About Project Creations

Project Creations Pty Ltd has diversified from being a project management service provider for mining and heavy industrial projects to now also offering the services of HJ3 Composite Technologies LLC (HJ3), a manufacturer and installer of advanced composites for infrastructure repair through its subsidiary company, International Project Maintenance Pty Ltd.
 

Project Creations is an independent project management consultancy based in Brisbane. The principal has over 40 years’ experience in mining and resources sector operations and project management.

International Project Maintenance is a wholly owned subsidiary of Project Creations and holds an international agency for HJ3. covering Australia, Australasia and Pan Asia areas. HJ3 is the market leader for composites in infrastructure, due to its unmatched combination of high strength composite materials, turnkey engineering support, and leading research and testing in the application of composite materials.

HJ3 has experience in designing composites for individual projects for mining, petrochemical, civil and domestic applications. The key benefits are: 

• Stronger than steel
• Lightweight and flexible
• No downtime, no heavy equipment
• Corrosion-resistant
• Chemical-resistant and corrosion-resistant to acids, alkalis and solvents
• 25 years of large-scale testing for the strengthening of concrete, masonry, steel and wood support structures
• Supported by 20,000 hours of product durability testing.

Project Creations has proven capability in successfully managing large and complex projects. Many of these projects have been undertaken for major mining companies and some details remain confidential. However, the following is a summary of project management assignments that can be reported:

Senior Project Manager – Lihir sustain capital projects, CIL plant refurbishment and main water supply pipeline installation. Newcrest Mining Limited. Lihir Island Papua New Guinea.

Construction Manager – water supply and process pipelines installation. Redline Group, Groote Eylandt N.T.

Area Manager-Surface Works & Deputy Project Manager Grosvenor Project. Greenfield underground coal mine development near Moranbah QLD.  Anglo American Metallurgical Coal Pty Ltd.

Senior Project Manager – Drayton CTU Project. Brownfield expansion of CPP and associated infrastructure at Muswellbrook NSW. Anglo American Metallurgical Coal Pty Ltd.

General Manager – Projects (US).  Feasibility studies and engineering for low temperature lignite pyrolysis plant in Mississippi and binderless PRB coal briquette plant in Montana. Ambre Energy North America Inc.

Project Director – KNS Furnace Rebuild. BHP Billiton Limited. Kalgoorlie WA.

Project Director – Wambo Rail Loop Project. Barclay Mowlem Pty Ltd. Mt Thorley NSW.

Project Director – Curragh North Overland Conveyor Project. Barclay Mowlem Pty Ltd. Blackwater QLD.

Project Manager – Suzhou Project. Greenfield development of metal coating line, coil paint line, slitting and recoil line. BlueScope Steel Limited. Suzhou PRC.

Project Manager – Olympic Dam Optimisation 3. Brownfield upgrade of hydrometallurgical plant, solvent extraction plant and copper refinery. Olympic Dam South Australia. Western Mining Corporation Limited.

Project Manager – Olympic Dam SX Rebuild. Reconstruction of copper and uranium solvent extraction sections after fire damage. Olympic Dam South Australia. Western Mining Corporation Limited. 

Project Manager – Bengalla Coal Project. Development of a Greenfield surface coal mine and CHPP. Muswellbrook NSW. Bengalla Mining Company Pty Ltd.

Site Manager – Northparkes Project. Underground tunnelling and level development. Goonumbla NSW. Lyell development Contractors Pty. Ltd.

Mine Manager / Project Director – Tolukuma Gold Project.  Development and operation of a Greenfield open cut mine and CIL processing plant. Goilala area of Papua New Guinea. Dome Resources NL. 

Project Director / CEO – Irish Briquetting Project. Development and operation of a Greenfield coal briquetting plant. Foynes Co Limerick Ireland. Crusader Limited.

General Manager / Mine Manager – Camel Creek Gold Project. Development and operation of Greenfield open cut mine and heap leach treatment plant. West of Ingham QLD.  Lynch Mining Limited.

Mine Manager / Project Director – Sheahan Grants Gold Project. Development and operation of Greenfield open cut mine and CIL plant. Manduramah NSW. Climax Mining Limited.

Mine Manager / Project Manager – Mt Leyshon Gold Project. Development and operation of an open cut mine and heap leach treatment plant. Charters Towers QLD. Pan Australian Mining Limited.

International Project Maintenance Pty Ltd can offer the full range of HJ3 solutions for projects in the mining, oil, gas, chemical, civil, heavy industrial, residential and blast protection applications. Over 10,000 applications of HJ3 products have been completed world-wide for clients including Conoco Phillips, Valero, Shell, British Petroleum, Freeport-McMoRan, Asarco and Georgia Pacific.

Listed below are common HJ3 Infrastructure repair applications:

Petrochemical

• Repair of concrete wall and columns at Methanex methanol plant.
• Repair of caustic soda steel tank at Prokleen industrial plant.

Oil & Gas

• Repair of corroded liquid petroleum pipeline at Pemex refinery.
• Repair of corroded hydrocarbon process vapour pipeline at Alyeska refinery.
• Repair and fireproofing of corroded steel columns at Tesoro refinery.
• Repair of natural gas transmission pipeline for Botas in Turkey. 

Mining – Underground

• MSHA blast testing of reinforcement of underground stoppings.

Mining – Process Plants

• Repair over 200 columns, beams and slabs at the ASARCO Hayden and Ray copper refineries.
• Exterior repair of 10M litre waste water tank at FMI copper refinery.
• Repair of tank-house concrete support columns at Kennecott copper refinery. 

Power Generation

• Interior repair of 10M litre waste water tank at Saguaro Power plant.
• Repairs to 21 steel risers at Mesquite power plant.
• Repair 240 metres of PCCP at Power New Mexico plant.

Civil Infrastructure

• Repair 60 concrete columns supporting a Kentucky DOT bridge.
• Repair 500 lighting and traffic poles in central Arizona.
• Emergency repairs to 1200mm drinking water PCCP for Miami-Dude County.
• Emergency repairs to 750mm drinking water RCP for Denver Water.