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KONINDO GLOBAL MANDIRI

DALE EWART - Dale is a Senior Associate and Mechanical Engineer with specialising in layout and design of bulk materials handling and storage of a variety of products, including coal, ore, cement and grain.

Dale has experience in design, feasibility studies, procurement, project management and site supervision of local and international projects.

Specialisation Mechanical Projects Engineer Bulk Materials Handling

Key Experience Bulk Materials Handling and Mechanical Equipment Design Bulk Materials Handling Plant Layouts Design Leadership and Project Management

Position in Firm Senior Associate

Education and Professional Status Bachelor of Engineering (Mech), Hons - University of Queensland Member, Institution of Engineers, Australia National Professional Engineers Register

Experience 2005 Present Senior Associate / Mechanical Projects Engineer PT Aurecon Indonesia

2003 2005 Senior Mechanical Engineer Simon Engineering

1997 2003 Mechanical Engineer Aurecon (Connell Wagner)

DESIGN PROJECTS BULK MATERIALS HANDLING INCO Coal Conversion Project, Sulawesi, Indonesia - 400 tph conveying stream design - Detail design and procurement support

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INCO Transportation Project, Sulawesi, Indonesia - Receival port, 1200 tph conveying stream and stockyard (coal, sulphur, silica) - 400tph Truck receival, coal crushing, storage and conveying facility - Detail design, procurement support, construction and commissioning support

Cigading Coal Terminal, Java, Indonesia - Preparation of plant preliminary design - Tender evaluation of EPC contractor bids - Owners Engineer for detail review of EPC contractors design for coal terminal

Bontang Coal Terminal Upgrade, Kalimantan, Indonesia - Mechanical design leader for ship loading stream upgrade, seconded to EPC contractor

KPC Melawan Overland Conveyor and Crusher, Kalimantan, Indonesia - Design overview and verification of 10km overland conveyor and crushing plant

Bengalon Coal Barge Loading Facility, Kalimantan, Indonesia - Design review, detail design of plant modifications / upgrade of 6 Mtpa barge port - 1000 tph truck receival and crushing, radial stackers and 2000 tph reclaim and barge loading

Tuhup Coal Chain, Kalimantan, Indonesia - Design of 5Mtpa ROM facility, haul road and barge port - Preparation of technical and commercial documents for EPC tender

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Saka Tiga Barge Port, Kalimantan, Indonesia - Design of 2 Mtpa barge port, including crushing plant, stockyard and conveying

KPC Interim Barge Loading Facility, Kalimantan, Indonesia - Detail design of 1,000 tph barge loading conveyor

South Middleback Ranges Iron Ore Beneficiation Plant, Whyalla, Australia - 250 tph iron ore beneficiation plant, as Design and Construct package - Detail design and layout of conveyors, feeders, bins, radial stackers - Preparation of technical specifications, tender evaluations - Site construction support and site commissioning engineer

Dendrobium Coal Train Loading Facility, Kemira Valley, Australia - Design of 4,500 tph under-stockpile train loading facility - Design of tunnel ventilation

Aggregate Storage Facility, Sydney, Australia - Design of rail receival, conveying stream, shuttle conveyors for 50,000 tonne capacity aggregate facility

Glebe Island Cement Terminal - Facility Upgrade, Sydney, Australia - Design of 1,400 tph cement receival from ship to silo - Design of 450tph cement truck outloading facility - Design of pneumatic conveying, dust collection, vacuum system, load spouts - Preparation of Contract and Technical documents

10,000 Tonne Silo Facility - Sydney, Australia - Design and layout of inverted cone undersilo cement equipment
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- Design of new cement rail unloading system - Cement pumps, hoppers, dust collection, pneumatic conveying

Independent Cement & Lime, Port Kembla, Australia - Design of pneumatic transport system for cement - Dust collection design for wharf receival system - Blower room ventilation design

Goliath Cement Coal Pulverising Mill, Tasmania, Australia Cement mill pulverized fuel delivery system design

Australian Steel Mill Services - Slag Grinding Mill, Port Kembla, Australia - Design of conveyors and belt feeders, ball mill pony drive, diverter gates, water and pneumatic services, dust collection and ventilation systems for the new slag grinding mill. - Tender evaluations of vendor supplied equipment.

SLN - Tiebaghi Shiploading Facility, New Caledonia - Mechanical design and costing of shiploader with shuttling boom conveyor, shuttle long travel and slurry return system - Mechanical design and dynamic analysis of a 2 km 2,500 tph onshore conveyor.

Hindoli Palm Oil Mill, Indonesia - Investigation of palm thresher mill failure, including FEA analysis - Design of new thresher mill Altona Waste Water Treatment Plant, Melbourne, Australia - Design management, and mechanical layouts - Blower room ventilation design - Design layout of refurbished influent pump station
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- Site construction assistance and commissioning

Ewarton and Kirkvine Bauxite Receival Stations, Jamaica - Design of bauxite truck receival stations, conveying systems, feeders, hoppers and dust collection

Walsh Point Coal Terminal Stacker Reclaimer, Australia - Calculation of bucket wheel reclaimer efficiencies for a maximum reclaim rate of 6,600 tph.

Queensland Sugar Corporation, Townsville, Australia Design of sugar conveyors tripper and tunnel fire services

Queensland Sugar Corporation, Other Products Store, Brisbane Mechanical design of elevated conveyor and tripper.

Globex, Melbourne Bulk Grain Terminal Tender Mechanical preliminary design and costing of grain handling facility, including conveyors, feeders and flow control gates.

Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal, Mackay Mechanical design of surge bin deflector plates, shiploader luffing brakes, moisture addition system and shuttle conveyor. Vibration analysis of boom conveyor drive.

FEASIBILITY STUDIES BULK MATERIALS HANDLING

Bengkulu to Kota Padang Rail and Port Feasibility Study, Sumatra, Indonesia - Feasibility study and design of 40 Mtpa train loading and coal terminal feasibility study

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Asam Asam Mulia Infrastructure Feasibility Study, Kalimantan, Indonesia - Feasibility study and design of 20Mtpa ROM receival, crushing, stockyard, overland conveyors, new barge port and existing port upgrade.

East Kalimantan Coal Terminal Pre Feasibility Study, Kalimantan, Indonesia Design leader for pre-feasibility study of a new 25Mtpa Cape class coal export terminal, East Kalimantan.

East Kalimantan Rail Pre-Feasibility Study, Kalimantan, Indonesia Site selection, design and feasibility study of 30 Mtpa coal and 20 Mtpa iron ore Cape class shiploading terminal

NCIG Coal Export Terminal Pre-Feasibility Study, Newcastle, Australia Material handling design leader for 30Mtpa coal terminal, Newcastle 8,500 tph rail receival, conveying and stockpiling 10,500 tph outloading and shiploading

PROJECT MANAGEMENT BULK MATERIALS HANDLING Dalian Xizui Phase I Grain Terminal, China Resident Engineer / Project Manager Funded by the World Bank, the Project included 2 x 2000tph ship loaders, 2 x 1000tph shipunloaders, 2 x 2,000 tph rail loading streams, 2 x 1,000 tph rail out load streams and 400,000 tonne capacity silo system, designed for a 9 Mtpa throughput of wheat, corn and soybean. Main duties included: Supervising the execution of three international contracts (ship loaders, shipun loaders and the Mechanical Electrical Controls Contract for the main silo system), from design, initial installation and through all contract phases to Acceptance and Plant Handover. Design and drawing review
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Chairing regular site, safety and contractual meetings Monitoring Contractor site performance against schedules Inspecting and monitoring equipment fabrication at workshops within China

Preparing and review of punch lists for site mechanical and structural works.

Performing maintenance and maintenance training of the Clients personnel

Supervising Commissioning and advising the client of any short comings in commissioning works. Analyzing commissioning data and preparing commissioning reports

Supervising Functional Guarantee Tests. Analyzing guarantee test results to determine whether each contractor had met the specified requirements. Preparing and issuing a detailed report for each test.

Inspecting equipment during the post-commissioning / acceptance period, and making recommendations for equipment and operational

improvements Preparing technical reports based upon site observations of equipment performance Regular reporting to the Client and World Bank Providing the client with contractual advice regarding execution of the Contract Analyzing and advising spare parts requirements. Inspecting spare parts on arrival.

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NAME ADDRESS

: HAR I SH KUMAR MATERIAL HANDLING : 4 4 / B2 SR INITHE BHAVANAM, L I C COLONY EXTN, NEHRU COLONY SELVAPURAM, COIMBATOR E 6 4 1 0 2 6 , TAMI L NADU, INDIA PH O N E +9 1 9 0 4 3 9 0 8 3 6 6 E - Mail: harishkuma r.r av ichand r a n@gma i l.com

PROFILE Self motivated Mechanical Engineer with six plus years of proven career in the field of Bulk Material Handling. Having extensive experience on Co-ordination and managing the engineering design outputs for Bulk Material Handling for Steel plants, Cement plants & Coal Mines in feasibility study based consulting organizations and EPC organizations who is willing to explore new horizons.

ACCREDITATIONS Certified Project Management Associate from IPMA-International Project Management Association, India Certified Professional in Project Management (2005) by Brain bench Online Certifications (U.S.A) Certified by Essar Learning Centre (Hazira) for the programme Project Management. Certified by Essar Learning Centre (Hazira) for Material Management. Certified by Essar Learning Centre (India) for Executive Leadership Camp.

OVERALL SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS Layout engineering of Complete Bulk Material Handling for Steel plants, Cement plants & Coal Mines Calculation of Belt tensions, pulley tensions, capacity calculations and power ratings for belt conveyors Detail engineering & equipment Specification preparations for Bulk Material Handling equipments Usage of relevant codes such as CEMA, ISO 5048, AS 3774, BIS & DIN codes. Unit Layout Making or development of existing facilities Studying P&ID and interpreting in Engineering Drawings Performing Load calculations for Bulk Material Handling equipments
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Bulk Materials feed rate balance & calculations Technical Comparison Sheet making Co-ordination with vendors Vendor drawing checking

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE M/s. Ficus Consultancy Services (Self owned firm) Jun 09 to Present Coimbatore, India Bulk Material Handling - Lead Providing engineering & design services to PT Glendale Partners Indonesia for PT Bharinto Expansion Projects Design & Engineering of complete proposals for Bulk Material Handling transportation expansion for Coal mine transportation projects Calculation of Belt tensions, power rating and take-up calculations for Belt Conveyors. Modified existing barge loading conveyor to feed newly brought 10000 DWT dumb and powered barges against existing barge capacity of 8000 DWT Supervise detail drawings output for Bulk Material Handling equipments Conduct business expansion feasibility study for a jewelry producer to deploy Bulk Casting machinery units for the production of Jewelry articles Liaise in trading and providing supply to foundries by importing ferrous & non-ferrous scraps from Indonesia

PT Aurecon Indonesia (Formerly Connell Wagner) May 08 to Jun 09 Jakarta, Indonesia Mechanical Technical Officer Mining & Industrial Department. Cadre : T-06 Duties: Develop layout for Coal Mining Ports and coal handling facilities Designed layout for dump station and coal transportation Layout engineering for preliminary and concept design for port handling and transportation facilities Assist Project leader for preparing General Arrangement for coal mining plants as per feasibility study report or tender requirements Working out preliminary designs and options for making the scheme working Performing engineering calculations for the equipments like belt conveyors, belt feeders etc

Selection of equipments like motors, gearbox, fluid couplings, buckets for loaders, hydraulic cylinders, hand pumps, radial stackers etc Providing engineering inputs for the structural design Supervision of drafting activities and utilization as per job loads Developed layout for coal stockpiles to transport material effectively by the wheel loaders and dump hoppers Designed transfer towers, drive stations and general arrangement for overland conveyors Provided draftsmen with the engineering support for preparing detail engineering drawings such as Head frame, Tail frame, Transfer Chutes, Take-up detailing and all other miscellaneous detail engineering drawings

Designed special type of manual hydraulic take-up, in-order to overcome the take-up application due to the constraint of space Calculations as per AS-3774 for the dump hoppers, silos and stockpiles in accordance to the material feed rate Providing assistance to prepare water hydrant nozzles for dust suppression and fire water pipelines Providing technical assistance for the selection of equipments for belt conveyors such as idlers, pulleys, bearings and blocks etc Providing marketing assistance technically as and when required

Projects Handled: Kaltim Prima Coal, Kalimantan Indonesia Melawan Coal Transport PT International Nickel and Coal Tbk, Sulawesi Indonesia. Balantang Port handling facilities. PT International Nickel and Coal Tbk, Sulawesi Indonesia. Soroako coal transportation

Larsen & Toubro Limited May 06 to March 08 Mumbai, India Project Supervisor -Cement Plant Project Layout Department. Cadre : S1 Supervisor Projects. Duties: Plant Layout development for cement plant with Solid Edge V20 / AutoCAD 2006 to suit customers requirement Designing of Material Handling feeding systems for Cement Plant Checking of vendor drawings to suit the layout

Piping Isometric drawings making for Cement Plant in Solid Edge V20 /AutoCAD. De-dusting pipes General Arrangement making in Solid Edge/AutoCAD Studying P&ID and interpreting in 2D Drawings GA making of Material Chutes and pipes Designed long conveyor of 2.5 Kms for handling limestone from Crushing Plant to Raw mills Layout engineering of storage silos such as Raw Meal Blending Silos, Homogenizing Silos, Cement Silos, Clinker silo and the storage bins for Shale, Limestone and Gypsum

Projects Handled: Gujarat Anjan Cement Plant projects (4500 TPD), Gujarat India Jaypee Sun Sidhi Cement Plant Projects (5000 TPD), Sidhi, India Oman Cement Company (S.A.O.G) Projects (5000 TPD), Rusayl, Oman. (Proposal Stage)

Essar Steel Limited April 04 to April 06 Hazira, India Diploma Engineer-Bulk Material Handling Department Sponge Iron Plant. Projects Handled: (1) DESIGN & ENGINEERING OF OXIDE FEEDING SYSTEM MODULE-IV PHASE I & II: Developed layout and designed Oxide/Pellets feeding System for Module IV-Phase I (Sponge Iron Plant - Midrex) of 120 Tons/Hr production. This requires initial feed rate of 4000 Tons/Hr from Jetty and screening is done around 1200 Tons/Hr finally it is conveyed to module. Each conveyer having the rated capacity of 250 Tons/Hr A new scheme of Vertical Steep Angle Conveying i.e., the conveyors with Angle of Inclination of 90 Degrees rated 2000 Tons/Hr with the height of 56m is developed to feed the system with raw materials Apart from the vertical Steep angle conveying, 20 Conventional Belt Conveyors rated 300 Ton/Hr and 2 belt conveyors rated 2000 Tons/Hr are designed and executed for the system. (2) DESIGN & ENGINEERING OF PRODUCT HANDLING SYSTEM MOD-IV: Developed layout and designed product/Hot briquettes feeding System from module four having approximate design capacity of 150 Tons/Hr. this gets the feeding from drag chain conveyors and is finally fed to the Steel Melting Plant (SMP). (3) DESIGN & ENGINEERING OF PELLETS FEEDING SYSTEM Module V: Developed Layout and designed Oxide/Pellets feeding System for two Modules (Sponge Iron) of 250 Tons/Hr productions. This requires initial feed rate of 2500 Tons/Hr from Jetty to five

bunkers & after screening around 1000 Tons/Hr is conveyed to two HBI/DRI Modules. Each having the rated capacity of 500 Tons/Hr A Dual Carrying Conveyor (D.C.C.) of 2500 Tons/Hr Capacity at Carrying side and return side carrying 500 Tons/Hr having horizontal centres of 1.7 KM Long is developed and engineered to facilitate the oxide feedin from Jetty Apart from the D.C.C, 8 Conventional Belt Conveyors rated 500 Ton/Hr are designed and executed for the system

PATENTS AND PRESENTATIONS Patents made at Profession: Developed a spreadsheet in M.S. Excel for performing design calculation for Belt feeders Developed a program on Visual Basic 6.0 and M.S. Excel for performing design calculation of Belt Conveyors to make a quick estimate in less time Developed a program in M.S. Excel for performing design calculation of Air slides (This program has been validated by Larsen & Toubro Limited for the projects). Successfully studied, developed and designed spoon type feeding chutes for Iron ore, Pellets and Limestone at Essar Steel Limited, which resulted in less belt wear and improved flow of material through Conveyor. Paper presented: Presented a paper in Modern energy conservation techniques in Industries at Technical Symposium held at Coimbatore, India. SYSTEMS PROFICIENCY SAP-Material Management, M.S Projects 2003, AutoCAD 2006, 2008, ProE 2001, Delta Helix, Beltstat 7.0 and Solid Edge V20, HTML, Visual Basic 6.0 and MS Office suite all under Windows platform

AWARDS RECEIVED Received awards for consistency in performance & good time management in Larsen & Toubro. Received Best All Rounder Award for excellent performance in studies, sports and discipline at College

ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS Proven time and people management skills


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Problem resolving abilities and decision making Logical reasoning & excellent communication skills Marketing skills Good team Member while being a team leader Go get positive attitude natured person

REFERENCES Domestic & International References are available on further requests

EDUCATION P.S.G. Polytechnic College April 2004 Coimbatore, India Honors Diploma in Mechanical Engineering (Design & Drafting Specialization) First Class with honors 87%

St Pauls School April 2002 Coimbatore, India Higher secondary course certificate First Class. 80%

LANGUAGES KNOWN English Hindi Tamil Telugu Kannada Indonesian

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