Dobbie Engineers experience with a broad range of clients has enabled us to develop expertise in the following industries. For more information please click on an icon below.
Dairy & Food
Dobbie has been providing specialist mechanical advice and services to the New Zealand Dairy and Meat Industry for over 20 years. We have been the lead consultants for 6 greenfield milk powder plants and 12 major plant expansions and provide services to over 35 other dairy and meat processing plants.
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Geothermal
Dobbie's Rotorua office is within New Zealand’s geothermal area. Our conceptual design advice helps resource owners to obtain maximum and sustainable benefits from their assets. Our team has several awards for our innovative designs of geothermal plants and we have continuous work for the geothermal industry, varying from pool and hotel heating systems to pellet drying and electricity generation plants.
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Forestry
In addition to our pulp and paper work we regularly provide engineering services to fibreboard plants, laminated timber mills and sawmills. Timber drying kilns and their associated heat plants are typical projects along with the certification log handling and forestry harvesting equiptment.
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Energy
Dobbie provide professional engineering advice and designs to the energy industry, in particular for heat plants using geothermal or biomass fuels. We have also provided services for electricity generation plants powered by gas, coal, hydro and geothermal energy.
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Boilers
Industrial process plants require heat sources which are usually boilers producing steam or hot water. Dobbie combines our expert knowledge of process requirements, boilers and pressure piping to select and design effective heat plants. We have been involved in boilers from 1MW to 100MW. Recent projects have included biomass and electrode boilers to reduce clients carbon footprint.
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Refrigeration
Dobbie offers comprehensive refrigeration consulting services, starting with needs assessment, master planning, and front-end engineering. We provide conceptual and process design, prepare specifications for refrigeration plant procurement, and guide tendering. Our services extend to design review & management, project management, and commissioning supervision, with deep expertise in both natural and synthetic refrigerant systems.
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Pulp & Paper
Dobbie has been consulting to the Pulp and Paper industry since 1990. We have extensive knowledge of the pulp and paper mills at Kinleith, Kawerau and Whakatane Mills. We are frequently used by New Zealand’s Pulp and Paper industry to provide conceptual design, detailed engineering, project implementation, remaining life studies and site engineering assistance.
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Building Services
Dobbie offer the conceptual design, detailed engineering and lifecycle support services required for building services projects. Most projects are for complex buildings with special process or environmental requirements. Seismic restraint of equipment is a frequent design activity.
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