Sarah Friend

Potash mining operations require substantial infrastructure to support equipment, maintenance, materials, storage, personnel and ongoing operations. The buildings supporting those activities need to be planned around the scale of the mine, the equipment using the facility, environmental conditions and long-term operational requirements. In Canada, those considerations are particularly important because Saskatchewan is home to major potash operations where large industrial facilities may need...

Mining Equipment Storage Buildings for Large-Scale Operations Mining equipment storage buildings need to do far more than keep machinery out of the weather. On a large mine site, the facility may need to accommodate oversized mobile equipment, parts, tires, tools, materials and operational inventory while allowing loaders, trucks and personnel to move efficiently through the space. For Canadian mining operations, weather, site access, equipment dimensions, foundation conditions and future...

Canadian mining operations can face demanding environmental conditions, from heavy snow and high winds to extreme cold and remote-site exposure. For large mine-site infrastructure, the question is not simply whether a tension fabric building can handle Canadian weather. The more important question is whether the structure has been properly engineered for the environmental loads and code requirements of the specific mine site. GNB Global designs, engineers, manufactures and installs...