Electric Power Development Co. Ltd (J-POWER) was selected as Consultant to the Upper Kotmale Hydropower Project.
The name J-POWER embodies their commitment to ensure a dependable power supply for the people of the world, now and in the future, through extensive global operations focusing on the Energy and Environment sectors. They accomplish this by utilizing their extensive experience and technological capabilities acquired through nationwide power operations in Japan and throughout the world over the past 50 years.
Changes in the supply and demand structure and further deregulation of the electric power industry are rapidly transforming their operating environment. Against this backdrop, they are moving towards privatization, and as a vigorous power and energy company, they need to attain further corporate growth able to survive in the age of competition. First, two overriding management goals:
They are expanding, business fields using the technologies having accumulated through the electricity wholesale business
International Activities
J-POWER has an engineering consulting wing, active worldwide since early 1960s. Through its successes in more than 220 projects in 59 countries,J-POWER has gained a worldwide reputation as one of the leading consulting firms in the field of electric power development and related fields.
J-POWER is increasingly joining in investment in IPP corporations, particularly in Asia. The company will expand the discovery of these opportunities in the future, and expand its presence in project management through an increased level of investment. Combined with a more active involvement in maintenance and other areas, these activities are intended to increase J-POWER's profitability.
J-POWER is increasingly joining in investment in IPP corporations, particularly in Asia. The company will expand the discovery of these opportunities in the future, and expand its presence in project management through an increased level of investment. Combined with a more active involvement in maintenance and other areas, these activities are intended to increase J-POWER's profitability.
Our Local Consultant
Central Engineering Construction Bureau (CECB) has deployed as Upper Kotmale Hydropower Project Local Consultant. The Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau (CECB) is a corporate body established in 1973 to provide Engineering Consultancy Services on a commercial basis.
The principal fields of operation of the CECB are Structural Design, Architectural Services, Building Services, Water Supply Sewerage, Roads and Bridges, Water Resource Development, Hydropower and Energy, Power Transmission and Distribution, Ports and Coastal Engineering, Geotechnical Investigations, Environmental Studies and Information Communication Technology.
The permanent staff of CECB numbers over 550 of which about 300 technical staff. More than 150 of the staff professionally qualified engineers, architects and geologist. The engineering staff has wide experience in investigations, planning, design, supervision and management of major engineering and building projects and most of them have received post-graduated training overseas.
The CECB has extensive in-house computer facilities, and excellent technical library, a good stock of survey and drawing instruments, geological and soil investigation equipments, testing laboratories and a large fleet of field vehicles, and this is in a position to provide consultancy services on major engineering projects island wide at short notice. CECB maintains an archive to preserve important project documents such as construction drawings and design calculations. Thus client are assured of the long term safety and security of important documents.
The scope of the services of the CECB has been enhanced by the notification published in the Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka of 11th August 1995, thus the purpose of the industrial undertaking shall be the forming of joint ventures and limited liability companies to provide Engineering and Architectural Consultancy Services the undertaking of Engineering projects on “Design-Build” (Turn-Key) basis; the investment in “Build-operate and Transfer (BOT) Projects and “Build-own and Operate” (BOO) Projects and other similar projects.
CECB also provides variety of services in the field of information technology, namely software development, process control automaton, computer hardware assembling, GIS, WEB based management information systems.
During the past 30 years CECB has provided engineering consultancy services in a wide range of fields for a large number of major hydropower & building project, and has emerged as the premier engineering consultancy organization in the country. In addition, CECB has undertaken several engineering projects on Turn-key basis in the recent past and completed successfully.
