20 | End-to-end service Wastewater from the new milk powder processing plant will be treated and discharged to the South Waikato District Council’s water treatment plant as trade waste. T T from page 18 REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Apex Water: Olam Food Braced by ambition and passion, John Tu’Ungafasi has grown Magic Engineering, the business he founded late 2019, from a one-man operation working from a home garage to a team of 38 highly skilled tradesmen, designers and project managers, operating from a 1000sqm workshop in Onehunga, and undertaking an impressive array of projects. “We specialise in the custom design and fabrication of di erent types of metals and process pipework,” says John. “Everything is designed and fabricated within the workshop, and we travel throughout the country to complete the installation of the project on site.” Fabrication services include, stainless steel fabrication, carbon steel fabrication, pipe welding, structural steel fabrication, conveyor fabrication, transport fabrication, tank fabrication, and fabrication/assembly of mobile industrial machinery. Magic Engineering has completed a range of successful projects for various industries including water, dairy, food, beverage, building, pharmaceuticals and manufacturing. No matter the size or scope of the project, Magic Engineering has the skills, experience and magic to deliver the best possible solutions. “In addition to our engineering expertise, our team is equipped with advanced 3D and CAD design software, Casting a spell and our ticketed welder is skilled in all types of welding, including TIG, MIG, ARC, and brazing. We also have the ability to laser cut, fold, custom build, and form metal to any shape to suit the client’s project. When it comes to inishing, we can create any inish you need for stainless steel, including powder coating, electric polishing, and painting.” Magic Engineering has recently been engaged by Apex Water to carry out all the mechanical work for the new Olam Food Ingredients plant in Tokoroa. “That includes the design and fabrication of the stainless steel MBR holding down tank and spools that makes the plant operate, and then carrying out the installation work.” Proud of his team and the success of his business, John says communication between Magic Engineering and its clients has been key from the very start. “Our primary focus is our customers and the relationship that we build as we journey through each project together. Listening to our clients ensures we meet all their needs. Our design and fabrication team are skilled in tailoring to the needs of all our clients. If our design team can draw it, our fabrication team can make it. We can take a sketch, concept or design intent and model those into 3D CAD SolidWorks, to ensure the inal product will look and function as intended.” WHERE MAGIC MEETS ENGINEERING. We specialise in custom design and fabrication of different types of metals including stainless steel, mild steel, aluminium alloy and process pipework. From mechanical engineering, to steelwork to commercial kitchen filters, we have a proven track record of delivering high-quality solutions for our clients. 027 777 1002 | john@magicengineering.co.nz | 38 Galway St, Onehunga “We expect to start early commissioning in August, when the milk will start coming into the plant, with final completion timed for February 2024.” Apex typically refers to itself as an Engineering, Procurement and Construction business (EPC), and is unique in the sense that it provides its clients with a total end-to-end service offering. “We undertake the design of the system in-house, we procure the plant and equipment that we have designed, and then we project manage the construction of the design. We have our own in-house design expertise, and don’t seek external design capability. “That end-to-end service means the client is not having to deal with multiple parties and provides them with significant cost and time efficiencies. “The client works with one person, who is mostly the Apex Water project manager, and most Apex project managers are engineers with expertise in that field. So, we’re able to add real project value on the job. We then test and commission the system, and partner with the client to provide long term training and ongoing operational expertise.” Kennedy says the real value of that endto-end service was put to the test during the design phase of Olam’s wastewater treatment plant when a change was requested to where the wastewater was discharged to. “The initial plan was for the wastewater to be discharged to an irrigation pond owned by the client. “Part way through the design process, the client requested that we explore options for the processed wastewater to be discharged to the South Waikato District Council’s water treatment plant as trade waste. “The Council had much more stringent requirements, which necessitated the use of the MBR technology. We’re flexible enough to be able to adopt change and retrofit the design with little impact to the programme, which in this case has not moved. “The client still requires everything to be completed by August for early commissioning, T T Company growth - page 22 when the milk will start coming in. We were agile enough to meet that requirement, which would not have happened if the designer was separate from the company contracted to build the plant. It may have pushed the programme out by a year.”
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