The VEMTC Wangaratta Training Campus provides training for Victorian Emergency Services staff and volunteers including CFA, FRU, Victoria Police and Victorian Ambulance Service.
Environmental testing indicated contamination of the site by PFAS through the historical use of fire fighting foams.
The site is adjacent to the 15 Mile Creek and the Victorian EPA had concerns that PFAS could enter the creek system.
Gordon Gibson Nominees was appointed by the CFA to design and project manage a full upgrade of the training PAD with the requirement that all potentially contaminated material was to be retained on site and separated from the groundwater table.
No water runoff from the site was to be allowed to enter the creek system without first being treated for PFAS removal.
The design included a detailed drainage system, a first flush rainwater collection system, two major pump stations, large storage tank, extensive reinforced concrete works, an upgrade of all of the training props, a PAD lighting system, and site electrical upgrade.
Gordon Gibson Nominees successfully completed the detail design and documentation of the project, and project managed the construction work and successful commissioning of all systems.
Gordon Gibson Nominees recently completed a contract for the Rural City of Wangaratta, to design, supply, install and commission five solar powered pumping and water storage systems, for drought relief purposes at strategic locations within the municipality.
The locations are not serviced by a mains power supply, and hence in order to provide locals with a reliable water source in times of drought and bushfire, the council constructed groundwater bores and GGN installed solar powered submersible pumps, fitting multiple tanks. A solar and battery powered pump was installed, to draw water from the storage tanks supplying overload standpipes, and CFA outlet connections.
The battery system allows water to be supplied at all times, without the requirement for high levels of sunlight. The standpipes have timed switches, to allow delivery at set volumes of water. The bore pumps were installed at depths up to 96m below ground level.
Gordon Gibson Nominees completed a Preliminary Design for North East Water for a new main Sewage Pump Station and Sewage Transfer Pipeline.
The former gravity outfall pipeline ran through the Beechworth Historic Park and lacked capacity resulting in regular overflows of untreated wastewater to the environment.
The project involved the design and documentation of a new main Sewage Pump Station, Transfer Pipeline, Energy Dissipation Structure and Treatment Plant inlet works.
North East Water awarded a Design and Construct Contract for the project to Longford Civil and Longford Civil appointed Gordon Gibson Nominees to carry out the detail design of the project.
The Beechworth Sewerage Upgrade Project involved a number of complex issues that required innovative solutions.
These issues included: