The QR Management Centre at Bowen Hills is one of the most advanced train control hubs in Australia. It features a 24m control screen displaying the position and progresss of every train on the network, with 900 services, 800km of track and 150,000 customers.

The Electrical Construction team were engaged to provide

• two seperate HV intakes including two RMU’s and two 1500 KVA transformers
• one 1500 KVA standby generator and one 45,000 litre fuel tank providing enough fuel to run the generator 24 hours a day for 7 days
• two 300KW UPS systems, providing 15mins standby to two MSB’s
• over 30 Automatic Transfer Switches downstream from Main Switch Boards
• two Static Transfer Switches that provide seamless and sychronised transfers

The team had to navigate a number of challenges throughout the project to ensure disruptions to the network were as minimal as possible. Critical power supply changovers had to be executed within a very tight shut down period, to ensure continued function of the Management Centre and the train network. The Electrical Construction team successfully delivered the electrical design and construct for this critical project on time, on budget and with no operational impact on rail activities.