Tudawe engineering ensures IIFA Awards held in ideal air conditioning

Tudawe Engineering Services, a subsidiary of Tudawe Brothers (Pvt) Ltd has made its mark once again by completing the supply and installation of the 600 tonne Air Conditioning System at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, to be used for the forthcoming IIFA Awards Ceremony.

Commenting on the project Tudawe Engineering Services, said "We had just 30 days to complete this comprehensive project based on basic drawings provided by the Consultants to the project, The State Engineering Corporation (SEC) and their specialist Engineer Chandana Dalugoda. Upon the successful bid for the tender we were awarded the contract which was 35 percent lower than the closest contender.

Due to the pressure on the time line, the moment the verbal confirmation was conveyed by the Chairman of SEC we had to get into action.

We completed the detailed drawings within 24 hours and established LC's for Chillers, Pumps, Air Handling Units and Cooling towers with key suppliers on the same day.

Explaining on the complicated process for sourcing and acquiring the necessary equipment "Chillers were sourced from Hitachi and York in Singapore. The air handling units were from Ethos in India shipped in two weeks and assembled on site.

The Euroflow pumps were manufactured and air freighted to Colombo from Singapore in seven days, whilst the Hitachi chiller and BSE cooling tower reached Colombo in 10 days by sea freight.

The logistics of getting the 60 foot long York chiller, the largest air cool chiller to be installed in Sri Lanka became a great challenge.

Freight for this turned out to be 10 times more than the standard costs of a 40 foot container as the carriers cashed in on the urgency. "

The project required the installation of a huge network of mega size insulated GI Ducts (13,000 sq.ft) and large Insulated BI (black iron) pipes (2,000ft) around the periphery of the Indoor Stadium at the roof level, mounted on scaffolding framework, from ground. Over 125 Tudawe technicians, engineers , supervisors, skilled and semi-skilled workers worked round the clock for the full period to ensure the completion.

The entire system was successfully commissioned last week with the assistance of foreign engineers and local engineers on time.

This achievement was very much appreciated by the Indian IIFA crew who worked along with Tudawe's inside the stadium. Their appreciation has been conveyed to Economic Development Deputy Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena and Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Board.