Annual Review - This is Hatch 2007 [pdf, 6.17 MB]

This is Hatch 2007
Absolute Quality: Our Goal Always
METALS • ENERGY • INFRASTRUCTURE

HATCH QUALITY
The Hatch Quality Management Systems are part of Hatch’s global process to improve and expand
the quality of our services to our clients. From each of our market sectors of Mining & Metals;
Energy; and Infrastructure, our clients are raising their expectations for quality performance,
innovation and the efficient delivery of projects. It’s our goal and absolute commitment to meet
our clients’ expectations. In this issue of This is Hatch 2007, you will read about the Hatch
performance for several of our most important and successful projects from across the globe.
Message from the Chairman & CEO . . . . 1
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Sustainable Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
MINING & METALS
Non-Ferrous Metals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Light Metals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Iron & Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Industrial Minerals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Mining & Mineral Processing . . . . . . . . . 11
PROJECT DELIVERY
ENGINEERING
PROCUREMENT
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
ENERGY
Oil & Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Hydro & Wind Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Thermal/Nuclear/T&D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Industrial Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
INFRASTRUCTURE
North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Asia-Pacific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Spatial Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
OPERATIONS
SUPPORT
BUSINESS PRACTICES
Operations Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Systems & Process Control . . . . . . . . . . 33
Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Consulting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
BUSINESS PRACTICES
SYSTEMS & PROCESS CONTROL
TECHNOLOGIES
CONSULTING
ENVIRONMENTAL
PEOPLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
RECENT EPCM PROJECTS . . . . . . . . . . . 38
GLOBAL OPERATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
ANATOMY OF A PROJECT
Escondida Norte & E3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN & CEO
The global economy continues to perform well, and shows
no evidence of slowing down. In fact, if there is any
impediment to improving project and business results
for our clients it is the shortage in many regions of skilled
and experienced professionals and technicians.
In the mining and metals sector new resources are being
uncovered and developed; in energy, the burgeoning need
for power at a reasonable cost must be addressed; and
in the infrastructure sector most governments and corporations
acknowledge that wise investments in roads, transit
and water systems must be aggressively implemented
to sustain our collective growth.
The extraordinary level of project activity around the world
has created labour-and-equipment-shortage hotspots. In the
meantime, markets for commodities have outstripped supply,
resulting in never-before-seen cost pressures on major
capital projects.
In very busy times, delivering quality projects is paramount.
The unprecedented activity in mining and metals, energy
and infrastructure sectors demands careful management to
ensure the highest standards of project quality are delivered
to our clients. It is not enough to have a comprehensive
quality-management system, as Hatch and other global firms
do, we must ensure that the quality programs are consistently
applied and regularly audited to ensure success.
Delivering quality projects of course is more dependent
on our people than our policies. In Hatch’s case it has
been a long-term business strategy to attract, train and
develop the very best people. Through our people we can
and do routinely develop the best practices and project
tools needed for the efficient implementation of our client
programs and projects.
Hatch is widely known and appreciated for its culture
of learning, safety awareness, sustainability and innovation.
Within that culture Hatch has created an environment that is
challenging and satisfying to our employees, and motivates
them as professionals to deliver quality projects to our clients.
As we move forward our clients and our staff will be asked
to apply their technical skills and knowledge to address
such emerging issues as Climate Change, as the world
adapts to new strategic directions and preferred solutions.
In the following pages, you will read of several very
successful metals, energy and infrastructure projects completed
or under way in all regions of the world.
Our Project Delivery Group provides the resources and
systems for major project development, including engineering,
procurement, project and construction management, project
controls, commissioning and startup assistance. PDG has
maintained its excellence during these busy times despite
shortages in the key components of labour and equipment.
I would like to thank our employees and those of our
partnerships and clients for their excellent contributions to
the successful joint delivery of our many projects.
Kurt Strobele
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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SAFETY
Safety is our most important priority on all projects, while we’re traveling, and in every Hatch
and project office. We do everything humanly possible to ensure the safety of our employees,
our contractors and our visitors through frequent communications, continuous training and
appropriate safety equipment.
Hatch safety statistics for 2006
indicate that Hatch’s safety
performance is 10 times more
successful than the mining
and construction industries
worldwide.
For several years, Hatch has been a regular
winner of Safety Awards in Australia, North
America, South America and South Africa.
AWARDS INCLUDE:
• Employment and Training Initiative Award
• National Safety Council Five-Star
Health and Management Award
• Work Safe Gold Certificate
in joint venture
• Most Effective Implementation
of Safety Management Systems
• Safety Effective Action Award
Our safety programs and methodologies
have been cited by clients
as “outstanding” and “world class.”
The measurement of our work hours
without a lost-time incident is
reported in the millions of hours
on several major projects.
We develop safety plans that include
standards, incident reports, site
procedures and training details for
major-project personnel, contractors
and suppliers.
Every major Hatch project implements
the Safety Information Management
System to ensure clients are fully
aware, on a timely basis, of safety
program data. Hatch also issues alerts
to Hatch, client and project personnel
when external events arise that put
people at a health or safety risk.
Hatch also helps clients manage their
safety and health risks during the
engineering-design process, which
can result in the elimination of many
potential hazards.
Nickel Rim Sets New
Safety Milestone
On February 19, the Xstrata Nickel Rim
project surpassed a milestone of no
lost-time incidents in 2 million workhours.
Our project team included more than
3,000 people from 319 supplier companies
on site. The Nickel Rim Lost-Time
Frequency rate is running at 0.17
compared with Ontario-averages of
0.70 and 2.33 for the mining and
construction industries respectively.
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Modern mining, energy and infrastructure companies are sensitive to the impacts of their development
and operation activities on the economy, society and environment of the local communities in which they
work. Hatch fully embraces the principles and practical application of sustainability, and actively supports
our clients who do the same.
Hatch consults with
client-project neighbours
in Mandromodromata,
Madagascar.
Alcoa has “made significant progress
against many goals…such as meeting
the 25 percent reduction in greenhouse
gases seven years before the 2010
deadline and achieving a 50 percent
reduction in landfilled waste before the
2007 goal.” In 2005, 2006 and 2007,
Alcoa was named one of the most
sustainable corporations in the world.
“Conduct business in a socially responsible
and ethical manner…support
universal human rights…protect the
environment, benefit the communities
where we work…learn from and
respect the cultures in which we work,”
The Chevron Way. Chevron has
recently increased energy efficiency
in its operations by 24 percent.
“Our focus is on the efficient production
and sale of electricity while operating
in a safe, open and environmentally
responsible manner…and making positive
contributions to the environment,
economy and communities in which
we operate,” Ontario Power Generation.
Two-thirds of electricity generated by
OPG produces virtually no emissions.
“We are committed to sustainable
development. Health, safety, environment
and community responsibilities are
integral to the way we do business,”
BHP Billiton. The company has
aboriginal employment initiatives under
way in Australia, Canada, South Africa
and other regions of the world.
“We seek to operate a safe, healthy
and non-discriminatory workplace
with progressive development
opportunities; ensure a sustainable
environment and operate in harmony
with local communities; and operate
ethically,” Xstrata Sustainable
Development policy.
“Improvement of social performance
includes development of community
consultation and engagement plans, and
the creation…of partnership foundations
to advance sustainable livelihoods and
health and education services, including
among indigenous populations,”
Leigh Clifford, Chief Executive, Rio Tinto.
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We are an innovative
organization committed
to helping our clients
achieve unprecedented
and sustained business results.
Hatch Quality Policy

METALS
NON-FERROUS METALS
LIGHT METALS
IRON & STEEL
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS
MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING

MINING & METALS
NON-FERROUS METALS
Ravensthorpe/Yabulu Nickel Projects
Hatch is leading a joint-venture team to
provide engineering, procurement, and
project and construction management at
both Ravensthorpe Nickel Operation in
Western Australia and the Yabulu Nickel
Refinery on Australia’s east coast.
The Queensland Nickel (QNI) Yabulu
Refinery in Australia is one of the world’s
largest nickel/cobalt processing plants,
and one of the few locations in the world
where nickel ore is transformed to nickel
metal at a single site. The Yabulu Project
will double the capacity of QNI.
Hatch has been providing operations
and capital-project support to QNI since
1999. The refinery is a world leader
in nickel extraction technology, having
a number of internationally patented
processes including Ammoniacal Solvent
Extraction (ASX), which separates nickel
and cobalt. There are 30 Hatch professionals
on site at QNI full-time.
Ravensthorpe Nickel Operation (RNO)
is a BHP Billiton mine and processing
facility in development.
The RNO mine and processing plant will
produce up to 220,000 tonnes per annum
of a mixed nickel and cobalt-hydroxide
intermediate product that contains up to
50,000 tpa nickel and 1,400 tpa cobalt.
The intermediate product will be packaged
and shipped through the Port of Esperance
to Townsville, Queensland for final refining
at the Yabulu Refinery.
Startup of both facilities is scheduled
for 2007.
Onça Puma Nickel Mine
CVRD will mine lateritic nickel located in the
Onça and Puma mountain ranges of Brazil.
The ores were confirmed nearly 30
years ago, and the ore body has changed
hands several times.
In Western Australia, Hatch provides
EPCM services for the development
of BHP Billiton’s Ravensthorpe
Nickel Project.
Hatch has full EPCM responsibility for the
development of Onça Puma’s world-class
laterite ore deposit in Brazil. Our Project
Delivery group, with more than 4,000 staff
worldwide, provides the resources and
systems for engineering, procurement
and project management.
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Revealed finally were mineral resources
of 110 million tons of lateritic ore with
first-rate nickel content. More than 500
tons of ore samples were metallurgically
tested and showed excellent rates for
ferronickel recovery, quality and operational
stability.
A Feasibility Study was completed in
2005 and found the deposit to be world
class, and confirms the economical
feasibility of the undertaking.
Hatch and its Brazilian project partner
started detailed engineering and consultation
in 2006.
The first line of the project is scheduled
to begin the hot commissioning in
November 2008.
Voisey’s Bay Nickel Targets 2011
Hatch is completing a prefeasibility study
that will define the scope of Voisey’s Bay
Nickel Company’s commercial plant in
Newfoundland. Two process options are
currently being evaluated, hydrometallurgical
and nickel-matte refining.
Hatch provided full EPCM and commissioning
services to the client for the 1:100
scale hydromet demonstration plant. The
project went on to win Hatch Global’s Roy
Curtis Project Excellence Award in 2005.
The commercial processing facility is
scheduled for commissioning in 2011.
CVRD Inco has made a major commitment
to the people of Newfoundland and
Labrador in terms of jobs, educational
and business opportunities.
Hatch is also providing engineering
support to the mine/mill development in
Voisey’s Bay, Labrador in association with
Torngait Services Inc, an Inuit-owned
company. VBNC has agreements with
both the Innu Nation and the Labrador
Inuit Association regarding development
and operations of the mine/mill. These
agreements provide specific industrial and
Hatch provided full EPCM and commissioning services
for Voisey’s Bay Nickel Company’s research and
development demonstration plant in Newfoundland
and Labrador.
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MINING & METALS
employment opportunities and cover
a wide range of topics including environmental
protection, protection of aboriginal
social and cultural values, as well as
education, training and employment.
The Voisey’s Bay project is expected
to be a major contributor to the
Newfoundland and Labrador economy
well into the future.
LIGHT METALS
Alumar Refinery Expansion
The Alumar Refinery is currently increasing
capacity by 2.1 million metric tons per
year (mtpy) of alumina to meet the world
demand for aluminum products. Alumar
is located in the northwest of Brazil in the
state of Maranhão. The expanded refinery
will have a total capacity of 3.5 million
mtpy when completed in 2008. It is the
largest refinery expansion in the world.
Hatch is working as part of an integrated
team to deliver the project. From its office
in São Paulo, Brazil, Hatch is providing more
than 300 people for the engineering (both
office and field), procurement, and project
and construction management assignments.
The project is currently more than 25
percent complete. To date, there have
been more than 3 million hours worked
without a lost-time incident.
The expansion of the Alumar Refinery
is part of a US$1.8 billion investment plan
that the owner consortium is implementing
for its primary metal production operations
in Brazil. Alumar is owned by Alcoa
(54 percent), BHP Billiton (36 percent)
and Alcan (10 percent).
Jamalco 3 Early Works Program
Alcoa has joined with the Government
of Jamaica to significantly expand the
Jamalco alumina refinery in Jamaica.
An Early Works Program includes
a 150,000-tonnes-per-year expansion of
Alumar Refinery in Brazil is expanding by
2.1 million metric tons per year from 1.4 million
tons. The work is done from our São Paulo office
with specialized support from Hatch offices
in Australia and Canada.
Hatch provided EPCM services for
the development of BlueScope Steel’s
$280-million Suzhou, China metallic
coating and painting facility.
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efinery capacity, which is almost complete.
The current capacity of Jamalco is 1.27
million metric tonnes.
IRON & STEEL
Suzhou Coating & Painting Facility
BlueScope Steel’s new $280-million stateof-the-art
metallic coating and painting
facility in Suzhou, China produced its first
commercial coil in September 2006. The
project, 80 kilometres west of Shanghai,
is Australia’s largest manufacturing investment
in China, and BlueScope Steel’s
largest single investment in Asia. The
facility is part of BlueScope’s $2-billion
investment program, comprising 20
projects in eight countries.
BlueScope Steel China has won a number
of large contracts to supply premium
quality steel-building solutions to key
infrastructure projects for the 2008 Beijing
Olympics including the Tianjin Olympic
Centre Stadium, the Olympic Fencing
Training Centre and the Olympic
Swimming Training Centre.
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS
Madagascar Mineral Sands Project
Rio Tinto has retained Hatch to help with
the development of a US$585-million
heavy mineral sands operation and port
in Madagascar.
Production is expected in late 2008 and
the initial capacity will be 750,000 tonnes
per year.
The ilmenite will be smelted at Rio Tinto’s
facilities at Sorel in Quebec, which will
require an upgrade of storage and handling
facilities as well as their associated
ancillary services at the Sorel site.
The project will be a model of the
contribution mining can make through
the successful integration of financial,
environmental and community objectives,
says Rio Tinto Chairman Leigh Clifford.
Hatch is providing EPCM services
for the capacity expansion of Alcoa’s
alumina refinery in Jamaica.
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MINING & METALS
The development is the largest project in
Madagascar’s history and will be the catalyst
for broader economic development of the
country. It is being developed by QIT
Madagascar Minerals (QMM), a subsidiary
of Rio Tinto and the Government of
Madagascar.
The Madagascar ore-body is the largest
known undeveloped high-grade ilmenite
deposit in the world.
A deep sea multi-use public port will be an
important component of the project. Over
time, the port will make an important contribution
to economic development of the
whole region.
Jericho Diamond Mine Opened
In mid-August 2006, Tahera Diamond
Corporation held the official opening ceremony
for its Jericho Diamond Mine in Nunavut,
Canada. The Jericho Diamond Mine is
Canada’s third diamond mine, and the
Territory of Nunavut’s first. Construction of
the Jericho Diamond Mine was completed
in 2005, and the first diamonds were
produced in January 2006. Commercial
production began on July 1, 2006.
Hatch’s assignments at Jericho included
process-plant definition for a 100-tonneper-hour
treatment plant, basic engineering
and a capital-cost estimate. Hatch also
provided detailed engineering, equipment
procurement, expediting and inspections,
site-communication systems design and
procurement, site-plan coordination and
project capital-cost reporting. Finally,
Hatch provided construction assistance
and commissioning of both the process
plant and the communication systems.
The Right Hon. Stephen Harper, Prime
Minister of Canada was among the guests
at the opening, along with The Hon.
Paul Okalik, Premier of Nunavut Territory.
Hatch is helping client Rio Tinto
develop the US$585 million mineral
sands mine and port in Madagascar.
At 4,000 metres in the Andes,
Hatch completed a prefeasibility study
for El Morro, a major copper-gold
mining project.
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MINING & MINERAL PROCESSING
El Morro Copper-Gold Mine
Xstrata Copper selected Hatch to produce
a Prefeasibility Study for the El Morro
copper-gold mine project in north-central
Chile as part of the staged program to
complete the evaluation of the property.
The deposit is located east of the
coastal town of Vallenar in the Andes
Mountains at an elevation of 4,200
meters. The El Morro property encompasses
three separate mineralized
zones known as El Morro, La Fortuna
and El Negro. The study focused on the
porphyry-style La Fortuna deposit.
The Prefeasibility Study was completed
in January 2007. Hatch completed prefeasibility
level engineering for the core
process facilities, as well as coordinated
the work of specialist consultants and
incorporated their work into the final
study report.
Hatch Develops Infrastructure
for Canadian Mine
Hatch and a project partner have been
retained by Aur Resources to provide
engineering, procurement and construction
management for the development of the
infrastructure and mill facility at Duck Pond
copper-zinc mine and mill project in central
Newfoundland.
Hatch is responsible for construction
management and inspection services for
the mill and infrastructure, and engineering
for the site infrastructure: roads, water
supply, campsites, office buildings,
a warehouse and maintenance shops.
The mine produced its first concentrate
in January 2007.
Hatch is providing EPCM services for
Newfoundland’s Duck Pond copper-zinc
mine and processing plant.
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We are sensitive to the
communities in which
we live, work and
provide our services.
Hatch Quality Policy

ENERGY
OIL & GAS
HYDRO & WIND POWER
THERMAL/NUCLEAR/T&D
INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS

ENERGY
OIL & GAS
Albian Sands Energy
The Oil & Gas business unit of Hatch
Energy has signed an engineering-services
contract for Operations Support with Albian
Sands Energy. The services will be provided
to Albian from March 2006 to the end
of February 2009. All engineering will be
carried out in our Calgary offices.
Apache Midale CO 2 Phase 2
Hatch Energy was awarded the engineering,
procurement and construction management
of Phase 2 of the Midale CO 2 Miscible
Flood Project by Apache Canada Ltd.
The initial scope of work consists of
the development of an additional seven
patterns and subsequent satellite and
plant facility upgrades.
Gorgon LNG Facility
Hatch is working on the prefeasibility
study for the next phase of the Shell
ChevronTexaco Gorgon liquefied natural
gas facility in Australia.
Surmont Oil Sands Development
The ConocoPhillips development southeast
of Fort McMurray will use steam-assisted
gravity drainage (SAGD) to recover heavy
oil from oil sands where the pay zone is
too deep for other extraction methods.
Weyburn Compressor Expansion
Hatch Energy is providing project
management, engineering and procurement
for the EnCana Weyburn recyclecompressor
expansion.
The Weyburn, Saskatchewan oil and gas
field has been on waterflood since 1964
and has been on CO 2 miscible flood since
2000. CO 2 miscible flood will target
recovering another 15-20 percent of the
original oil in place.
ConocoPhillips will use steam-assisted
gravity drainage to recover oil from
the oil sands in Alberta, Canada.
Hatch Energy provided the fast-track
design and construction management
for the award-winning Shikwamkwa
Dam in Ontario, Canada.
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HYDRO & WIND POWER
Shikwamkwa Dam
Hatch Energy used advanced modeling and
proprietary reservoir-mapping technology
to determine that seepage problems at the
48-year-old Shikwamkwa Dam in northern
Ontario were beyond remediation and
began the fast-track design and construction
of a new dam. More than a million
cubic metres of fill were needed for the
35-metre high, 874-metre long dam.
A 65-metre concrete cut-off wall was
used to seal the foundation.
Hatch Energy was responsible for engineering
design and construction quality
monitoring. The new dam has reduced
seepage flows and improved both safety
and the generation of electricity.
Shikwamkwa Dam, for client Brookfield
Power, was completed on budget, ahead
of schedule and with the excellent safety
record of no lost time due to injuries.
Floodway Expansion, Manitoba
Following the ‘Flood of the Century’ in
1997, the Manitoba Floodway Authority
was established to oversee an expansion
of Winnipeg’s flood protection.
Hatch Energy and a consortium
are responsible for detailed design and
construction management to more than
double the Red River channel capacity.
The original Floodway is estimated to
have saved Manitoba more than $8 billion
in flood damage. But the Flood of the
Century, a decade ago, came close to the
floodway’s capacity.
The upgrade project will extend and raise
the 40-mile west dyke; widen the channel,
modify the inlet; reconstruct the aqueduct;
expand the outlet structure; and improve
downstream erosion protection. The project
is scheduled for completion in 2009.
Hatch Energy is participating in the Red
River floodway expansion project that will
involve widening the channel by 60 percent.
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ENERGY
Synexus Asset Optimization
Synexus Global (SGI) specializes in the
optimization of power and water resources.
SGI develops and implements customized
computerized tools for hydropower
operations and maintenance. Synexus is
now supplying Southern California Edison’s
1,000 MW Big Creek facilities with SGI’s
Vista Decision Support System to provide
long-term water management guidance
and short-term scheduling of generating
units on an hourly basis.
Wind Power
Hatch Energy is planning and developing
wind farms across Canada for several clients.
Several of the farms continue to develop
new turbines that will generate
enough electricity to supply tens of thousands
of Canadian homes.
Hatch Energy’s most recent project was
the Chin Chute wind farm southwest of
Taber, Alberta. The $60-million project is a
joint venture of Enbridge, Suncor Energy
and Acciona Wind Energy Canada.
Chin Chute’s 20 turbines each produce
1.5 MW of electricity.
In Ontario, Hatch Energy is owner’s
engineer and maintains a full-time
presence at the site of the Prince Wind
Farm to coordinate environmental and
other approvals for the project. When
complete, Prince Wind Farm will have
126 turbines on 80-metre towers.
For EPCOR Power Development Corp.
Hatch Energy was appointed owner’s
engineer to provide advice on civil/
geotechnical and electrical interconnection
issues for the Kingsbridge Wind
Power Project.
The Kingsbridge project is a 39-MW
generation project of 22 wind turbines
and towers. The wind farm will be
Hatch Energy has installed or
developed more than half of the
wind projects in Canada.
Bruce A Aerial View
The Bruce Nuclear generating station
is the largest nuclear facility in
Canada. Reactors Bruce A 1 and 2
are being refurbished by a Hatch
Energy consortium.
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emotely operated and monitored. There
will be scheduled visits by operations and
maintenance technicians.
Hatch Energy is also providing owner’s
engineer support to Suncor Energy and
Acciona Wind Energy at the 76-MW
Ripley wind farm in Ontario.
THERMAL/NUCLEAR/T&D
Bruce A Restart of 1 and 2
Hatch Energy is a proud member of an
integrated team that will restart Units 1
and 2 at the Bruce A nuclear generating
station near Kincardine, Ontario. The
restarts are part of Bruce’s $4.25-billion
investment program. Unit 1 is expected
to restart in 2009.
The team, known as the Acres-Sargent
& Lundy-Fox Joint Venture (JV), won the
2004 Schreyer Award for the $700-million
restart of Bruce A Units 3 and 4.
In the initial startups, the JV’s awardwinning
work included engineering,
procurement of materials and equipment,
and construction of 45 different modification
projects.
Individual assignments ranged from
the maintenance and overhaul of existing
equipment to the provision of two key
safety systems: a Secondary Control Area
and a Qualified Power Supply.
In the latest program, the JV will make
numerous upgrades to the fire-protection
systems, including the fire suppression
system for the turbine generators and
smoke-detection systems in electrical
equipment rooms.
Halton Hills Generating Station
Hatch Energy was awarded an engineering
services contract to support the
$500-million Burns & McDonnell’s project
to build a new gas-fired power plant in
Halton Hills near Toronto.
Photo courtesy of Bruce Power
Bruce A Turbine Hall
Bruce Power is investing $4.25 billion
in their generating station in Ontario.
Hatch Energy has a significant role
in this restart project.
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ENERGY
Transmission Health Index
Hydro One’s transmission and distribution
assets were recently subjected to the
Hatch Energy ‘Asset Health Index,’ to help
one of the largest electricity transmission
and distribution systems in North America
to assess near-term issues with each asset.
Assets assessed include circuit breakers,
transformers, transmission towers,
wooden poles and control equipment.
The asset assessments are completed
in order to help develop system management
plans and to ensure that adequate
funding through electricity rates is
secured.
The ‘Health Index’ methodology can be
applied to industrial and power-generation
facilities. The methodology is very
helpful in making cases for regulatory
submissions, investors, operators and
risk managers.
INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS
Irving Oil Readies for Ultra-low-sulfur
Diesel Rules
Irving Oil chose Hatch staff to ensure
a safe and successful project that would
create needed Terminal Segregation as
part of Irving Oil’s overall preparation for
the joint Canada/US legislation that
requires all diesel products to contain less
than 15 parts-per-million-by-weight sulfur
content at the pumps.
Of 40 refinery sites reviewed, 19 Irving
Marine and Inland Storage and Distribution
facilities had to be modified.
More than 35,000 work-hours were
performed without a lost-time incident.
Engineering, design, procurement and
construction-management services were
completed by Hatch staff in Sydney, Nova
Scotia and Saint John, New Brunswick.
Despite the diversity and widespread
locations of the facilities, all infrastructure
modifications were completed on schedule.
Hydro One’s energy transmission and
distribution assets were reviewed using
a Hatch Energy methodology.
Irving Oil’s terminal segregation project
was supported by Hatch’s industrial
group in the Atlantic Provinces.
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Biosolids Processing Facility
Hatch is completing a $12.2-million designbuild
contract of a Biosolids Processing
Facility (BPF) for Halifax Regional
Municipality.
The BPF will use a patented process
that destroys the pathogens and converts
sludge to treated biosolids. The end product
will be a biologically stable, low-odour,
safe, soil-like material that will have a
solids content of approximately 62% and
will be an acceptable soil amendment
under the Fertilizer Act.
The building comprises a process area
and a storage area sized to meet the seasonal
application needs of local agriculture.
The overall process is controlled by
a computer-based Supervisory Control
And Data Acquisition system.
Truck-Loading-Rack Facility
Hatch was selected by North Atlantic
Refining to provide engineering design
and construction management services
for its new Truck-Loading-Rack Facility
in Come-by-Chance, Newfoundland
and Labrador.
The project consisted of the construction
of a two-island rack serving four loading
lanes with five loading arms per lane,
plus a new 15,000-barrel gasoline
storage tank and secondary containment
system, along with an automation and
instrumentation system for the control
of all rack functions.
Hatch was awarded a design-build
contract for this biosolids processing
facility in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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We recognize the importance
of protecting the health and
safety of our employees,
clients and contractors.
Hatch Quality Policy

INFRASTRUCTURE
NORTH AMERICA
SOUTH AFRICA
ASIA-PACIFIC
SPATIAL INFORMATION

INFRASTRUCTURE | NORTH AMERICA
Hatch Develops De-icing Facility
Hatch and Hatch Mott MacDonald were
assigned by the St. John’s International
Airport Authority to provide planning and
engineering services for a new central
de-icing facility.
The project scope included a site-selection
study, conceptual and detailed design
and construction management for the
$10-million facility. De-icing had previously
been conducted at three separate
locations at the airport.
The facility is designed to handle two
aircraft simultaneously: a Boeing 767
and an Airbus A320; or three smaller
commercial aircraft.
During construction, Hatch coordinated
the complex issues of ensuring the airport
continued to function. Rigorous safety
and security measures were maintained
and monitored for all airside activities.
Niagara Falls Tunnel for
Added Electricity
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has
retained Hatch Mott MacDonald and Hatch
Energy to manage the implementation of
a 10.4 kilometre tunnel under the City of
Niagara Falls to feed more water to the Sir
Adam Beck Electric Generating Complex.
OPG intends to increase power generation
at the existing Sir Adam Beck facility
in Niagara Falls by building a tunnel
to divert water from the Niagara River
immediately upstream of the falls.
The tunnel is being constructed with the
world’s largest hard-rock boring machine
(see photo on page 23). The boring machine
cuts a hole 14.4 metres in diameter (three
times larger in cross-sectional area than the
machines used to dig the English Channel
Tunnel), and will excavate 1.6 million cubic
metres of rock before it’s through.
The Niagara Tunnel project is the most
recent in a series of improvements to the
Hatch and Hatch Mott MacDonald
are providing planning and engineering
services for a new de-icing facility
at St. John’s Airport in Newfoundland.
The Niagara River is peaceful where
the new tunnel is being readied to
provide water power for the Sir Adam
Beck generating station in Ontario.
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Sir Adam Beck generating complex. This
additional hydro power will serve the
equivalent of 160,000 homes.
The tunnel is expected to be operational
by late 2009.
Santa Clara Valley Transportation
Authority Program
Hatch Mott MacDonald is working with the
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
on several major expansion and upgrade
projects including both highway and transit
elements. This multi-billion dollar program,
funded primarily from special local sales
tax, includes a 22-mile extension of the
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit
(BART), a 3.5 mile extension of light rail
running along Capitol Avenue, a subsequent
extension of this line to the central
business district and continued upgrades
to the county’s portion of Caltrain –
one of the region’s highly successful
commuter/intercity rail services.
The HMM team is fully integrated with
the VTA team providing design and
engineering oversight services as well as
program control and construction management
services. Over the past several
years this combined team has been
responsible for doubling the size of VTA’s
light rail system, several major improvements
to Caltrain (including extensive
double track and station improvements),
and significant highway expansion
projects and interchanges. HMM was
recently awarded a multi-year projectmanagement
and construction-management
contract for additional rail and
highway projects.
The world’s largest hard-rock tunnel-boring
machine will create a tunnel more than
10 kilometres long for the OPG Niagara
Tunnel project.
Hatch Mott MacDonald is providing design
and engineering oversight services to
the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
for several major expansions and upgrades
in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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INFRASTRUCTURE | NORTH AMERICA
Union Station Rail Corridor
Systems Upgrade
Hatch Mott MacDonald is a key member
of the joint venture retained by GO Transit
to be responsible for overall program
management of the Union Station Rail
Corridor Infrastructure Improvement
Program in Toronto, Ontario. An upgrade
of the communications, electrical and
signalling systems is a fundamental
component of the project.
The current signalling and control system
operates a network of more than 260
switches and 180 signals, providing more
than 4,000 signalled routes over 25 miles
of track within a geographic area of 3 1 / 2
miles. The network currently handles more
than 300 trains per day and 40 million
passengers per year.
The new signals, electrical and communications
integrated system will provide
the capacity and enhanced functionality
to accommodate the anticipated doubling
of traffic within the next 25 years.
The new system must be installed
and commissioned into service without
interruption to daily GO Transit, VIA and
freight operations. The upgrade will
follow a staged implementation program,
progressively commissioning each portion
of the new system and decommissioning
the redundant portion of the old system.
Final commissioning is scheduled for 2013.
The new system will use the latest
advances in computer-based signalling and
control technologies.
Hatch Mott MacDonald is helping
GO Transit manage the Union Station
Rail Corridor systems upgrade
in Toronto, Ontario.
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INFRASTRUCTURE | SOUTH AFRICA
Hatch Plays Key Roles in
Transnet Expansion
Hatch has been awarded several projects
in Transnet’s ambitious rail and port
expansion program in South Africa.
Transnet is the state-owned enterprise
responsible for all cargo rail and port infrastructure
operations in South Africa.
Projects to be implemented by Transnet
in the next five years will have capital
costs totalling more than US$12 billion.
The program is designed to ensure that
commodity export infrastructure is not
constrained by a lack of capacity.
Hatch is leading a joint venture with
UK-based Mott MacDonald, our infrastructure
partners in North America, and
Goba, a consulting engineering firm based
in South Africa.
The JV has been appointed by Transnet
to perform engineering, procurement,
project management and construction
management.
The projects announced to date include:
• increase the capacity of the iron-ore
heavy rail line from Sishen to Saldanha
(800 km) from 37 million tonnes per
annum to 91 million tpa.
• complete the 1A and 1B phases of the
expansion of the Port of Saldanha
• widen the Durban Harbour entrance
• construct the Pier 1 container
terminal in Durban
• construct the Ngqura container terminal
near Port Elizabeth
• expand the Cape Town container terminal
• conduct various feasibility studies for
further rail and port expansions
Hatch’s project team is based in the
Hatch Johannesburg (Woodmead) office.
Hatch is also providing the JV team with
its project systems, methodologies and
project controls for the efficient execution
of the projects.
In South Africa one of the largest rail and port
infrastructure projects in the world is under
way and is being served by Hatch Africa,
Mott MacDonald and Goba Engineering.
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INFRASTRUCTURE | ASIA-PACIFIC
Connell Hatch Manages
Terminal Expansion
Connell Hatch was appointed EPCM
contractor for the $1.1-billion Dalrymple
Bay Coal Terminal Expansion project
in Queensland, Australia.
Connell Hatch has provided similar
services on three other major coal
terminal expansions in Australia.
On Dalrymple Bay, Connell Wagner
and Hatch have provided most of the
engineering for the terminal, and significant
expansion work since its construction
in the late 1970s.
The joint venture has been working
on the current expansion project since
November 2004. The expansion will
increase capacity from 54 million tonnes
per annum (mtpa) to 85 mtpa, making
it one of the largest coal terminals in
the world.
The client is Babcock & Brown
Infrastructure. The customer base for
the terminal is the Bowen Basin coal
mines, including those owned by
the world’s largest mining companies,
who are eager to satisfy intensive
international demand for coal.
The project includes a new rail dump
station and a third inloading conveyor
system; three new stockyard bunds, two
new stackers, two new stacker/reclaimers;
upgrades to five stacker/reclaimers
and two shiploaders; a third outloading
conveyor system; a new berth; and general
upgrades to inloading and outloading
capacity and associated infrastructure.
The project is scheduled for completion
in late 2008.
Connell Hatch Constructing Coal
Handling and Preparation Plant (CHPP)
The BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA)
operates seven coal mines in the Bowen
Basin, Queensland. Blackwater is one
Connell Hatch is providing EPCM
services for the $1.1-billion Dalrymple
Bay Coal Terminal Expansion Project.
Material handling equipment at
Dalrymple Bay, one of the largest
coal terminals in the world.
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of its largest open cut mines, producing
almost 14 million tonnes of coking and
thermal coal a year.
The mine, 24 km south of the town of
Blackwater and 315 km west of the port
of Gladstone, on Australia’s east coast,
began production in 1967.
Coal is mined by open-cut methods,
using draglines and truck/shovel fleets
for overburden removal. Coal seams are
mined using front-end loaders and a
hydraulic shovel to load 200-tonne capacity
bottom-dump coal haulers that deliver the
run of mine (ROM) coal to the new Coal
Handling and Preparation Plant, which is
replacing three existing coal preparation
and handling plants.
The Connell Hatch joint venture is
currently at the site providing engineering
and project management services to BMA
for this new CHPP (see photo below).
The new facility comprises dual dump
hoppers each with 600 tonnes capacity.
They receive the ROM coal. The coal is
processed through the CHPP’s crushing
facilities, an 1,800 t/h coal preparation
plant comprising dense medium cyclone
circuits, spirals and Microcel flotation
columns to mechanized product coal
stockpiles. Coal is automatically loaded,
at rates of up to 5,000 t/h, from 450,000-
tonnes-capacity product stockpiles,
via a bin-and-batch weigh system, into
rail wagons for transport to the Port
of Gladstone.
Blackwater coking and thermal coal is sold
to South and East Asia, Europe, the Middle
East, the Americas, India and Australia.
Connell Hatch is providing engineering
and project management services
to BMA for the new coal handling and
preparation plant.
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INFRASTRUCTURE | SPATIAL INFORMATION
AAMHatch is a survey, mapping and GIS
services company that captures, measures
and presents spatial information for a
wide range of industries and applications
including mining and minerals exploration,
infrastructure, environmental management
and urban planning. AAMHatch’s
advanced solutions employ the most
sophisticated technologies available, from
digital aerial mapping and satellite
imagery to ground-based laser scanning,
sophisticated 3D modelling and visualization
to offshore hydrographic and geophysical
surveys.
AAMHatch staff are based all across
Australia and Southeast Asia and routinely
work on projects around the world.
The staff is committed to Hatch’s values
of Safety, Passion for Excellence,
Innovation and a Total Client Focus.
AAMHatch international operations
continue to expand through the opening
of a permanent AAMHatch office in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Interest in LiDAR
and digital aerial photography has led
to a steadily increasing client base in this
vibrant region. Projects in Vietnam, India,
Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia and
Malaysia are benefiting from AAMHatch’s
full service approach to delivering the
highest quality spatial information.
Laser Survey of Hong Kong
In December 2006 AAMHatch became
the first group to conduct an Airborne
Laser terrain survey for Hong Kong Island.
The survey covered the island’s 95 square
kilometres and contained more than
760 million laser measurements.
Ground and non-ground points were
measured with an average point spacing
of 0.3 m and with a vertical accuracy
of +/-0.15 m.
The data set will be used for geotechnical
and flood studies, urban planning
and for general infrastructure engineering
within the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
AAMHatch’s oblique imagery over Brisbane,
showing the central business-district river
precinct and the Story Bridge. Oblique images
are infrastructure planning tools.
This model of Melbourne Australia was created using
AAMHatch’s Airborne LiDAR and Digital Aerial Mapping
technologies. AAMHatch won the Asia Pacific
Spatial Excellence Award for the project, which was
commissioned by Melbourne City Council for the
2006 Commonwealth Games.
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AAMHatch’s Airborne Laser terrain
survey for Hong Kong Island contained
more than 760 million laser measurements.
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We establish and audit standards
for continuous improvement of
our Quality Management Systems,
and we encourage and reward
ideas and actions that help us
achieve best-in-class performance.
Hatch Quality Policy

BUSINESS PRACTICES
OPERATIONS SUPPORT
SYSTEMS & PROCESS CONTROL
TECHNOLOGIES
ENVIRONMENT
CONSULTING

HOW WE DELIVER OUR SERVICES TO OUR CLIENTS
At Hatch our
professional
resources
are organized
to provide
quality services
to our clients.
Technical consulting and leadership is provided to clients in our market sectors
of Mining & Metals; Energy; and Infrastructure.
MINING & METALS
• Industrial Minerals
• Iron & Steel
• Light Metals
• Mining & Mineral Processing
• Non-Ferrous Metals
ENERGY
• Oil & Gas
• Hydro and Wind
• Thermal/Nuclear/T&D
• Industrial/Regional Projects
INFRASTRUCTURE
• Hatch Mott MacDonald
• Connell Hatch
• AAMHatch
• Hatch Public and Private
• Sustainable Development
PROJECT DELIVERY
• Engineering
• Procurement
• Project Controls
• Project Management
• Construction Management
• Estimating
• Risk Management
• Commissioning & Startup
BUSINESS PRACTICES
• Operations Support
• Systems & Process Control
• Technologies
• Environment & Community
• Technical and Business Consulting
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BUSINESS PRACTICES
OPERATIONS SUPPORT
Operations support of client facilities
is a growing and increasingly important
segment of Hatch’s range of services.
The objective on behalf of our clients is to
create value from within existing assets,
through the optimization of the operation
processes, equipment, and maintenance
functions or through the management
of new or sustaining capital programs.
Today, Hatch has 1,000 professionals
permanently located within our client’s
operations around the world, working
seamlessly with client teams in the
pursuit of common operational and business
objectives. Ultimately the objective
is the continuous improvement of production
facilities.
The majority of Hatch’s operational-support
work is associated with the management
of capital development programs
within large integrated operations, where
the skills and resources of a global engineering
and project delivery company can
contribute to the efficient management
of significant annual capital. The resulting
value is driven by engineering solutions
measured in throughput and operational
efficiency.
In today’s strained commodity markets
where resource companies are challenged
to find adequate and competent people,
many companies are looking for new
solutions to maintaining and achieving
operational excellence. This search for
excellence has created a challenging and
stimulating environment for both Hatch’s
and our clients’ operational staff.
Our major Operations Support clients
are Alcoa, Rio Tinto and BlueScope Steel.
SYSTEMS & PROCESS CONTROL
Realizing the convergence of technologies
between Systems and Process Control
in the context of Hatch’s deep industry
expertise in metallurgical processes,
energy, chemical, manufacturing, and
infrastructure projects, the S&PC practice
is uniquely positioned to meet all industrial
automation & control, operational systems
and optimization needs.
Our global presence of more than 500
professionals with substantial experience
across the entire spectrum from process
control to business systems allows us
to identify and deliver solutions ranging
from basic measurement and control
to plant-wide operational systems
and integration. Capitalizing on Hatch’s
process, operational and business
expertise, Systems & Process Control
is also focused on providing services
and solutions for operational and
process optimization.
We Serve Our Clients by:
• working with the client to establish
business requirements and by
designing appropriate automation
and system solutions
• offering a proven approach and
methodologies to identify, develop
and deliver control solutions
• providing the ability to work across the
entire automation/systems
spectrum to provide an optimized and
integrated solution
• being vendor and technology independent
• combining Hatch’s industry
and Systems & Process Control expertise
to identify and deliver process
optimization solutions.
Processes are controlled
and optimized by Hatch
Systems & Process Control.
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BUSINESS PRACTICES
TECHNOLOGIES
Hatch-developed technologies and
technology-transfer services contribute
significantly to plant reliability,
operability, maintainability and optimum
production. The technologies listed
here are marketed, installed and
supported by Hatch.
The Smart Predictive Line Controller
stabilizes the arc of electric furnaces by
dynamically controlling a series reactor
installed between the Utility and the
Electric Furnace.
Steelmaking & Casting
• Smart Predictive Line Controller (SPLC)
• StelArc Digital Electrode
Controller (StelArc)
• Electrolytic MacroEtcher
& Etch Lab (MacroEtcher)
• SlagTracker
• Hinged Ladle Lid
• Event Driven Optimal
Scheduling System (EDOSS)
• Desulphurization Reagent Control
• Castrip LLC Alliance ®
Steel Rolling & Coating
• Coilbox
• Force Feed Forward Automatic
Gage Control (FFF)
Light Metals
• Aluminum DC Casting
• Bauxite Tube Digestor
Power & Electrotechnology
• Power Quality Analyzer (PQA)
• Smart Predictive Line Controller (SPLC)
• Integrated Electric Furnace
Control System (IFC)
Oil & Gas
• N-Solv Bitumen Extraction Process
Non Ferrous
• Electric Furnaces
• Autoclaves
• Smart Predictive Line Controller
(SPLC)
• Integrated Electric Furnace
Control System (IFC)
• Fluid Beds
• Evaporative Spray Coolers
• Chemical Vapour Metallurgy
Furnace Condition Monitoring
• Non-Destructive Testing
(NDT) Services
Environmental
• Evaporative Spray Coolers
• Basecon & Bauxsol (Virotec)
Systems
• Event Driven Optimal
Scheduling System (EDOSS)
• Production Information
Management System (TagBase)
Hydro
• Vista DSS – Scheduling-decision
Support Systems
• HydroVantage – Risk-based
maintenance planning software
The Coilbox is located
between the roughing mill
and the finishing stands
in modern hot strip steel mills.
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ENVIRONMENTAL
The Geo-Environmental Engineering
group applies an understanding of
geology, hydrogeology, and environmental
and geotechnical engineering to proposed
and existing sites. A combined staff of
scientists and engineers provides a range
of services to address environmental
issues for greenfield and brownfield facilities.
Projects encompass all the stages in
a site’s life cycle from site planning,
design and development, to site operations,
to site closure and redevelopment.
Hatch’s experience and multidisciplinary
skills enable us to develop cost-effective
solutions to our clients’ needs that satisfy
all applicable environmental regulations.
Geo-Environmental:
• Environmental Site Management
• Environmental Mining Services
• Hydrological and
Hydro-geological Services
• Tailings and Waste Management
Environmental Site Management
• Phase I and II environmental
site assessments
• Remediation technology selection
• Remedial action plan development,
implementation and supervision
• Remedial/decommissioning
program verification
Environmental Mining Services
• Site selection and conceptual
site evaluation
• Tailings, slag and waste rock
management
• Acid rock drainage control
• Mine closure planning
• Water supply evaluation and
management
• Environmental impact
assessments
Hydrological and
Hydro-geological Services
• Groundwater and surface
water characterization
• Groundwater and surface water
resource identification
• Contaminant hydrogeology
• Excavation dewatering
• Lagoon and pumping system design
• Landfill and site compliance
monitoring
Tailings and Waste Management
• Tailings dam design
• Stability assessments and
performance monitoring
• Tailings dam rehabilitation
and closure
• Municipal landfill design
• Process solid waste, sludge
and residue characterization
and management
BEFORE
AFTER
The picture on the left shows the
work environment at NorthStar
BlueScope in Ohio, before Hatch
applied a furnace-emissions control
system. The results can be seen
in the picture on the right.
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BUSINESS PRACTICES
Air Quality
Hatch has extensive worldwide experience
in the design of gas handling
and cleaning systems for all types
of metallurgical facilities, as well as
other industrial plants.
The unique process-design strengths
and multidisciplinary skills within Hatch
enable the development of cost-effective
solutions for our worldwide clients.
Emissions Control
• Furnace Off-Gas Systems
• Secondary Emission Control
• Hood Capture Design
• Materials Handling Dust Control
• System Performance
Evaluation and Optimization
• Industrial Ventilation
• Clean Plant Design
System Design
• Process gas handling
• Gas cooling and conditioning
• Particulate collection (cyclones,
baghouses, scrubbers, electrostatic
precipitators)
• Acid gas scrubbing
• Flare stacks and thermal oxidizers
• Fan systems
Services
• Field survey assessment
• Conceptual design
• Pilot plant design
• Engineering - multidiscipline
• Procurement and construction
management
• Start-up and commissioning
• Operator training
Specialty Skills
• Pollution prevention through
process change
• Dispersion modelling and air
permitting
• NOx, VOCs and CO 2 reduction
• Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
• Physical modelling
• Gas-handling-system dynamic
simulation
• Process building ventilation
• Water-cooled ducting
• Refractory lined ducting
• Large ducting design
Climate change and the need in many jurisdictions for low-carbon strategies have several clients pursuing
renewable energy solutions. The Chin Chute wind farm in Alberta, a Hatch project, is a joint venture of Enbridge,
Suncor Energy and Acciona Wind Energy Canada.
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CONSULTING
Hatch Consulting is a leading international
management consultancy meeting the
needs of managers in the mining & metals;
energy; and infrastructure sectors.
Hatch offers a comprehensive range
of business and technical expertise
to our industrial clients, and strategy and
due-diligence services to lenders and
investors in targeted industries.
On a regular basis, Hatch acts as
• Expert advisors to boards of directors,
works managers, investors, banks
and governments
• Researchers and analysts providing
authoritative answers to specific
questions about businesses and
their operations
• Consultants who provide hands-on
assistance in achieving new objectives
from assignments that are longterm
and strategic to those that are
immediate and operations-oriented
• Advisors to the world’s top resource
and energy companies and more than
50 major financial institutions.
PEOPLE
Quality Work Begins with
Quality People
In 2006 Hatch was pleased to welcome
more than 300 young engineers and
scientists to its ranks from universities
and colleges all over the world.
When graduates arrive at Hatch they
are immediately enrolled in our global
Graduate Professional Development
Program, which helps the careers
of our engineers and technicians off
to a quick start.
Last year Hatch provided more than
130,000 hours of training to our employees
in technical disciplines, health and safety
programs, communication and business
administration.
Educational Support
Hatch is pleased to be able to invest
in talented youth through scholarships,
bursaries, and summer-employment
programs. We also support chairs,
research grants and other professional
and technical university programs.
Three members of Hatch’s Graduate Professional Development
Program work as a team to climb a wall in a project delivery simulation.
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RECENT EPCM PROJECTS
(Millions of Canadian ’97 Dollars) ’98 ’99 ’00 ’01 ’02 ’03 ’04 ’05 ’06 ’07
Transnet Rail and Ports 7-year Program, South Africa - $12,000+
$12,000
Santa Clara VTA San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Program, California - $5,000
BHP Ravensthorpe Nickel and QNI Yabulu Refinery Project, Australia - $2,500
CVRD Inco VBNC Commercial Plant Feasibility, Newfoundland and Labrador - $2,000
Alumar Refinery, Brazil - $1,800
2,000
Aluminerie Alouette Smelter Expansion, Quebec - $1,500
CVRD Inco Onça Puma Nickel Smelter, Brazil - $1,500
GTAA Toronto Pearson International
Airport Upgrades, Ontario - $850 (’98)
BBI Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal 7X Project, Australia - $1,100
OPG Niagara Tunnel Project, Ontario - $985
Xstrata Nickel Rim South Mine, Ontario - $900
QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM) Ilmenite Project, Madagascar - $700
Skye Resources Fenix Nickel Project Basic Engineering, Guatemala - $750
1,000
Peter Kiewit Sons Co. Sea-to-Sky Highway Improvement Program, British Columbia - $600
Xstrata Kidd Creek Mine D, Ontario - $600
BlueScope Steel - Coating Line Projects, East Asia - $500
LionOre Tati Activox Project, Botswana - $500
Katanga Mining Kamoto Refinery Refurbishment, Democratic Republic of Congo - $430
500
QIT Expansion Program, Quebec - $400
CNRL Horizon Oil Sands, Alberta - $350
Yamana Gold Chapada Project, Brazil - $300
Impala Platinum 11C Shaft Project, South Africa - $300
Anglo Platinum Waterval Concentrator, South Africa - $250
BHPB Escondida Norte Mine Project, Chile - $225
Xstrata Perseverance Zinc Mine, Quebec - $160
200
Alcoa Jamalco 125 Expansion, Jamaica - $160
Canadian Pacific Railway Western Capacity Expansion, Alberta - $160
Apache Midale CO 2 Program, Saskatchewan-$140
Anglo Platinum ACP Phase 2, South Africa - $125
QIT UGS Plant Capacity Expansion to 325 ktpa, Quebec - $110
CVRD Inco VBNC Demo Plant, Newfoundland and Labrador - $105
Kisladaq Gold Mine, Turkey - $100
POSCO Nickel Furnace Technology, South Korea - $100
Alcoa Suralco Refinery Expansion, Suriname - $92
N-Solv Technology Demonstration Plant, Alberta - $35
’97 ’98 ’99 ’00 ’01 ’02 ’03 ’04 ’05 ’06 ’07
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GLOBAL OPERATIONS
CANADA
CALGARY, ALBERTA
MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC
NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO
OAKVILLE, ONTARIO
ST. JOHN’S, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
SOREL-TRACY, QUÉBEC
SUDBURY, ONTARIO
TORONTO, ONTARIO
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA
EUROPE
LONDON, ENGLAND
MOSCOW, RUSSIA
INDIA
NEW DELHI
CHINA
BEIJING
SHANGHAI
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA
USA
SOUTH AMERICA
SOUTH AFRICA
AUSTRALIA
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE
JOHANNESBURG
BRISBANE
BUFFALO, NEW YORK
BELO HORIZONTE, BRAZIL
GLADSTONE
HOUSTON, TEXAS
LIMA, PERU
MACKAY
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
SANTIAGO, CHILE
MELBOURNE
MILLBURN, NEW JERSEY
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL
NEWCASTLE
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA
PERTH
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
SYDNEY
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
TOWNSVILLE
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
WHYALLA
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Escondida Norte and E3
The world’s largest
copper mine produces
eight percent of the
world’s output of copper.

ANATOMY OF A PROJECT | ESCONDIDA NORTE AND E3
The US$194.5-million Escondida Norte
and E3 copper-mine project in Chile’s
Atacama Desert is an excellent example
of a quality project from the standpoint
of safety, design, equipment procurement,
and project and construction management.
Escondida is the largest copper mine
in the world, producing eight percent of
the world’s output of copper.
The Escondida Norte and E3 project
teams were made up of professionals
from the client, BHP Billiton, and from the
Hatch offices in Santiago and Antofagasta.
The objective was to supplement
the existing Escondida facilities with
a new primary crusher station, overland
and distribution conveyors and surge
and distribution silos.
The new Materials Handling System is
designed to deliver a maximum of 8,800
tonnes per hour to the existing Escondida
process facilities. The ramp up to optimum
production (both design yields and tonnages)
was achieved within one month
of startup.
Besides the principal facilities there were
ancillaries that had to be designed and
constructed, including an electrical substation,
expansion of the heavy-equipment
workshop, a wash bay, a bischofita plant,
roads and offices.
The E3 conveyor project included the
construction of two new parallel 1.2-kmlong
conveyors, the extension of existing
conveyors and two 10-day long tie-ins.
Design yields were achieved.
Of the purchase orders that had to be
executed to ensure a successful project,
92 percent were placed locally. Only
11 pieces of equipment had to be sourced
from outside the country.
Cost control, the process of gathering,
analyzing, forecasting, reporting and
managing the costs was undertaken in
the site and Santiago offices. iPAS, Hatch’s
integrated project administration system,
was the primary tool supporting the
cost-control function.
More than 80,000 hours of safety
training were spent at the site, in keeping
with BHP Billiton’s Safety Management
Standards and audit processes, and
Hatch’s Safety Policies.
Giant conveyor serves Escondida
Norte mine, a Hatch EPCM project.
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