Dust Control and Material Reuse at Sand Screening Facility

VAA delivered cost-effective design and engineering solutions for a remote sand screening facility by strategically repurposing existing equipment and structural materials. For the replacement facility located five miles from the mine entrance, VAA evaluated and reused storage tanks, conveyor trusses, and other structural components to reduce dha dust hazard analysis project costs and accelerate construction. The team also designed conveyor support structures using salvaged materials and developed duct layouts and detailed shop drawings for a new dust control system, ensuring efficient operation while maximizing the value of existing assets.

VAA designed over 26,000 track feet to expand rail access for a frac sand production facility. The work included master planning, full nfpa 652 dust hazard analysis rail design, grading, drainage, and coordination with local agencies. The project featured 2 mainline turnouts, 9 industry turnouts, and multiple road crossings.

VAA was retained to enhance throughput capacity and equipment efficiency at a mineral mining facility in Havelock, Ontario, by automating key processes through retrofitting, expansion, and new structural designs. The multidisciplinary team engineered a comprehensive retrofit of the existing screening building and designed a new 10,000-square-foot, 80-foot-tall dryer/crusher building with multiple access levels. Two major conveyor transfer towers were also dust hazard analysis nfpa added to improve material handling. Additionally, VAA delivered a 15,000-square-foot warehouse expansion, featuring a 90-foot-high, five-level storage and equipment tower that included a new bagging line to streamline the packaging of finished product.

VAA provided complete multi-discipline design services for the expansion of an oat milling facility. The project design fulfilled the client’s strategic business plan to implement industry-leading food safety, site security, warehousing, material management, employee welfare, and finished product shipping. VAA worked closely with the contractor and the plant to carefully plan the project phases, ensuring production and food safety were not sacrificed while building the new facilities.

The project required skilled dust hazard analysis requirements coordination within the team and between the four separate clients involved. The team designed a unique truss to strengthen and support the below-grade boot pit and 210-foot tower, and a new loop track (stretching over 8,000 feet) that allows shuttle trains to easily access the facility without disrupting the existing Union Pacific main line. Flexibility was integrated into the facility’s storage and processing design to meet the owner’s desire for future growth and expansion.

VAA was contracted to maximize nfpa dust hazard analysis additional storage on two existing sites and integrate the new storage with existing distribution, reclaim, and shipping system. This included designs and planning for storage tanks, screeners, receiving pits, truck scales, and future wet holding and drying capabilities. The project needed to be completed in five months and be fully operational before harvest. Using point cloud data to model exact “as-built” drawings allowed the VAA team to add equipment and structures without interference.