was the Hautapu Lactose project completed by Aurecon’s
process team in Wellington for our client, Fonterra.
The Hautapu Lactose Evaporator project included installation of a new
finishing evaporator and lactose concentrate load-in facilities. The new
finishing evaporator is a novel design that extended production run
times, reduced water and chemical requirements for cleaning lower
product losses and results in less water being generated than existing
evaporator options.
“It’s fantastic to see the great work that our industrial teams deliver
being recognised, with this project continuing to cement its place as a
world beating project,” said Neil Barr, General Manager, Aurecon New
Zealand.
Silver - Saxton Stadium and Winstone Pulp
International energy transfer project
Winning a Silver award for the Saxton Stadium project located in Nelson,
Aurecon’s structural team in Nelson have lead the way in the innovative
use of timber. Saxon Stadium is a multi-purpose, long-span, LVL timber
framed structure that incorporates engineered seismic resistance
solution into the design.
Aurecon’s process team from Wellington were also successful with two
other projects. Another silver award was won for the Winstone Pulp
International energy transfer project. Manufacturing softwood pulp, in a
thermo-mechanical plant located at Karioi, Ohakune, the aim of the
refiner heat recovery project was to preheat air for the flash drying of
thermo mechanical pulp using waste heat in dirty refiner steam that has
historically been vented into the atmosphere.
Aurecon provided detailed engineering design work and managed the
installation of the heat recovery system. The project recovers
approximately 4.4 MW of thermal energy 24 hours per day for more than
320 days per year. It also reduces carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from
the site by an estimated 6,000 tonnes CO2per year.
“Our market is very diverse and these fantastic wins show the range of
skills and project types to which we bring these skills. In particular,
some of the great work our industrial process team have been doing,”
said Mr Barr.
Merit - Ravensdown Fertiliser Plant upgrade
project
A merit award was won for the process team’s work for the Ravensdown
Fertiliser Plant upgrade project which achieved considerable
improvements to health and safety, while also improving the working
environment.
“Our winning projects delivered industrial and process control,
environmentally sustainable design and survey, and property services.
Delivering innovative and novel solutions, while delivering excellence
to our clients, played no small part in the projects’ success,” added Mr
Barr.
The Aurecon New Zealand winners in the INNOVATE NZ Awards of Excellence
2010 include:
Gold award:
Hautapu Lactose Evaporator Project, Cambridge, Waikato – process,
electrical and automation design consultancy services
Silver award:
WPI Refiner Heat Recovery Project, Hawkes Bay/Central North Island –
engineering design and project management
Silver award:
Saxton Stadium, Nelson – geotechnical, structural, building services and
fire engineering
Merit award:
Ravensdown One Side Upgrade Project, Hawkes Bay/Central North Island -
Process, mechanical, electrical and automation design engineers and
project management