Overview

We were engaged by civil engineering consultancy company ADG to provide electrical reticulation, lighting and NBN Pit and Pipe Network to a development consisting of 33 residential and 4 commercial lots located between the Sunshine Coast Airport and Marcoola Beach. Auspower Connect’s electrical and consulting engineers had to assess and design for a multitude of aspects while considering the development’s impact on the surrounding landscape and infrastructure.

Particular attention had to be made towards street and road lighting due to nearby turtle nesting and the adjacent airport. Rubidium Light had provided an Environmental Mitigation report for Auspower Connect to design lighting designs that reduced the impact on the surrounding environment and fauna while still adhering to AS/NZS 1158 standards. Lighting design characteristics such as colour temperature, mounting heights, upcast angles and spacing were all important factors in both the internal minor road and external major road designs. Auspower Connect also had to consider appropriate bus stop lighting along David Low Way and well as pedestrian crossing lighting internal to the development. Although challenging, Auspower Connect’s electrical engineers were able to successfully provide Rate 2 and Rate 3 designs that Sunshine Coast Regional Council and the Department of Transport and Main Roads found acceptable.

As part of the Council approval conditions, significant alterations to the Energex network were required to be undertaken along the frontage of development. Approximately 525m of 11kV overhead network was recovered and replaced with 3 core 400mm² aluminium underground conductor. The new 11kV network layout allowed for interconnectivity with the development’s new 500kVA pad mount transformer. The recovery of the existing 11kV overhead network also meant that network switching was significant and complex; allowing for 500kVA generators to provide power to residents further north while work was being undertaken.

Associated engineering consultants

The sub-division was designed by civil engineers & project managers – ADG Consulting,

Accredited Energex contractors

All overhead recovery, LV and HV underground reticulation, lighting and telecommunication pit and pipe network was constructed by Energex approved contractor – Hendrie Bros.