Project and engineering management, from study to delivery.
Harwood Consulting Group provides project management, engineering management and independent assurance, plus training and coaching, to owners’ teams and engineering consultancies in the mining, resources and industrial sectors. It is led by Company Director Dane Pettett, who has directly managed more than $2 billion of infrastructure projects and supported engineering consultancies on major mining infrastructure projects.
About Harwood
Harwood Consulting Group is a project and capital advisory firm based in Queensland, Australia. It works with owners’ teams and engineering consultancies in mining, resources and industrial, from the first study through to a finished, handed-over project.
Harwood’s director has led projects, studies and engineering teams for owners and for engineering consultancies. That means project management that understands the engineering, and engineering management that understands what drives the project: scope, cost, schedule and risk.
Both sides of the table
Experience with owners’ teams and engineering consultancies, so decisions reflect what each side needs.
Project and engineering together
Project, study and engineering management under one lead who understands the drivers behind each.
Sized to the job
Led by the director on every engagement. The right people are brought in when the scope needs more people.
Company Director, Harwood Consulting Group
Led by Dane Pettett
Dane leads projects, studies and engineering teams for owners and engineering consultancies in mining, resources and industrial. He advises, reviews, trains and coaches, and builds the delivery systems that keep complex projects on track.
In more than 20 years he has directly managed more than $2 billion of work. That includes major studies and brownfield processing and materials handling upgrades, surface and underground materials handling, high voltage systems, ventilation for underground coal mines, highwall stabilisation, portal entries and stone drivage, as well as extensive experience in tailings dams, water dams and earthworks.
He has worked as an owner’s project, study and engineering manager, and as an engineering manager for a consultant, so he understands what owners need from engineers and what engineers need from owners.
Dane also coaches and mentors project, study and engineering managers who are stepping up to larger projects and bigger teams.
- Role
- Company Director, Harwood Consulting Group
- Qualifications
- Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical, Honours)
- Experience
- 20+ years delivering mining infrastructure projects
- Directly managed
- More than $2 billion in infrastructure projects
What Harwood does
Use one service on its own, or combine several across the life of a project.
Project management
Hands-on project and study management, from scope and schedule through to execution and handover.
Engineering management
Directing engineering teams and designers so design stays on scope, on schedule and ready to build.
Strategic advisory on capital deployment
Help for owners deciding where and when to spend capital, with the options tested before money is committed.
Execution strategy development
A clear plan for how a project will be contracted, staged, run and how its interfaces will be managed. It is written before execution starts and used to inform the study.
Independent project reviews
Governance and assurance reviews that tell the owner what is really happening on a project and what to do about it. They give confidence in an investment before capital is committed.
Capital project frameworks
Development and rollout of the processes and tools an owner uses to run capital projects, including custom builds for your organisation.
Project engineering and support
Hands-on project engineering and general project support, on its own or alongside other Harwood services, for teams that need extra capacity.
Training and coaching
Practical project management training for groups, and one-on-one coaching for project, study and engineering managers moving into larger roles.
One director. A team when the job needs it.
Dane is accountable on every engagement and works on the project personally.
When a scope is bigger than one person can cover, or the timeline is tighter than one person can meet, Harwood brings in experienced project and engineering professionals, chosen for the work, to support him. The client keeps one point of accountability and one standard of work.
Talk it through
A short conversation about the project and what the owner needs. If Harwood is not the right fit, we will say so.
Agree the scope
Scope, timing and fees are agreed before work starts. All work is carried out under the guidance and direction of Harwood’s director.
Mobilise
Dane starts on the work personally. Additional project and engineering professionals join when the scope or timeline needs them.
Deliver and report
Plain reporting, early warning on risk, and one point of accountability through to handover.
Sectors and experience
Resources and mining
Studies and projects for mining and resources clients, from brownfield upgrades to major new infrastructure. Harwood supports owners’ teams and engineering consultancies through studies, execution planning, delivery and assurance.
Industrial
Capital projects for industrial clients. The approach is the same: clear scope, controlled cost, honest reporting and a plan for how the work will be built.
Experience includes
- Brownfield processing and materials handling upgrade studies
- Surface and underground materials handling
- High voltage systems
- Ventilation systems for underground coal mines
- Highwall stabilisation
- Portal entries and stone drivage
- Tailings dams and water dams
- Bulk earthworks
- Ship loading and port infrastructure
- Coal handling and preparation plant (CHPP) work
- Independent peer reviews across a global mining portfolio
Clients include
Klohn Crippen Berger, Whitehaven Coal and Vitrinite.
Has worked with
BHP and Pembroke Resources.
Project and site details are confidential, so examples are described by scope.
Projara
In developmentProjara is an AI-first, cloud-based document management platform being built for owners’ teams and project management consultants.
It focuses on doing the core things simply, consistently and correctly, so projects need less dedicated document control effort. It is intended to be a lower-cost alternative to the established project document management platforms.
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Common questions
What does Harwood Consulting Group do?
Harwood provides project management, study management, engineering management, strategic advisory on capital deployment, independent project reviews, execution strategy development, capital project frameworks, project engineering support, and project management training and coaching. It works with owners’ teams and engineering consultancies in mining, resources and industrial.
Who does Harwood work for?
Owners’ teams, engineering consultancies and other organisations delivering major projects in mining, resources and industrial. Harwood can support either side of the table, and works to the needs of the project.
Does Harwood provide engineering design?
No. Harwood provides project management, engineering management and project support services, including project engineering. It manages and coordinates design work done by engineering consultants rather than carrying it out.
Can Harwood deliver large projects?
Yes. Every engagement is led by Harwood’s director, Dane Pettett, who is accountable for it. When a scope is larger than one person can cover, or the timeline is tight, Harwood brings in experienced project and engineering professionals, chosen for the work, to support him. The client still has one point of accountability.
What is an independent project review?
A review done by someone outside the project team. It tests whether the project is set up to succeed and whether it is performing the way it is being reported, then tells the owner what to do about any gaps. Owners use reviews to support governance and investment decisions.
Does Harwood offer coaching and training?
Yes. Harwood provides project management training for groups, and one-on-one coaching for project, study and engineering managers stepping up to larger projects and bigger teams.
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