TE PNG – Ok Tedi Mining Limited

Large Commercial Kitchen

In 2019, the Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML) Tabubil mine camp required a large commercial kitchen that would feed thousands of people a day. The project managers at TE PNG engaged Bridgeman to provide a custom solution for the design, manufacture and delivery of the 9-metre-long stainless kitchen based on architectural drawings – from rangehoods and vents, through to fans and extraction parts. While precision was required in the design and manufacture, it was the logistical feat of delivery which made this project so unique and challenging. Once manufactured the stainless products had to be carefully packed into 4 x 40ft containers and trucked from Bridgeman’s yard in Brisbane to a ship headed to Port Moresby. It was then transferred to another ship and out to a barge which travelled 1,050km up the Fly River to a small town called Kinunga. Then finally, the stainless was transferred onto semi trucks and up to the Tabubil mine site.