Mining Structures reference
Mining Structures reference
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Does anyone know of a good resource/book for brushing up on the design of mining/heavy industrial structures, common issues and considerations, etc?
My partner has an 'in' with a significant amount of potential work and I'd like to ensure there's nothing I'm missing before agreeing to take it on.
So far example projects I've seen look a little... let's say... robust... from the structural/foundation side. Could be the case since the structure portion is likely a small percentage of the budget for industrial projects when compared with commercial or residential work.
My background is primarily in architectural building design and some utility/lines/stations/generation work as well.
Thanks a lot in advance.
My partner has an 'in' with a significant amount of potential work and I'd like to ensure there's nothing I'm missing before agreeing to take it on.
So far example projects I've seen look a little... let's say... robust... from the structural/foundation side. Could be the case since the structure portion is likely a small percentage of the budget for industrial projects when compared with commercial or residential work.
My background is primarily in architectural building design and some utility/lines/stations/generation work as well.
Thanks a lot in advance.






RE: Mining Structures reference
RE: Mining Structures reference
RE: Mining Structures reference
There will always be plenty that you are missing, until you’ve been doing that kinda design for 20yrs., then ‘plenty’ changes to ‘a bunch.’ Look at textbooks and handbooks on heavy construction, civil engineering, civil construction and structural engineering. They will at least give you some direction and some list of ref. works, at the end of each chapter. Then good sound engineering judgement and experience, keeping your eyes open every time you see that kind of equipment and structures, for whatever you can glean from the looking and questioning. Those clients won’t generally nickle and dime you to death about your structures and their costs, within reason, of course. Their structures are robust, they collect dust and bird dung, and aren’t painted every other year, if ever again. They have plenty to worry about, plenty of equip. problems, etc, without worrying about their equip. support structures too. Unlike working with Archs. and GC’s you are not always asked to skinny it down to save a nickle. They want it to be trouble free and last a long time, out in the elements.
RE: Mining Structures reference
RE: Mining Structures reference
I did power plant design early in my career and we regularly added anywhere from 4k to 100k per member as what was termed collateral loads, really more contingency loading when the process folks overloaded an area after structural design was more or less complete. In the world of heavy industrial (and mining ranks right up at the top of that) heavy is good and heavier is probably better.
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My point is that south African mining code presents special loads/load combinations for reference. These loads may govern the structure design.
RE: Mining Structures reference