Established in South Australia in 2015, Connect Consulting Australia Pty Ltd (CCAPL) is a multi-disciplined engineering, design and professional service provider to the mining, minerals, infrastructure, water and industrial sectors. We are a team of passionate and experienced professionals with a vibrant mix of grey hair and youthful enthusiasm.
Our mission is to establish and maintain trusted relationships with and provide value to our clients through knowledge sharing, dedication, innovation, creativity and technical excellence.
Our Services
Connect Consulting Australia Pty Ltd offers a broad range of engineering, design and management services to support your new project. We can also help with optimising or expanding your existing facilities.
Project Engineering and Delivery
- Safety in design
- Project and engineering management
- Feasibility studies
- Detailed design
- Cost estimating
- Benchmarking
- Cost control
- Document control
- Progress and schedule management
Strategic Consulting
- Concept development
- Trade off studies
- Transport & logistics studies
- Time and motion studies
- Modularisation studies
- Power systems studies
- Due diligence
- Risk identification
- Reliability, availability and utilisation
Owners Team Support
- In-house engineering and design
- Engineering and design management
- Preparation of client documentation
- Proposals and tender evaluations
- Independent advice
Engineering and Drafting
- Civil
- Structural
- Mechanical
- Piping
- HV and LV
- Instrumentation and controls
Capability & Experience
Our team of professionals have worked together for many years delivering a range of studies and projects, large and small, covering brownfield and greenfield expansions, plant modification or refurbishment, design verification, inspection and auditing. We are able to provide practical and innovative project solutions by partnering with our clients and offering expertise across many industries.
Winding Facilities
Allow the experienced team at Connect Consulting to assist with all your hard rock and personnel hoisting requirements. From feasibility studies through to detailed design. Our services include staging, shaft lining and steelwork, skips, conveyances, head frames, winders, loading and unloading stations.
Winding Facilities
- Drum and friction winders
- HV and LV Electrical supply and control systems
- Winder house and foundations
- Conveyance design
- Skip design and liner selection
- Loading and unloading stations
HEAD FRAMES
- Structural steel design (Static and Dynamic)
- Strengthening of existing structures
- Footing design
Shafts
- Shaft sinking
- Stage design
- Shaft lining and refurbishment
- Shaft steelwork and refurbishment
- Shaft furniture
Underground Materials Handling
The Connect Consulting team is highly experienced in the engineering and design of brownfield and greenfield materials handling systems for hard rock mining. Our team understands the underground environment and will work with you to develop safe and robust solutions to support an execution strategy that minimises the impact on your existing operation.
Crushing
- Tipping stations to suit rail or truck
- Grizzly and rock breaking stations
- Jaw, gyratory, fixed or mobile crushing facilities
Conveying
- Inclined conveying systems – single or multi-Lift
- Rotable chutes
- Feeder installations - Apron, Plate and vibratory
- Tramp removal systems
- Shuttle conveyors
Storage
- Underground bins
Transport Systems
- Truck performance modelling
- Truck loading and unloading stations
- Train haulage systems
Surface Materials Handling
Our team has experience across a diverse range of materials and industries in the design, documentation, procurement and construction of surface materials handling systems including large and small conveyors, stockyards, stockyard machines, crushing facilities and load out systems.
Industries
- Iron ore
- Copper
- Mineral Sands
- Cement
Conveyors
- Fixed and relocatable conveyors
- Drive stations and transfer stations
- Sampling stations
- Take-up stations
- Belt changing facilities
Stacking And Reclaim
- Stockyard set out and design
- Stacking, reclaim or spreading machines
Crushing Facilities
- High capacity fixed Installations
- Mobile crushing and screening plants
Loading & Unloading
- Rail bottom dump and rotary cells
- Train loading stations
- Truck loading chutes
- Weighbridges
- Dust supression systems
Mine Services and Infrastructure
Small plant upgrades, building extensions or a major expansion, Connect Consulting can support your surface and underground infrastructure requirements. Through practical experience, our team understands the importance of simple, safe and robust solutions that consider the impact of transport, climate, material selection and availability of labour in our design approach.
Mechanical Services
- Mine dewatering
- Saline and potable water reticulation
- Pressure reducing valve stations
- Process water pumping and reticulation
- Compressed air plant and reticulation
- Hydraulic and lubrication systems
- Wet dust suppression systems
Workshops & Buildings
- Heavy and light vehicle workshops
- Heavy and light vehicle refuelling and lubrication bays
- Maintenance stores and buildings
- Fit out of mechanical services
Wash Bays
- Heavy and light vehicle wash bays
Electrical Services
- HV and LV distribution
Strategic Consulting
Too close to the problem to see the answer, too busy to devote the amount of time required to ensure that no stone is left unturned, don’t have the technical skills in-house or just looking for honest, independent advice… allow the team at Connect Consulting to help with those important decisions.
Consulting
- Independent advice
- Third party reviews
- Plant capacity studies
- Transport and logistics studies
- Safety compliance auditing
- Energy audits
- Power system modelling
- Plant optimisation and debottlenecking studies
Technical Writing
- Preparation of scoping documents
- Preparation of technical specification and standards
Project Engineering and Delivery
Not all projects and delivery models are created equal. Connect Consulting will always seek to provide the best people and local knowledge tailored to suit the specific client requirements for each study or project. This includes the flexibility to align with client processes, manage subcontractors, implement client programs and collaborate with the owners team to deliver safe, cost effective and sound engineering solutions.
Studies
- Early assessment of strategic opportunities
- Preliminary feasibility studies
- Trade off studies
- Definitive feasibility studies
Engineering & Drafting
- Civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, piping
- Safety compliance audits
- Condition assessments
- 2D and 3D AutoCad
- PDS and Microstation
- SpaceGas and Prosteel
- Smart Plant and NavisWorks
Procurement
- Preparation of bid documentation
- Tender evaluation
Estimating
- Capital cost estimating
- Benchmarking
- Independent third party review