Unifying 14,000 trend tags across 60,000 km² into a single enterprise intelligence platform.
“Single Pane of Glass, a unified enterprise view for site operators and management teams, eliminating data silos across 13 standalone AVEVA Plant SCADA systems.”
The Centralised Data Acquisition and Reporting Historian project (Ref: 2025T002C) was a greenfield initiative by the Central Highlands Regional Council (CHRC) to unify operational data across its vast water and wastewater network. Covering approximately 60,000 km² and serving up to 30,000 people, the project consolidated 14,000 trend tags from 13 geographically distributed SCADA sites into a single, enterprise-grade intelligence platform.
Prior to implementation, CHRC faced critical operational hurdles. Each of the 13 plants operated a standalone AVEVA Plant SCADA system with no interconnection:
During the project, Parasyn successfully navigated technical hurdles by proactively identifying network bandwidth constraints and infrastructure readiness risks, mitigating them through strategic testing, hardware sizing, and data optimisation. Additionally, to overcome challenges with incomplete reporting requirements and inconsistent source tag names, the team leveraged standardised KPI frameworks and developed a unified data model, providing a solid foundation for future asset hierarchy standardisation.
“Recommendations have been provided to establish and maintain a standard asset hierarchy across systems. The data model developed as part of this project can serve as a foundation for future standardisation activities.”
Systems Engineering Approach. A key contributor to the project's success was the application of a structured Systems Engineering & Management Process (SEMP). Detailed design reviews, cutover planning, internal testing, formal test procedures, and stakeholder workshops were undertaken throughout the project lifecycle. This disciplined approach enabled challenges to be identified early, risks to be proactively managed, and practical solutions implemented without impacting delivery timelines.
The systems engineering process also provided the framework for identifying and addressing challenges related to network bandwidth constraints, infrastructure readiness, reporting requirements development, and data standardisation, ensuring these issues were resolved systematically throughout the project.
Validation & Quality Assurance. Parasyn implemented a comprehensive Quality Test Plan (QTP) to verify system performance, reliability, and readiness prior to operational handover:
The project concluded with a formal handover in June 2026, unifying all 13 connected sites into a single enterprise platform and meeting every contractual milestone.