Colembally Solar Farm

The Colembally Solar Farm is a 150MW AC renewable electricity farm consisting of 560,000 solar panels installed on 550 hectares of land 5km northeast of Colembally, in New South Wales.

SJA provided Neoen with the following services:

  • Analysis and report on the contractor’s monthly status programs
  • Time-related review and assessments of extension of time claims

SJA commenced work on this project by undertaking a critical path analysis of the proposed contract program. The focus being on the proposed timeline and sequencing of the critical grid connection offsite process for approval to generate power.

SJA identified key changes from the original tender program which increased the risk to the client by ensuring the client’s approval activities were forced critical. The client was then able to raise these changes with the contractor and subsequently have the program revised to mitigate the risk to the client.

SJA was closely involved in the client-side program management throughout the duration of the project providing the client with an independent review of the progress and forecasting of the onsite works.

SJA consistently identified undeclared program slippages through analysis of the contractor’s monthly status programs and provided the client confidence in relation to the actual status of the project.

SJA assisted with the assessment of time-related EOT claims during the project using the time impact analysis delay assessment method.

Client
Neoen
Project Date
2018
Location
Colembally, NSW
Project Budget
$200 million
Sector
Services