2. Background
During the 1990’s, ABB recognised the evolving preference of
global customers for an increased level of partnering on major
projects. The drivers for this market shift were:
Product packaging and E-House solutions satisfy these
requirements.
Underpinning the value of the E-House principal, is the ability
to reduce onsite risk. Typical activities now performed off site
as part of vendor scope are:
- Mechanical installation of switchgears and equipment
(including client free issue items)
- Installation of cable reticulation systems
- Electrical cabling between switchgears and equipment
- Pre commissioning of the fully installed equipment
- A desire to reduce site costs and risk exposures by adopting
the E-House principal
- The need to package multiple equipment elements under
single contracts to reduce coordination product integration
issues, reduce procurement costs, reduce project engineering
management resource requirements
- Requirement for greater project control in order to achieve
predictable project outcomes
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Our Expertise
Support your project from design to delivery
ABB has a global footprint of dedicated Modular Systems Business
Units, specialising in Product Packaging E-House solutions. These
teams have the capability to support your project from concept
design, to formal pricing through to project engineering delivery.
Modular Systems core competencies include:
- Project management
- E-House design and integration
- Equipment design manufacture
- Supply of third party equipment (eg DC Battery Systems UPS)
- Equipment installation
- Cable schedules and electrical installation
- Document control
- Commissioning
- Logistics
- Site support
E-House
Equipment
Installation
UPS DC Battery
Systems
Process Control
System
6.6kV Switchgear
Fire Gas Systems 11kV Switchgear
HVAC 33kV Switchgear
Low Voltage Drives
Medium Voltage
Drives
Low Voltage
Switchgear MCC
Power Management
System
4. ABB E-House
And Packaging Features and Benefits
Risk Mitigation
- Reduced site works and exposure to external factors than
can cause delay cost overrun eg weather, labour issues,
material shortages
- Vendor responsibility for product element integration
interface
Project Schedule Cost Control
- Reduced schedule based on extensive FAT and pre
commissioning of completed E-House solution before
delivery
- Efficient change management during manufacture and
testing
Technical Compliance
- Global experience with relevant codes and standards
including IEC, NEMA, AS, BCA, GOST
Reduced Resources
- Reduced client resources for engineering project
management
- Reduced client resource, time cost for project tendering
Project Management
- Single project management contact point for total package
- Project co ordination supply chain management for ABB
non ABB product elements
Commercial
- Single set of commercial conditions for total package
Technology
- Global market leader in electrical product technology,
reliability safety
Site Services
- Global in house team providing onsite support for
installation, commissioning maintaining the facility
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Applications
ABB is experienced in providing E-House Package solutions,
suitable for all major industry applications.
- Oil Gas (Safe area blast proof options)
- Mining
- Power Generation Utilities
- Renewable Energy
- Transportation
- Water
- Data Centres
- Process Industries
6. ABB E-House Construction Techniques
Based on ABB’s extensive geographic and market segment
coverage, multiple E-House design options are available to meet
local market expectations and requirements.
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These include but are not limited to:
- Fully welded and painted plate steel (blast proof and
hazardous locations)
- Welded and painted interlocking steel panels
- Skeletal frame with colourbond or compressed fibre cladding
- ISO Container dimensioned E-House
- Refurbished ISO Shipping Containers
- Skid Solutions
In addition to the above construction techniques, ABB
has the ability to offer the following design options:
- Steel or CFC (Compressed Fibre Cement) flooring
- HVAC Packaged System or Split solution
- Dedicated battery storage
- VESDA
- Fire rating
- Fire suppression systems
- Gas sensing
- Arc duct venting system
- Under floor cabling reticulation
- Under building drop down boxes for field cable installation
- Walkways, stairs platforms
- Under building support structure
- Portable trailer solution
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E-House Packaging
Sample Projects Reference List
Power Generation
Project Customer / Country
APR Project Alstom Power Rental, USA
Rental PEC Project Satec Power Rental, Saudi Arabia
Tamar Valley Power Station Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan
Condamine Power Station Austrian Energy, Australia
NRG, Indian River Burns McDonald, USA
Bluewaters Power Station Stage 1 2 IHI, Japan
Tallawarra Power Station Alstom, Australia
Colongra Power Station Alstom, Australia
Alaoji Power Plant Rockson Engineering, Nigeria
Various Saudi Locations Saudi Electric Company, Saudi Arabia
Mobile Electric Centres Qatar General Electricity Water Corp, Qatar
Mobile Electric Centres NEC, Sudan
Dominion Virginia Power Burms McDonald / Zachary JV, USA
Homer City Project Kiewit Power, USA
Chemical, Oil Gas
Project Customer / Country
Shell UUED Project Daewoo Engineering Construction, Korea
Aramco Wassit Project Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Japan
Shell Otumurra Project Daewoo Engineering Construction, Korea
Qatar Gas, Gas Recovery Fluor, USA
Imperial Oil, Kearl Lake Fluor, Canada
Suncor Substation Upgrades Suncor, Canada
Tatweer LDR Project Tatweer Petroleum, Bahrain
Queensland Curtis LNG British Gas, Australia
Hoku Polysilicon Plant Shaw Stone Webster, USA
Santos GLNG Project Fluor, Australia
Inpex, Ichthys LNG Project JKC JV, Japan
Woodside Pluto LNG Foster Wheeler, UK
Angola LNG Bechtel, USA
Exxon Mobil Worley, Australia
Oneok Hydrocarbons, Mount Belvieu Burns McDonald, USA
Arabian Chevron Phillips Petrochemical Project Jacobs Engineering, USA
E-House Upgrade Kuwait National Petroleum Company, Kuwait
Mining Minerals
Project Customer / Country
BHP Billiton, Worsley Alumina Bechtel, Australia
Ambatovy Nickel Fluor, Canada
Dampier Port Upgrade Hatch, Australia
Newcastle Coal Terminal No 3 Hatch, Australia
Syncrude Shovel Substations CoSyn, Canada
Syncrude Fluid Fine Tailing Amec, Canada
Goro Nickel Goro Nickel, New Caledonia
Mildred Lake Mine Relocation Fluor/Amec, Canada
Queensland Alumina Upgrades QAL, Australia
Tabang Clean Coal Project Thiess, Indonesia
Tintaya Skid Substation Xstrata, South America
Tintaya Mobile Substation Xstrata, South America
Yanacocha Skid Substation Newmont, South America
Cerro Verde Mobile Substation Freeport South America
