Dutch transport engineering specialist Mammoet has been busy with a trio of projects across Australia, spanning the mining, hydro and battery energy storage system (BESS) sectors.
Measuring 33.5 m x 14.5 m x 13.5 m, Mammoet transported a 365-tonne surge bin across 450 km of the Australian outback as part of a 97 m-long combination, to a mine Western Australia. Mammoet had to contend with strict road restrictions and the state’s rugged terrain.
Mammoet is also working alongside construction firms McConnell Dowell and John Holland on the Kidston pumped storage hydro project (K2Hydro), which is part of Far-North Queensland’s Kidston clean energy hub which is converting two existing mine pits into – when complete – Australia’s third largest electricity storage facility.
Mammoet has been on hand to transport and install two 133-tonne transformers deep within the mine cavern – operating 250 m below the surface – using a combination of SPMTs, a hydraulic jacking system, and 10 m of skid track system.
Collaborating with AAW Project Logistics, Mammoet has successfully transported and installed a 153-tonne transformer as part of stage two of the Collie BESS power station (CBESS). A 12-axle Scheuerle WCW4 trailer and three heavy-duty block trucks was used to deliver the cargo to the site, before Mammoet’s 200-tonne Lift ‘N’ Lock system was used to install the piece. When fully charged, CBESS will have a power output of 500 MW.
HLPFI reported last month that Mammoet relocated a beach pavilion in just 10 minutes.
