The Frieda River Project is a copper/gold deposit situated in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. The estimated CAPEX after the PFS phase execution model is valued at $US5 Billion. The project scope involved in included a river port, 150km of access road including 9 bridges, code 2 airport, hydro dam, ore and waste conveyor and tunnels, waste deposition utilising barges, heavy vehicle haul roads, pit and diversion water channels, pit reclaim dam and diversion water dam, quarries for road base and concrete aggregates and a limestone deposit. Other facilities experienced on the project included interface with are the waste and tailings dam including decant facilities, mine ancillary facilities, process plant, ROM and crusher facility, coarse ore stockpile and the mine pit.
The project specific tasks and operations are as follows:
- Develop Scope of Works, Scope of Services, Deliverables lists and hours, project schedule, Engineering Management Plan and Design Criteria’s
- Manage budget creep with hours spent and percentage complete
- Facilitate and participate in engineering meetings with all disciplines and consultants
- Manage and coordinate all civil design components of the project under SKM scope of works
- Review and comment on 12D model and design drawings
- Undertake Material Take Off’s (MTO) for estimate packs
- Design phase report writing and reviews
Project Plans:
