CUC assistant executive director for operations Abe Utu Malae said the contract was given to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Inc., represented by a three-man group led by Sho Shibata, acting manager of its diesel service sales section.
Akira Nishikawa, group leader of Mitsubishi’s marine machinery department, will be the company’s “man on the ground” at CUC.
Mitsubishi, in turn, subcontracted the grouting and metal work to Asia Pacific Industries Inc.
“This is a very important project and I will monitor the progress of work,” Malae told Variety.
He said the engine’s foundation is good but the bolts that failed or were bent were not installed properly and could not take the forces generated by the heavy rotating equipment.
The contractor was given 60 days to complete the project, which involves the replacement of 19 bolts in Engine 8 and seven bolts in Engine 1.
Malae said Mitsubishi will officially start the rehabilitation effort on Oct. 26 and finish it on Dec. 24.
Because of the unstable foundation, the desired power generating capacity of 10 megawatts for each engine cannot be achieved.
Engine 8 is on standby at the moment and is good for 4 megawatts only.
Last year, Mitsubishi received a contract to replace the damaged bolts of Engine 7 and “did a remarkable job,” he added.
“It was very successful and we are very happy with their work so we asked them to do the same thing for Engines 1 and 8.”
