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Quarry and Mining Services

Tonkin & Taylor has, for many years, provided niche geotechnical and engineering support to the quarry and mining industries. We have worked on a wide range of projects in New Zealand and overseas at various stages of development from:

  • Prospect identification and evaluation
  • Resource management and land use consents
  • Feasibility and detailed design
  • Construction supervision and monitoring
  • Site restoration and closure
  • Blast vibration analysis

An important part of our services is gaining a key understanding of the project requirements and teaming with the client and other supporting consultants to deliver cost effective design solution. The understanding and management of risk is a key element support services we provide.

Quarry and Mining projects include:

  • Opencast coalmines
  • Opencast goldmines
  • Overburden disposal
  • Tailings dams
  • Rock and Alluvial Aggregate Quarries
  • Limestone

Specific services can be tailored to meet client requirements from a range of services across a broad spectrum of disciplines:

Geotechnical:

  • Site investigation
  • Engineering Geological Modelling/Assessment
  • Groundwater
  • Cut and Fill Slope Design
  • Risk Assessments
  • Foundation Design
  • Heavy Pavements
  • Tailings Dams
  • Earthworks monitoring and control

Water Management:

  • Stream Diversions
  • Storm-water Management
  • Sediment Control

Environmental:

  • Air Quality/Dust
  • Vibration Assessments
  • Ecology Studies
  • Water Quality
  • Assessment of Environmental Effects
  • Contamination

For more information please contact Doug Johnson.

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