Certus Plugs Transpower into a Reliable Source of Health, Safety and Environmental Information
Auckland – 8 October, 2015 - Certus Solutions, a leading IBM systems integrator in Australia and New Zealand today announced that New Zealand’s national electricity
grid owner and operator, Transpower has gone live with a Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) solution it developed to
help manage risks and to enable the organisation to adhere to its “Zero Harm” philosophy.
Transporting electricity from where it is generated to cities, towns and some major industrial users 24/7, Transpower is
responsible for the towers, poles, lines, cables and substations stretching and connecting the length and breadth of New
Zealand.
Transpower wanted a single view of facilities, assets and hazards serving as a central source of data for Health, Safety
and Environmental (HSE) management risks. Certus Solutions crafted a HSE solution using Maximo that enhanced its
standard pre-configuration to meet the power company’s streamlined reporting requirements to improve its ability to
manage corrective actions for incidents.
“Certus helped us understand the functionality available through Maximo HSE and worked closely with us to determine
which preconfigured options made the most sense for our business. As a result, we now have a more streamlined approach
to HSE management and reporting,” said Peter Griffiths, Grid Reliability and Performance Manager at Transpower.
In a New Zealand first, Certus Solutions implemented IBM Maximo HSE Manager at Transpower, which is aligned with the
organisation’s Maximo Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) platform. The HSE team at Transpower now operates a single
application that enables reporting of all incidents including work, personnel, safety, health and environmental areas.
“Certus worked closely with us to customise the platform to deliver us best value. As a result, we now have the HSE
management and reporting capability we need,” said Peter Griffiths.
Providing a single view of Transpower’s facilities, assets and hazards was a significant challenge as it features a
11,567 kilometre route of high voltage transmission lines, a 61 kilometre route of underground cables, 40 kilometres of
submarine HVDC cables, 40,674 supporting towers and poles, 178 substations and 1,051 transformers.
“With its focus on its Zero Harm safety culture, Transpower wanted to simplify its reporting process, so it could obtain relevant information about its
equipment, hazards and incidents in a more streamlined and timely manner. The Certus Maximo HSE platform has given
Transpower a single channel to log HSE incidents as they occur, so the identification and removal of potential hazards
happens as quickly as possible,” said Maarten van der Zeyden, Solutions Director, Asset and Industry Portfolio, Certus
Solutions.
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