Air BP Fuel Lowering

Department

Aviation

Client

BP Australia Pty Ltd

Time

February 2024 to September 2024

Value

Approx $2m

Team

Ken O'Connor, Brendon Kerr, Wilmar Aza

Scope of Works

• Obtain all necessary work permits from PAPL and BP, including airside access approvals and completion of safety inductions.
• Mobilise and establish the site, including installation of fencing, water-filled barriers, and site offices.
• Ensure site setup complies with all airside operational restrictions and avoids aircraft jet blast zones.
• Excavate along the pipeline route (chainage 3500 to 4160) to expose the existing pipeline.
• Excavate and lower the live fuel pipeline by up to 1.8 metres to accommodate new pavement construction.
• Construct two in-situ culverts (totaling 235m) at Link 8 and Link 9 taxiways.
• Ensure zero damage to existing pipelines, no safety or environmental incidents, and maintain uninterrupted supply of Jet A-1 fuel throughout the works.

Project Features

• Facilitate recoating and wrapping of the exposed pipeline
• Lower the pipeline in a controlled sequence to ensure adequate clearance beneath new RCP drainage structures at locations P1, P2, P3, and P4.
• Backfill over the pipeline in compacted layers to meet the specified Proctor density requirements.
• Lower existing live telecommunications cable to enable the pipeline lowering works.