A remote specialist civil design and drafting team for engineering companies working across mining, civil infrastructure and roads — integrated with your team, delivering to your standard, with minimal supervision required.
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30+ years of civil design experience
600km+ haul and access roads
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THE PROBLEM
The capacity constraint facing engineering teams
Your engineering team has the workload, but not always the civil design capacity to match it. Finding experienced civil designers at short notice is difficult — and relying on recruiters comes with no guarantee of sector experience. When that capacity gap opens up, project documentation falls behind, deadlines slip, and the risk of incomplete or incorrect civil drawings lands back on your team — and your name.
01 Not enough available civil designers to complete every project on time.
02 Relying on recruiters to fill the gap, with no certainty of sector experience.
03 Delays and incomplete documentation that put budgets, approvals and reputations at risk.
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HOW WE HELP
We help civil and multi-discipline mining engineering companies deliver their civil design scope on time — without the overhead of building that capacity in-house, or the risk of relying on recruiters to find it.
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THE OUTCOME
A civil design team you can call on the moment workloads increase — integrated with your engineering department, working to your standards, and requiring minimal supervision to deliver.
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OUR APPROACH
Our Method
01 / 03 Terrain & Earthworks Modelling
Large-area 12D terrain models with point-intensive modelling for accurate earthwork volumes, across process and non-process mining infrastructure.
02 / 03 Design Documentation
Clear, detailed drawings produced in Civil 3D, 12D, MicroStation or AutoCAD, documented to client standards from feasibility through to construction.
03 / 03 Minimal Supervision, Clear Communication
A team that integrates with your engineering department and keeps you informed at every step, without needing day-to-day oversight.
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OUR EDGE
Expert design
12D Model & Civil 3D
Our designers are expert-level users of 12D Model and Civil 3D, with deep experience across mining, local government and MRWA projects.
Australian-qualified depth
The majority of work is delivered by Australian-qualified designers, with our Bali team providing additional assistance when capacity is required.
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OUR TEAM
Experience You Can Rely On
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Ben Whitcombe
Managing Director
30 years’ experience
Expert-level 12D Model user with experience across mining, local government and MRWA projects. Primarily Western Australia based, with interstate and international project experience in England and Indonesia.
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Daniel Fritchley
Senior Civil Designer
30 years’ experience
Expert-level 12D Model user with experience across mining, local government and MRWA projects, with interstate and international project experience.
"Every project we take on, we treat as if our own name is on it."
Ben Whitcombe
Managing Director
FTZ CIVIL
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SECTORS
Sectors We Serve
SECTOR 01 — MINING
Process & non-process area infrastructure
Tailings corridors and dams
ROM pads & stockpiles
Drainage design
Heavy haulage roads
Mining camps
Mine access roads
SECTOR 02 — civil infrastructure
Local government
Urban road design
Pedestrian paths
Townscapes
Drainage design
Road upgrades
Carparks
SECTOR 03 — roads
Rural public and private access roads
Mine-to-port haulage road design & modelling
MRWA rural intersections
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contact
Engage FTZ Civil for Your Next Project
Contact us to discuss how FTZ Civil
can support your civil engineering design requirements.
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TELEPHONE · WHATSAPP
+61 403 667 955