Industries
Conveyor galleries, transfer towers, silos and heavy process structures for mining operations.
Quick answer
Structural Engineering Services supports Mining & Minerals projects worldwide with silo, bin & hopper design, process plant structures, structural analysis services, steel detailing services — delivered by senior engineers on licensed software to international codes.
Governing codes
Sector challenges
Mining structures live under abrasion, impact and dust, usually a long way from any fabrication shop. A design that ignores maintenance access or transport to site is a design that gets rebuilt in the field.
Challenge 01
Transfer points, crushers and screens pound the supporting steel continuously, every shift.
How we answer it
Vendor dynamic amplification factors are applied as real load cases, wear and liner allowances are detailed, and fatigue-prone connections are designed as bolted and replaceable.
Challenge 02
Spillage, dust and carry-back add loads nobody designed for, especially on conveyor galleries.
How we answer it
Build-up and spillage allowances sit in the design basis, and gallery floors, walkways and chutes are designed for the loaded-and-blocked condition.
Challenge 03
Funnel flow, arching and eccentric discharge create wall pressures far above any hydrostatic assumption.
How we answer it
Wall pressures are derived for both mass and funnel flow including eccentric discharge, and the hopper, skirt and support structure are designed for the governing case.
Challenge 04
Site access dictates the largest piece that can be shipped and the biggest crane available.
How we answer it
Structures are split into transportable, field-bolted modules with match-marked splices and trial-fit requirements stated on the drawings.
Relevant services
Engineering silos, bins and hoppers for bulk solids storage and discharge.
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Designing multi-level process structures, technological platforms and access steel.
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Verifying strength, stability and serviceability of structures under all governing load combinations.
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Converting engineering design drawings into precise fabrication and erection documents that shops can cut, drill and weld from without guesswork.
ExploreTypical assets
From a single assembly to a complete package — the asset types our mining & minerals teams work on week to week.
Trussed galleries, trestles and head or tail supports with maintenance access.
Transfer towers, chute support steel and liner replacement access.
Bulk storage with flow-based wall pressures and discharge equipment loads.
Heavy structures for crushers, screens and mills, including dynamic loads.
Thickener, flotation and leaching structures with access and pipe supports.
Stacker and reclaimer rails, stockpile covers and ancillary supports.
Codes & specifications
The base code is only half the story. On mining & minerals work the client specification usually overrides it somewhere, so we agree a single reconciled design basis before any calculation starts.
Browse all codesAustralian steel design and loads on bulk solids containers — the reference for most mining work.
US-specified projects: member design and environmental load combinations.
Eurocode silo and tank actions, including eccentric discharge and patch loads.
Conveyor parameters that set the geometry and loads the gallery is designed around.
Welding categories for impact-loaded and fatigue-sensitive connections.
Concrete foundations and pedestals under heavy vibrating equipment.
Free quote
Send the drawings or datasheets you already have. We will tell you what is missing and quote the scope in 24 hours.
Project lifecycle
Most clients bring us in at detailed design. We can start earlier, or pick a package up mid-stream — here is what you get from us at each stage.
Options, preliminary sizing and budget tonnage, before the scheme is frozen.
Flow-sheet driven arrangement, gallery spans and preliminary tonnages.
You receive
Design basis, load schedules and layouts good enough to price and procure from.
Vendor equipment loads, structural concepts and foundation reactions.
You receive
Full analysis, code checks, 3D modelling and issued-for-construction documentation.
Full analysis, LOD 400 detailing, splice design and the transport module split.
You receive
Shop queries, RFIs and as-built updates while steel is being cut and erected.
Fabrication and trial-fit support, site splice queries and field modifications.
You receive
Deliverables & handover
Remote projects get a drawing set built for the field: match-marked splices, a module shipping list and bolt packs identified per assembly, because nothing can be re-ordered quickly on a mine site.
| Deliverable | Format | Issued at |
|---|---|---|
| Design basis and calculation report | PDF, signed and checked | Detailed design |
| General arrangement drawings | DWG + PDF | FEED to detailed design |
| Drawing register and transmittal | XLSX + PDF | Every issue |
| Mechanical design calculations | PV-Elite output + PDF with code references | Detailed design |
| Fabrication and nozzle orientation drawings | DWG + PDF | Pre-fabrication |
| Tekla 3D model | Native .db1 + IFC 2x3/4 | Detailed design |
| Single-part, assembly and erection drawings | PDF + DWG, one sheet per mark | Detailed design |
| CNC files, bolt list and BOQ | NC1/DSTV, DXF, XLSX | Pre-fabrication |
| Analysis model and load combinations | STAAD .std + PDF summary | Detailed design |
| Connection and base-plate design sheets | PDF calculation pack | Detailed design |
| Transport module split and shipping list | DWG + XLSX | Detailed design |
| Equipment dynamic load schedule | XLSX + PDF | FEED to detailed design |
Two-stage check
Originator, then senior checker signs off every sheet before it leaves our office.
Native files included
You own the model, so another team can pick the work up at any point.
Revision control
A revision table on every sheet; superseded issues are archived, never deleted.
Your transmittal route
Issued through your document-control portal with your numbering, or over secure FTP.
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