ASC submarine upgrade awarded national Project of the Year

Leading naval defence company ASC Pty Ltd’s upgrade of Collins Class submarine HMAS Waller has been honoured as the national Project of the Year and Best Defence/Aerospace project.
 

ASC was awarded the prestigious honours at the Australian Institute of Project Management’s (AIPM) Project Management Achievement Awards, announced last night at the AIPM national conference dinner in Hobart.

ASC conducts the extensive maintenance and upgrade program for Collins Class submarines – known as a full-cycle docking – at its Osborne, South Australia facility.

HMAS Waller’s full-cycle docking began in March 2004 and concluded in March 2007, and incorporated some 1.25 million manhours and 7,500 tasks.

ASC delivered four ‘big-ticket’ items for HMAS Waller’s full-cycle docking which were first-of-class: a Replacement Combat System, Heavyweight Torpedo, sewage automation and Halon fire suppression, as well as completing numerous other modifications and enhancements.

ASC Managing Director Greg Tunny said the awards were a credit to the hundreds of ASC staff who had contributed to the project.

“Full-cycle dockings are far from easy – Collins Class submarines are enormously complex vessels, and upgrading them so that they can best serve our nation’s interests is a challenge we thrive upon,” Mr Tunny said.

“We have now performed three full-cycle dockings efficiently and capably, and are well underway in our fourth for HMAS Dechaineux.  To be recognised nationally for the work we do is gratifying, and testament to the hard work and skill of our staff.”

In September, HMAS Waller’s full-cycle docking won three State AIPM awards: Project of the Year, the Defence/Aerospace category and People’s Choice award.

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For more information:  
Ben Osborne, Senior Communications Consultant
ASC Pty Ltd
Telephone: 08 8348 7000
Mobile: 0412 251 390
Email: ben.osborne@asc.com.au