CONSULTANCY

Peter Gray is often approached for consultancy by farm owners and dairy operators.

He was also consulted by Occupational Safety and Health for its review of farm safety regulations for rotary dairy designs - recent issues are the minimal, safe gap between rotary bails and head-and-breast rail and easier access to emergency stop controls from anywhere on the platform.

Peter is asked to improve cow flow design in existing sheds and to install modern Dairy Tech components. An unusual request in 2005 was to help with the design of a revolving restaurant floor.

His practical design flair has been applied to other diverse projects such as a steel-truss framed helicopter hangar and a precast spiral, internal stairway for a new house. Recent projects include an octagon-shaped precast “silo pads” that meet Fonterra’s updated requirements for milk vat stands.

Also earning wide recognition is a sectionalised design of precast concrete underpasses that are more adaptable to  alignment, height and length variations.

 MAINTENANCE

A Dairy Tech team of experienced and trained personnel has the ability to fix breakdowns on site.

A breakdown can require urgent response, particularly when cows are waiting to be milked, and a call to Dairy Tech or Peter’s mobile 0274 936 867 (after-hours) sets the wheels in motion to have the problem fixed.

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