By ZiMining Reporter

Awards winning and diversified engineering firm, BCHOD Zimbabwe, has stood the taste of time and continue to scale dizzy heights making enormous strides in the mining sector.

The multi-disciplinary engineering firm was established in 1954 and ever since it has continued to be at the forefront of engineering innovation.

‘The firm has been involved with most of the Mining companies in the country since Independence. Because of this, the company has developed extensive exposure and experience in mining and plant and all other related engineering disciplines.

‘With a comprehensive staff of engineers, technologists, project managers, and more, BCHOD Zimbabwe is your one-stop source for complete multi-disciplinary consultancy engineering and project management services.’

Leading in engineering innovation

‘We provide the design and engineering services you need, from feasibility studies and environmental services to multi-disciplinary engineering, project management, industrial water and wastewater services treatment, or complete engineering, procurement, construction management project delivery.’

BCHOD Zimbabwe has immensely contributed to the mining sector having done engineering work for some of the country’s biggest mines such as Zimplats, RioZim, and Fredda Rebecca among many others.

Cam and Motor Mine

Projects have involved Civil, Structural and Electrical Engineering designs for ore handling options, miscellaneous structures, roads, airstrips, housing, sporting facilities and all other related infrastructure in the mines. BCHOD are project managers for the US$24m plus Rio Zimu2019s Cam and Motor Mine Gold Processing Plant at Eiffel Flats which commenced in 2015 and is still ongoing. Work entails project management, quality assurance supervision and design checks for Structural, Civil and Electrical works of the processing plant.

BCHOD are project managers for the US$24m plus Rio Zim’s Cam and Motor Mine Gold Processing Plant at Eiffel Flats which commenced in 2015. Work entails project management, quality assurance supervision and design checks for Structural, Civil and Electrical works of the processing plant.

Preparation of proposal with Bateman Group for Gold Processing Project etc., providing local engineering services. Design of underground conveyor tunnels, retaining walls, structural steelwork and roads systems and localizing overseas process designs to suit availability of local obtainable materials, in particular, structural steelwork sections for civil engineering contractor. Commoner Mine (gold extraction from old workings) Design of foundations, machine plinths, structural steelwork for a revitalized gold mine working, utilizing rehabilitated machinery.

Freda Rebecca Mine

Maintenance and rehabilitation related works including concrete bases and other minor civil engineering. Investigations of foundation difficulties during construction of Freda Rebecca Mine for Nedpak, Australia relating to structural design due to variance with local soils conditions. Instant decisions had to be reconciled whilst civil contractor was carrying out base excavations. The project was designed to give access to a primary crusher station by means of high-level retaining wall and dump truck feeder road. Structural steel work and foundation design to support high level vibratory screens, material conveyors and pipework support system to tailings pump station. Structural steel work and reinforced concrete retaining walls to support increased capacity crushers and screens. Checking of existing installed steel work to support 20 tonne maintenance overhead crane gantries

Zimplats Portals 1and 2

Civil and Structural Engineering designs for Ore handling options, roads, airstrip and related infrastructure. Included were overland conveyor options and full documentation for three crushing stations, two silos, offloading stations and associated conveyors, roadworks, etc. with EPCM firms Sandvik Materials Handling and DRA. A Supervision and maintenance management for above. Maintenance management of main roads plus minor subsidiary projects continuing through 2006. Prefeasibility study for road and rail options for ore haulage from future portal