Carmichael Mine, North QLD

Our customer, Hawkins Group, secured a remote 10-month construction project at Carmichael Mine, approximately six hours west of Mackay.

Tasked with constructing a 5,700 sqm heavy vehicle maintenance workshop and warehouse, Hawkins Group needed exceptionally reliable equipment that could remain on site for the duration of the project with little to no downtime. The challenging location and complex project requirements led Hawkins Group to select Skyreach as a specialist partner for a variety of elevated work platform equipment.

Our collaborative approach and experience in complex hire requirements for the mining sector helped Skyreach secure this project ahead of several other rental companies.

Skyreach's straight stick booms and our diesel and electric scissor lifts were selected as the most suitable equipment to help Hawkins Group achieve a safe, successful project. Each machine received additional mine-specification upgrades, inspections and compliance documentation before being mobilised, helping to avoid delays on arrival.

Once the machines had made the long journey to the mine site, service and maintenance became the main focus. To achieve maximum equipment uptime, one of Skyreach's fitters was inducted on site and available for the duration of the project, working in sync with the build schedule to service and maintain the access equipment outside of regular shifts.

Having preventative maintenance and rapid breakdown response directly on site dramatically reduced the risk of unplanned downtime, and for extra peace of mind in case of a breakdown, replacement machines were on standby in Townsville.