Altyn Extraction Company (AltynEx), a leading gold mining company in Kazakhstan, initiated the development of a greenfield mining operation on an existing brownfield site. The project required delivering a fully operational facility, including engineering, procurement, construction, and operational readiness, under a tight project schedule.
The scope demanded coordination across multiple disciplines, including plant design, structural engineering, electrical systems, and asset management. Ensuring efficient collaboration among all stakeholders, including subcontractors and fabricators, while maintaining project timelines was critical to achieving successful delivery.
AAEngineering Group deployed Bentley technology to support an integrated BIM-driven approach across the entire project lifecycle. The team utilized a range of applications for 3D plant design, reality modeling, structural analysis, electrical and civil engineering, and asset performance management.
ProjectWise was implemented as a common data environment, enabling all participants to access and share up-to-date information. This centralized platform streamlined communication, facilitated coordination between teams, and improved the efficiency of approvals and design revisions throughout the project.
By adopting a BIM-based workflow and leveraging a connected data environment, the project team significantly improved efficiency across engineering and delivery processes.
The integrated approach reduced resource hours by a factor of two, enabling faster execution while maintaining coordination across all disciplines. This ensured the project could meet its tight schedule and deliver a fully operational mining facility with asset performance management procedures in place.
