Massive design flaw at Eskom's biggest power stations - Here is what went wrong

There was a preceding discussion a few days ago:
 
Nothing new.

This happens across all industries. I come from a paper background. They show suppliers this is what we use recycled material. But in reality it is far worse.
But then the opposite happens. The manufacturing side does not reveal the contamination that comes with the recycled products. Now design flaws slip in. The manufacturing supplier is not aware of this. This becomes a big problem.

A plastic plant was build with German precision for recycled plastic material. Keeping in mind European recycled plastic versus Local recycled. What a balls up. Plant was more standing then operational.
 
Honestly, the impact of these stories are becoming truly boring. No disrespect to the artist who wrote this. It is just another in a long line of many. If there had been fewer, the impact and meaning would probably be meaningful.

As it is, I could not bring myself to read :(
 
I am interested in how the project teams were structured. Eskom were the client. Then there were private sector project managers, designers (consulting engineers) and private contractors (to build the power stations).

Who were the designers, who produced these flawed designs? Where is the design responsibility?

Hundreds of articles have been written about the failures at Medupi and Kusile, but you rarely see the spotlight being shone on the culpability and failures of the consulting engineers and contractors who were contracted by Eskom to design and build these power stations.
 
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Massive design flaw at Eskom's biggest power stations - Here is what went wrong

Eskom's two biggest coal-fired power stations - Medupi and Kusile - have a serious design flaw which has crippled their ability to generate power.

Recent reports found that the height of the power stations' boilers is too low, which results in higher temperatures and damaged equipment.
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This schit has been re-hashed and discussed on this forum endlessly...

Stop this lazy, kak "journalism", you hack, and find some real news.
 
I am interested in how the project teams were structured. Eskom were the client. Then there were private sector project managers, designers (consulting engineers) and provide contractors (to build the power stations).

Who were the designers, who produced these flawed designs?

The article does contain some relevant information, most of which has been conveniently forgotten:
“Eskom’s previous risk mitigation strategy was to diversify suppliers of power stations in order to mitigate latent defects inherent in a particular suppliers plant,” Blom said.

“These defects worldwide typically only show up after commissioning – hence the need for the diversity rule in all well-run utilities.”

“In 2008, Eskom’s Brian Dames deliberately overrode that rule and declared Eskom’s new ‘fleet strategy’ – where all future units would be supplied by the same suppliers,” Blom said.

“This was of ‘state capture’ in the early days where Chancellor House was involved in the Eskom supply chain.”
 
Already here. BTW we have several experts on myBB who would have done a better job than these arseholes.

Will post link later.
We do? Geoff and Gordon aren't boiler designers. They might know something of the theory and operation but doubt they've ever designed a boiler.
 
We do? Geoff and Gordon aren't boiler designers. They might know something of the theory and operation but doubt they've ever designed a boiler.

Didn't know you had to design a boiler before knowing how to design a boiler :unsure:
 
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