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October 2026 · Awards

APD Global wins the Bentley YII Awards 2026 - Transmission and Distribution

Australia's first win in the category. Clean Energy Link - North took the global award in Singapore for AI-enabled digital delivery - chosen from 300+ nominations across 53 countries.

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• 2026
• 2025
• 2024

2026

• Sep 2026 Bentley YII Awards 2026: APD Global named finalist Clean Energy Link - North shortlisted in Transmission and Distribution - one of three finalists worldwide, from 300+ submissions across 53 countries. The entry went on to win the category.
• Sep 2026 AIS vs GIS substations: how the choice is really made Footprint, lifecycle cost and constrained sites - how the switchgear decision is engineered, from Jerrabomberra to Bunning Lake.
• Sep 2026 Brownfield substation replacement: rebuilding the grid while it's running Staged cutovers, protection migration and energised yards - why replacing a live substation is a different discipline from building a new one.
• Sep 2026 Designing at 500 kV: what changes at the backbone voltage Clearances, structure scale and terminal stations - from HumeLink's alpine strain towers to CopperString and the Central West Orana REZ.
• Sep 2026 Why earthing can't be an afterthought in substation design Model-to-measurement earthing - designed with the yard layout, proven by injection testing, never retrofitted.
• Sep 2026 A meeting with Austrade Europe in Paris After a successful CIGRE week, William Peasland met the Australian Trade and Investment Commission's Europe team on bringing Australian know-how to the European market.
• Sep 2026 HumeLink West - VTM 500 kV tower proves at 110% The heaviest, most weather-load-demanding tower on the line passed full-scale load testing at 110%. Design, detailing and proto-assembly inspection by APD Global, with UGL and Transgrid.
• Aug 2026 Eight technical papers at CIGRE Paris Session 2026 Protection in IBR grids, UFLS in high-DER networks, digital substation cybersecurity, and AI-driven brownfield design. Eight accepted papers of original research.
• Aug 2026 CIGRE 2026 day four - busiest day at the podium Grid-forming BESS in the Northern Territory, EMT protection studies, digital foundations for AI and smarter construction - and plenty of good questions back.
• Aug 2026 CIGRE 2026 day three - substations, process bus and IEEE 2800 Streamlining substation delivery, an IEC 61850 process bus testing and training environment, and consistent application of IEEE 2800.
• Aug 2026 Astro's on-field debut - delivering the match ball APD Global's robo-dog took on a new role at Mineral Resources Park, delivering the match ball onto the field for the West Coast Eagles AFLW game.
• Aug 2026 CIGRE 2026 day two - on the floor and in the sessions Sixteen engineers, from Australia to Paris, 27 years in the making. Made in Australia, built for the world.
• Aug 2026 CIGRE 2026 day one - sixteen delegates, eight papers CIGRE Paris Session 2026 underway at the Palais des Congrès, with contributions across several global working groups.
• Aug 2026 Beyond the Pitch - DEED Italy–Western Australia panel 6 August 2026. Invest and Trade Western Australia, Department of Energy and Economic Diversification. A panel of experts, including APD Global’s Managing Director, with Webuild and NHOA Energy.
• Aug 2026 AFLW rising star Lucia Painter signs for five more years A member of the APD Global team. Re-signed with the West Coast Eagles until the end of 2031.
• Jul 2026 Seeing the path before the first signal Line-of-sight assessments for wireless jobs. A drone flies the corridor so the path is measured before construction starts.
• Jun 2026 Future Grids - renewable import into an islanded industrial system Up to 160 MW of solar and battery into an existing islanded power system, via a dedicated high-voltage link.
• May 2026 APD Global Drone Cam - Channel 7 A Channel 7 partnership for remaining 2026 AFL broadcasts, covering West Coast Eagles and Fremantle Dockers home matches.
• Mar 2026 A new Auckland office at Highbrook 64 Highbrook Drive. Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch as one New Zealand bench.
• Mar 2026 From Italy to Australia Alessia Sagripanti and Federico Cerchi on the studies bench between Milan and Perth.
• Feb 2026 Suruhanjaya Tenaga - Energy Commission of Malaysia Innovation and technology partnership with the Malaysian regulator, from the Kuala Lumpur office.
• Feb 2026 Three spots near the Milan office A short film of the landmarks around Corso Europa.
• Jan 2026 Seventeen years Jordan Kosek, Managing Director, marked seventeen years with APD Global.

2025

• Dec 2025 2025 in review The year-end wrap - offices, delivery and the people who carried the work.
• Dec 2025 HumeLink West - 500 kV VTL prototype assembly Prototype assembly in China for the VTL medium-tension tower, with UGL and Transgrid.
• Nov 2025 Glenellen and Carwarp - AEMO connection and registration 200 MW and 150 MW. Connection studies, market registration and grid integration.
• Nov 2025 The blimp is coming - Perth Glory Jordan Kosek on the Platinum Partner relationship. The APD Global blimp arrives late in 2026.
• Nov 2025 Tenaga Nasional Berhad leadership APD Global with Datuk Ir. Megat Jalaluddin Megat Hassan, Chief Executive Officer of TNB.
• Oct 2025 IAC 2025 - Quokkanaut from Northam Airport, shown in Sydney APD Space launched Quokkanaut from Northam Airport, Western Australia. The plaque was then shown at IAC 2025 in Sydney, alongside the NSW pavilion stand.
• Oct 2025 Platinum Partner - Perth Glory APD Global appears on the back of the men’s and women’s kits.
• Aug 2025 Independent engineer on the Waratah Super Battery 1,400 MWh. SIPS across 28 sites. The shock absorber for Sydney, Wollongong and Newcastle.
• May 2025 Mount Lawson - Digital Radio Uplift Helicopter into one of Victoria’s most remote emergency radio sites. Analogue to the digital network ambulance, fire and police use among themselves.
• Apr 2025 APD Global opens in Rome and Milan Via Veneto and Corso Europa. A new European chapter for APD Global.
• Mar 2025 Premier Partner - West Coast Eagles APD Global welcomed as Premier Partner. Official coach and player media polo.

2024

• Apr 2024 Appointed to Transpower Lines Full Design Panel Transmission design for New Zealand's national grid, from the same bench that serves Transgrid and Western Power.
• Feb 2024 First LEO satellite backhaul site in Western Australia Eutelsat OneWeb / Telstra. The Coalseam film is on the project page.
• Jan 2024 Generator Performance Standard - SWIS refinery GPS registered with AEMO for a fifty-year-old alumina plant on Western Power's SWIS.

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