Thompson Controls Pty Ltd turns 50!
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TC turns 50!
Thompson Controls is proud to announce the celebration of its 50th anniversary on the 11th of July this year.
Thompson Controls was initially established on the 11th of July 1973 as Tryton Instrumentation Pty Ltd. It was located at the rear of a hairdressing salon in Northbridge and employed 3 staff. As the company grew, it started to provide more electrical, process instrumentation and technical services to a particular niche market and grew steadily in that sector.
Over the past 50 years, Thompson Controls has grown into a leading independent specialist in industrial instrumentation and controls projects. Working as a 100% Australian owned company, its service capabilities have grown to incorporate consultations through to total management of turnkey projects, concept/detailed design, construction, electrical, installation, instrumentation, automation, commissioning, process control engineering, and long-term maintenance programs.
With its head office and workshop now located in north-west Sydney in Bella Vista, Thompson Controls continues to grow in strength and capability of our staff over multiple projects in the industrial sector.
We thank each of our current and past employees, clients, sub-contractors, suppliers, and partners, and look forward to the next 50 years!
50 Years of Excellence.
The Canberra Light Rail Project
Thompson Controls is now involved with Stage 1 (of 4 stages) of the construction for this new exciting project in partnership with I-Tech Corp and SMART Commercial Solar for John Holland Group.
Our scope includes lighting, power, cabling and switchboards working closely with John Holland; I-Tech-Corp and SMART Commercial Solar. Included in the project will be solar power storage and innovative automation to ensure user friendly integrity.
The initial 12-kilometre (7.5 mi) line will link the northern town centre of Gungahlin to the city centre (Civic) and will have 13 stops. The line was known as Capital Metro during the planning process. The project is being managed by Transport Canberra with services projected to commence in August 2018.
Stage Two is currently being planned to extend the line south to Woden via Parliament House. Four line variations are being considered, including a diversion to the eastern suburb of Barton and a further proposal to extend the line beyond Woden town centre to Canberra Hospital. The extension will stretch 10–13 kilometres (6.2–8.1 mi) with 8–13 stops depending on the alignment. Two additional stages are in the early stages of pre-planning.
https://wmedia.com.au/portfolio/canberra-metro/
Sydney Desalination Plant
Project Background – On 16 December 2015 a very strong weather event, described as a tornado, struck Kurnell with high rainfall, hailstones and strong winds exceeding 200 kilometres per hour. Large areas of the desalination plants’ roof was blown off leaving extensive areas of the plant exposed to the weather, resulting in substantial consequential damage to electrical systems, machinery and instruments.
Project Scope – Thompson Controls were engaged to inspect, test and report the status of the greater part of the site’s electrical and control infrastructure, and to generally restore the plant to its condition before the storm. The scope includes cables and cable supports, electrical equipment, instruments, security and SCADA systems, the main high voltage switchyard and the various high voltage substations.
Technology Used – technology used is nothing remarkable; just standard electrical test equipment, elevated work platforms and extensive documentation to meet the quality assurance requirements of the client. No new technology or equipment is being introduced except for lighting.
Lighting technology – extensive (but not complete) deployment of energy efficient LED lighting to replace the older fluorescent luminaires within the main RO building, and to replace the older high pressure sodium or metal vapour luminaires used for street lighting.
Awards – Thompson Controls won John Holland’s “Sub-Contractor of the Month” award in July, and three employees have individually won the monthly “HSEC Excellence Award” for the site.
For more information about the Sydney Desalination Plant see:
http://www.sydneydesal.com.au/how-we-do-it/infrastructure/
http://www.johnholland.com.au/our-projects/sydney-desalination-plant/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Desalination_Plant
and the storm… http://www.smh.com.au/environment/sydney-tornado-kurnell-desalination-plant-suffers-significant-damage-20151217-glpzkd.html
