Client Need: Neptune Bulk Terminals (Canada) Ltd. (NBTL) needed to forecast the maintenance program for the existing potash storage system (108,000 tonnes) at Shed 1, established to a 10-year time horizon. The desired outcomes of the maintenance-program study were to forecast annual costs along with schedule intervals for the works necessary to facilitate continued safe… Read More
Commodities: Potash
New Cargo Study
Project details Westshore Terminals Limited Partnership Inc. (Westshore) operates the busiest single coal export terminal in North America. As part of a plan to diversify their product base, Westshore engaged CWA as the lead consultant in a consulting group (consisting of RF Binnie & Associates Ltd., enCompass Solutions Group, Braun Geotechnical Ltd., and Naesgaard-Amini Geotechnical… Read More
Vanscoy Potash Operations Rail Yard Expansion
Project details: CWA completed the conceptual and detailed design of the rail yard expansion at Vanscoy Potash Operations as part of a larger mine and plant expansion. The rail yard expansion project included the addition of rail car storage tracks and a run-around spur line. CWA was responsible for: The detailed civil design, detailed lighting… Read More
Wet Milling Facility Inspection & Repairs
Project details: CWA was engaged by Agrium Inc. (now Nutrien Limited) to conduct a review of the existing mill structure in the wet milling facility at their potash mine in Vanscoy, Saskatchewan. Following the inspection, CWA was asked to perform the conceptual and detailed design and provide construction support services for a retrofit of the… Read More
Potash Ship Loading System Expansion
Project details CWA performed the detailed design of an expansion project to increase the handling capacity of an existing potash facility from six million tonnes per year to ten million tonnes per year. The project included a new 600-tonne capacity surge bin, modifications to an existing conveyor to create a shuttling head end, a new… Read More