Saleyard Design Consultancy and Tender Services

If you are considering minor or major redevelopment or a complete new complex.

ProWay offers the following services:

Consultation

Site survey using total station technology

Concept design and budget estimate

Final design and development application

Preparation of tender documents

Engineering

Project management

Supply and installation of equipment

Where does ProWay fit in with your business?

We can offer your business the benefit of our integrated design and planning, budgeting, manufacture and site installation service for saleyard facilities.

Benefits of working with us are:

• Rapid and accurate budgeting for planned facilities. ProWay can work with your managers to draw up suitable designs. These can be quickly valued and varied accordingly.
• You can be sure the designs will fit your current and future needs. Drawing on a CAD program allows rapid evaluation of capacity and function, and viewing of possible future capital works layouts.
  • Yards will be state of the art in design. Our experience and the liaison process with stakeholders will ensure yards are state of the art in;
  • Maximising stock flow for stress free handling of livestock. This will minimise labour costs in processing stock. It will also maximise livestock returns in minimising hide damage, bruising and dark cutting meat. 
  • All latest technology is considered in the design. Examples would be EID technology or the patented ProWay autodrafter.
  • All OH & S issues are considered and Australian and industry standards are complied with.
  • Yards will be Livestock Transporters Association compliant.
• By choosing ProWay products, you know your yards will be constructed from top quality materials, with strength in the right places. The industry is currently being flooded with imported material which is improperly or deceptively specified. Some operators are finding out the yard way what initially looked cost effective is the most expensive option.
• On-going maintenance costs will also be minimised as a result of good design and suitable materials.
• Building a ProWay facility will maximise the capital gain on the land asset. Your facility will be recognised for what it is – a state of the art, well-built facility.
• By purchasing branded integrated systems such as ProWay offers creates the options of using lease type finance. This moves the expense off the balance sheet. In addition the development does not need to be funded out of cash flow.
• You can achieve rapid, timely installation of facilities. We can help you beat the labour and trade shortage with our system of pre-fabricating in our workshop facility.
• You know the product you get will be the one you wanted, within the budget you specified. We can help take the uncertainty out of capital works.We can offer your business the benefit of our integrated design and planning, budgeting, manufacture and site installation service for saleyard facilities.

Thinking of improving your Saleyard facility?

The saleyard industry is becoming more competitive and cost pressures are increasing. Saleyard managers are being made more accountable for the safety and animal welfare of their facility. You need to be sure any expenditure puts you at the cutting edge in terms of safety and efficiency.

Saleyard operators need to be focused on the competitiveness of their facility in the current marketplace. If you are perceived as inefficient of unsafe your business viability will be affected. Increased efficiencies in the transport industry makes it viable to bypass your facility if you’re not the benchmark.

Business opportunities such as spelling, load consolidation and depot facilities will only come about if your facility is to the required standards.

Your customer base of producers, buyers, agents and the transport industry are becoming more discerning and demanding.

Many issues need to be considered in building facilities. These include engineering, waste and noise, efficiency, safety and stock flow. Stock flow is the central plank of facility design which is often underestimated. If you can achieve stock flow many other requirements will fall into place.

Good Stockflow:

Increases labour efficiency

Improves human and animal safeties as stock aren’t upset by forcing.

Minimises prodder and dog use.

Minimises loading, unloading and processing times.

Improves the temperament of saleyard users.

Optimises quality of out loaded stock in terms of bruising and stress related issues.

Optimises the welfare of processed animals.

ProWay have the experience and know how to utilise scientifically proven animal movement research.

Our design input can achieve a facility with optimal stock flow by:

Use of strategic sheeting

Selecting optimal ramp slope to counter cattle’s poor depth perception.

Using curve designs which harness animals desire to escape.

Incorporating pneumatic actuation of gates to avoid having operators in the cattle flight zones.

Designing facilities with elevated walkways to separate stock from operators.

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