Creating a renewable energy hub for Western Australia with the Warperup Creek Wind Farm
GHD has been appointed to conduct a suite of technical studies to assess the environmental, social, and cultural impacts of the Warperup Creek Wind Farm.
Automation
Automation continues to provide opportunities for businesses to realise improved operational performance through increased productivity, lower costs and enhanced safety and reliability.
At the same time, there is an increasing demand for greater real-time monitoring of assets and systems to facilitate business planning and decision-making.
At the same time, there is an increasing demand for greater real-time monitoring of assets and systems to facilitate business planning and decision-making.
Increasing system complexity and rapid advancements in operational technologies (OT) present both opportunities and risks for our clients, who seek assurance that their OT investments will safely deliver expected performance and economic returns.
In an Internet of Things (IoT) world, we as engineers and technical leaders have significant roles to play in applying human intelligence to big data interpretation and to help our clients understand how to apply 'actionable intelligence'. In a world of cyber terrorists, we also have a professional responsibility to help our clients to prevent data anarchy within their business.
GHD's instrumentation and control team delivers automation and process control solutions for our clients in a fast-changing global environment. Our project experience encompasses a breadth of control systems and automation technologies including programmable logic controllers (PLC), distributed control systems (DCS), remote terminal units (RTU), supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), instrumentation, telemetry, and industrial IT and communications systems.
We work with clients in the manufacturing and industrial sectors, including mining and minerals processing, materials handling, power generation and delivery, oil and gas, water and wastewater, chemicals, transportation, and food and beverage, to deliver optimal outcomes for their projects.
We deliver services to a wide range of industries and market sectors. Our specialised skills include:
- Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) network architecture design
- Telemetry and communications systems design
- TUV Functional Safety Engineering certification covering design and engineering, verification, validation and documentation in accordance with AS IEC 61508 & AS IEC 61511
- TUV Functional Safety Engineering certification covering design and engineering, verification, validation and documentation in accordance with AS IEC 61508 & AS IEC 61511
- Safety Integrity Level (SIL) assignment and assessments
- Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS),
- Hazardous Area Management System (HAMS)
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