Case Studies

Pilbara Iron Ore and Infrastructure Project – Cloudbreak Ore Handling
Organization: PDC Consultants
Project Objective: Design and detail the buildings and structures of the Cloudbreak Mine Ore Handling facility to meet market demand and fulfill initial agreements for up to 50 million tons per annum of iron ore.
Software Used: ProSteel

Fast Facts:

• PDC provided all mechanical and structural shop detailing and modeling for a screening building with 11 product and scalping screen bins, a crushing building with bins and chutes, a stockpile facility, a train loadout facility with bins and chutes, 11 conveyers and associated transfer stations, and a desanding building.
• The project was completed using ProSteel to model and detail the more complex mechanical items, such as bins, curved trusses, transfer chutes, and liner systems.
• PDC’s 3D modeling allowed them to provide accurate, fully intelligent 3D models of project structures, saving up to 50 percent of the time spent in the design and detailing phase.
• ProSteel is PDC’s primary modeling software due to the flexibility and ease of use.
  

HOLCIM Cement Plant
Organization: CH2ML HILL
Project Objective: Provide facility and infrastructure design services for one of the world’s largest cement plants which is a Greenfield cement manufacturing plant for HOLCIM (US) Inc.
Software Used: STAAD.Pro and ProjectWise

Fast Facts:

• The STAAD.Pro graphical user interface enabled CH2ML HILL to quickly turn information from the general arrangement drawings into the structural calculation model.
• Through its use of STAAD.Pro and ProjectWise CH2ML HILL was able to deliver the design a month ahead of schedule.

User testimonial quote – "QAL has been using AutoPIPE for 6 years now, to design modifications to the plant to reduce the excessive loads on pumps, nozzles and supports saving hundreds of thousands of dollars in maintenance costs,” stated Brian Lloyd, Senior Mechanical Engineer with Queensland Alumina, Ltd.

Recognizing the importance of integrated structural and piping analysis to capture more accurate, realistic and safer engineered designs Brian Lloyd had this to say about their recent purchase of STAAD.Pro. “We have started to use the integrated structural and piping solution and finding significant changes have to be made to both the piping and structural designs to make it safe. And now with STAAD plan to improve this design process“

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