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Field Services

We are a team of highly qualified professionals with extensive experience in pre-commissioning, commissioning, start-up, and field services of long-distance fluid transport systems around the world.

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Check list, procedures and protocols
Pre-commissioning, Commissioning & Startup
Operator training
Fluid operation systems
Contruction management
Technical inspection
Field engineering
As-built drawings
Storage management
Pipeline pigging and cleaning
Global experts in fluid transport systems. Pre-commissioning, commissioning, start-up, and field services. Reach out today.

Our professional staff

BRASS is defined by its exceptional team of hand-picked professionals who have demonstrated a proven leadership in their respective fields, possessing extensive experience and unwavering dedication to reach objectives aligned to client specificity. Well-equipped to tackle any challenge, BRASS offers innovative insights and value-added solutions from a collaborative approach, while rooted in a steadfast commitment to ethical practices, exceptional results and client satisfaction.

With over 45 years of experience in industrial mining pipeline projects, from pre-commissioning to startup.
BRAD RICKS
Founder – Board Chairman
Senior Consultant

Chemical Engineer, M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, USA. Over 45 years of experience in industrial mining pipeline projects, from pre-commissioning to startup. Contributing author with over 20 published articles related to pipeline design, maintenance, and operation.   

Over 30 years managerial experience in the mining industry. Proven acumen and knowledge of pipeline design, thickened tailings, slurry and backfill processes. 
GEORGE SHOU
Asia Regional Director 
Senior Consultant

Mining Engineer, Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, University of Arizona, USA. M.B.A. in Information Technology Management, University of Phoenix, USA. M.Sc. in Mining Engineering, Northeastern University, China. B.S. in Mining Engineering, Chungking University, China. Over 30 years managerial experience in the mining industry. Proven acumen and knowledge of pipeline design, thickened tailings, slurry and backfill processes. 

Over 35 years of experience across the mining industry, specialized in multiple areas in long-distance pipeline  project design, from commissioning to startup.
ROY BETINOL
LATAM Regional Director
Senior Consultant

Mechanical Engineer, Licenced P.E. Silliman University, Philippines. Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Over 35 years of experience across the mining industry, specialized in multiple areas in long-distance pipeline  project design, from commissioning to startup. International consultant for emergency first-response events in pipeline operations. Lead advisor for  client relations, contract  negotiations,  internal communications and regional expaction developments.

Over 30 years of expertise overseeing the  verification and inspection across multiple phases of pipeline projects involving high-pressure, long-distance mineral transport of slurry, tailings, water and desalinated water.
LUIS NAVARRO
Senior Process Management
Lead Consultant

Civil Engineer, with a specialization in Hydraulic Engineering, B.Sc. Pontifical Catholic University, Chile. Over 30 years of expertise overseeing the  verification and inspection across multiple phases of pipeline projects involving high-pressure, long-distance mineral transport of slurry, tailings, water and desalinated water. Lead Consultant for emergency first- response events. Lead facilitator for training workshops and critical case review analysis.   

Over 14 years of experience in multiple phases of mining operations,  project management, commissioning, and startup related to  fluid transportation systems, to include  water recovery.
PATRICIO MATAMALA
Operations & Maintenance
Services Manager

Civil Engineer with a specialization in Hydraulic Engineering, B.Sc. University of Concepción. Over 14 years of experience in multiple phases of mining operations,  project management, commissioning, and startup related to  fluid transportation systems, to include  water recovery. Main focus on client relations,  innovation, development and implementation of new and useful technologies, methodologies, and solutions to promote the advancement and PIMS (Pipeline Integrity Management Systems), in addition to emergency response coordination, assessment and evaluation.   

Over 15 years of experience undertaking projects in the mining sector, including basic and detailed engineering, operational support, commissioning, start-up, and field services
HECTOR OBERG
Lead Process Engineering Consultant

Mechanical Engineer from the University of Chile. Over 15 years of experience undertaking projects in Bachelor of Engineering Sciences (BSc). Over 25 years of experience in the development of mining projects, primarily in the field of long distance fluid transportation (water and mineral slurry).
Focused on design, cost, construction, commissioning and start-up.
The mining sector to include: basic and detailed engineering, operational support, commissioning and start-up. Additional roles include technical review, inspection and process revision on control systems and instrumentation for industrial processes across different engineering phases.

Over 25 years of experience in the development of mining projects, primarily in the field of long-distance fluid transportation (water and mineral slurry). Focused on design, costs, construction, and field services such as commissioning and start-up.
BENIGNO LOPEZ
Senior Consultant Engineer

Bachelor of Engineering Sciences (BSc). Over 25 years of experience in the development of mining projects, primarily in the field transportation (water and mineral slurry). Focused on design, cost, construction, commissioning and start-up.

With over 20 years of experience, he has worked as a design and field engineer, focusing on control systems and instrumentation for industrial processes across different engineering phases, including field services.
MANUEL CAROCA
Engineering Manager

Electrical Engineer from the University of Santiago de Chile, specialized in instrumentation and control systems. With over 20 years of experience, he has worked as a design and field engineer, focusing on control systems and instrumentation for industrial processes across different engineering phases.

Over 14 years of experience developing projects for the mining sector, specializing in conceptual, basic, detailed, turnkey, as well as Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC), including field services.
JAVIER PEREZ
Hydraulic Discipline Manager

M.Sc. Water Science and Engineering, Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Engineering, KIT, Germany, Civil Engineer, M.Sc. Concepción
University, Project Engineer, University of Adolfo Ibañez, Santiago,
Chile. Over 14 years of experience developing projects for the mining sector, specializing in conceptual, basic, detailed, turnkey, as well as, Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC). Focused on trial process engineering across different engineering phases.

Over 30 years of experience in consulting mineral process projects, involved in all engineering phases for processing plants, and field services such as commissioning and start-up.
ALOISIO CABRAL
Consultant Process Specialist

Mining Technician with a M.S. degree in Mineral Technology in Mining and Metallurgical Engineering. Over 30 years of experience in consulting mineral process projects, involved in all engineering phases for processing plants, and commissioning and start-up activities.

With over 18 years of experience in mineral processing engineering and mineral processing plant operations, with specialized knowledge in field services such as commissioning and start-up.
ANDRE FALCUCCI 
Process Consultant

M.S. Mining Engineerig, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Over 18 years of experience in mineral process engineering and mineral processing plant operations, expertise in commissioning and start-up activities.

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