Work has started on the joint ABB-Siveco project in East Malaysia

Initial design of COSWIN for RPII

Last November, Chinese construction company China National Electric Equipment Corporation (CNEEC) selected the ABB-Siveco partnership to supply an integrated DCS-CMMS for the Ranhill Powertron II (RPII) Combined Cycle Power Plant, currently under construction in the state of Sabah in Malaysia. The 190 MW power plant is set to start operation at the end of 2010.

 
Based on a long experience of greenfield infrastructure projects all over the world, the Siveco China team has developed a specific expertise to assist EPC companies and their equipment suppliers during the construction phase, ensuring smooth transfer of technical documentation to operation, supporting plant commissioning and start-up with an accurate technical database and enforcing good maintenance practice from day one.

 
The data collection phase was launched in Beijing on December 11 by Siveco project manager Billy Cai and account manager Shirley Xuan. During the meetings with plant owner Ranhill, main contractor CNEEC and ABB, the main data structure, coding rules (based on KKS standards) and data collection priorities were defined. Siveco China engineers will continue to work alongside project team members from ABB and CNEEC for the entire construction phase. COSWIN will be preconfigured at the ABB office in Beijing, with standard integration to the ABB 800xA DCS (see link for details), before shipping to customer site towards the end of the year. The project team will then finalize the setup of the system, train RPII’s maintenance team and provide babysitting support onsite to ensure COSWIN is effectively put into operation.

 
Ranhill Powertron II is the first major cooperative project with ABB in Asia. The two companies are actively promoting the same concept to Chinese EPC companies building infrastructures all over the world.