Elevated Conveyor & Bridge Galleries

Project Details

Project: Elevated Conveyor & Bridge Galleries
Client: CPB Contractors
Service Type: Engineering Fabrication
Value: $1.9m
Completion: January 2018

Project Summary

Melco Engineering were engaged by CPB Contractors to undertake the manufacture, offsite assembly and delivery of conveyor gantries and trusses for various sections of an 11km overland conveyor station.

The purpose of the conveyor gantries is to transport the additional ROM (Run of Mine) feed to the Caval Ridge CHPP (Coal Handling and Preparation Plant).

Standards complied for the works completed were as per BHP and Bechtel engineering, fabrication and surface treatment standards. This includes but is not limited to: AS1554.1SP, AS1554.6, AS4100 Steel Structural Dimensions, AS1627.9 and various other surface treatment requirements and standards.

The Melco scope included fabrication, assembly and transport of the newly designed conveyor gantries and encompassed 16,000 labour hours over the entirety of the project.