Our Projects.

Project: Scaffolding Install

Customer: JBS Riverina

JBS Riverina commissioned HPS to provide site services as part of the upgrade of its Yanco Feed Mill. The project involved the replacement of services, including electrical and steam, that were inaccessible from exiting platforms, as they had been fitted during the erection of the original structure. We supplied and installed scaffolding to a height of 28 metres to allow suppliers easy and safe access to these services. While in place, the scaffolding also allowed the project manager to complete other preventative maintenance activities on site. Given the height involved and the extensive nature of the project, this provided a cost-effective solution compared to hiring elevated work platforms. In addition, in parts of the plant that couldn’t safely be reached from the ground, we used our extensive network to arrange abseilers to complete the final works to these areas. 

Project: Plant Upgrade

Customer: Lion Dairy & Drinks

Lion Dairy & Drinks (previously National Foods) engaged HPS to install various juicing, packing and palletising equipment as a part of a larger upgrade to make its Leeton site the largest capacity juice processing plant in Australia. HPS worked with various stakeholders on the project from international equipment manufacturers to engineers and site managers. Our role included installation of the new orange juice extractors, pasteuriser, filler, cooling towers, overpacking machine and palletiser, balance and header tanks and all associated pipework for these items. We also installed the plant’s Clean in Place (CIP) system and, in conjunction with the customer’s refrigeration company, installed a new 300Kw ammonia compressor. This project involved extensive rigging and dogging and HPS used air skates to move and position machines over 17 tonnes in weight.

Project: Rice Bran Plant Development

Customer: CopRice

CopRice engaged HPS to deliver fabrication and installation services to support the development of its new Stabilised Rice Bran Plant in Leeton, NSW.

Our work on this project included the supply and installation of a carbon steel steam line from the plumbing rack to nominated machines and the supply and installation of a stainless-steel steam suppression system to the dryer unit. We also fabricated and installed compressed air lines as well as water lines, from the stainless steel press fit system.

This project was time sensitive, with all works completed on time and to the site engineers’ specifications.

Project: Retort Plant Upgrade

Customer: SunRice Group

Long term client SunRice engaged HPS to assist in the upgrade of its retort plant at their Specialty Rice Food Group facility.

We were responsible for the installation of all new equipment, including the Blendtech continuous cooker, two retorts (autoclaves), cooling tower, chilled water tank and three-megawatt boiler. HPS also managed all associated pipework and connections, fabricated and installed engineering design cooling skid for the plant and connected all refrigeration for the project, including (PHE) plate heat exchange shell and tube chillers. Our technicians were also responsible for installing the plant’s robotic packing line and conveyors, in conjunction with robot manufacturers.

HPS worked with numerous parties and stakeholders on this project and delivered all our components on time and to specification. The project significantly increased the output of retort pouch products for SunRice from 1500 tonnes to 10,000 tonnes per annum.

Project: Underground Water Management System

Customer: Mining Company

A mining client engaged HPS to install an underground water management system at its mine in NSW.

The system featured a series of pressure reducing skids, designed to supply constant water pressure to the underground mining crews across different levels. 

We manufactured the five pressure reducing skids to supplied drawings and specifications and all associated pressure pipework, featuring DN150, DN100 in carbon steel and DN50 in stainless steel. Once delivered to the mine and positioned in their designated locations, an HPS team returned to the site to complete final installation. This included installing pressure reducing valves and site measure and install tie-in pipework from the main shaft to each pressure reducing skid. 

The project was delivered on time and budget and to our client’s requirements within a challenging engineering environment, given the underground location of each skid.