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Minera Escondida, Organic Growth Project 1, Tunnel 4

Atacama Desert, Chile

Project Contacts: Jesse Beaver

Expansion of the Minera Escondida copper mine included constructing a corrugated steel structural plate arch tunnel. The tunnel acts as a buried bridge to carry a haul road over the mine’s conveyor system. During construction of the...

Service:Structural Investigation, Structural Rehabilitation

Market:Highway & Tunnel

Keywords:Buried, Condition Assessment, Culverts and Storm Drains, Damage, Finite Element Analysis, International, Metal, Metal-Steel, Pipe, Pipe, Steel, Pipeline, Settlement, Structural Adequacy Assessment, Tunnel

Bingham Canyon Mine

Salt Lake City, UT

Project Contacts: Jesse Beaver, Phillip Sharff

A conveyor belt runs along one of the canyon benches at the copper mine. The upper slope of the canyon was undergoing a slow and predictable landslide transverse to the conveyor belt. To protect the conveyor belt from falling debris due to the...

Service:Structural Investigation

Market:Highway & Tunnel

Keywords:Buried, Culverts and Storm Drains, Failure Investigation, Finite Element Analysis, Metal-Steel, Pipe, Retaining Wall, Soil-Structure Interaction, Tunnel

Crystal River Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3, Drop Load Analysis

Crystal River, FL

Project Contacts: Mehdi Zarghamee

The Crystal River Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 3, is part of a 4,700 acre energy complex that contains a 914 MW pressurized water reactor. When the client planned rigging operations for replacement of a steam generator at Unit 3, they required an...

Service:Structural Investigation

Market:Nuclear

Keywords:Buried, Cracking, Finite Element Analysis, Heavy Loads, Mechanical/Electrical System, Pipeline, Power, Soil-Structure Interaction