FDC SYDNEY UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PRECINCT LEVELS 7, 8, 9 LAB GAS AND LIFE SAFETY DESIGN AND INSTALLATION
SYDNEY UNIVERSITY / FDC
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PRECINCT
LEVELS 7, 8, 9 LAB GAS AND LIFE SAFETY DESIGN AND INSTALLATION
COMPLETED MARCH 2023
Design and installation of lab gas and life safety systems for three levels of labs in building J03. Lab gases included house gases (Compressed air, Nitrogen, Argon and Vacuum), inert specialty gases (Carbon Dioxide, Oxygen, Helium etc) and ultra-high purity toxic and hazardous gases (Hydrogen, Methane, Carbon Monoxide, Hydrogen Sulphide and Ammonia).
Umech performed hydraulic sizing calculations on all of the gas lines and completed meetings with the users to understand their ways of working.
Piping routing drawings, coordination of design with other service disciplines in Revit.
Design of the Life Safety System to comply with AS61508. It included gas hygiene assessments of all spaces, user meetings to complete LOPA assessments to determine required SIL values for safety instrumented functions. SIL Verification calculations and device proof test procedures.
Design of Life Safety system operation including production of control system architecture drawings and cause and effect matrices.
Umech procured all required plant including 11 gas cabinets, numerous gas manifolds and Life Safety sensors.
Over 10 km of piping was installed including copper and ultra-high purity electropolished stainless steel tubing which was orbitally welded.
Fabrication of three PLC based control cabinets for the Life Safety System. Factory and Site Acceptance Testing for control system.
Pressure testing of all gas pipe lines. Helium Vacuum leak testing of all orbitally welded gas lines.
Operating and maintenance manual, as built drawings and asset register to University of Sydney requirements.
