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ASP/3 NECF Seminar

25 June 2013

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WELCOME

Matthew Hindson

Manager - Contestability

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AGENDA

9:00am Introduction and management update Matthew Hindson

9:15am National Energy Customer Framework Adam Simitsiotis

10:15am BREAK

10:30am CAD template updates Max Labecki

11:30am Designer Safety Reports Matthew Hindson

11:40am ASP/3 access to GIS Wayne Griffith

11:50am Q & A All

12:00am CLOSE Matthew Hindson

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INTRODUCTIONS and HOUSEKEEPING

• Emergency exits and facilities.• Mobile phones off/silent please.• Questions at the end of the seminar please:

– Verbal answers today,– All questions recorded,– Some may be deferred,– Only relevant to the seminar topics today.

• Ausgrid staff in attendance.• Seminar feedback form.

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CONTESTABILITY UPDATE

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IMPORTANT REMINDERS

• Correct details in ASP list on DTIRIS website.

• Consistency in charging fees.

• Designer Safety Reports now required.

• ASP/3 access to GIS available.

• NS 104 update.

• URD master planning.

• Contacting Peter Wright and keeping CPCs informed.

• Contacting us on [email protected], Ausgrid web page, and 1800 051 017.

mailto:[email protected]

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National Energy Customer Framework (NECF)

Overview

Adam Simitsiotis

Contestability

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TOPICS

1. NECF Overview.

2. Chapter 5A.

3. New class of customer offer.

4. New connection application forms.

5. New Design Contract – Connection Assets (DCCA).

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1. NECF Overview

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NECF HISTORY

• Ministerial Council on Energy (MCE) started consultation in 2006.

• Ausgrid commenced background work in 2006.

• Legislation passed in SA March 2011.

• Ausgrid established five work streams to bring together the NECF changes.

• NECF was meant to start in NSW on 1 July 2012, delayed by NSW Government to 1 July 2013.

• NSW Adoption Regulations enacted NECF April 2013.

• NECF already introduced in Tasmania, ACT and SA.

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WHAT IS NECF?

The National Energy Customer Framework (NECF) is the next stage in national energy reform. It involves:

• Harmonisation of state based regulatory frameworks for the retail energy market and energy distribution sector (Electricity and Gas Networks and Retailers),

• A single set of national rules and laws to replace State based laws and regulations. The concept started as a retailer initiative as retailers operate across state borders,

• A range of energy specific consumer protections, e.g. ‘network connection offers’ that lead to a contract for connection services,

• Commences 1 July 2013.

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LEGISLATION CHANGES

• Connection services will now be governed by the National Energy Retail Law, the National Electricity Law, and rules and regulations under those laws.

• Chapter 5 of the National Electricity Rules is a key component, it applies to registered participants in the NEM, and Chapter 5A applies to all non-registered participants.

• Relevant NSW legislation:

– National Energy Retail (Adoption) Act and Regulation,– Energy Legislation Amendment (National Energy Retail

Law) Act 2012. Amends Electricity Supply Act,– Electricity Supply (General) Amendment (National

Energy Retail Law) Regulation. Amends Electricity Supply (General) Regulation.

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WHO IS IMPACTED BY THIS CHANGE?

Everyone who is involved in the connection and supply of energy to customers will be impacted. This includes:

• Ausgrid employees who process connection applications, undertake connection works, manage connection assets, undertake planning, manage projects, deal with customers and those involved with design and compliance,

• ASPs who provide services to both customers and Ausgrid,

• Any people applying to connect to the network or applying to modify their existing connection in any way,

• Retailers who provide an interface with customers and Ausgrid will need to be aware of the changes.

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HOW WILL IT AFFECT CUSTOMERS?

• All new and altered customer connections in NSW will have to follow the new Chapter 5A contract process.

• Customers arranging either a new connection to the network, or an alteration to their connection will have new forms to complete.

• Ausgrid will respond to the application within 10 business days with a connection offer for the connection services that we provide to connect the customer.

• The connection offer becomes a contract for delivery of these services if the customer accepts the offer.

• There will be a new ‘Deemed Standard Connection Contract’ that replaces the Standard Form Customer Connection Contract.

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HOW WILL IT AFFECT CUSTOMERS?

• It will apply to ongoing connection services after electrification of the service. This contract sets out the connection services that we must provide and the customers’ obligations once connected to our network.

• This contract is based on a model contract required under the NECF rules with only variations permitted by the NSW specific requirements.

• All existing customers will automatically roll onto this deemed standard connection contract.

• This continues over from the Chapter 5A connection contract.

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WEB TREE

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2. Chapter 5A

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CHAPTER 5A – KEY CHANGES AND IMPACTS

• All customer connection offer terms and conditions must include:

–Timeframes for commencing and completing the work,

–A description of the connection and the costs.

• Connection services include design services, market system updates, meters, construction work and substation commissioning.

• The connection offers will be on the Ausgrid website as “Model Standing Offers” (MSO) that a customer can obtain and read. Once accepted, the MSO becomes a contract.

• There are defined timeframes for Ausgrid to send an offer in response to a connection application.

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• Timeframes for Ausgrid to commence and complete its part of the project will be in the contracts.

• Failure to meet these timeframes is a potential contract breach and a reportable regulatory breach.

• A standard connection offer must be sent to the applicant within 10 business days of receiving a connection application.

• A negotiated connection offer must be sent to the applicant within 65 business days of receiving a connection application.

• There is an “expedited option” for connection offers.

CHAPTER 5A – KEY CHANGES AND IMPACTS

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3. New Class of Customer Offers

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TRANSITION

• New NECF forms and connection offers required from 1 July 2013.

• ES9 agreements still used until 1 July 2013.

• Connection applications received by Ausgrid from 1 July 2013 must use a new NECF connection application form.

• All projects with an existing ES9 agreement will continue, using current non NECF processes through to electrification, unless the applicant wants to submit a new connection application form.

• Parallel processes to be managed in the short term.

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BASIC CONNECTION OFFERS

• There are three Basic Connection Offers (100 amps, Micro EG, and > 100 amps).

• These apply to customer connections where there will be minimal or no network augmentation.

• The only network augmentation is the service cable and metering equipment (ASP/2).

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STANDARD CONNECTION OFFERS

There are four Model Standing Offers targeted towards the more common customer connection work that occurs on our Network:

– Ausgrid off site augmentation,

– Ausgrid augmentation (substation upgrade),

– Ausgrid on site augmentation,

– Model standing offer Standard Connection Services for Contestable ASP/1 Premises Connections no greater than 11kV (MSO).

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NEGOTIATED CONNECTION OFFERS

• Under NECF, the applicant has the right not to accept a MSO, and to negotiate an offer. If negotiation is required, a process will be available on our website.

• If our MSO’s are not suitable for the proposed connection, Ausgrid will propose a negotiated connection offer.

• A 65 business day timeframe for preparing and sending an offer will apply.

• Ausgrid can require an applicant to pay any reasonable costs incurred in negotiating an offer.

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STANDARD CONNECTION OFFER – CONTESTABLE

Model standing offer Standard Connection services for Contestable ASP/1 Premises Connections no greater than 11kV (MSO).

• This applies to connections where there will be network augmentation. This offer is for contestable connections where an ASP/1 installs new infrastructure.

• Note: Relocation projects are not required to have connection offers. However, relocation projects are expected to be managed with a similar contestable process.

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EXPEDITED OPTION IN ALL OFFERS

There is an “expedited option” for connection offers:

• If an applicant agrees to one of Ausgrid’s model offers then there is no need to have a formal offer and acceptance,

• To accept this, the applicant or its representative must indicate this on the relevant connection application form,

• If expedited, the contract commences on the date the connection application was “completed” with the certification number,

• Ausgrid has the option not to accept a connection offer as “expedited” if it believes the offer nominated on the application form is not suited to the connection application.

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4. New Application Forms

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NEW APPLICATION FORMS

• Ausgrid released CIA 1377 as an introductory pack to assist in the understanding of the NECF.

• Forms will be available on Ausgrid’s new website.

• To initiate a contestable process, the applicant must complete a connection application.

• A preliminary enquiry form is available, however, these are not expected to initiate many contestable projects.

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• Designed to meet specific NECF requirements to capture:– Retail customer,– Connection applicant (person submitting the form),– Premises connection assets required.

• Why multiple forms?– It will be easier to manage,– Forms are designed to match the new connection

offers.

• eForms being re-designed to accommodate NECF, allowing for easier submission of connection applications.


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• So what are they?– NECF 01 Preliminary Enquiry,– NECF 02 Residential and Small Commercial Connections,– NECF 03 Large, Multiple & Remote Connections,– NECF 04 Embedded Generation,– NECF 05 Micro Embedded Generation.

• All forms have a similar front page which captures:– Location,– Applicant,– Customer.

• Remaining pages capture technical or site specific information pertaining to the particular connection application.

• * Means Mandatory field.


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ALL FORMS HAVE…

• Information on when to use the form and where to send it.

• Location and land owner details.

• Retail customer or developer details.

• Connection applicant details.

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An Expedited option:

• If the connection application indicates an expedited connection, the contract commences on the certification date (i.e. the date the connection application was “completed” with the certification number),

• While all Basic and Standard offers will be able to be expedited, it is anticipated this option will be mostly associated with works that typically involve ASP/2 work only.

ALL FORMS HAVE…

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• Additional Information assists Ausgrid to determine if an applicant has previously enquired about this possible connection and if there is any possibility of relocation works.

• Signatory field is used by the person who is making the connection application, this may be the customer or someone acting on their behalf.

• Applicants must have authority from the customer if making an application, requesting expedition or accepting an offer.

ALL FORMS HAVE…

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CONNECTION APPLICATION GUIDES

• Guides will assist in completing the forms.

• They provide more detail for each component of the connection application.

• These will be available on Ausgrid’s website.

• There is no guide to NECF – 01 Preliminary Enquiry.

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NECF - 01

NECF-01 Preliminary Enquiry

• Requests general information on a possible new or altered connection.

• Formalises old processes of phone calls, emails, etc. to Ausgrid.

* Means Mandatory Field

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NECF-03 Large, Multiple and Remote Connections

• New or altered connections > 100amp.

• Subdivisions requiring new infrastructure.

• More than 6 separate units.• Equipment rated 30 amps or

more.• High voltage connections.• Expected to be most common

form for contestable projects.


NECF – 03 (Page 1)

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• Electrical contractor details. • Part B Load Details:

– Connection timeframes,– Exist asset numbers,– Subdivision information,– Proposed point of common

coupling,– Proposed point of supply,– Connection type,– EG details.


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• Part B Load Details:– Service type and size,– Metering details,– Land title type and usage,– Calculated max demand,– Proposed supply points,– Additional development

details.


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• Part B Load Details: – Location diagram,– Single item of plant

> 75amps,– HV connection detail,– Power quality details.


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• Part B Load Details: – Expedited connection

contract option,– Other Information, including

certification number,– Plus space to detail

anything additional that may assist assessment of the application.



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• Part B Load Details: – Street address at top of

each page helps identify and collate forms,

– Signatory of connection applicant,

– A checklist.


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5. New Design Contract – Connection Assets (DCCA)

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DESIGN CONTRACT – CONNECTION ASSETS (DCCA)

• Contract between Ausgrid and a Connection Applicant (CA) who retains an ASP/3 to design electricity assets.

• Sets out the terms and conditions on which Ausgrid will provide design information and certify the ASP/3's design.

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SECTION 1 – CONTRACT DOCUMENTS

• Ausgrid has the right to request further information prior to DIP.

SECTION 2 – CONTRACT TERM AND TERMINATION

• Contract commences on acceptance of offer by CA.

• Contract terminates 3 years after electrification, unless:

– No design has been certified after 12 months of DIP issue, unless Ausgrid agrees to an extension,

– Development has changed significantly. In this case, DIP and any design certified becomes invalid,

– In the above cases, a new application will be required and a new DCCA established.


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SECTION 3 – CONTRACT SURVIVES

• If the customer’s CA changes, the DCCA novates to the new CA. If the customer does not replace the CA, the customer becomes the CA.

• If the customer changes but development continues, CA must advise Ausgrid.

SECTION 4 – FEES

• Ausgrid specifies monopoly fees.


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SECTION 5 – DESIGN INFORMATION

• Ausgrid issues design information within 30 business days of contract commencement.

• Ausgrid will advise the CA if it requires additional time for complex projects.

SECTION 6 – CA TO ENGAGE ASP/3

• Outlines CA obligations in respect to ASP/3 and the design.

• Rechecking fees payable by ASP/3.

• ASP/3 obligations in this contract continue after certification, including covering 3 year rectification period.


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SECTION 7 – WHS OBLIGATIONS

• CA has commissioned ASP/3 to produce the design.

• ASP/3 must provide written designer safety report to CA, copies to Ausgrid, ASP/1 and other parties as required in the WHS Act.

SECTION 8 – FURTHER ASP/3 OBLIGATIONS

• CA is responsible for ensuring that the ASP/3 complies with all obligations including performance, designer safety report, designer’s warranties as per Appendix 2, EIA and community consultation.


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SECTION 9 – CERTIFICATION OF A DESIGN

• Only designs submitted with the appropriate documentation and in the correct format will be accepted for certification.

• Certification process is a desktop audit only.

• Certification procedures.


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SECTION 10 – LIMITATIONS ON THE USE OF A CERTIFIED DESIGN

A certified design must not be used:

– Until all lease or easement documents are delivered to Ausgrid,

– If there has been a material change in the scope of works,

– If the design is not fit for purpose.


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SECTION 11 - ASP/3 TO ATTEND MEETINGS

• ASP/3 is required to attend an on-site meeting with Ausgrid and the ASP/1 before the ASP/1 starts work.

• If requested by Ausgrid at any other time.


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SECTION 12 – DISPUTE RESOLUTION

SECTION 13 – NOTICES

SECTION 14 – INTERPRETATION AND DICTIONARY

APPENDIX 1 – MONOPOLY FEES

APPENDIX 2 – DESIGNER’S WARRANTIES


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TIMEFRAME OBLIGATIONS

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• EIA will not be verified unless ASP/3 has been to site, e.g. provide photos etc.

• As required, easement or lease detail on existing assets must be indicated on the design submitted for certification.

• Rechecking fee changes and consistency improved, now allow for one set of rechecking.

• Improved consistency with standard set of rechecking fees.

• If 3rd submission is not certifiable, meeting will be required between Ausgrid, ASP/3 and customer.

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CAD TEMPLATE UPDATES

Max Labecki

CAD / BIM Manager

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TOPICS

1. CAD Template Updates.Re-arrangement of Layout Tabs including:– Notes (Safety in design).– Tables.– Sub_Schematics.– XSections.– Lines_Symbols.– Text_Blocks and Text_Blocks (2).– Chamber Subs (Tentative).

2. Template release date.3. ASP best practices Training / Webinar.

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NOTES: UPDATES

• Separate sheet.• Don’t explode notes.• Warnings updated.

Safety In Design

All designs must comply with the requirements of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW) and the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (NSW).

Ausgrid requires the designer to provide adequate information regarding any plant, substance or structure associated with the design of any network asset, including overhead or underground distribution mains, overhead or underground subtransmission mains, distribution substations, street lighting, etc. In so doing, the designer must:

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(a) Identify hazards that may arise in the application of the design.(b) Assess the risks to health and safety arising from each hazard.(c) To the extent possible, eliminate or minimise all risks that may arise during the design development process by designing suitable control measures.(d) Review the control measures as required and control any residual risks. Provide each person who receives the design all necessary information regarding the safe use of the plant, substance or structure, including the information required by Items (a) to (c) above.(e) Provide a Designer Safety Report that identifies any unusual or atypical features of the design and all hazards and risks that are unique to the particular design. (f) Include in the Designer Safety Report an assessment of risks arising throughout the construction, operation and maintenance phases of all components of the design plan.(g) Include in the Designer Safety Report appropriate information on the identified hazards, assessment of risks, adopted control measures and the residual risks of all plant and structure comprising the design plan.

NOTES: UPDATES

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TABLES: UPDATES

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TABLES: UPDATES

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SUB_SCHEMATICS: UPDATE

• Pole substation schematics diagram updated.• Link pillars diagrams added.• Site plan with distance (3m, 6m and 10m rule).

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XSECTIONS_SLIGHTS: UPDATE

• Minor adjustment to proposed under bore cross section (more details to follow).

• New streetlighting mounting plans / diagrams.

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LINES_SYMBOLS: UPDATE

• LV underground / overhead.• HV underground / overhead.• Streetlighting.• LV equipment.• HV equipment.• Services.

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TEXT_BLOCKS: UPDATE

• Poles.• Substations.• Auxiliary & communication.• Conduits cross section.• Cadastre.• Systems diagrams (New symbols).

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TEXT_BLOCKS (2): UPDATE

• Earthing (NEW cable and symbols). Each drawing will require an earthing plan / diagram.• Substation.• Sub-transmission.• Text and annotation.• Text leaders.• ‘To be Removed’ symbology (NEW lines and symbols).• Pits (NEW comms, structural pits).

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CHAMBER_SUBS: UPDATE

• Chamber substation diagrams.• Chamber substation system diagrams views.

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TEMPLATE RELEASE DATE

• Mid to late July.• External CAD bulletin.• Proposed CAD training postponed due to NECF.• Webinar option (Recorded)?

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ASP/3 BEST PRACTICES CAD TRAINING / WEBINAR

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TrainingLocations: Newcastle, Sydney,

SilverwaterDuration: TBCCost : TBC

WebinarDetailed look at external CAD templateDuration: 1 hr

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DESIGNER SAFETY REPORTS

Matthew Hindson

Manager - Contestability

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DESIGNER SAFETY REPORTS (DSR)

• WH&S Legislation commenced 1 January 2012.

• WH&S obligations for ASP/3s.

• Advice to ASP/3s by Ausgrid 17 January 2013.

• DSRs required by Ausgrid from 1 February 2013.

• DSR templates will not be provided.

• Ausgrid’s expectations.

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DESIGNER SAFETY REPORTS - EXPECTATIONS

• The name of the client/organisation commissioning the works [Principal].

• The name of organisation producing the report.

• The name of the person signing out the report as approved.

• The name, job title, qualifications & discipline of the person checking the report.

• Includes a title that it is a Designer’s Safety Report.

• Includes a certification statement detailing that the report is in line with the requirements of the current WH&S regulations.

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• Describes the project being designed.

• Describes the extent and scope of the works.

• Describes the discipline of the works [electrical, civil, structural].

• Describes the design intent (reason for project).

• Includes an issue date.


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• Reflects appropriate level of detail for size and complexity of project.

• Includes relevant hazard & risk register for medium to large projects.

• Includes relevant unusual or atypical residual hazards and controls register, associated with: Construction, fit-out, commissioning, operations, maintenance, decommissioning, demolition/removal.


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• Describes any other hazards [that may not be associated with design] indentified in execution of design.

• Describes any hazards eliminated [not essential but very positive].

• Recommended controls associated with any known hazards.

• Contact information.

Notes:

This list does not ensure DSR is adequate, it provides indication if further investigation into suitability of DSR is required. This list is not a template for DSRs.


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ASP/3 ACCESS TO GIS

Wayne Griffith

Contestability

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ASP/3 ACCESS TO GIS

• Recognition of work undertaken by Ausgrid’s Melanie Wilmot & her team in developing this tool.

• A design tool to allow ASP/3’s to receive relevant AutoCAD files containing GIS information, for specified project areas.

• Functionality testing undertaken internally and with Ausgrid staff externally.

• Not to replace the CAD file provided in the design information provided.

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NEWSLETTER

• Newsletter emailed mid May 2013.

• Over 150 responses from ASP/3’s.

• Go Live 26 June 2013.• Ausgrid to maintain a list of valid

email addresses.• Email any issues to

[email protected] and include ‘ASP/3 GIS issues’ as heading.

• More information to be provided on Ausgrid’s website.


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HOW TO ESTABLISH YOUR USER ACCOUNT

• Use your individual company email address to register.• Forward your email address to

[email protected] and include ‘GIS Access for ASP/3’ as the subject.

• You will be notified once your user account has been created.

• Once an account has been created, log in to the URL provided to access the DWG Extractor tool: (https://forms.energy.com.au/webgis/minigis).

• Enter the username (email address used to register with Ausgrid) and the supplied default password.


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USING THE WebGIS EXTRACTOR

• Once logged into WebGIS, you will be presented with a screen displaying the Ausgrid area.

• Assets on the Google Map background on WebGIS are a geoschematic representation and not indicative of what is presented in the exported DWG file.

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GOOGLE MAPS

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Finding where you need to go:Users can navigate to their relevant areas of interest in 3 ways:

1. Navigation using panning and zooming: using the built-in Google Maps navigation tools on the left side of the screen, or by using the mouse scroll function to zoom, and a click- and-drag to pan the map.

2. Search by Address: enter the address to centre that address on the map, ensure that you include the suburb to reduce ambiguity.

3. Search by Asset: enter the name of an asset (e.g. Sub number) to locate and centre that asset on the map.

USING THE WebGIS EXTRACTOR

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ZOOMING AND EXTRACTING AN AUTOCAD FILE

• When the relevant area has been viewed on the map, and zoomed to a sufficient scale, the export to AutoCAD DWG button will appear on the top bar of the screen.

• Note: this button is only accessible when the map has been zoomed sufficiently to prevent overly large DWG files being generated.

• Once this button has been clicked, follow the prompts to generate the DWG file.

• A link to the generated DWG file will be emailed to your nominated email address.

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SAMPLE CAD FILE PRODUCED

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WebGIS DWG Video Guide.wmv.lnk

USER VIDEO GUIDE

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QUESTIONS / FEEDBACK

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