Rock-armoured crest of the raised tailings storage facility embankment at the QAL refinery, Gladstone, with the tailings pond beside it
Geotechnical and dams

Tailings storage facility raise recovery at QAL Gladstone

Recovery of a delayed tailings-storage-facility raise at QAL Gladstone, achieving design-storage-allowance compliance one week ahead of the deadline.

The work

The engagement established an accelerated programme through workforce planning, resequencing and revised schedules aligned to compliance milestones.

Quality-assurance systems were led across concurrent work fronts, with weirs, syphons, spillway and drainage works and RFI control.

Location
Gladstone, Queensland
Owner
Queensland Alumina Limited
Role
Programme recovery, quality assurance and ancillary works delivery
Scale
Tailings storage facility raise; compliance achieved one week ahead of deadline
Period
October–November 2025
Status
Completed
Disciplines
Geotechnical and dams, Mining, Project management

Technology

  • Construction scheduling
  • Quality assurance

Capability

  • tailings project recovery
  • quality assurance
  • hydraulic structures
  • RFI management

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