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PROJECT MANAGEMENT
We would like to show you a few pictures of a well managed engineering project that brings together the feasibility study, business
planning, design, specification, procurement, supervision of construction, testing and commissioning of a new cotton ginnery.
We can usually identify savings for clients far in excess of the fees charged.
Our consultants help clients to:
- establish a user requirement specification (URS) that reflects the true needs of the client,
avoids the purchase of unnecessary equipment and the pitfalls of under specifying and over pricing;
- organise procurement and obtain maximum discounts whilst retaining the highest specification;
- efficiently co-ordinate and supervise construction and machinery installation.
We can provide the project management skills, experienced site engineers and head-office back-up to achieve the URS and complete the
project on time and within budget.
The following sequence of photographs were taken by Les Law.
We start with the almost completed ginnery building to give you an idea of the size and scope of the project. Notice the trash
collection cyclones, coloured sheeting, shaded outside platform for bales and level concrete paths for the fork lift truck operations, to and from bale stores. Note the 3.5m blockwork walls.
Another view of the ginnery. Note the generator fuel tanks, the overhead pipes for seed
cotton and cotton seed, the new bale store behind the trash cyclones and the red fire hydrants.
Now back to the early stages of construction. The two new bale stores are complete and
the erection of machinery commences on the ginnery floor. Note the size of crane that is required for these operations.
Erection of the ginning machinery continues, under an open sky. Note all the channels
and trenches in the ginnery floor, that are necessary for the pipes, cables and conveyors.
 
Most of the ginning machinery is now erected. Note that work has started on the
blockwork walls and that roads and kerbing are also in place.
 
Two pictures of the ginning machinery – one without the building and one with the
building completed. Notice the electricians working near the roof, 11m above the floor.
 
Two views of the ginnery – one with cladding and one without. Note too the new bale store and fire hydrants.
 
Two views of the ginning hall in action. Notice the four ginning machines, the central
control panel, the bale press in the background, the engineer's office and the clean and spacious floor area.
 
Bagging of the cotton seed and inspection of the diesel generator.
 
A very special moment – the first bale of cotton ! Soon after, many more bales follow and
are moved out of the ginnery building towards the new bale stores.
 
For further information contact JWTurnbull@bmc-ltd.com
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