March Consulting Associates Inc. > Civil & Structural Engineering

March Engineers and Designers bring a wealth of expertise and experience across industrial, commercial, and municipal sectors. Our track record includes successfully delivering diverse projects, from replacing structural components to constructing state-of-the-art processing plants and everything in between.

In Structural Engineering, we excel in asset integrity, thin-walled shell structure design (silos and tanks), computational mechanics, 3D modeling, maintenance, inspections, structural health monitoring, and lifting devices.
For Civil Engineering, our expertise encompasses pond design, civil works, below ground infrastructure, and water treatment systems (waste and potable).

OUR SERVICES

Water Treatment

Design and operation of wastewater and potable water treatment systems with specialization in Biological Nutrient Removal (BNR)

Belowground Infrastructure

  • Wastewater, storm water and potable water distribution systems
  • Buried electrical systems
  • Road and rail utility crossings

Industrial Structures

  • Building & equipment foundations, platforms and walkways
  • Design of various underground concrete structures.
  • Design of sumps and road crossing structures.

General Buildings

  • Industrial and mining buildings to house pumps, electrical equipment, hoisting equipment, distribution and process equipment.
  • Expertise in working with a variety of building materials including structural steel, masonry, reinforced concrete and timber.
  • Building layouts to comply with fire regulations and the National Building Code.
  • Design and building layouts of interior renovations and major expansions.
  • Investigations and inspections.

Aboveground Infrastructure

  • Site layout, grading and drainage
  • Mine access, in-plant and municipal roads
  • Rail spurs and rail yard layouts

 Lifting Equipment

Procurement, design, retrofits and modifications of Electrical Overhead Traveling (EOT), jib and under-hung cranes.

 Underground Mining Structures

  • Design of new underground loading pockets structure.
  • Retrofitting underground mining structures.
  • Design of support systems for conveyors, bins and other underground equipment.

Finite Element Analysis, Structural Modeling, And Computational Mechanics

  • State of the art simulation and finite element modeling of complex structures, ranging from custom structural connections to large heavy industrial buildings
  • Dynamic analysis and transient response of structures and foundations
  • Fatigue analysis of structures subjected to fluctuating loads.
  • Thermal stress analysis of structures subjected to high process and environmental temperature gradients.
  • Design optimization and cost reduction using state of the art numerical simulation.

Fluid Systems

Specialization in designing piping systems, including pump and valve specficiations, to efficiently transport fluids.

Headframes

  • Design of new headframes.
  • Retrofit of existing headframes to support new equipment upgrades.

Welding

  • Welding procedures, practice and design for a variety of structural steel and mechanical equipment

Environmental

  • Environmental fluid retention ponds
  • Tailings and waste disposal
  • Erosion control

 Construction Supervision

  • General construction coordination with the client and the general contractor.
  • Quality control and quality assurance of the materials and the workmanship.

 Structural Modeling

  • Seismic design of low-rise and high-rise buildings.
  • Dynamic analysis of vibrating equipment structures and foundations.
  • Finite element analysis of complex structures

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