ACCOMPLISHMENTS
WIRE ROPE & CONVEYANCES
Engineering, procurement, & scheduling of replacements, attachments, fixtures and conveyances at multiple mines, down to 1,750 ft.
BACKFILL & SHOTCRETE SYSTEMS
Includes design, construction, operation and maintenance of cemented rockfill and paste systems to support multi-plant complexes.
BULK COMMODITY DELIVERY
Design & construction of borehole & shaft systems for dry and wet commodities, including fuels and lube to depths of up to 1,675 feet.
DUMP LEACH & TRIPLE LINING
Design, permitting and construction of a triple-lined valley fill leach pad, at schedule and costs equivalent to double-lined facilities.
ENVIRONMENTAL HYDROLOGY
Surface and groundwater analyses and monitoring including forensic engineering, monitoring locations and protocols, and excursion/flood routing evaluations.
SHAFT CONSTRUCTION ANALYSES
Ground characterization, structural, dog-leg analyses for siting, construction method and lining recommendations.
UNDERGROUND STABILITY
Stress-relief overcoring, detail drift mapping, core logging, ground characterization & boundary element analyses. Included are operating & repair histories for ground control in construction, development & operation in a range of supported, self-supported, and caving mining methods.
EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE
Includes at various mine sites: project engineering, replacement of 1,250HP main fans, and replacement of a 36,000 tpd coarse material handling tower with no unplanned disruption.
SLOPE STABILITY
Includes detail line rock mass
characterizations, and engineering piezo meter, optical, inclinometer and exten-someter arrays. Caliche to smectites, moraine to silica-flooded porphyry.
MINING METHOD ANALYSES
& SELECTION
Method analyses including conversion studies and multiple-method selections, both underground and surface.
U/G SERVICE WATER REG.
Design, installation & maintenance engineering of 1,200 gpm supply across two shafts, with 1,925 vertical feet of in-shaft, on-station and ramp regulation.
TAILS STORAGE FACILITY EXPANSION
Conversion of downstream earthfill embankment whole tails TSF to buttressed rockfill upstream using sub- aerial deposition – increasing capacity 2.5X within same footprint.
COST ANALYSES & PLANNING
Component and system estimation and closure, mine- and mill-wide capital and operating cost evaluation and tracking.
MECHANICAL COMPONENTS
Material handling, wear surfaces, rockboxes, support & lifting arrangements and a break-out wrench – Innovative solutions, proven and reliable engineering for mines and miners.
