A Boughey - Engineering, Technical and Management Services for the Mining Industry

A Boughey (ABPL), established in 1999, is a multi-discipline management consulting firm providing a range of technical and management services. Our team of consultants bring a diversity of backgrounds and experience in assisting clients in solving problems and executing their projects.

ABPL’s team of consultants have more than 20 years’ experience in engineering management, business administration, equipment design, mechanical and structural design, software design, contract administration, professional development training, and managing and operating maintenance workshops.

Mining management consulting services

ABPL’s services are tailored to meet our clients’ requirements. We offer a range of services in business and risk management, engineering, and project and information management.

Our objective is to produce solutions that add value to your organisation. We achieve this by using a range of programmes and techniques developed by ABPL that give emphasis to problem solving, and using our experience to implement solutions that support the success of your company.

Engineering services for the mining industry

ABPL offers a range of engineering services that will assist you in providing solutions to your technical problems. Our services range from engineering design and preparation of technical documentation through to failure analysis and engineering management.

We provide the following range of services:

• Management
• Document control
• Scheduling
• Failure analysis and remedial design
• Assessing equipment failure - cause and effect
• Auditing
• Engineering equipment specification writing
• Equipment component design
• Hazard and operability (HAZOP) studies and failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA)
• Inspection and expediting
• Grinding mills

Mining equipment failure analysis

An equipment failure can bring a production facility to a halt, especially if the failure is not predictable. ABPL’s consultants have assisted clients in identifying the cause of a variety of debilitating and catastrophic failures, ranging from bolt breakages through to the catastrophic failure of grinding mill heads and trunnions.

A Boughey combines a variety of problem-solving techniques with advanced engineering measurement and analysis methods, to provide a thorough review of the factors that may have contributed to the failure and offer recommendations to overcome problems in the future.

HAZOP studies for risk management

HAZOP studies are a specialised risk management tool that involves formal review of a process, its equipment and operations in order to identify potential hazards and operational problems. ABPL provides the framework for undertaking effective HAZOP studies and provides experienced facilitators for managing HAZOP workshops.

Mining project management

We offer mining project management services, including project administration, contract administration and capital cost estimates.

Risk management system development and implementation

ABPL provides assistance in the development and implementation of risk management systems that are customised to integrate risk management principles with your existing management systems. Risk is an inherent part of business and the management of risk is critical to the success of your business.

ABPL offers a range of risk management services, including risk assessment, disaster recovery plans and business continuity plans.

Mining information management systems

At the heart of good decision-making is having adequate information at hand when it is needed. ABPL provides assistance in developing mining information management systems in terms of the concept design and database software applications.

We build custom-made programs focused on your particular challenges, opportunities, problems and prospects. Our custom database solutions fill the void left by the off-the-shelf solutions, combining a library of database functionality with the specific needs of your organisation.

We provide the following information management services:

• Complete needs analysis
• Project documentation
• Software development
• Reporting
• Data conversion
• Information system upgrades
• Installation / configuration
• Training and support

Mining document preparation services

Quality document preparation and control is essential to a productive and successful business. The background of our consultants both in equipment design and manufacture as well as the design and construction of facilities enables ABPL to provide design specifications to satisfy your requirements.

ABPL provides a comprehensive document preparation service in the following areas:

• Specification writing
• Tender writing
• Contracts
• Procedure writing
• Management plans
• Disaster recovery plans
• Emergency response planning
• Document control

Mining asset management for heavy mobile equipment

ABPL provides a comprehensive and structured approach to the long-term management of assets. We produce strategies to effectively maintain, upgrade and operate assets by combining engineering principles with sound business practice and economic rationale, and provide the tools to facilitate a more organised and flexible approach to making decisions.

Heavy mobile equipment management encompasses:

• Maintenance audits: to measure the effectiveness of the normal practices and reveal whether improvements are required
• Maintenance plans: to identify the tasks needed to properly maintain fixed plant, mobile plant or process equipment
• Contract support: including service delivery management, relationship management and contract administration