Carnac

What Carnac does

Carnac - Project Delivery Services Pty Ltd is an Australian privately-held engineering consultancy founded in 2013 and headquartered in Myaree, Western Australia. It provides multidisciplinary engineering and design services to mining and mineral processing operators across alumina, nickel, manganese, and titanium dioxide commodities, with project offices in Bunbury (southwest Western Australia) and Bowen Hills (Queensland). The firm is organized around three integrated service lines — Prospect (concept through feasibility), Deliver (engineering design through asset handover), and Sustain (system review, debottlenecking, reliability) — supplemented by HAZID/HAZOP/SWOT workshop facilitation and a proprietary Fluid Flow Design Software (FFDS) product acquired from Allan Taylor & Associates in 2016 and continuously developed in-house.

The firm's revenue is generated through project-based professional services engagements sold directly to enterprise mining and mineral processing clients, with work spanning concept studies, definitive feasibility studies, detailed engineering design, procurement support, and construction oversight. Carnac differentiates through its under-one-roof multidisciplinary model (process, mechanical, electrical, civil/structural, instrumentation and control engineering), proprietary FFDS software with three specialized modules (incompressible, network, and compressible/two-phase), SysCAD process modelling expertise, and complementary digital capabilities including 3D laser scanning, Finite Element Analysis, and drone-based inspection. The leadership team includes co-directors Peter Brozicevich and Simon Cockerill and principal engineers averaging 20-30+ years of specialized mineral processing experience, which forms the primary basis of the firm's competitive positioning.

The business serves a narrow, concentrated addressable buyer pool — large Australian alumina refineries, TiO2 plants, nickel refineries, and manganese operations — through direct enterprise engagement with no intermediary channels. All operations are domestic to Australia, with no disclosed revenue, external funding, or public listing. Client relationships appear long-tenured, anchored by repeat refinery work and decarbonisation/energy-efficiency programs (coal-to-gas conversions, biomass co-firing studies, environmental constraints assessments), though the firm does not publicly name its enterprise customers.

Name

Carnac

Legal name

Carnac - Project Delivery Services Pty Ltd

Website

https://carnac.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Engineering Consulting Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Mineral Processing Plant Design & EPCM (Flowsheet Development, Piloting & Scale-up) (IMAKALAK)

Keywords

• Engineering consulting services
• Multidisciplinary engineering design
• Mineral processing engineering
• Process plant engineering
• Fluid flow design software

Headquarters

HQ city

Mareeba

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Engineering Services: Carnac generates revenue through providing multidisciplinary engineering and design consulting services to mining and mineral processing clients. Services include process engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, civil/structural engineering, instrumentation and control, and project management. Engagements range from concept studies through to detailed engineering design and construction support.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Carnac - Project Delivery Services Pty Ltd is a multidisciplinary engineering and design consultancy that delivers project services for processing plants across the mining and mineral processing sector. Its core offerings span three integrated service lines — Prospect (concept to feasibility studies), Deliver (engineering design through asset handover), and Sustain (system review and optimisation) — covering process, mechanical, electrical, civil/structural, and instrumentation and control engineering. The firm also develops and supports FFDS (Fluid Flow Design Software), a proprietary engineering design software package originally built for the alumina industry and used for fluid flow analysis in mining and mineral processing applications.

Product overview

Carnac is a multidisciplinary engineering and design company offering project delivery services for processing plants. The company operates three integrated service offerings: Prospect (concept to feasibility studies), Deliver (engineering design through asset handover), and Sustain (system review and optimisation). Their proprietary software product is FFDS (Fluid Flow Design Software), an engineering design tool for fluid flow calculations in mining and mineral processing. The company also provides specialized workshop facilitation services for risk assessment including HAZID, HAZOP, and SWOT analysis. Carnac serves commodities including Alumina, Manganese, Nickel, and Titanium Dioxide across Western Australia and Queensland.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FFDS - Fluid Flow Design Software: Engineering design software package for the mining and mineral processing industries, originally built by Allan Taylor & Associates. Carnac took over development, training and support in early 2016.

Products and services

• FFDS - Fluid Flow Design Software Proprietary engineering design software package developed for the mining and mineral processing industries, providing fluid flow analysis of process piping systems including tanks, pipes, fittings, pumps, control valves, and heat exchangers, with physical property databases for steam, gas, liquid, solid, mixture, process liquor and rheology. Originally built for the Alumina Industry by Allan Taylor & Associates; Carnac took over development, training and support in early 2016.
• Prospect (Concept to Feasibility Services)

Quantifiable outcome

• 25.2 ktpa coal and 45.8 ktpa carbon dioxide equivalent savings potential when all three standalone execution packages are executed
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Primero Group: Primero Group is an Australian engineering, procurement and construction firm focused on non-process infrastructure and mineral processing plants, particularly for lithium, rare earths, and battery materials. It is a direct competitor for mid-sized mineral processing engineering mandates in the Australian market.
• Hatch: Hatch is a global engineering consultancy with deep mineral processing and metallurgical expertise (alumina, nickel, manganese, TiO2), offering feasibility, detailed design, and EPCM services. It is the most direct peer to Carnac in mineral processing-focused engineering, though at significantly larger scale and global reach.
• Lycopodium: Lycopodium is an ASX-listed Australian EPCM firm specialising in mineral processing plant design and construction, particularly for lithium, nickel, gold and other battery/precious metals. It competes with Carnac for the same Australian mineral processing engineering mandates but typically delivers larger lump-sum projects.
• METS Engineering: METS Engineering is an Australian specialist engineering firm focused on mineral processing flowsheet development, piloting and scale-up, serving gold, base metals and battery materials clients. Comparable to Carnac for the upstream flowsheet/process design portion of mineral processing projects.
• Wave International: Wave International is a privately held Australian engineering consultancy delivering process, mechanical, electrical and instrumentation services to mineral processing clients. It is comparable to Carnac in size, scope, and target market within WA-based mining engineering.
• Engenium: Engenium is an Australian engineering consultancy providing multidisciplinary engineering and project delivery to the resources sector, with offices in WA and QLD. It is closely comparable to Carnac in services, geography and target commodities.

Broad incumbents

• Worley: Worley (formerly WorleyParsons) is one of Australia's largest energy and resources engineering and EPCM providers, with extensive minerals and metals practice. It competes for the same alumina/refinery upgrade and mineral processing engineering work but as a broad incumbent across the full resources value chain.
• Sedgman (NRW Holdings): Sedgman, now part of NRW Holdings, is an Australian mineral processing engineering and operations firm delivering EPC and asset management across commodities. It is a broad incumbent peer in the same mineral processing plant engineering segment as Carnac.

Emerging players

• Mineral Technologies: Mineral Technologies is a leading mineral processing equipment and process solutions provider with services spanning flowsheet design and plant engineering. It is comparable to Carnac as an adjacent player in mineral processing flowsheet development and engineering services, with stronger equipment manufacturing scope.

Others

• Allan Taylor & Associates: Allan Taylor & Associates is the original developer of the FFDS software that Carnac acquired in 2016. While not a direct competitor today, it is relevant as the prior owner of Carnac's key software product and a former participant in the same alumina software/tools market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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