Altech Chemicals Limited has provided an update on the detailed design and engineering work that is currently being undertaken by German firm M+W Group in Stuttgart, Germany, for its proposed Malaysian high purity alumina (HPA) plant.
M+W Group is a leading global high-tech engineering firm with around 6,000 employees worldwide. M+W Group was appointed as Altech’s Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractor in March 2016 and it commenced detailed design and engineering of the Company’s proposed HPA plant in June 2016.
Detailed design and engineering is the final planning phase for the HPA plant prior to the actual commencement of construction. It involves the complete definition of every aspect of the plant including detailed diagrams and drawings for construction, civil works, instrumentation, control system, electrical facilities, management of suppliers, schedule of activities, costs, procurement of equipment and management of environmental impacts.
Altech is in a position of having been able to fast track detailed design and engineering, primarily because of the comprehensive engineering work undertaken during the bankable feasibility study (BFS) phase of the project. M+W Group lead process engineers conducted a pre-commencement detailed review of BFS engineering and only minor changes were identified. The selection and pre-appointment of critical equipment suppliers such as SGL Group (HCl equipment) and Drytech (kilns) during the BFS gave Altech early access to their equipment specifications enabling incorporation into BFS engineering and thereafter directly transferred to M+W Group for final design and engineering.
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M+W Group (Singapore), with its extensive South East Asian operating experience has been engaged to manage all Malaysian permitting and project approvals. Thisoffice will also co-ordinate instrument and electrical detailed design and the management of supervision of construction activities. Detailed design and engineering activates are expected to continue until the first quarter of 2017 and will overlap the expected commencement of construction, which remains subject to the finalisation of project financing.
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