John Hart Generating Station Replacement Project-Underground Works: Project Update and Challenges Encountered

摘要

The Frontier-Kemper/ASL Joint Venture was formed to excavate the underground workings of the John Hart Generating Station Replacement Project in Campbell River, British Columbia. The existing surface 126-MW John Hart Generating Station originally completed in 1947 on the Campbell River, represents approximately 17% of the total generating capacity on Vancouver Island. The underground replacement project will create a more reliable, seismically robust, and environmentally friendly facility with an increased installed capacity of 132 MW. InPower BC General Partnership is a special-purpose vehicle created by SNC-Lavalin Capital Inc., and contracted by British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (BCH) to design, build, finance and maintain the replacement power station under a 19 % year public-private partnership (PPP) with BCH. The underground excavation works portion of the project is 77% complete as of the end of November 2016 and is scheduled to achieve substantial completion on or ahead of schedule by July 2017.