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Since joining AgFirst in 2002, Craig's 15 years of experience has been put to good use by AgFirst's clients with horticultural, agricultural and pastoral irrigation.
Taking a project from scratch and seeing it though to final commissioning is very challenging and in the end tremendously rewarding to hand over a professional job that the client can be fully confident in. Attention to quality, good engineering design and cost effective turnkey systems, be they large or small, create many repeat, word of mouth and long term clients for the Engineering division.
Irrigation system design and engineering is very diverse and can require creative thinking outside the square. Starting with the water source, there are many areas that Craig assists the grower to plan and achieve the final goal:
- Assessing clients needs and specific requirements
- Advise on water quantity to suit the area, crop and application
- Resource consent applications Groundwater and Surface water takes
- Pond / Dam design and consent application for water storage
- Pump duties and power requirements
- Pump controls specification and liaison with electrical contractor(s)
- Irrigation control systems, sensors and remote monitoring
- Pump headworks and suction design
- Diesel and electrical pump design including submersible, surface and vertical turbine pumps
- Turbine power and system design using water stream head and flows.
- Land Drainage design and turnkey drainage systems.
- Water quality for irrigation, Water analysis, assessment & quality control options
- Complete design & supply turnkey packages including installation
- Frost protection using irrigation water
- Summer irrigation based on replacement factor, soil type and customized or specific client requirements
- Water supply systems for rural subdivisions
- Water supply systems for stock dairy / sheep / beef
- Soil moisture monitoring equipment
- Project management
- Contractor supervision/liaison/training
- Materials supply: all types of irrigation and drainage pumps, Pvc & poly - full range pressure pipe, fittings, valving, cable, sprinklers, drippers, dripline, water tanks & fittings, concrete troughs, drainage coil, drainage pipe and fittings, culvert pipe.
Craig's extensive experience in all facets of the engineering design and commissioning process is a great asset to his clients, ensuring a maximum return on their irrigation investments.
Projects and Services
Frost Protection for Horticultural Crops through Irrigation
In the past 5 years the New Zealand horticultural industry including the pip fruit, kiwifruit and viticultural industries have experienced damaging frosts due to colder weather patterns during spring. AgFirst Engineering designs effective systems to protect against frost. read more...
Coach Road Orchards
Coach Road Orchards is a state of the art, 45ha kiwifruit orchard that Craig has been involved with since it was developed from scratch in 2004. read more...
Brownrigg Agriculture Swamp Road Orchard
A recent development by Brownrigg Agriculture on Swamp road required a broad range of services from Ag First Engineering including drainage design, water source options... read more...
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