Sector
Mining and resources
Engineering for mine infrastructure: tailings and water storage, haul roads, pipelines, site civil works and rehabilitation, on site and on the FIFO roster.
Projects
- ProjectStockpile Dam, Clermont Coal MineA regulated dam delivered from front-end loading through design, tender and execution
- ProjectLease-wide flood modelling and catchment plans, ClermontHydraulic modelling, flood analysis and catchment plans for three mining leases
- ProjectTailings-dam raise front-end loading, Saraji MineA $25M raise taken through 18 months of front-end loading, with HAZOP and HAZID reviews
- ProjectTailings storage facility raise, Gladstone alumina refineryA delayed raise recovered to dam-safety compliance one week ahead of the statutory deadline, with weirs, syphons and spillway works
- ProjectCapital works, Tropicana gold mine, Western AustraliaHaul roads, pumps and pipelines, tailings, stormwater, rehabilitation and electrical compliance, with construction drawings and tender documents
- ProjectTailings storage facility embankment raise, Central QueenslandDesign and certification of the raise, with hydraulic analysis and seepage modelling, to ANCOLD guidelines
- ProjectHaul road network, Bowen Basin open-cut mine15 km of haul roads, drainage structures and intersections laid out for ultra-class haul trucks
- ProjectProgressive rehabilitation and closure plan tracking, ClermontMilestone and compliance reporting to 2042, linked to ArcGIS and to the inspection and test plans for rehabilitation works
What this sector usually needs
Mine owners and operators, their project and site engineering managers, and the contractors delivering mine infrastructure.
- Design and certification of haul roads, drainage and site civil works.
- Tailings storage and water storage embankment works and their geotechnical review.
- Pipelines, pump stations and process infrastructure.
- Rehabilitation and closure earthworks, with the programme and compliance tracking to go with them.
- An engineer placed on site, working the full FIFO roster, for a defined scope.
What to expect
Site work runs inside the operator's systems: HAZOP and HAZID reviews, inspection and test plans, QA hold points and the request-for-information process.
Each commission names the registered engineers who deliver it and how site presence is staffed.
How the work is commissioned
Mining work is commissioned directly by the owner or operator, or through the contractor delivering the works.
Services for this sector
- Mining engineering and mine infrastructureMining engineering and mine infrastructure: haul roads, tailings and water storage, site civil works, rehabilitation and project controls, delivered on site and on the FIFO roster.
- Civil engineeringDevelopment and infrastructure civil engineering: operational works, stormwater and drainage, water and sewer servicing, roads, earthworks and RPEQ certification.
- Geotechnical engineeringGeotechnical engineering for foundations, earthworks, slopes, pavements and mine infrastructure, delivered by engineers registered in geotechnical engineering.
- Structural engineeringStructural engineering for buildings, retaining walls, tanks and civil structures, with design, assessment and certification by registered structural engineers.
- Process engineeringProcess engineering for water, wastewater, leachate and minerals-processing facilities: process design, mass balances and operational review.
- Environmental engineeringEnvironmental engineering for development and resource projects: stormwater quality, erosion and sediment control, landfill and leachate, and approval support.
- Electrical engineeringElectrical engineering for sites, pump stations, lighting and industrial installations, with design and certification by registered electrical engineers.
- SurveyingEngineering and construction surveying: detail surveys, set-out, as-constructed and volume surveys, monitoring, and cadastral surveys by a registered cadastral surveyor.
Discuss a mining and resources project.
Describe the site, the asset and the programme. The reply confirms the engineering scope, the registered engineers involved and the site arrangement.