SERVICES
Project Management
Preliminaries through to Implementation
Scope development
Documentation
Tender management
CapEx and Opex modelling
Planning & scheduling (using Microsoft Project)
Procurement
Works supervision
Financial management
Quality management
Reporting
Post-completion audits
Process Engineering and Optimisation
Process flow modelling – including Aggflow™ support and training
New or existing crushing and screening plants
Blending design (combined gradings for specification crushed rock products)
Equipment selection & evaluation
Process improvement
Operational Reviews
OHS&E compliance reviews / audits
Operational improvement
OpEx and COP modelling and assessment
Planning support
Asset Condition Assessments
Fixed and mobile crushing & screening plants
OHS&E compliance (e.g. mechanical guarding, access)
Plant refurbishment planning & cost estimation
Asset management planning support
IR Thermography
Design Reviews
Independent design review
Process design review
Drawing review – concept through to construction
Peer Reviews
OHS & E Compliance
Safety Management Systems & Documentation
In-field assessments
Code compliance - mechanical guarding
Code compliance – access / egress
Code compliance - conveyors
Review of planning conditions
Expert Witness
Dispute actions
Technical review
Court appointed independent assessment
Planning Applications & Appeals
PROJECTS
COMPANY PRINCIPAL
Mike Cooper commenced his career in the construction materials industry with Pioneer Concrete in Sydney in 1976. Under Pioneer’s cadetship scheme at the time, Mike undertook a Civil Engineering Degree at the (then) NSW Institute of Technology (now UTS), which was completed in 1981.
Through his cadetship program, Mike worked at quarries such as Wallgrove and Bass Point, and also in the Sydney metro concrete division, eventually as Plant Manager at Rydalmere (near Parramatta).
An opportunity as Brisbane metro quarries operations engineer with BMI, lured Mike (and new wife Keryn) to move to Brisbane in 1982, and they have remained “Queenslanders” ever since. Over almost 16 years, Mike held a number of positions with BMI, transitioning to Boral, including tenure as the first Quarry Manager at the greenfield Whiteside Quarry (Boral Petrie) from 1990 – 1994.
Mike joined the Institute of Quarrying in 1983, and has been a continuous member of the QLD Branch Committee since 1986, including two terms as Branch Chairman from 1995 – 1997. Also in 1997, Mike chaired the 41st Annual Conference for the IQA.
Mike also held roles on the IQA National Council from 1995 – 2007, including 4 years as a Vice President.
Mike also represented the IQA and the industry on the Australian Standards Technical Committee CE25 which reviewed and revised AS2187.1 – 1998 (Explosives – storage, transport & use), and sat on the panel (as an industry representative) for the review and amendment of the QLD Mining and Quarry Safety and Health Act – 1999.
Today, Mike has his own company (MD Cooper Consulting Pty Ltd), and continues to work in the construction materials industry, principally as a Project Manager and Project Engineer.
INDUSTRY & PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
CONTACT
Please contact me with any enquiries via the contact form or the details below
ABN: 89 224 372 903
Mobile: +61 (0)438 062 473
Office Ph/ Fax: +61 (0)7 3806 2475
Email: mike@mdcconsulting.com.au