Materials, Process and Plant Engineering

We work with clients from the concept development for new operations, establishing overall plant, handling and processing requirements, through to trouble-shooting existing installations, to improve the performance of systems and processes.

Our focus is always on safety, constructability, operability and maintainability. We collaborate with our clients' development, operations and maintenance teams to understand drivers and challenges at each stage of the project life cycle, applying imaginative thinking to provide valuable solutions.

Materials handling is integral to the design of projects involving the efficient flow of materials.

GHD's materials handling teams offer capabilities built on strong technical understanding, installation and operational backgrounds, and delivered with practical, real-world solutions. We understand that the systems we design are critical to the performance of operations and we tailor engineered solutions to achieve our clients' goals.

GHD offers a range of services in materials handling, from concept development for new operations, through to trouble-shooting existing installations, incorporating brownfield modifications for plant de-bottlenecking.

We collaborate with our clients to understand the key drivers for their projects, with a focus on safety in design though the life cycle of the plant, including constructability, operability and maintainability. Our materials handling teams collaborate with a wide range of disciplines within plant design, including structures, electrical, instrumentation and controls and rail groups.

In addition to design, our teams offer installation audits and machine integrity inspections to assist our clients' operations.

GHD has a breadth and depth of skills and experience through our connected global network of engineers, scientists, and technical professionals, who focus on delivering complete materials handling solutions.

Optimising processes to deliver efficiencies is the goal of all operations.

GHD offers a range of services in process engineering across all stages from concept through to detailed design for both greenfield and brownfield projects. Additionally, GHD offers services in identification through to rectification and optimisation of operating plants.

We collaborate with our clients to understand the key drivers for their projects, with a focus on safety in design though the life cycle of the plant, including constructability, operability and maintainability of the installations.

Our team uses leading-edge software, allowing for precise and efficient design, as well as visualisation for clear communication throughout the design development. GHD's BIM capability allows our process engineering team to collaborate efficiently in a coordinated way with all other disciplines within a project. We have a strong history of working in collaboration with a range of disciplines to deliver complete project services, including structures, electrical, instrumentation and controls, and mechanical.

Our connected global network of talented professionals are skilled in hydrometallurgical processing, pyrometallurgical processing, ancillary operations, infrastructure services, materials handling, and hydrotransport services for commodities, including base and light metals, coal, iron ore, gemstones, gold and silver, commercial minerals, and industrial chemicals.

Increasing production, reducing bottlenecks, manufacturing new products, improving efficiency, upgrading to new technologies, refurbishing or repairing all rely on effective plant engineering.

GHD's mechanical plant engineering team offers our clients a capability built on strong technical understanding, installation and operational backgrounds and is delivered with practical, real-world solutions. We understand that the plants and systems we design are critical to the performance of our clients' operations and we tailor the engineered solutions to achieve or clients' goals.

Our plant engineering team is experienced in the design and maintenance of industrial processing plants. Our offering ranges from machine engineering and finite element analysis to fully integrated, multi-discipline industrial plant design.

We collaborate with our clients to understand the key drivers for their projects, with a focus on safety in design though the life cycle of the plant, including constructability, operability and maintainability of the installations.

Our primary customer groups are those who are in the business of processing, refining, handling, manufacturing or treating petrochemicals, gases, water, waste, bulk materials, minerals, food products or manufactured products for use in other processes or for sale to others.

We utilise the latest 3D modelling software for each phase of project design development, from conceptual to definitive design, through to the production of documentation for construction. We customise our delivery to suit our clients' project development strategy and are accustomed to roles in a wide range of contractual relationships, including due diligence, design consultancy, independent inspection, EPCM, EPC, D&C, owner's engineer and strategic alliances.

We utilise the latest 3D modelling software for each phase of project design development, from conceptual to definitive design, through to the production of documentation for construction. We customise our delivery to suit our clients' project development strategy and are accustomed to roles in a wide range of contractual relationships, including due diligence, design consultancy, independent inspection, EPCM, EPC, D&C, owner's engineer and strategic alliances.

GHD has a breadth and depth of demonstrated skills and experience across our connected global network of professionals who focus on delivering complete solutions.