Project Details
Owner/Developer: Hillgrove Resources
EPCM Contractor: Abesque Engineering and Construction Ltd
Location: near Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Project Scope
Design, manufacture and supply of a 84.7m Reclaim Tunnel, consisting of Hel-CorTM and Multi-PlateTM pipes
Project Notes
- Buried Corrugated Metal Structure Reclaim Tunnel with four (4) feeder frames
- Feeder Frames with 1 @ 3.5m x 1.42m, 2 @ 3.065m x 1.46m and 1 @ 3.065m x 1.45m clear openings
- Multiple corrugation profile and/or steel thicknesses were used in combination for optimum design: 50.6m of 4.95m dia Multi-PlateTM (67P), 21.1m of 4.056m dia Multi-PlateTM (55P) and 13m of 2.55m dia Hel-CorTM Pipe
- The reclaim tunnel was designed to withstand a highly dense stockpile and CAT D10 vehicle live load
- Bulkheads designed and supplied to allow for smooth transition from larger tunnel into smaller tunnel