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The Operations Division is subdivided into three sections, namely Maintenance, Operations and Support Services.
11.91 The Maintenance Section is concerned with all aspects of on-site supervision of plant erection and commissioning. It also deals with on-site design work in connection with the routing of power and control cables, and with residual design matters where problems of installation, performance or reliability arise. The Section is also responsible for procurement of spares, establishment of stores procedure and the recruitment and training of maintenance staff.
11.92 The Operations Section is responsible for all aspects of plant operation, including recruitment and training of staff.
11.93 The Support Services include the laboratory (which handles all matters concerned with brine, chemistry, product treatment, fuel and acid analyses and corrosion monitoring), the efficiency engineers and the clerical and secretarial staff.
PROJECTS DIVISION
Existing Desalting Plant at Lok On Pai
11.94 Regular meetings were held with the Consultants and the Operations staff to discuss contractual and technical matters.
11.95 Periodic meetings were held with the main plant contractor in connection with the contractual performances. The acceptance tests for units No. 5 and 6 were supervised, witnessed and evaluated.
11.96 Meetings were also held from time to time with the plant contractors on claims and other contractual matters.
11.97 Specialist firms and organisations in the U.K. and overseas were consulted on a range of technical problems including mothballing of idle plant and the interpretation of corrosion monitoring results. Arrangements were also made for specialist divers to carry out further repairs to the outfall pipes.
11.98 Quarterly estimates of loan withdrawals and certificates of progress continued to be furnished to the Asian Development Bank, as required under the loan agreement.
Future Desalting Projects
11.99 Messrs. Binnie & Partners were commissioned to carry out a survey on the present state of the art of various desalting processes and to report on the feasibility and costs of the joint production of water and electricity.
11.100 Sampling of seawater at various possible sites for future desalters continued.
OPERATIONS DIVISION
11.101 Apart from modifications to improve the reliability and life of plant, the erection and commissioning of the plant were virtually completed. However,
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