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The Company is pleased to announce that the team at the Ambuklao and Binga Hydropower Plants Rehabilitation project in the Philippines have achieved 1,000,000 man hours LTI free. Works began on site in September 2008 and include new intakes, drop shafts and head race tunnels to both of the power stations along with dam rehabilitation works. ENDS Read more

The Company is pleased to advise that final inspection of the waterway at Bogong Hydro Electric Scheme was successfully completed on the 4th September and the tunnel plug door closed. Filling of the main headrace tunnel commenced at 14:00 AEST via the cooling water offtake at McKay Creek (around 200L/s) to provide a buffer of water up against the plug prior to the main fill commencing. Water will be directed into the waterway from the McKay Creek Power Station turbines, from around 06:00 this Sunday, the 6th September. Filling will be controlled such that 20 m head will be added per hour. All going Read more

The Company is pleased to announce that the Ambuklao and Binga Hydropower Plants Project achieved 2,000,000 man hours LTI free on Friday 5 August. This significant achievement was achieved during the rehabilitation project that will soon yield 225MW of Hydro Power into the national grid of the Philippines. Ambuklao station is already supplying power to the grid and final pre-commissioning shutdown of Binga station is well underway. Safety has been a large focus on the project and the McConnell Dowell site team, together with the project engineers ( Norconsult ) and client (SN Aboitiz Power), have worked tirelessly to bring this project home safely.   ENDS About McConnell Dowell Corporation Limited: McConnell Dowell is a Read more