Our Project

Diavik Diamond Mines

Client: Diavik Diamond Mines Inc.

Project Size: Paste Plant Main Building: 56’ Wide x 73’ Long x 118’ High Crusher Main Building: 145’ Wide x 60’ Long x 71’ High

Location: Lac de Gras, North West Territories, Canada

Scope of Project: Crusher Building, Paste Backfill Plant and Chute Work, Acid Storage, Arctic Corridor, Mine Air Heater Structural Steel, Powerhouse, Water Treatment Plant, Alum Polymer Storage, Truckshop: reengineered steel buildings, composite foam panel walls and roof, crane beams, monorails, floor steel, installation of these items.

What started out with a contract for a single process building, turned into a Crusher Building, Paste Backfill Plant and Chute Work, Acid Storage, Arctic Corridor, Mine Air Heater Structural Steel, Powerhouse, Water Treatment Plant, Alum Polymer Storage, and a Truckshop. We figure we must have been doing something right for Diavik in order to increase our original scope by over four times! Part of what made our relationship with Diavik so successful was our ability to convert their conventional steel designs into pre-engineered steel. This was the only way to meet their (what appeared to be) impossible delivery schedule to get everything over the ice road in time.

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