Our Projects Worldwide

From 2005 to 2014, the owner of R. E. Wedding Associates Consulting Engineers, Rene Wedding, P.Eng., undertook and successfully wrapped up several projects in Canada, Australia and the U.S. These projects called upon his expertise in materials handling, automation, hydraulics, dust control, electrical engineering and more.

T.E Ibberson Company and EGT, Minneapolis, MN

Mechanical engineer for a state-of-the-art air-supported conveyor material handling systems for a world class 9-Mtpa grain export terminal, Longview Washington, for EGT-Bunge
Includes barge receiving conveyors, shiploader conveyors for Panamax vessels, general conveying and rail receiving
Design and fabrication assistance of 27 air-supported conveyors (ASC) totaling 15,000 feet. Capacities to 4500 tph including air systems, dust control, structural analysis using COSMOS
Integration of ASC into 3 shiploaders for 80,000-tonne PANAMAX vessel loading
Fabrication review of ASC conveyors, shop drawing review of all components
Field reviews
Start-up and commissioning
Regular site inspections and warranty reviews

Kinder Morgan VWL Terminal, Vancouver, Canada

Design of hydraulic shiploader access gangway, including controls, automation, hydraulics.
Start-up and commissioning

Kinder Morgan VWL Terminal, Vancouver, Canada

Forensic investigation of shiploader fire, report and shiploader rebuild
Start-up and commissioning of shiploader rebuild

ADM AMA Grain Terminal Shipping System Rebuild

Design, shop drawing review and installation supervision of three 2000-tph shipping conveyors in LA, USA
Dust control design and hydraulic gate design for scale control gates
Start-up and commissioning of ship loading system
Dust control system testing

Bunge EGT Longview, WA Grain Terminal

Field work and commissioning of a new 9-Mtpa grain export terminal in Longview, Washington
Start-up and testing of 27 new air supported conveyors, capacity to 4500-Mtphr grain
Dust control system testing
Start-up and commissioning of a fixed three-tower Panamax shiploader

Bunge Destrehan LA Air-Supported Conveyor Design

Design of 2 new air-supported conveyors (ASC) for meal and grain reclaim
Start-up and commissioning of conveying system

Kinder Morgan Vancouver Wharves

Air-supported conveyor (ASC) upgrades
Bin top shuttle conveyor upgrades
Conveyor capacity and automation improvements

Howe Sound Pulp

Chip conveyor design
Shop drawing review

KM LNG Kitimat, BC

Design of clay ocean dump system, including conveyors, feeders, crushers, barge winch systems
Automation and controls for ocean dump barge load out
Electrical design for MCC, power distribution, controls

Hyseco Hydraulics

Review of Design for large hydraulic knife gate actuating system

Sandwell Engineering and Ausenco Australia, Vale, Australia

Vale, Australia Pty Ltd Ellensfield CHPP FEL2 study
Raw coal handling, stockpiling, storage and reclaim options
Produced design criteria
Produced flow schematics, PFD, P&IDs for each option, including mass balance
Produced GAs to allow estimating and evaluation of options
Produced FEL2 estimates for bulk earthworks, concrete structures, structural steel fabrication and erection, plate work, site-erected tankage, piping and valves, electrical and instrumentation and misc. buildings

Sandwell Engineering and Ausenco Australia, WICT Coal Terminal

Project manager for peer review of Connell Hatch Preliminary Engineering for a 70 Mtpa coal facility in Gladstone, QLD, Australia
Project consisted of a new WICT (Wiggins Island Coal Terminal) for shipping metallurgical and thermal coal from 22 stakeholder miners located in the north of Australia, including Xstrata as the major stakeholder
Project encompassed complete coal chain from the 22 mines, storage at the mines, rail transport, port unloading, storage and shipping facilities
Regular rail and cargo assembly and port storage options reviewed for mine
Simulations conducted to determine receiving, storage and shipping options
Dust control reduction and emissions strategies reviewed and proposed for receiving, storage, reclaim and shipping to meet environmental standards
Receiving designs reviewed and optimized
CAPEX cost-reduction strategies recommended
Storage design, which consisted of gantry stackers with tunnel reclaim for blending, reviewed
Alternate strategies with synergies to the existing 70-Mtpa RGTCT (R. G. Tanna) coal terminal developed and recommended
Alternate shipping strategies proposed to reduce CAPEX and OPEX costs
Review conducted of the existing RGTCT; site report written
CAPEX estimate reviewed with specialist in each field to determine if the costs were within 15% as required by the client
Overall project design and delivery reviewed to determine if the project was economic and bankable
A detailed, bound report was submitted to Gladstone Port Corporation
A PowerPoint of the results and recommendations presented to GPC and the stakeholders in Brisbane