Service 03 of 5

Water Dams & Tailings Storage Facilities

Dams, reservoirs, irrigation and TSFs.

Overview

A large share of TEKNICON’s work is in the mining and water sectors: tailings storage facilities (TSF) and their auxiliary infrastructure, water dams, irrigation, and the training of water courses — covering design, design review, construction supervision and structural audits.

Clients include Shanta Mining Company, Buckreef Gold Company, Matongo Gold Mine, Anglo de Beers Tanzania and Kilombero Plantation, on assignments ranging from individual TSF phases to a 350 ML masonry water dam.

Scope of work

  • Water dams, weirs and reservoirs
  • Irrigation infrastructure
  • Tailings Storage Facilities (TSF)
  • Watercourse training and associated infrastructure
  • Design review, structural audits and construction supervision

Typical deliverables

  • Designs for TSFs, water dams, weirs and reservoirs
  • Design reviews of TSF phases
  • Structural audits
  • Hydrology studies, drainage designs and river protection works
  • Construction supervision of TSF, dam and irrigation works
Selected projects

Delivered underthis service

  • A yellow vibrating roller compacting the crest of a rockfill tailings embankment under a deep blue sky at a gold mine site
    Water Dams & Tailings Storage Facilities

    TSF2, Phases 1 to 3B

    New Luika Gold Mine, Songwe Region

    Shanta Mining Company Ltd · Five phases: 1, 2A, 2B, 3 and 3B

  • A masonry water dam under construction, with a large crew in orange overalls working along the sloping masonry face, a concrete outlet structure and the impounded water beyond
    Water Dams & Tailings Storage Facilities

    350 ML Masonry Water Dam

    New Luika Gold Mine, Songwe Region

    Shanta Mining Company Ltd · 350 ML · Across the Luika River

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