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  1. Ovoot Tolgoi Coal Handling Facility EPCM

    Client:
    South Gobi Sands LLC
    Location:
    near Gurvantes, South Gobi Province, Mongolia
    Ausenco Taggart Mongolia undertook the EPCM delivery of South Gobi Sands Coal Handling Facilities at the Ovoot Tolgoi Mine in South Gobi Province Mongolia. These works included detailed design engineering, project management, construction management, and safety...

  2. Kinsevere Stage II Copper Project

    Client:
    Anvil Mining Limited
    Location:
    Democratic Republic of Congo
    The existing Kinsevere operation is an open pit mining operation and HMS processing plant with an electricarc furnace located 30 km north west of Lubumbashi, provincial capital of Katanga Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Ausenco was initially...

  3. Integra CPP structural and design review

    Client:
    Integra Coal Operations
    Location:
    Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia
    Integra Coal Operations have carried out a number of upgrades to their Coal preparation plant utilising different companies to construct. As part of their due diligence and safety management, the project was commenced to ensure that the plant remained compliant...

  4. Advanced Biomass Power System

    Client:
    Kruger Inc.
    Location:
    Bromptomville, QC, Canada
    Ausenco Sandwell developed and completed the feasibility studies, preliminary engineering, capital cost estimate and the detail design engineering for the new 26 MW biomass fired cogeneration complex at Kruger, Bromptonville, Quebec. A state-of-the-art...

  5. Engineering & Management Services for TMP Plant Modernisation and Expansion

    Client:
    Abitibi Consolidated Inc.
    Location:
    Jonquière, QC, Canada
    Ausenco Sandwell, in cooperation with a local consultant, provided complete engineering and management services for the conversion of the existing RMP and SGW pulping plants to a new 450-BDt/d TMP plant. The project included the addition of two main refining...

  6. From Scope Definition to Design of Board Machine Optimisation

    Client:
    Tembec Inc.
    Location:
    Témiscaming, QC, Canada
    Tembec selected Ausenco Sandwell to perform the preliminary engineering for a project to optimise an existing board machine and to increase bleached board production to 175,000 tonnes per year. Ausenco Sandwell carried out a technical audit of the board machine...

  7. Definition & Detailed Design for Cluster Rule Implementation Project

    Client:
    Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.
    Location:
    Missoula, MN, USA
    The Cluster Rule Implementation Project responds to the Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency. The scope of the project included installation of a new foul condensate tank, segregation of condensates...

  8. Modernisation Studies for Nagaon and Cachar Papermills

    Client:
    Hindustan Paper Corporation
    Location:
    Hindustan, India
    Hindustan Paper Corporation (HPC), a Government of India enterprise operates two papermills in Assam State: Nagaon Papermill (NPM) located at Kagajnagar, and Cachar Papermill (CPM) located at Panchgram. They produce a range of printing and writing papers for...

  9. OCC-to-Lightweight Linerboard Mill

    Client:
    MacMillan Bloedel Packaging Inc.
    Location:
    Henderson, KY, USA
    Ausenco Sandwell provided a capital cost estimate, engineering, and detailed design for this greenfield OCC-to-lightweight linerboard mill based on the specialty mini-mill concept. This mill produces 400 TPD of high-quality linerboard from OCC furnish. The...

  10. Hog Fuelled Power Boiler

    Client:
    MB Paper Limited
    Location:
    Powell River, BC, Canada
    Ausenco Sandwell was chosen to provide conceptual engineering and detail design services for the Power Boiler 19 project for MB Paper at Powell River. The boiler was fired on hog fuel 19 months after award of the contract to Foster Wheeler Pyropower, Inc....

  11. St. Mary’s Paper Inc. No. 5 Paper Machine

    Client:
    Commonwealth Construction Company
    Location:
    Saulte Ste. Marie, ON, Canada
    Ausenco Sandwell conducted a detail study, followed by design development, capital cost estimates, detail design and construction supervision assistance for a new 184 inch trim twin-wire, SC-B paper machine of 4,000 fpm capacity. The project also included...

  12. Engineering & Capital Cost Estimate for Sawdust Pulping Increase

    Client:
    Fletcher Challenge Canada Limited
    Location:
    Elk Falls, BC, Canada
    Ausenco Sandwell conducted an engineering study followed by a capital cost estimate for facilities to improve the sawdust pulping capacity by the addition of a 340 t/d M&D Digester system. Subsequently, Ausenco Sandwell executed the detailed design and provided...

  13. Greenfield Kraft Pulp Mill

    Client:
    Barito Pacific - PT Tanjungenim Lestari Pulp & Paper
    Location:
    South Sumatra, Indonesia
    Ausenco Sandwell's initial investigations for this 1,430 tonne per day world class greenfield kraft pulp mill began in 1991. Forestry, mill site selection, geotechnical, environmental and engineering studies were conducted in succeeding years. This single...

  14. Paper Machine, Fibrelines & Recaust for Mill Expansion

    Client:
    Temple-Inland Inc.
    Location:
    Evadale, TX, USA
    Ausenco Sandwell provided detailed engineering services for Temple-Inland's mill expansion. The scope of the project involved all areas of the mill, including a new No. 5 paper machine producing 600t/d of coated bleached paperboard, complete with three on-machine...

  15. Engineering & Capital Cost Estimate for Pulp Mill Expansion

    Client:
    Procter & Gamble Cellulose Ltd.
    Location:
    Grande Prairie, AB, Canada
    Ausenco Sandwell provided conceptual engineering studies and an appropriation grade capital cost estimate for the planned expansion of the bleached kraft pulp mill at Grande Prairie from 285,000 t/a to 550,000 t/a of softwood bleached kraft pulp. The study...

  16. Single-drum Recovery Boiler

    Client:
    Crestbrook Forest Industries Ltd.
    Location:
    Cranbrook, BC, Canada
    Ausenco Sandwell conducted the preliminary engineering and capital cost estimate for a new 3,120,000 lb BLS/d single-drum recovery boiler. It has a low odour design with high solids combustion, including a twin-chamber high efficiency dry bottom electrostatic...

  17. Plant Modernisation

    Client:
    Crestbrook Forest Industries Ltd.
    Location:
    Skookumchuck, BC, Canada
    Ausenco Sandwell started planning with CFI in 1990 for the $279 million asset renewal program. A phased program began in early 1992 to meet stringent new environmental regulations and enable the mill to consistently achieve target rates and minimise operating...

  18. State-of-the-Art LEED Winery

    Client:
    Stratus Vineyards
    Location:
    Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON, Canada
    The Stratus Winery has approximately 1870 m2 of floor space. The building provides space for the production of wine, from receiving the grapes, crushing, fermenting, to storage. There is also areas for tasting and testing the wines, as well as a retail space,...

  19. Ground Breaking Solution for Wastewater Treatment Upgrade

    Client:
    Abitibi-Consolidated Inc.
    Location:
    Lufkin, Texas, USA
    Ausenco Sandwell was awarded the project for the upgrade of secondary effluent treatment as well as the implementation of tertiary effluent treatment at this kraft, newsprint, and groundwood type paper mill. The upgraded secondary effluent treatment system...

  20. Activated Sludge Plant for Effluent Treatment Facilities Upgrade

    Client:
    MacMillan Bloedel Ltd.
    Location:
    Port Alberni, BC, Canada
    Ausenco Sandwell provided conceptual engineering, capital cost estimating, detailed engineering and equipment procurement for the $60 million upgrade of effluent treatment facilities at the Alberni pulp and specialities mill. A split treatment concept was...

  21. Achieving Rail Capacity Requirements for QNS&L Rail System

    Client:
    Iron Ore Company of Canada
    Location:
    Canada
    The Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) transports approximately 15 Mt/y of iron concentrate and pellets 414 km by rail from its Carol Lake mine in Labrador to its port on the St. Lawrence River. To meet future expansion targets, investments in fleet and infrastructure...

  22. Green Energy Project for Britannia Road Landfill Gas Generation

    Client:
    Integrated Gas Recovery Service
    Location:
    Mississauga, ON, Canada
    The old Britannia Sanitary Landfill Site located in Mississauga was closed in 2002 and over its years of operation had received over 10 million tonnes of waste. The Region of Peel wanted to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the landfill and find a beneficial...

  23. Refurbishment and Redesign of Liberty I and III Biomass Power Plants

    Client:
    Liberty Energy
    Location:
    California, USA
    These two biomass power plants were originally commissioned in 1987 and 1991 respectively. One was originally designed to burn straw, agricultural waste, and wood residue using a travelling grate furnace, while the second plant has two multiple-hearth furnaces...

  24. Energy Valorisation/Recycling Project

    Client:
    Recyc-Québec
    Location:
    Montreal, PQ, Canada
    Every year in Quebec, 6 to 7 million tires are discarded, creating an environmental hazard. Tires not recycled are stored outdoors. Over 30 million tires are accumulated in several storage sites. Ausenco Sandwell evaluated the feasibility of using Tire Derived...

  25. Ammonia Storage & Supply Solution

    Client:
    Florida Power Corporation
    Location:
    Bartow, FL, USA
    Ausenco Sandwell designed balance of plant facilities for the addition of a SCR system for two Westinghouse 501F combustion turbines for Florida Power Corporation's (FPC) Hines Energy Complex - Power Block 1, a 500 MW combined-cycle facility in Bartow, Florida....

  26. Construction of a 1,200 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant

    Client:
    SNC-Lavalin Constructors International Inc.
    Location:
    Hadjert En Nouss, Algeria
    Ausenco Sandwell developed the detail design of the Balance of Plant equipment and systems for the 1,227 MW Hadjret En Nouss CCPP project. The project consisted of three GE power generating trains each including as major equipment a combustion turbine, a three...

  27. Bio-gas Cogeneration Project

    Client:
    Associated Engineering (Alberta) Ltd.
    Location:
    Lethbridge, AB, Canada
    The City of Lethbridge has implemented a bio-gas cogeneration project at its Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). The objectives of the project were to be cost effective, to optimise the use of digester gas and to satisfy plant energy requirements in an environmentally...

  28. Biomass Gasification Process

    Client:
    Future Energy Resources Corporation (FERCO)
    Location:
    Burlington, Vermont, USA
    FERCO of Norcross, Georgia is developing a biomass gasification process to produce a medium Btu synthetic gas from waste wood or other organic materials. FERCO retained Ausenco Sandwell to provide project management and engineering services for equipment and...

  29. Campus Heating Plant Solution - Steam Turbine Generator Project

    Client:
    University of Alberta
    Location:
    Edmonton, AB, Canada
    The University of Alberta added a second Steam Turbine Generator (TG2) at the campus Heating Plant to optimise the use of their steam and power generation assets. The University selected a condensing unit with a high pressure section to accept main steam,...

  30. Vancouver Island 254 MW Cogeneration Facility

    Client:
    ABB (Now Alstom Power)
    Location:
    Campbell River, BC, Canada
    ABB built this greenfield dual-fuel combined cycle power plant and nominally rated at 254 MW on an EPC basis. The plant was connected to the grid in September 2000. The facility supplies electricity to BC Hydro and process steam to the adjacent pulp and paper...

  31. Major Cogeneration System Upgrade

    Client:
    Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District
    Location:
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
    The Iona Island Waste Water Treatment Plant was built in the early 1960s and had a self sufficient cogeneration system. Reciprocating generating sets, operating on digester or natural gas, powered the influent pumps, and some other plant electrical loads....

  32. Hartland Landfill Bio-Gas Utilization Project

    Client:
    Maxim Power Corp. and Capital Regional District (CRD)
    Location:
    Saanich, BC, Canada
    Maxim Power and the Capital Regional District (CRD) invested in a biogas utilization project at the Hartland Landfill in Saanich, BC (servicing greater Victoria). The objectives of the project were to be cost effective, reliable, environmentally sensitive...

  33. Vancouver Landfill Cogeneration Facility

    Client:
    Maxim Power Corp.
    Location:
    Delta, BC, Canada
    Maxim Power invested in a bio-gas cogeneration project at the CanAgro Produce Ltd. greenhouse in Delta, BC. The bio-gas is piped in from the City of Vancouver landfill on the opposite side of Highway 99. The objectives of the project were to be cost effective,...

  34. 26 MW Biomass Cogeneration Plant

    Client:
    Kruger Inc.
    Location:
    Bromptomville, QC, Canada
    Ausenco Sandwell developed and completed the feasibility studies, preliminary engineering, capital cost estimate and the detail design engineering for the new 26 MW biomass fired cogeneration complex at Kruger Bromptonville, Quebec. A state-of-the-art Bubbling...

  35. Greenfield Energy Centre 1,005 MW Natural Gas Power Plant

    Client:
    Mitsui-Calpine Partnership
    Location:
    St. Clair Township, ON, Canada
    Ausenco Sandwell in partnership with Burns & Roe Enterprises of New Jersey provided the majority of engineering design and construction management services for Canada's largest combined cycle, natural gas-fired power plant facility, located in the Township...

  36. Biomass Power Plant - Litter-based Fuel Handling System

    Client:
    SNC-Lavalin Inc. EPC for Fibrommin LLC
    Location:
    Benson, Minnesota, USA
    The EPC contractor retained Ausenco Sandwell to design the fuel handling system for the 55 MW Fibrominn Biomass Power Plant in Benson, Minnesota. The new power plant will burn 2100 tons per day of poultry litter, which has very particular handling characteristics....

  37. Green Energy Power Plant

    Client:
    Green Island Energy Ltd.
    Location:
    Gold River, BC, Canada
    Green Island Energy Ltd. (GIE) purchased the former Bowater Gold River BC, pulp and paper mill that was shutdown late in 1999. GIE retained Ausenco Sandwell to study the feasibility of capitalising on the existing infrastructure, including a deep-sea port,...

  38. Wastewater Heat Recovery Solution

    Client:
    City of Vancouver
    Location:
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
    The City of Vancouver selected Ausenco Sandwell as prime consultant to design an environmentally friendly central heating plant for their Neighbourhood Energy Utility that provides hot water for space heating and domestic hot water heating to a number of buildings...

  39. Waste-to-Energy Power Generation Facility

    Client:
    Green Planet Energy Corp.
    Location:
    Tultitlan, Mexico
    Ausenco Sandwell developed and completed the preliminary engineering study and capital cost estimate for a new 43 MW Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) fired power plant in Tultitlan, Mexico. Part of a regional integrated centre for valorisation of waste, the new facility...

  40. Waste Wood Fuelled Power Plant

    Client:
    NW Energy Corporation
    Location:
    Williams Lake, BC, Canada
    This 60 MW power generating station is fuelled by over 600,000 t/a of wood waste from five sawmills in Williams Lake in northern BC. Fuel trucks are unloaded on two hydraulic dumpers and the fuel is screened and hogged before being distributed to the storage...

  41. EPC for Waste Wood/Gas Power Plant

    Client:
    Stone Container Corporation
    Location:
    Coshocton, OH, USA
    This EPC contract was for delivery of a power plant consisting of a combination fuel boiler, turbine generator, feedwater and feedwater makeup treatment system, and fuel handling and ash disposal systems. The boiler is a field erected B&W combination wood...

  42. Engineering Services for Combined Fuel Power Plant

    Client:
    Blount International Limited
    Location:
    Counce, TN, USA
    Ausenco Sandwell provided engineering services for a contractor-led EPC project for a power plant comprising a combination fuel boiler, turbine generator, feedwater and feedwater makeup treatment system, and fuel handling and ash disposal systems. The boiler...

  43. Cogeneration and CFB Boiler Project

    Client:
    P.H.Glatfelter Company
    This EPC contract was for a cogeneration facility comprising a circulating fluidised bed boiler, turbine generator, surface condenser and cooling tower, feedwater and feedwater makeup treatment system, and fuel handling and ash disposal systems. The boiler...

  44. Combined Fuel Cogeneration Plant

    Client:
    Stone Container Corporation
    Location:
    Florence, SC, USA
    This EPC contract was for the provision of a cogeneration facility comprising a combination fuel boiler, turbine generator, surface condenser and cooling tower, feedwater and feedwater makeup treatment system, and fuel handling and ash disposal systems. The...

  45. Upgrade of Burrard Thermal Generating Station

    Client:
    BC Hydro
    Location:
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
    The Burrard Generating Station, a 960 MW natural gas fired generating plant, is located on the Burrard Inlet 20 km from Vancouver. The 6 units at the station were constructed during the 1960s and early 1970s, and BC Hydro decided to implement a series of projects...

  46. BC Ferries - 600V Shore Power Standard

    Client:
    BC Ferries
    Location:
    British Columbia, Canada
    BC Ferries is an integral part of British Columbia's coastal transportation system. With 26 routes to link isolated communities to Vancouver Island or the mainland, BC Ferries carries more than 20 million passengers and nine million vehicles annually, making...

  47. SkyTrain Stations - Lighting Upgrade

    Client:
    TransLink
    Location:
    Metro Vancouver, BC, Canada
    SkyTrain Passenger stations (20 stations) were over 20 years old when the transit company mandated a lighting upgrade to improve the luminaire/lamp efficacies for power smart, increase the illumination levels (to IES recommendations) for crime/accident reduction,...

  48. Electrical Power System Expansion

    Client:
    Fraser River Port Authority
    Location:
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
    The Fraser River Port Authority (FRPA) manages the Fraser River Port from the river-mouth to 100 km upstream. One of the Port's largest facilities is the Fraser Surrey Docks (FSD) located on the main channel, about 20 km upstream. Like other terminals on the...

  49. West Coast Express - Ancillary Services Electrical Engineering for Rail Stations

    Client:
    BC Transit
    Location:
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
    BC Transit was commissioned in 1994 to provide a commuter rail service between Mission and Vancouver, and Ausenco Sandwell seconded staff for the project's electrical engineering services. Services included: • Passenger stations electrical load estimation...

  50. West Coast Express Substation & Wayside Power Expertise for Transit Services

    Client:
    BC Transit
    Location:
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
    BC Transit was commissioned in 1994 to provide a commuter rail service between Mission and Vancouver, and Ausenco Sandwell seconded staff to BC Transit for electrical engineering services. These services included detailed design services for substations in...

  51. Collahuasi Copper Export Terminal Substation & Power Distribution System

    Client:
    Compañia Minera Doña Ines de Collahuasi S.A.
    Location:
    Northern Chile
    The Collahuasi Copper Mine is being developed in northern Chile and is anticipated eventually to be the third largest in the world. The initial production is planned to be 1 million tpa of copper concentrate. The product will be transported by a slurry pipeline...

  52. Millennium Line SkyTrain Stations Design for Enhanced Safety & Security

    Client:
    TransLink
    Location:
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
    As part of Metro Vancouver's rapid transit system expansion program, the Millennium Line was added to the SkyTrain's original Expo Line in 2002. The Millennium Line is 21 km long, with an elevated guideway for the automated (driver-less) trains, through Vancouver,...

  53. Burnaby Transit Centre North Building Renovations and Upgrade

    Client:
    TransLink
    Location:
    Burnaby, BC, Canada
    TransLink retained Ausenco Sandwell to provide complete engineering services to renovate and upgrade existing building services such as power, telephone, and water at the Burnaby Transit Centre North (BTCN) . Because no drawings were available, Ausenco Sandwell...

  54. University Networking Program Major IT Infrastructure Upgrade

    Client:
    University of British Columbia (UBC)
    Location:
    Point Grey Campus, Vancouver, BC
    The University Networking Program (UNP) involved 175 buildings and facilities in total. The project consisted of the installation of 6500 new ports and the upgrading of another 8500. Now all laboratories, classrooms and offices have state of the art” gigabit...

  55. Perimeter Ditch Realignment

    Client:
    NorskeCanada
    Location:
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
    NorskeCanada operates a chip forwarding facility on the north bank of the Fraser River just east of Main Street in Vancouver, BC. The west perimeter ditch discharged into an existing water course which flowed diagonally southwest to the Fraser River. Norske...

  56. Structural Assessment of Large Hangar Facility

    Client:
    Canadian Airlines International (Now Air Canada)
    Location:
    Richmond, BC, Canada
    This is a large combined maintenance hangar and operations centre located at the Vancouver International Airport. The facility is a steel framed structure constructed in the mid 1960s on potentially liquefiable soils. After a series of small earthquakes, the...

  57. SW1 & SW3 Lab Complex Renovations

    Client:
    British Columbia Institute of Technnology
    Location:
    Burnaby Campus, BC, Canada
    British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) hired Ausenco Sandwell to renovate and expand two existing laboratories on the Burnaby Campus. The Civil and Structural Laboratory was expanded to 150% of its original area. Work involved demolition of a section...

  58. Renovation & Expansion of Burnaby Campus

    Client:
    British Columbia Institute of Technology
    Location:
    Burnaby, BC, Canada
    British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) retained Ausenco Sandwell on an ongoing basis to renovate or expand existing facilities on the Burnaby Campus. New offices, involving some 15,000 SF were provided for the School of Health, Renewable Resources,...

  59. Renovation & Seismic Upgrade of Transit Facility

    Client:
    BC Transit
    Location:
    Burnaby, BC, Canada
    BC Transit hired Ausenco Sandwell to renovate and upgrade a 40,000 SF building that was outdated and underutilised. The building was renovated in 3 phases over a two year period to provide a variety of new facilities including offices and lunch rooms, mill-work/carpenter...

  60. Golden Ears Bridge Project

    Client:
    Greater Vancouver Transit Authority/Bilfinger Berger AG
    Location:
    Langley, BC, Canada
    Ausenco Sandwell worked on the design of Barnston, TCH and Westcon bridges for the Golden Ears Design Build Project. Barnston Drive Underpass Bridge carries the four-lane Barnston Road over the new four lane highway. The bridge features a 29m single span with...

  61. Roger Pierlet Bridge Twinning

    Client:
    Ministry of Transportation and Highways
    Location:
    Cloverdale, BC, Canada
    The Roger Pierlet Bridge carries 176 St. over the CP rail tracks in Cloverdale BC. As part of the Border Infrastructure Program the Ministry initially investigated widening or twinning the bridge to carry 4 lanes of traffic. The Ministry hired Ausenco Sandwell...

  62. Load Capacity of 10 Bridge Structures

    Client:
    Ministry of Transportation Engineering
    Location:
    British Columbia, Canada
    The Ministry hired Ausenco Sandwell to provide load ratings for 10 bridges in the Southern Interior and Northern regions of British Columbia. Ausenco Sandwell did the analysis in accordance with the CHBDC CSA S6 and Ministry supplements, using finite element...

  63. Road and Trail Bridges and Culverts

    Client:
    VANOC
    Location:
    Whistler, BC, Canada
    VANOC hired Ausenco Sandwell for the design of the Nordic Venue for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. The Nordic Venue is located in the Callaghan Valley approximately 10 km from Whistler Village. The venue has 8 km of roads and 14 km of trails serving the various...

  64. Smith River Bridge Replacement

    Client:
    Public Works and Government Services Canada
    Location:
    Alaska Highway, BC, Canada
    PWGSC hired Ausenco Sandwell to design the new Smith River Bridge to replace the existing structure which was narrow and in poor condition. The Smith River Bridge is located on the Alaska Highway at KM.792 approximately 300 km northeast of the town of Fort...

  65. Golden Ears Bridge

    Client:
    GVTA/Bilfinger Berger
    Location:
    Langley, BC, Canada
    Ausenco Sandwell worked with Bilfinger Berger on the design of Barnston, TCH and Westcon bridges for the Golden Ears Design Build Project for the GVTA. The bridges provide access to the main Golden Ears Bridge. Barnston Drive Underpass Bridge carries the existing...

  66. Barnet Marine Park Footbridge

    Client:
    City of Burnaby
    Location:
    City of Burnaby
    The City of Burnaby retained Ausenco Sandwell to do the conceptual and detailed design for the Barnet Marine Park. The park includes a footbridge to provide access to the park over rail tracks to an elevated promenade-like shoreline structure. Burnaby mandated...

  67. Rehabilitation of Johnston Bridge

    Client:
    City of Quesnel
    Location:
    Quesnel, BC, Canada
    The existing Johnston Bridge crosses the Quesnel River in the City of Quesnel, BC. The existing bridge consists of four spans with a length of 158 m with steel I-stringers and steel grating decks. Ausenco Sandwell conducted an inspection of the bridge and...

  68. RTP 2000 SkyTrain Line Foundation Review

    Client:
    SAR
    Location:
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
    SAR, the design-build contractor for the SkyTrain Millennium Line, hired Ausenco Sandwell to conduct a value engineering review of the Millennium Line substructures comprising columns and caisson foundations with the objective of reducing construction costs....

  69. Teslin River Bridge Rehabilitation

    Client:
    Government of the Yukon
    Location:
    Alaska Highway, Yukon, Canada
    The Government of the Yukon hired Ausenco Sandwell for the detailed design of seismic and strengthening retrofits, and widening of the existing Teslin River Bridge. The Teslin River Bridge is located on the Alaska Highway approximately halfway between Watson...

  70. John Hart Bridge and Interchange

    Client:
    Ministry of Transportation of BC
    Location:
    Prince George, BC, Canada
    The John Hart Bridge in Prince George carries two lanes of southbound Highway 97 traffic and a sidewalk over the Nechako River, and parallels the old bridge which carries the Highway 97 northbound traffic. The Project also included a replacement overpass interchange...

  71. Design of New Three Lane Middle Arm Bridge

    Client:
    YVR - Vancouver international Airport
    Location:
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
    The Walter SNC Joint Venture retained Ausenco Sandwell to design the new Middle Arm Bridge to the Vancouver Airport. The new three-lane bridge carries the westbound traffic and a sidewalk and parallels the existing bridge, known as the Moray Channel Bridge,...

  72. Yoho (5 Mile) Bridge

    Client:
    Ministry of Transportation and Highways
    Location:
    TransCanada Highway, BC, Canada
    The new Yoho Bridge replaces an existing bridge, which crosses the Kicking Horse River on the TransCanada Highway, approximately 8 kms east of Golden, BC, Canada. The old bridge was replaced due to its poor condition, two narrow traffic lanes, and poor alignment....

  73. Donjek River Bridge Seismic Performance Assessment

    Client:
    Government of the Yukon
    Location:
    Alaska Highway, Yukon, Canada
    The Government of Yukon commissioned Ausenco Sandwell to evaluate the seismic performance of the Donjek River Bridge on the Alaska Highway. The Donjek River lies in a flood plain, which is fed by the Kluane Glaciers, and transports large quantities of sediment...

  74. Puntledge River and Penstock Bridges Design of Two New Four Lane Bridges

    Client:
    Ministry of Transportation and Highways
    Location:
    Vancouver Island Highway, BC, Canada
    Ausenco Sandwell did the design of these two new four lane bridges on the Vancouver Island Highway. Puntledge River Bridge consists of two 41m spans with continuous steel I-girders and a composite reinforced concrete deck slab. The girders are supported on...

  75. Oyster River Upstream Earthquake Resistant Bridge Design

    Client:
    Ministry of Transportation and Highways
    Location:
    Vancouver Island Highway, BC, Canada
    The Oyster River Upstream Bridge carries the four-lane Vancouver Island Highway over the Oyster River Canyon, between Courtenay and Campbell River, and has three spans of 26, 39.5 and 26 metres. The sides of the canyon have been undercut by scour action at...

  76. Seismic Safety Retrofits of Highway Bridges

    Client:
    Ministry of Transportation and Highways
    Location:
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Ausenco Sandwell developed the seismic safety retrofit designs for three bridges on the TransCanada Highway in North Vancouver. The three bridges have an interesting variety of both substructures and superstructures: • Mountain Highway Underpass has prestressed...

  77. Headquarters Creek Bridge

    Client:
    Ministry of Transportation and Highways
    Location:
    Vancouver Island Highway, BC, Canada
    This bridge carries the four-lane Vancouver Island Highway over Headquarters Creek, between Courtenay and Campbell River and has three spans of 34.5, 39.5 and 24.5 metres. As the creek is an important fish bearing stream, the centre span was selected so that...

  78. Knight Street Bridge Inspection & Seismic Assessment

    Client:
    Ministry of Transportation and Highways
    Location:
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
    The assignment was for a condition inspection and the seismic retrofit and rehabilitation assessment. The Knight Street Bridge crosses the two branches of the north arm of the Fraser River. The north structure consists of seven spans and the south structure...

  79. Arthur Laing Bridge - Seismic Upgrade

    Client:
    Vancouver Airport Authority
    Location:
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
    The Arthur Laing Bridge, which crosses the North Arm of the Fraser River, carries highway traffic between the city of Vancouver and the airport on the south side of the river. The bridge is, therefore, an important highway link that must survive an earthquake....

  80. New Railway Overpass Bridge

    Client:
    Westshore Terminals Ltd.
    Location:
    Roberts Bank, BC, Canada
    This bridge carries an access road over two rail tracks within the Westshore coal terminal. With one mile long unit trains using the terminal, the bridge provides uninterrupted access within the site. The Westshore coal terminal is built on a dredged island...

  81. Queensborough Bridge Seismic Upgrade

    Client:
    Ministry of Transportation and Highways
    Location:
    New Westminster, BC, Canada
    This was the fourth and final construction contract for the seismic safety retrofit of the Queensborough Bridge. Previous contracts retrofitted the main river spans, approach spans and densified soils on the south side of the river. During the third contract...

  82. Queensborough Bridge Seismic Evaluation and Design

    Client:
    Ministry of Transportation and Highways
    Location:
    New Westminster, BC, Canada
    The Ministry of Transportation and Highways commissioned Ausenco Sandwell to conduct a seismic evaluation of the Queensborough Bridge. This was the first such evaluation of any bridge in BC for the Ministry. The evaluation included a detailed review of upgrading...

  83. Fraser River Bridge Rehabilitation - Inspection and Retrofitting

    Client:
    Ministry of Transportation and Highways
    Location:
    Hope, BC, Canada
    The Fraser River Bridge at Hope was constructed in 1914 as part of the Kettle Valley Railway system. The main spans consist of four 73 m steel trusses simply supported by three concrete piers founded in the Fraser River. Originally, both rail and highway traffic...

  84. Pattullo Bridge Rehabilitation & Seismic Upgrade

    Client:
    Ministry of Transportation & TransLink
    Location:
    New Westminster, BC, Canada
    Built in 1938, the Pattullo Bridge crosses the Fraser River between New Westminster and Surrey. The bridge is 1.22 km long with 31 steel and concrete spans and 4 traffic lanes. Throughout the 1980s, working for the Ministry, Ausenco Sandwell was responsible...

  85. Pattulo Bridge Seismic Upgrade and Rehabilitation

    Client:
    GVTA
    Location:
    New Westminster, BC, Canada
    The Pattullo Bridge was built in 1938. The GVTA retained Ausenco Sandwell in 2006 to conduct condition and seismic assessments, and develop preliminary design for the bridge's retrofitting and rehabilitation. Ausenco Sandwell conducted a detailed condition...

  86. RAV Line Alignment and Feasibility Study

    Client:
    RAVCO
    Location:
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
    RAVCO selected Ausenco Sandwell, in association with Golder Associates and Hatch Mott Macdonald, to do the alignment and feasibility study for the Project Definition Phase of the Vancouver segment of the RAV Line project. The segment stretches from the north...

  87. RAV Line Underground Stations

    Client:
    RAVCO/RavXpress Team
    Location:
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
    The RAVXpress Team retained Ausenco Sandwell in association with Ove Arup to do the preliminary design of the underground sections for the Vancouver segment of the RAV Line P3 project. The segment included five underground stations at King Edward, Broadway,...

  88. RAV Rapid Transit Line

    Client:
    Rapid Transit Project 2000
    Location:
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
    The Rapid Transit Office hired Ausenco Sandwell for a study to define the alignment and costs of the proposed Vancouver tunnelled segment for the Richmond/Airport to Vancouver Rapid Transit Project. Ausenco Sandwell together with subconsultants investigated...

  89. Grandview Cut Guideway Through Existing Cut

    Client:
    Rapid Transit Project 2000
    Location:
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Ausenco Sandwell designed the SkyTrain extension through the Grandview Cut in Vancouver. The 1.3 km long section of the twin guideway structure is on slab-on-grade through the existing cutting. At the bottom of the slope a retaining wall was designed to support...

  90. SkyTrain Phase 2 - Approach Bridge

    Client:
    BC Transit
    Location:
    New Westminster, BC, Canada
    Ausenco Sandwell detailed designed the steel alternative for the South Approach Bridge to the Fraser River Bridge SkyTrain crossing in New Westminster, BC. The 745 m long continuous eleven span superstructure consisted of a precast post-tensioned deck slab...

  91. SkyTrain Phase 1 - Elevated Guideway

    Client:
    BC Transit
    Location:
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Ausenco Sandwell designed the elevated guideway for Section “C” on Phase 1 of the SkyTrain project. The elevated guideway in Section C runs from Stadium Station across the reclaimed land of False Creek to connect to the prebuild test section at Main...

  92. SkyTrain Phase 1 - Waterfront Station

    Client:
    BC Transit
    Location:
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Ausenco Sandwell did the preliminary and detailed design for the SkyTrain Waterfront Station. This station forms the inbound terminus of SkyTrain. The main entrance is through the existing Canadian Pacific Railway Station, which is classified as a heritage...

  93. SkyTrain Phase 1 - Stadium Station

    Client:
    BC Transit
    Location:
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
    BC Transit retained Ausenco Sandwell to provide preliminary and detailed design for the SkyTrain Stadium Station. This station serves BC Place Stadium, Rogers Arena and the eastern side of Vancouver's central business district. The rail tracks are elevated...

  94. SkyTrain Phase 1 - Dunsmuir Tunnel

    Client:
    BC Transit
    Location:
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Ausenco Sandwell designed the realignment of the Dunsmuir Tunnel at Stadium Station for Phase 1 of SkyTrain. The existing tunnel had to be realigned, re-profiled and separated to connect to the new Stadium Station. The Dunsmuir Tunnel was built in 1931 and...

  95. Tulawaka gold project operating above capacity

    Client:
    Barrick Gold
    Location:
    Tanzania
    Design and construction of a 365 000 t/y gold processing plant including crushing, grinding, gravity CIL, intense cyanidation, desorption and gold room. Key infrastructure included TSF, water dams, village, water supply from local river and second-hand diesel...

  96. Tail Gas Scrubbing Project completed with minimal disruption to existing plant

    Client:
    Pasminco Hobart Smelter
    Location:
    Australia
    The Clean Gypsum and Paragoethite plant is located within the Pasminco Metals EZ zinc refinery in Hobart, Tasmania. The plant incorporates leaching, filtration, flash drying, pelletisation, mixing, rotary drying, combustion of solid wastes and gas handling...

  97. Feasibility study and engineering design of sulfuric acid storage facility

    Client:
    Zinifex Hobart Smelter
    Location:
    Australia
    The Sulfuric Acid Storage Bund was a re-study (originally by Ausenco and completed in January 2002) of a new sulfuric acid storage facility. It was conducted on a three stage construction basis, potentially over a 10-year period. Detailed engineering included...

  98. Granites Gold project upgrade

    Client:
    Newmont Tanami Operations
    Location:
    Australia
    The Granites Ball Mill Project involved the upgrade of the existing grinding circuit by replacing 3 smaller mills with a single new 5.5m dia x 9.3m EGL, 4.7MW ball mill, 12/10 (355kw) pumps (2 off) extension of the existing feed conveyor, installation of a...

  99. Dairi Lead / Zinc Project undertaken in mountainous terrain

    Client:
    PT Dairi Prima Minerals
    Location:
    Indonesia
    The Dairi Project, located 150 km South of Medan in the Dairi Regency in North Sumatra, Indonesia, entails the design and construction of a 1 Mt/y zinc/lead concentrator and associated infrastructure. The scope of services included process plant including...

  100. Improvement of copper plant recovery

    Client:
    Mt Isa Limited
    Location:
    Australia
    The MIM Copper Concentrator was first commissioned in 1973. Flotation plant capacity had progressively become constrained due to higher throughput, higher head grades, increased head grade variability, higher talk levels and the need to produce high grade...

  101. Chatree North Gold project upgrade

    Client:
    Akara Mining Limited
    Location:
    Thailand
    The Chatree Gold Mine facility was developed for Akara Mining in 2000-2001 by Ausenco as a1 Mt/y gold processing plant. Further upgrades involving Ausenco include an additional Ball Mill, pebble crushing circuit and extensions to the leach/CIP circuit have...

  102. Chatree Gold processing facility wins excellence award

    Client:
    Kingsgate Consolidated Ltd
    Location:
    Thailand
    This project involved the construction of a 1 Mt/y gold processing facility. The process consisted of single stage crushing, SAG milling, CIL, desorption, gold room, cyanide reduction and tailings disposal. Ausenco’s scope included the engineering design...

  103. Cadia East concentrator upgrade

    Client:
    Newcrest Mining Limited
    Location:
    Orange, New South Wales, Australia
    As part of the Cadia East Project, the Low Grade Concentrator will be upgraded to enhance gold recovery and processes to maintain a throughput of 20 Mt/y of Cadia East ore. Ausenco is providing aboveground design works as part of the engineering services for...

  104. Ausenco providing EPCM services for magnetite extraction in North Queensland

    Client:
    Ernest Henry Mining
    Location:
    Cloncurry Queensland
    Ausenco is providing EPCM services for the magnetite extraction plant at Xstrata Copper’s Ernest Henry Mining (EHM) copper-gold operation located near Cloncurry in north west Queensland, Australia. The magnetite extraction plant is a $60m component of...

  105. Kestrel Mine Extension

    Client:
    Kestrel Coal Pty Ltd
    Location:
    Queensland, Australia
    Project management services for this coal mine extension to 5.7Mt/y

  106. Combined Cycle Power Plant in Algeria

    Client:
    SNC-Lavalin Constructors International Inc.
    Location:
    Hadjert En Nouss, Algeria
    Ausenco Sandwell developed the detail design of the Balance of Plant equipment and systems for the 1,227 MW Hadjret En Nouss CCPP project. The project consisted of three GE power generating trains each including as major equipment a combustion turbine, a three...

  107. Waste to Energy Facility

    Client:
    Green Planet Energy Corp.
    Location:
    Tultitlan, Mexico
    Ausenco Sandwell developed and completed the preliminary engineering study and capital cost estimate for a new 43 MW Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) fired power plant in Tultitlan, Mexico. Part of a regional integrated center for valorization of waste, the new facility...

  108. Bronzewing Backfill Project

    Client:
    Great Central Mines Ltd
    Location:
    Western Australia, Australia
    Construction of a cyanide destruction, thickening, mine backfill plant, two-stage crushing plant, and underground conveying and distribution system for gold mine

  109. Honeymoon Uranium Project

    Client:
    Southern Cross Resources Australia Pty Ltd
    Location:
    South Australia, Australia
    Recommissioning of facility; uranium handling design

  110. Tolukuma Gold Project

    Client:
    Dome Resources NL
    Location:
    Papua New Guinea
    EPCM in remote Papua New Guinea

  111. Martabe Project

    Client:
    G-Resources
    Location:
    Indonesia
    EPCM of 4.5Mtpa gold/silver plant and associated infrastructure

  112. Gosowong Gold Expansion Project

    Client:
    Newcrest Mining Limited
    Location:
    Indonesia
    Expansion of plant facilities in remote Indonesian location

  113. Lihir Flotation Project

    Client:
    Lihir Management Project
    Location:
    Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea
    Full project delivery on an EPCM basis for installation of a one Mtpa tank cell flotation circuit

  114. Lady Annie Copper Project

    Client:
    CopperCo
    Location:
    Queensland, Australia
    Feasibility study and engineering and project management

  115. Tritton Copper Project

    Client:
    Tritton Resources Limited
    Location:
    Australia
    Processing facility - design, installation, procurement and commissioning

  116. Snapper Mineral Sands Project

    Client:
    Bemax Resources Limited
    Location:
    Western New South Wales, Australia
    EPCM for mineral sands operation in western NSW, Australia

  117. Pooncarie Mineral Sands Project

    Client:
    Bemax Resources Limited
    Location:
    Western NSW, Australia
    Engineering for a heavy mineral concentrate treatment facility and a mineral separation plant

  118. Phu Kham Copper-Gold Project

    Client:
    Pan Australian Resources Limited
    Location:
    Laos
    EPCM for copper-gold project at remote and mountainous site in Laos

  119. Sabodala Gold Project

    Client:
    Sabodala Mining Company SARL (SMC)
    Location:
    Senegal
    Gold processing plant and infrastructure for the first commercial gold operation in Senegal

  120. Sepon Copper Project

    Client:
    Oxiana Resources Limited
    Location:
    Laos
    Patented copper leaching process.

  121. Hidden Valley Gold Project

    Client:
    Morobe Consolidated Goldfields Limited
    Location:
    Papua New Guinea
    Providing EPCM in the remote highlands of Papua New Guinea

  122. Jinfeng Gold BIOX® Project

    Client:
    Sino Gold Limited
    Location:
    China
    Sino Gold's flagship project and considered to be the largest known Carlin-type deposit in China

  123. Lumwana Copper Project

    Client:
    Equinox Minerals
    Location:
    Zambia, Africa
    The largest copper project of its kind in Africa with inferred resources to be mined over a 37 year life-of-mine

  124. Minas-Rio Pipeline System

    Client:
    Anglo Ferrous
    Location:
    Brazil
    Longest and largest (tonnage) iron concentrate pipeline in the world

  125. Da Hong Shan Iron Ore Concentrate Slurry Pipeline

    Client:
    Kunming Iron & Steel Corporation
    Location:
    China
    Longest and highest operation pressure of any pipeline in China

  126. Alumbrera Copper Concentrate Slurry Pipeline System

    Client:
    Minera Alumbrera Limitada
    Location:
    Argentina
    Transporting 875,000 tonnes of copper concentrate per year through a special six-inch diameter steel pipeline

  127. Antamina Multi-Product Concentrate Pipeline System

    Client:
    Minera Antamina S.A.
    Location:
    Northern Peru
    Transporting copper and zinc concentrates to terminal facilities from an elevation of 4,100 metres

  128. MBP Bauxite Slurry Pipeline System

    Client:
    Mineracao Bauxita Paragominas
    Location:
    Brazil
    World's first long-distance bauxite pipeline

  129. Bao Tou Iron Concentrate & Water Pipelines

    Client:
    Bao Tou Steel Group
    Location:
    Inner Mongolia, China
    Iron concentrate and water pipelines and thickened tailings and paste surface disposal

  130. Cuervo Resources Evaluation of Best Transport Option

    Client:
    Cuervo Resources
    Location:
    Peru
    Transport options study for a potential mine in a remote location in Peru

  131. Port of Long Beach Conveyor Upgrades

    Client:
    Port of Long Beach
    Location:
    California, USA
    Conveyor upgrades for environmental controls

  132. Rio Tinto Bulk Handling Systems

    Client:
    Rio Tinto
    Location:
    Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay
    Complex transportation logistics chain from Brazil then 2,500km down river to Argentina

  133. Canaport LNG

    Client:
    Canaport LNG
    Location:
    Canada
    First LNG regasification terminal in Canada

  134. Nippon Steel Year-Round Oil Loading

    Client:
    Nippon Steel
    Location:
    Russia
    Year-round oil loading in ice-covered waters.

  135. DP World Major Container Terminal Redevelopment

    Client:
    DP World
    Location:
    Canada
    Major container terminal redevelopment with minimal interruptions to operations

  136. ExxonMobil Topsides and GBS Modifications

    Client:
    ExxonMobil Development Corporation
    Location:
    Russia
    Topsides and GBS modifications for production platform

  137. Petro Tech Peruana Offshore Drilling Jacket

    Client:
    Petro Tech Peruana (PTP)
    Location:
    Peru
    Pre-FEED study for fabrication, load-out and offshore installation

  138. ENI Petroleum - Through-The-Ice Offshore Pipelay

    Client:
    ENI Petroleum
    Location:
    Alaska, USA
    Designing the foundation and supports for various drilling and onshore and offshore production facilities

  139. Vale Breakwater Rehabilitation Design

    Client:
    Vale
    Location:
    Brazil
    Rehabilitation design for breakwater that protects the coal terminal and the steel product berths

  140. Minera Escondida Marine Facilities

    Client:
    Minera Escondida Limitada
    Location:
    Chile
    Marine facilities for the largest copper mine in the world

  141. Port Mann Water Supply Tunnel

    Client:
    Metro Vancouver
    Location:
    BC, Canada
    Water supply tunnel designed for maximum seismic endurance

  142. Coquitlam UV Disinfection Project

    Client:
    Metro Vancouver/ GVS&DD
    Location:
    Coquitlam, BC, Canada
    Strengthening the primary disinfection capability of gravity-fed, unfiltered water supply

  143. Seismic Upgrade of the Vancouver Technical School Main Building

    Client:
    Vancouver School District (39)
    Location:
    BC, Canada
    Award-winning project uses innovative techniques for a heritage building seismic upgrade

  144. Ridgeway Deeps Development Project

    Client:
    Newcrest Mining Limited
    Location:
    Orange, New South Wales, Australia
    Engineering the transition from sub-level to block cave gold mine

  145. Southeast False Creek Community Energy Centre

    Client:
    City of Vancouver
    Location:
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
    First community energy centre in North America to utilise municipal wastewater and heat pump technology as the primary heat source

  146. Pierina Gold Mine

    Client:
    Barrick Peru
    Location:
    Ancash, Peru
    Leach pad solutions for a challenging environment

  147. Pascua Lama Tailings Storage Facility

    Client:
    Barrick
    Location:
    Chile/Argentina
    Innovative, cost-effective, detailed design for tailings storage facility at high altitudes on the Argentinean/Chilean border

  148. Oil Pipeline Environmental Impact Assessment

    Client:
    REFINOR (owned by Petrobras)
    Location:
    Northwestern Argentina
    Assessing the environmental impacts of oil pipelines

  149. NaiKun Wind Farm, Metmast

    Client:
    NaiKun Wind Development Inc.
    Location:
    BC, Canada
    Located 90km off mainland British Columbia, the wind farm and its 110 wind turbines will create one of the largest wind farm developments in the world

  150. Minera Escondida Oxide Leach Expansion

    Client:
    Minera Escondida Ltd
    Location:
    Chile
    Pioneering heap leach technology in Chile

  151. Lomas Bayas II Copper Mine

    Client:
    Compania Minera Xstrata Lomas Bayas
    Location:
    Antofagasta, Chile
    Innovative heap leach and run-of-mine services for the technically demanding Chilean mining market

  152. El Galeno Copper Mine Concentrate Pipeline Development

    Client:
    Lumina Copper
    Location:
    Cajamarca, Peru
    Using emerging technology as part of a groundbreaking study to detect potential hazards and environmental constraints

  153. Carborough Downs Coal

    Client:
    Vale Australia
    Location:
    Central Queensland, Australia
    Creative solutions for coal mine expansion project