Associated Engineering logo
Project Hero Image
Expertise icon

Agnico Eagle Heavy Haul Bridges

Location

Meadowbank, Nunavut

Expertise

Bridges

Structures

The 100,000 hectare Amaruq property is located on Inuit-owned federal crown land in Nunavut, which contains significant gold-bearing zones.

Ore extracted from the Amaruq mine will be transported using truck trains along a 65 kilometre long mine access road for processing at the company’s adjacent Meadowbank mine property.

Associated Engineering completed the detailed design for nine bridges of various lengths at a remote gold mine site in Nunavut. The bridges involved clear-span lengths of 14 metres, 45 metres and 67 metres using precast concrete modular deck panels and integral abutments using precast ballast walls. The steel girder system, with multiple splices and transverse and longitudinal stiffeners, was designed for very heavy dump trucks, mining excavators and haul-truck trains. The design for the fabricator included design of launch noses for launched-girder installation over the sensitive riparian habitat. Design effort focused on modular construction using prefabricated components that were shipped from various plants across Canada for the ultra-remote site, and on the extreme weather conditions.

Our engineering scope included detailed design, construction support, detailed inspections and maintenance planning.

Map Image
Blue Section

Project Highlights

Green Section

Careers

A career step in the right direction

We are recognized as one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies for 14 consecutive years but our achievements and reputation are only possible because of our amazing staff. We believe that a supported staff allows them to excel at what they do best, and provide the best possible service to our clients and communities.