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ENGINEERS & PROJECT MANAGERS CAPABILITY STATEMENT

Engineers & Project Managers Capability Statement 2

LYCOPODIUM PROCESS INDUSTRIES (Lycopodium) is a dynamic engineering company with over 50 year history of successfully delivering over 3500 engineering assignments for our clients, consisting of 600 studies and 2900 project executions. We were previously known as Process Design and Fabrication Pty Ltd.

Lycopodium provides innovative, cost effective, energy efficient and environmentally friendly engineering solutions for clients, in a diverse range of process related industries. We provide a complete engineering service from the study phase through design, procurement, project and construction management to commissioning.

Most of our work is carried out in the following industries:

• Chemicals

• Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology

• Food and Beverage

• Energy and Hydrocarbons

• Renewable Energy & Bio fuels

• Waste to Energy

• Manufacturing

• Research and Development

• Tank farms

By developing a fundamental understanding of individual unit operations and the successful integration of process technology, Lycopodium delivers flexible engineering and project management solutions, customized to individual client and project requirements.

We are focused on providing accurate and objective advice and solutions to our clients. Consistent with this aim our staff displays a strongly project–oriented culture and places a high priority on the achievement of agreed project objectives.

Lycopodium Process Industries is Quality Management Certified to ISO 9001 – 2008 for project management, design, procurement, construction management and commissioning services.

LYCOPODIUM GROUP

Lycopodium Process Industries is a subsidiary within the Lycopodium Group, an Australian based engineering and project management business that provides a diverse range of services to various industry sectors, including mineral processing and the process industries. With Australian offices in Perth, Melbourne, Newcastle and Brisbane and internationally in Ghana, Philippines, Tanzania, Canada, and South Africa, Lycopodium is an international engineering company, undertaking projects around the world.


CAPABILITIES

Lycopodium Process Industries is a multi-disciplined engineering and project management company skilled in delivering services aligned to the requirements of individual clients at competitive rates.

Types of Services

• Engineering and drafting - process, mechanical, electrical, civil, structural, instrumentation/control

• Project management – cost estimating, planning, project controls

• Procurement including inspection, expediting and bulk material management

• Construction management services including contracts and IR

• Installation, commissioning and operator training

• Versatile and flexible project delivery

Types of Projects

Lycopodium has the core competencies and personnel to deliver complete projects or the component parts as below:

• Complete project delivery via EPCM or EPC

• Feasibility and scoping studies

• Project concept development

• Front end engineering design (FEED)

• Detailed engineering design

• Construction management

• Commissioning services

Detailed Services Provided

• Feasibility studies, conceptual engineering, preliminary design

• Detailed Engineering

• Process design and simulation

• Technology Integration to regulatory and client requirements

• Process optimization

• Process analysis and troubleshooting

• Mechanical design and specification

• Electrical and control systems design

• Scale up of pilot plants to commercial production facilities

• HAZOP & SIL studies with in-house chairpersons

• Emergency shutdown and fail safe control systems

• Hazardous area design and classification to relevant standards

• High voltage substations, power distribution and MCC design

• Experienced in Australian and International Standards and Regulatory Codes

• Practical energy efficiency studies and implementation

Design Capabilities

• Process – flow sheet development, mass and energy balances, process modeling and simulation

• Mechanical design

• Electrical & instrumentation drafting services

• Electrical – LV and HV design using proprietary and in-house software

• Instrumentation and control – PLC, DCS, SCADA, MMI programming, telemetry

• Civil and structural design and drafting

• Facility master planning

• Plant audits and de-bottlenecking

Project Management Capabilities

• Capital and operating cost estimate preparation

• Scheduling and cost control

• Procurement, expediting and inspection

• Project management

• Contract management

• Construction management

• Industrial relations contracts and negotiation

• Project schedule planning and co-ordination

• Plant commissioning, start-up and operator training


CLIENTS

Alinta Energy Cadbury Schweppes Nickel West (Kwinana)

Amcor Campbell Consumer Products Orica Australia

ANSTO Cerebos Pfizer (Perth)

Australian Meat Processing Corporation Chemeq Pilipinas Shell Petroleum

Australian Renewable Fuels DuluxGroup (Aust) Procter & Gamble

Australian Synchrotron Company Flour Australia Regents Park Electroplating

Barrick Gold Fluor Daniel Rhodia

BASF Ford Motor Company Schweppes Cottees

Baxter Healthcare Gladstone Area Water Board Shell Refining (Australia)

BCB Beverages GlaxoSmithKline Solvay Interox

Bechtel JGC - Chiyoda SRL Plasma

BHP Billiton Kraft Foods Swan Hill Ethanol

Biodiesel Producers Leighton Contractors UCC Energy

BlueScope Steel Mars / Masterfoods Thales Australia

Boeing Aerostructures MBD Energy Toyota Motor Corporation

Boral Meinhardt / Unilever Wattyl Australia

Bosch Monsanto Australia WSN

Burrup Fertilisers Murray Goulburn Co-Op Yakult Australia

CLIENTS


ACID TANK FARM PRECINCT UPGRADE

• Thales

• Mulwala, NSW

• Total project value of $14M AUD D&C

Lycopodium delivered an acid storage tank farm, a concentrated acid mixing facility, refurbished three acid tanker loading bays, designed and installed a Nitrous Oxide Fume Absorption plant and developed the detailed design tender for a further Nitric Acid tank farm.

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE PLANT • Solvay Interox

• Banksmeadow, NSW

• Increased capacity from 17.5ktpa to 24ktpa

Lycopodium provided engineering, procurement and construction management services for the $20M expansion of the Banksmeadow Hydrogen Peroxide Plant from the current 17.5 ktpa capacity to 24 ktpa capacity.

HYDROCHLORIC ACID PLANT UPGRADE • Orica Australia

• Laverton, Vic

• Doubled the plant’s production capacity

Lycopodium provided preliminary and detailed design, cost estimating, procurement and construction management services for Orica Australia in the upgrade of its Hydrochloric Acid Plant incorporating key Burner Vessel technology sourced from Europe.

REPLACEMENT HYDROGEN SULFIDE PLANT • BHP Billiton

• Kwinana, Western Australia

Lycopodium in conjunction with its USA technology provider, C & I Engineering, provided the Engineering Design and Construction Management services for the new 7.4tpd hydrogen sulfide plant, with a capital cost of AUD18M. Lycopodium’s role included engineering of the balance of the processes i.e. natural gas, cooling water, steam reticulation, condensate recovery, sulfur storage, hydrogen sulfide gas distribution as well as detailed engineering (mechanical, electrical, controls, civil and structural) and the layout of the core plant.

PROCESS MODELLING Lycopodium uses the latest version of Aspen Plus to carry out process simulation using a range of process models including: Continuous process simulation, Dynamic process simulation, Polymer Processes, Adsorption processes, Gas absorption processes, Distillation processes, Petroleum refining processes, and Heat and Thermal design.

Lycopodium also uses exSILentia TUV approved software to carry out SIL verification in support of Safety Requirements Specification (SRS) and assessing Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS).

PROJECT PROFILES

CHEMICALS


CHOCOLATE MANUFACTURING FACILITY • Mars Confectionary

• Ballarat Victoria

Lycopodium provided engineering services for the delivery of an automated chocolate intermediates manufacturing facility for Mars in Victoria on a design and construct basis.

Lycopodium responsibilities included all process, mechanical, civil, structural, electrical, instrumentation and control, pneumatic conveying and CIP systems integration.

CULTURE SEED FACTORY • Yakult

• Dandenong, Vic

• Expansion of the seed culture room for the production of a fermented milk drink

Detailed design and installation of a culture based food facility. The scope included a RO water purification plant and a new Quality Control laboratory and culture seed facility.

MANUFACTURING ROOM EXPANSION • Yakult

• Dandenong, Vic

• Expansion of the manufacturing room for the production of a fermented milk drink

Lycopodium became involved in the very early stages of the project, working closely with our client to develop the design. Lycopodium then carried out the detailed design, procurement, construction and commissioning of the entire project incorporating Yakult proprietary design of vessels sourced from Japan.

UTILITY SERVICES UPGRADES • Murray Goulburn Dairy Cooperative

• Leongatha, Victoria

Various upgrades to steam, chilled water, cooling water, CIP, effluent treatment plant, DAF and electricity co-generation plant, as well as water savings initiatives for the fresh milk and milk powder processing plants.

RECLAIMED WATER IRRIGATION SYSTEM • Marandoo

• Rio Tinto

• Western Australia

Lycopodium undertook the design of an irrigation system to successfully meet the needs of the environmental management strategy associated with excess water from pit dewatering as part of the supporting infrastructure around this 40 Mtpa mine

PROJECT PROFILES

FOOD & BEVERAGE


ROMMELAG 7 WATER FOR INJECTION FORMULATION FACILITY

• Pfizer

• Perth, WA

• Utilities design, procurement and construction management services

The new facility included a mix tank, aseptic hold vessels, the Blow-Fill-Seal machine and its associated services in Class B clean rooms, with three airlocks. The packing hall and service side of the BFS machine were Class C clean rooms.

ALKALOID EXTRACTION PLANT

• GlaxoSmithKline

• Port Fairy, Vic

• Constructed for the extraction of purified alkaloids from poppy straw

The plant was constructed in two zones, a dry area for milling poppy straw and a wet area for processing liquid streams. Site infrastructure was also upgraded including steam generation, electrical reticulation, mains water supply, compressed air capacity and site access roads.

FINE CHEMICAL FACILITY • GlaxoSmithKline

• Port Fairy, Vic

• Facility to produce active pharmaceutical alkaloid products

Lycopodium developed the project concept and the preliminary engineering in conjunction with the client’s technology and patent requirements. Lycopodium then carried out the detailed design, procurement and project management of the Fine Chemicals Facility.

DOXYCYCLINE PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURE

• Institute of Drug Technology

• Melbourne, Vic

• Feasibility study, concept design, detailed design, fabrication, installation, project management and commissioning

Lycopodium was responsible for the conversion of a greenfield site with an existing warehouse into a facility manufacturing doxycycline hyclat, using Pfizer technology.

POLYMERIC ANTIMICROBIAL PLANT • Chemeq

• Perth, WA

• The Lycopodium component of the project was $35 million capital value

Lycopodium carried out the detailed engineering design, procurement, construction management, commissioning and validation of Chemeq’s Rockingham manufacturing facility.

PROJECT PROFILES

PHARMACEUTICALS


REMEDIAL WORKS • Australian Renewable Fuels

• Largs Bay, SA

• Tank farm rebuild – hydrocarbon bio fuel storage

Lycopodium was engaged by ARF to provide engineering and project management services to rebuild the plant and storage tanks following extensive damage by fire. The project was delivered on time and under budget.

ALCOHOL STORAGE TANK FARM • Fosters Group

• Melbourne, Vic

• Tank farm for the production of alcoholic mixed drinks

Lycopodium designed, fabricated, installed and commissioned a new alcohol storage tank farm. The project scope included the mechanical/process design of tanks, heat exchangers, piping, structures, and the electrical design of MCC, distribution and control systems.

COODE ISLAND TERMINAL • Marstel

• Melbourne, Vic

• Doubled the plant’s production capacity

Lycopodium was engaged as the process, mechanical and electrical/controls designer with Leighton Contractors as the constructor for the new Coode Island Bulk Hazardous and Non Hazardous Liquid Storage Terminal.

SOLVENT TANK FARM UPGRADE

• DuluxGroup Australia

• Rocklea, QLD

• Recovery of the solvent based manufacturing facilities following the flood damage

Lycopodium provided engineering services for the recovery of a solvent based manufacturing facility following flood damage. The existing tank farm that stored solvents and resins required repairs as well as upgrades to improve mechanical integrity, operability and safety.

FISHERMAN’S LANDING CAUSTIC TERMINAL • Orica Australia

• Gladstone, QLD

• 70,000 tonne Caustic Soda Storage Terminal

Lycopodium provided project management, detailed design, procurement and construction management services for Orica’s Fisherman’s Landing Caustic Terminal and Pipeline Project.

PROJECT PROFILES

TANK FARMS


BIOGASS AND HIGH RATE ALGAE POND SYSTEMS • The University of Melbourne, Dookie

• Covered lagoon, cogeneration, biogas handling, high rate algae ponds

Technology review and concept design of integrated agricultural-waste (piggery) management system. Main plant included anaerobic digester, high rate algae ponds, and biogas-fuelled cogeneration system.

BIODIESEL PLANT • Biodiesel Producers

• Barnawartha, Vic

• Total project value of over $50M AUD

Lycopodium provided the engineering and project management services for the construction of a plant to produce 50,000 TPA of biodiesel (methyl ester). Core technology for the etherification process was provided by BDI (Austria) with Lycopodium incorporating this technology into the overall plant design.

ETHANOL PLANT • Swan Hill Ethanol

• Swan Hill, Vic

• Plant capacity of 100 ML/year of fuel-grade ethanol

Lycopodium detailed the grain intake and milling processes, revised the design by Praj, (the Indian core technology provider) to local regulatory requirements, and provided detailed design of the civil/structural work, buildings, pipe bridges, underground services, tank farm, loading/unloading facilities, ethanol bleeding and utilities.

BIODIESEL PLANT • Territory Biofuels

• NT, Australia

Lycopodium provided engineering services for the Preliminary design work for plant re-commissioning and expansion for the feed stock handling, product storage and load out. The design involved a plant capacity upgraded to 240 ML/Year using revised lower grade feedstock.

PALM OIL PRE TREATMENT PLANT • Australian Renewable Fuels (ARF)

• Perth

Lycopodium was engaged to provide engineering services for the FEED for a pre treatment plant for waste palm oil for use at the ARF Picton facility. The project was then to be installed in the ARF Largs Bay plant however the project was put on hold due to palm oil supply issues.

Lycopodium carried out multiple energy efficiency and technical audits on the ARF facilities.

PROJECT PROFILES

BIO ENERGY


HALON DESTRUCTION FACILITY • SRL Plasma

• Victoria Lycopodium, in conjunction with SRL Plasma, developed the detailed design of a Halon destruction system. Using technology that was jointly developed by the CSIRO and SRL Plasma (a division of Siddons Ramset), Lycopodium designed, constructed and commissioned the plant to enable the client to carry out trials using Halon gas and other CFC’s to demonstrate complete destruction of these gases.

OIL REGENERATION FACILITY • Hydrodec

• New South Wales

• 24 tonne/day

Lycopodium was engaged to design a process plant to regenerate used transformer oil back to better than its original state. Based on a 1 tonne per day pilot plant using technology developed by the CSIRO, Lycopodium scaled the technology to a successful commercial facility.

WASTE SOIL TREATMENT FACILITY • Renex

• Dandenong, Vic

• 70,000t/year integrated waste treatment and resource recovery facility

Lycopodium provided engineering design support to Renex for a 70,000t/year Integrated Waste Treatment and Resource Recovery facility in Victoria. Core Pyrolysis technology was from a German company. Lycopodium developed a sorting and feed system, and carried out Australianisation, balance of plant works and commissioning management.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY OPTIMIZATION • CSL Biotherapies

• Pharmaceuticals

• 5000 T CO2-e emissions reduction over 20 years

Energy efficiency design review of facility cooling system, carbon emissions analysis and Clean Technology Investment Program application assistance. Funding application was successful and allowed significant energy savings being delivered through improved technology and optimised process control implementation.

ULTRA-CLEAN COAL PILOT PLANT RESEARCH FACILITY • White Mining Ltd

• Cessnock, NSW

• A cleaner fuel that helps prevent corrosion and erosion of gas turbine blades

Lycopodium teamed with WML and CSIRO from the concept stage to the pilot plant stage to develop the design for a technology to achieve more efficient conversion of coal to energy.

PROJECT PROFILES

ENVIRONMENTAL


Waste Water Solid Waste Cyanide Production Skid Power Generation

• Marandoo

• Rio Tinto


As part of the services required for the combined greenfields and brownfields 40 Mtpa open cut iron ore mine Lycopodium completed the design for sewage reticulation, treatment and disposal for the village and mine support facilities.

• Tropicana

• AngloGold Ashanti, Independence Group NL


Lycopodium developed a solid waste management strategy and designed all required infrastructure to successfully meet the requirements set by the accommodation village and all supporting facilities at this gold mine.

• Australian Client

• Cyanide Handling

• Tasmania

Detailed design and technical construction support of a hazardous chemical production demonstration skid. Containerized design which was pre-tested prior to transport

• Mine Reserve Power Plant

• Newmont, Gold Fields, Golden Star Resources, AngloGold Ashanti

• Ghana

Lycopodium successfully undertook the design and construct (EPCM) services for the 80 MW power station, associated services and infrastructure

Supply & Transmission Cyanide Handling Effluent Treatment Plant Micro Algae Processing

• Hope Downs 1 & 2 Projects

• Rio Tinto


Lycopodium, in association with KBR, completed the design for water supply to the 24 Mtpa Greenfield / 8 Mtpa Brownfield expansion project, mine site facilities and accommodation village.

• Au

• Barrick Gold of Australia

• PNG

Feasibility study, design & construction (EPCM) for International Cyanide Management Compliance Project inclusive of cyanide destruction

• Manufacturing

• Victoria

• Robert Bosch

EPC Delivery of an effluent treatment plant downstream of an electrical circuit board etching facility.

• MBD Energy

• Queensland

Lycopodium conducted a technology scoping / feasibility study into algae dewatering and drying systems for a proposed commercial scale micro algae growth and processing facility. Lycopodium was also commissioned to undertake further process development for food grade product extraction systems.

www.lycopodium.com.au LYCOPODIUM PROCESS INDUSTRIES [email protected]

Melbourne Upper Level, 253-269 Wellington Road Mulgrave, Victoria 3170 P: +61 (0) 3 9566 3700

Brisbane 163 Leichhardt Street Spring Hill, Queensland 4004 P: +61 (0) 7 3244 7777

Perth Level 5, 1 Adelaide Terrace East Perth, Western Australia 6004 P: +61 (0) 8 6210 5222

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