Alstom's JV company NASL receives Best Contractor Safety Award

Alstom, a world leader in the supply of equipment and services for electricity generation, has announced in India that its joint venture company NASL received the Best Contractor Safety Award 2011 by NTPC for the successful renovation and modernization of the NTPC Talchar Thermal Power station.

In January 2010, NASL were awarded the contract for operation and maintenance of 2x110 MW units at Talchar worth INR 19Crore by NTPC. The scope of the contract included supply of a full instrumentation package coupled with a new state of the art Furnace Safeguard and Supervisory System (FSSS). The package included engineering, supply, erection and re-commissioning of the Burner Panel assemblies, Oil Station and Firing system, Secondary Air Damper Control and Burner Tilt Control power cylinders, Control valves, Flame Scanner systems and Ignitors.

In December 2011 the project reached successful completion with the erection of both the units completed in 41 days against the contract agreement of 45 days. In addition both units managed to achieve the trial run and achieve successful performance guarantee tests within two months of unit synchronization.

‘Our ability to understand the complexities of the project, along with meticulous attention to detail, allowed us to manage any deviations from our plan. This coupled with the excellent collaboration between NASL and the client guaranteed a successful outcome’, Mr R C Singhvi, NASL, Project Director & Head of Engineering said on receiving the accolade from the client.