The Year in Infrastructure 2008 - (Page 68) InnovatIon In Metals and MInIng PDC Consultants The Pilbara Iron Ore and Infrastructure Project – Cloudbreak Ore Handling Pilbara, Australia cloudbreak, an open-access port, rail infrastructure, and first mine site in western Australia, needed more than 10,000 tons of steel to construct a screening building, 11 product and scalping screening bins, crushing building, train loading dock, and 11 conveyors and associated transfer stations. PDC Consultants deployed ProSteel 3D software as its viewing tool and Building Information Modeling solution. The software was used to model and detail the more complex mechanical items, including bins, curved trusses, transfer chutes, and liner systems. The PDC design team involved itself early in the process to help overcome time and labor constraints by speeding the design and detailing stages. The design team completed Cloudbreak in two years and the mine scheduled its first ore shipment for May 2008. ALSO NOMINATED IN SpEcIAL cATEgOry: ATTAININg rETurN ON INNOvATION SpEc EcIAL cATE rETurN ur INNOv Quotient Engineering Inc. Utkal Alumina Liquor Evaporation Project Rayagada, India utkal Alumina international Limited is installing an evaporation plant at its Alumina Refinery facility as part of a 1.5 million-ton-per-annum aluminum refinery in the state of Orissa on the eastern coast of India. The plant will provide direct and indirect employment to the region and improve the quality of life for about 5 million people. Quotient Engineering lacked a provision for defining the line design parameters, which were required to appear in the line isometrics. Additionally, Quotient Engineering’s third-party graphics for pipe supports could not be customized per the client’s request. Through its use of Bentley’s AutoPLANT and STAAD solution, the design team was able to read design parameters from the line list, customize a support graphics library, reduce man-hours, and limit human error. 2008 bE AwARdS oF ExCEllENCE ALSO NOMINATED IN SpEcIAL cATEgOry: SuSTAININg Our ENvIrONMENT SpEc EcIAL cATE Su vIr vI I 68
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