Consultancy services offered in the areas of expertise outlined below include (but are not limited to):
- Preparation, and peer review, to ISO 55000 of Asset Management Plans for MV and HV assets
- Implementation of appropriate Asset Management processes for aging infrastructure
- Quality of outcome approach to managing power and sub-surface civil infrastructure
- Carbon minimisation strategies in the power and transportation sectors
- Gap analysis studies against 'best practice'
- Advice on most economic means of upgrading current maintenance practice
- Prioritisation of maintenance and monitoring programmes to meet stakeholder expectations
- Training of staff to obtain the best possible outcomes in asset management techniques
- Formal condition reports of power system plant based upon supplied ( or determined ) information
- Advice on appropriate asset condition assessment techniques to meet desired corporate of strategic outcomes
- Incident or failure mode investigations on power systems assets
- Environmental and 'carbon footprint' minimisation techniques, including SF6 gas and mass electric transportation technologies
- Safety issues when working near energised power systems assets.
Areas of expertise in the management of MV and HV power and sub-surface civil assets include (but by no means limited to):
- Power cables (best practice in specification, laying, commissioning, fault location, tracing and location, and condition assessment).
- Transformers (best practice in life management and condition assessment techniques)
- Switchgear, all types (best practice in life management and condition assessment techniques)
- Batteries (best practice in life management and condition assessment techniques)
- Protection
- MV and HV insulators (best practice in life management and condition assessment techniques)
- Metering Concepts (smart and conventional)
- Generator and Large Motor proactive condition management
- Power Quality
- Power System asset failure mechanisms
- Quality-of-outcome based approach to Sub-surface civil infrastructure location and safe excavation techniques
Technologies in which LORD specialises include:
- On-line monitoring and condition assessment for all power assets
- Off-line testing, condition assessment, and fault-finding for all power assets
- Sub-surface civil infrastructure location and safe excavation techniques
- Partial Discharge (on and off-line)
- Thermography
- Substation transformer fire mitigation measures
- Corona and corona management
- SF6 gas management
- Insulating oil management
- Pole management
- Insulator inspection
- Animal deterrents near MV plant
- MV and HV pressure testing
- MV Powerline proactive management, including bushfire mitigation
- Protection
- Power Quality
- Earthing system assessment