Heap Leach Engineering Services

  • Heap Leach Analysis, Design and Construction Management
  • Heap Leach Siting , Grading, Modeling and Feasibility Studies
  • Leach Heap Irrigation Design
  • Closure Design and Construction for Leach Pads and Ancillary Facilities
  • Geosynthetic, Geotextile and Geomembrane Liners
  • Agency Review Coordination and Permitting
  • Storm Water Containment and Diversion
  • Channel Design and Construction
  • Discharge Piping Design and Construction
  • Pipeline Investigation, Design and Construction
  • Surface/Subsurface Water Management and Interception Structures
  • Erosion Control Design and Construction
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Features Projects

Buenavista Del Cobre, Sonora, Mexico

Leach Pads and Ponds

6km x 4km Leach Pad; modeled solution flow through heap into ground. Optimized design of significant components. Designed ponds and emergency dams. Developed construction drawings and provided construction support.

Heap Leach Engineering Leader

Stephen Taylor, P.E., Principal Civil Engineer

  • 29 years of multi-disciplinary engineering experience in large-scale industrial projects in the US, Canada, South America and South Africa, including heap leach pads, tailings facilities ponds, diversion channels, pump stations, pipelines and process facilities.
  • Heap Leach and Ancillary Facility Analyses, Design and Construction.
  • Engineering Analyses for Structural Stability, Stormwater and Flood Control, Water Quality, Pipeline Conveyance and Channel Design.
  • Engineered Systems Risk Assessments.
  • Closure Design and Construction for Leach Pads and Ancillary Facilities
  • Large Dam Projects.
  • Large Water Conveyance Projects.
  • Site-Wide Dynamic Water Balance for Risk Assessment and Facility Sizing.
  • Stakeholder Management.
  • Sustainability.
  • Currently principal with EMC2-Picacho.

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