Nelson Hospital Electrical Upgrade

⁠⁠⁠Overview

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora intends to procure a main electrical contractor to deliver a coordinated programme of high voltage (HV), medium voltage (MV) and low voltage (LV) electrical infrastructure upgrades at Nelson Hospital.

The programme brings together works relating to Substations 1, 2 and 7 and the George Manson facility.

Purpose

The works are intended to improve the resilience, reliability, maintainability, capacity and power quality of the hospital's electrical network, reduce the risk of disruption to critical clinical services and provide capacity for future hospital growth.

Scope

The works are expected to include:

• Replacement and upgrade of ageing switchboards and transformers
• Installation of a new electrical distribution hub
• Reconfiguration of building supplies
• Associated cabling and protection works
• Active harmonic filtering
• Generator backup improvements
• Testing, commissioning and carefully managed load transfers
• Staging and coordination of the works within a live hospital campus, including coordination with clinical operations and other concurrent projects

Location

• Facility: Nelson Hospital
• Map: View on Google Maps

Enquiries

• Contact: Anurag Mishra
• Email: anurag.mishra@tewhatuora.govt.nz