not-allowed-link

Copper Cliff South Mine

About the project

Project category

Steel

Company / Project parties

Apex Structural Design

Location

Canada

Images

placeholder imageplay button

Copper Cliff South Mine

We recently completed the detailing of a Mine Project totaling 2,000 tons. 

The shaft consists of three main compartments, a "Skip" compartment for ore material, a "Cage" compartment for manpower and equipment, and a "Counterweight" compartment. All fabricated from over 24,000 feet of galvanized HSS guides. Each shaft is separated by brattice partitions used to direct air for ventilation. These wall panels are welded angle frames filled with either an expanded metal mesh or corrugated gauge steel sheets. Extending down to over 270 different platform levels and opening up to 15 larger "Station" levels. Each of the 270 levels consists of platform bar grating, a manway ladder and guard railing. The guide elevations were designed and detailed to 1/32" tolerances to keep the HSS as true as possible. 

We began this project back in May 2018, and as of this writing in June 2021 we just issued the last of the revisions at the shaft bottom below the deflection chute (below). What began as an aggressive 3-month project has taken over 3 years of starts and stops. The biggest factor in this extended time frame has been a constant arrival of new and revised design drawings including 35 major change orders. We started with 45 different consultant drawings and now have 145. One shop drawing is at Rev.18 due to multiple quantity increases. Our original drafting quote was based on a huge amount of repetition throughout the shaft, but much of that repetition was lost due to these changes. But thanks to our extensive experience using Tekla Structures we were able to mitigate much of this extra work. Keeping the model and drawings up to date over a 3 year period was an exercise in persistence.

Tekla BIM Awards

The Tekla BIM Awards honor projects that transform the way the world builds.

See all projects

The Content on this page is provided to Trimble Solutions Corporation ("Trimble") under the Tekla BIM Awards Terms and Conditions.

Trimble Logo

USA (ENGLISH)

globe wireframe
magnifying glass
Tekla logo

Productscaret icon

Tekla Structures skip iconTekla Structural Designer skip iconTekla Model Sharing skip iconTekla Tedds skip iconTekla PowerFab skip iconTrimble Connect skip iconAll products skip icon

Solutions downward-facing caret

Designright caret

Constructible modeling skip iconStructural analysis & design skip iconDesign communication skip iconConnected design skip icon

Detailright caret

Constructible detailing skip iconConstruction documentation skip icon

Fabricateright caret

Production planning & management skip iconAutomated production skip iconConnected project delivery skip icon

Constructright caret

Bid & win skip iconSite planning & coordination skip iconConnected worksite skip icon

Educateright caret

Tekla Campus skip iconTekla for students skip iconTekla for educators skip iconTekla for academic institutions skip icon

All solutions

Resourcescaret icon

Articles & blog posts skip iconReferences skip iconWebinars skip iconNews skip iconEvents skip iconeBooks skip iconTekla BIM Awards skip iconAll resources skip icon

Supportcaret icon

Tekla User Assistance skip iconTrimble Downloads skip iconTekla Discussion Forum skip iconTekla Warehouse skip iconTekla Developer Center skip iconTraining skip iconAll support skip icon

Aboutcaret icon

Why Tekla & Trimble skip iconContact us skip iconCareers skip iconLicense compliance skip iconAll about skip icon

| USA (ENGLISH)

globe wireframe icon

Productscaret icon

  • Tekla Structures
  • Tekla Structural Designer
  • Tekla Model Sharing
  • Tekla Tedds
  • Tekla PowerFab
  • Trimble Connect
  • All products

Solutionscaret icon

Designcaret icon

  • Constructible modeling
  • Structural analysis & design
  • Design communication
  • Connected design

Detailcaret icon

  • Constructible detailing
  • Construction documentation

Fabricatecaret icon

  • Production planning & management
  • Automated production
  • Connected project delivery

Constructcaret icon

  • Bid & win
  • Site planning & coordination
  • Connected worksite

Educatecaret icon

  • Tekla Campus
  • Tekla for students
  • Tekla for educators
  • Tekla for academic institutions
All solutions

Resourcescaret icon

  • Articles & blog posts
  • References
  • Webinars
  • News
  • Events
  • eBooks
  • Tekla BIM Awards
  • All resources

Supportcaret icon

  • Tekla User Assistance
  • Trimble Downloads
  • Tekla Discussion Forum
  • Tekla Warehouse
  • Tekla Developer Center
  • Training
  • All support

Aboutcaret icon

  • Why Tekla & Trimble
  • Contact us
  • Careers
  • License compliance
  • All about
  1. Home
  2. Tekla BIM Awards
  3. Copper Cliff South Mine
CONTACT US