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Location :  Home > News Archive > News Item     News 11 January 2010 $40million upgrade of Wellington Dam Structural Systems are pleased to announce that they are part of the Wellington Dam Alliance, which is the successful contractor for the upgrade of the Wellington Dam which is located approximately 160km South West of Perth in Western Australia. The State Government has awarded a $40million alliance contract to bring the 70-year-old Wellington Dam into line with today's engineering standards. The successful contractor, known as the Wellington Dam Alliance, combines the expertise of Leighton Contractors, AECOM, Hydro Tasmania and Structural Systems Limited working with the Water Corporation. Mark Sinclair from Structural Systems reports, "Structural Systems are a key member of the Alliance and our primary focus will involve the specialist anchoring works where 45 anchors will be installed to improve the dam's stability. The anchors will have up to 91 strands of Wellington Dam - Overflowing in September 2009 15.7mm 279kN strand giving a breaking load of 25,389kN equalling those installed into Catagunya Dam in Tasmania which were also installed by Structural Systems and are the largest capacity permanent anchors ever installed." The project will take about two years to complete and is expected to contribute more than $5million to the local South-West economy.