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Statement of Qualifications
ServicesProgram Management
Project Management
Construction Management
Project Management Oversight
Troubled Project Turnaround
Staff Augmentation
Project Labor Agreements
Labor Compliance Management
(MyLCM®)
Management Consulting
Commissioning
Estimating and Cost Management
Project Management
Services
Claims Consulting
Litigation Support
Expert Witness Testimony
Cost and Damages Assessment
Delay and Disruption Analysis
Adjudication
Lender Advisory
Risk Management
Forensic Accounting
Fraud Investigation
Project Neutral®
Construction Claims
and Consulting Services
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Firm Overview
Hill International, Inc. (Hill) is a leading international
construction consulting firm that provides
program and project management, construction
management, cost engineering and estimating,
quality assurance, inspection, scheduling, claims
analysis, innovative dispute resolution and staff augmentation
services to clients involved in major construction projects
worldwide. Hill has the expertise and experience to manage
major projects from concept to successful completion. We have
participated in over 10,000 project assignments with a total
construction value of over $500 billion. Hill is ranked as the
9th largest construction management firm in the United States
according to Engineering News-Record magazine, and we are
the largest pure construction management firm in the country.
Hill is a publicly traded company listed on the New York Stock
Exchange.
Hill is also an international leader in construction claims
management, considered to be the largest construction claims
firm in the world. Founded in 1976 as a multi-disciplined
management consulting firm that helps construction participants
minimize risks, Hill has developed a reputation for our innovative
approaches to preventing and resolving construction schedule
and cost overruns. We offer public and private clients a full
spectrum of construction-related services that enable them
to complete construction on time and within budget while
minimizing claims and other problems. Our Construction Claims
and Consulting Group has participated in over 50,000 disputes
valued in excess of $100 billion.
Organizational Structure
Hill is structured along two primary business lines: the Project
Management Group and the Construction Claims Group. The
two business lines are further organized geographically, with
worldwide headquarters in Marlton, New Jersey.
Personnel
Hill employs more than 4,300 professionals and support
personnel in 100 offices in 35 countries. Our staff includes
architects, engineers in all construction and building-related
disciplines, planners, schedulers, estimators, value engineering
specialists, construction managers worldwide, resident
Introduction to Firm
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Professional Staff by Discipline
Accounting 79
Administration 626
Architects 202
Chemical Engineer 6
Civil Engineers 307
Claims Analysts/Attorneys 230
Communication Engineer 33
Computer Specialists 95
Construction Inspectors 189
Construction Managers 214
Contract Administrators 148
Electrical Engineers 107
Environmental Engineers 24
Estimators 191
Interior Designers 14
Landscape Architects 15
Mechanical Engineers 129
Planners: Urban/Regional 12
Procurement 19
Project Controls 49
Project Managers 486
QA/QC 71
Safety Engineers 22
Schedulers 137
Structural Engineers 44
Surveyors 81
Technician 111
Transportation Engineers 9
Other 657
TOTAL 4,307
engineers, construction inspectors and a full range of technical and
support staff to represent owners. The table on the right provides a
breakdown of our professional staff by discipline.
Hill will manage the project from our San Francisco, California office.
Currently, there are approximately 200 professional employees
available in the West Coast
Sustainability
Hill views sustainability as an inherent and pervasive component of
the building process. We have successfully managed an extensive list
of LEED projects certified by the U.S. Green Building Council, ranging
from Certified to Platinum. Our expertise provides us the ability to
quickly surmise a project’s potential, as well as navigate and assist
less experienced design and construction teams through the process,
eliminating the learning curve and reducing incremental costs. Our
initial cost estimating removes the guess work, providing you with a
solid foundation for decision making on whether or not you choose to
pursue certification.
Worldwide Office Locations
U.S. and Canada
Marlton, NJ (Headquarters)
Albuquerque, NM
Atlanta, GA
Austin,TX
Baltimore, MD
Bensalem, PA
Boston, MA
Broadview Heights, OH
Columbus, OH
Fresno, CA
Granite Bay, CA
Hartford, CT
Houston,TX
Irvine, CA
Irving,TX
Jacksonville, FL
LasVegas, NV
Lemont Furnace, PA
Los Angeles, CA
Miami, FL
Montgomeryville, PA
New Orleans, LA
NewYork, NY
Ontario, CA
Orlando, FL
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Perrysburg, OH
Philadelphia, PA
Phoenix, AZ
Pittsburgh, PA
Providence, RI
San Diego, CA
San Francisco, CA
Seattle,WA
Spokane,WA
Tampa, FL
Toronto, Canada
Washington, DC
Africa
Algiers, Africa
Cairo, Egypt
CapeTown, South Africa
Casablanca, Morocco
Johannesburg, South Africa
Tripoli, Libya
Latin America
Bogota, Colombia
Mexico City, Mexico
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Santiago, Chile
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Trinidad andTobago
Europe
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ankara,Turkey
Athens, Greece
Baku, Azerbaijan
Barcelona, Spain
Belgrade, Serbia
Birmingham, UK
Bristol, UK
Bucharest, Romania
Daresbury, UK
Dusseldorf, Germany
Edinburgh, Scotland
Instanbul,Turkey
London, UK
Madrid, Spain
Montreal, France
Munich, Germany
Pristina, Kosovo
Riga, Latvia
Teesside, UK
Warsaw, Poland
Middle East
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Aqaba, Jordan
Doha, Qatar (2)
Dubai, UAE (2)
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Kabul, Afghanistan
Manama, Bahrain
Muscat, Oman
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Sharq, Kuwait
Australia
Brisbane
Perth
Sydney
Asia
Beijing, China
Danang City,Vietnam
Gurgaon, India
Hong Kong, China
Ho Chi Min City,Vietnam
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Manila, Philippines
Shanghai, China
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Services
Project Management
Hill has developed its project management approach based on extensive Project Management assignments
and claims experience, which gives us a unique and in-depth understanding of what can go wrong on a
project. We use this knowledge to identify potential trouble spots on a project before they develop into
problems and to recommend or initiate preventive action through strategic planning and controls. We
vigilantly watch over all aspects of a project, from design review and long-lead items through schedule
and budget updates and inspection during construction. As Project/Construction Manager or Owner’s
Representatives, Hill has managed all phases of the construction process from pre-design through
completion, including cost/budget controls, scheduling, estimating, expediting, contract administration,
inspections and control of contractors and suppliers.
Project Controls
Hill provides state of the art project controls systems as part of our project management services. Our
systems incorporate schedules, budgets and contract administration meeting the needs of today’s clients
for successful control of and timely, accurate information on cash flow needs, costs, schedules, changes,
progress (status), claims, material, equipment and labor. Hill provides state-of-the-art project controls
using software customized to meet client needs.
We have worked extensively with performance measurement techniques to manage project schedules.
Our computerized system helps monitor schedule and cost information by keeping track of thousands
of activities and flagging those requiring management attention. Hill’s nationally known experts in CPM
scheduling can analyze contractors’ project schedules, advise management of the accuracy of these
schedules and present effective assessments and recommendations, thereby minimizing potential
problems.
Hill provides estimating services in order to provide a basis from which to award bids and to forecast and
manage total capital cost. Contract administration is an important function that supports the project
through change order management control resulting in minimal claims costs for the project.
Cost Estimating
Hill has successfully prepared cost estimates on projects ranging from thousands to billions of dollars.
Our estimates support planning, design, construction, renovation, operations and maintenance, change
order negotiations and claims support. We assure accurate estimates of construction costs through the
involvement of the client and the architectural and engineering staff.
We develop budgetary and detailed cost estimates in accordance with our client’s standards. We solicit
vendor quotes, where appropriate, and obtain local material costs from suppliers in the vicinity of the
project. Hill derives labor productivity rates from project experience and history. Using a combination
of the MC2 estimating program with On Center Take Off, Hill maintains RS Means Cost Works and the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Micro Computer-Aided Cost Engineering Program as estimating systems/
software.
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Hill’s Estimating and Cost Management Services include:
• Master budget planning.
• Conceptual budget estimates.
• Estimates at 60%, 95% & 100% CDs.
• Project work schedules.
• Constructability reviews.
• Value engineering.
• Change orders administration.
• Long lead items identification and
documentation.
• Information control systems.
Scheduling
Hill has an expert team of professionals with in-depth industry experience to evaluate project and program
schedules to identify all possible pitfalls in scope, logic, sequence and duration. Their evaluation helps
clients sort out critical vs. non critical activities, evaluate resource loading and perform “What If” and
“Time-Window Based” analyses. Hill’s experts define our best practices by utilizing the most sophisticated
methods for establishing and evaluating schedule conflicts, analyzing delays/acceleration, conducting
productivity analysis, auditing costs and determining damages.
Construction Management
Successful construction management (CM) demands a detail-diligent approach, proactively managed
by professionals who have the experience, skills and technical support each project demands. Hill’s
professionals are not only credentialed; they have hands-on experience in the construction industry. This
experience, gained in the trenches of construction projects across the country, gives our project teams the
practical knowledge they need to effectively manage virtually any type of capital project. Hill’s CM teams
include construction managers, resident engineers, construction superintendents, estimators, schedulers,
inspectors, contract administrators and construction claims avoidance experts.
Program Management
Hill’s comprehensive program management services help clients keep multiple, interrelated projects in-
sync, on-time and within budget. We help owners, financial institutions, sureties and others reduce the
uncertainty and risk in their capital programs. Hill’s managers review every detail of all projects; set-up
objectives, plans, and priorities, manage and control the process; and identify and resolve problems. Our
experienced professionals and technical resources work with the client to define, plan, implement and
integrate every aspect of each project. When managing an entire multi-disciplinary program, our service
improves timing, cost and quality. Our client benefits from a single point of management responsibility
for planning, design management, permitting compliance, construction management and ongoing
operations services.
Project Management Oversight
Our project management oversight (PMO) services support project success by independently anticipating
problems, identifying setbacks and recommending solutions in every project phase. This is the essence
of PMO: to give clients objective information, allowing them to make prudent decisions about key issues
before major problems occur.
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Hill’s PMO teams provide timely and objective reporting, from evaluating the performance of the
construction manager, designer and contractors, to monitoring schedules, analyzing costs and identifying
and managing project risks. Teams include specialists in all phases of construction, so that the myriad
events that occur on a project can be assessed and evaluated in a timely way by the right expert.
Because Hill’s staff includes experts who are leaders in their disciplines, our clients benefit from strong
recommendations that are both technically and financially sound.
Claims Consulting
Even the most carefully planned construction project can encounter claims. How those claims are handled,
however, can make a difference in the success of the project. Hill’s approach to claims resolution is broad-
based and relies on the participation of Hill’s multi-disciplined staff of engineers, architects, attorneys,
contract administrators, construction managers, accountants and scheduling specialists. Such a range of
expertise is essential in analyzing the often complex liability, causation and damage components of a
claim. Hill’s technical and contract experts conduct a detailed analysis of the claims, break them down
event-by-event and issue-by-issue, to help facilitate resolution. By reviewing and analyzing all relevant
project documents and performance data, our team can help get to the root of any dispute.
Staff Augmentation
Not all of today’s organizations have the internal resources to handle every type of assignment. Hill’s
experienced project managers, construction managers, engineers, architects, designers, schedulers,
financial analysts, contract administrators and other professionals are available at a moments notice to
staff virtually any type of project at any phase. Hill’s staff augmentation teams are developed based upon
the unique needs of each individual assignment and are available for durations that range from days to
years. Our professionals take a results-driven yet cooperative approach to meeting our clients’ goals; this
two-pronged methodology effectively complements existing permanent staff throughout the globe.
Summary
The combined resources of the Hill staff allows us to provide such services as project management, project
controls, engineering, design, construction management and claims management to major commercial
and industrial, federal, state and local government clients. Hill provides a level of expertise not available
elsewhere, and can offer clients the professional consulting services necessary to successfully manage all
aspects of capital projects, from inception through close-out and occupancy.
10. Hill offers construction consulting services to support full life-cycle
capabilities to mining and minerals processing facilities worldwide,
including locations in South America, Canada, Australia, Madagascar,
the United Arab Emirates, Thailand, Korea, Ireland, Iraq, Saudi Arabia,
Zambia, Yemen and the United States.
As a global leader in providing program, project and construction
management services to clientele across the mining processing
and exploration industry, Hill’s services are designed to enhance
functionality, extend sustainability, and accommodate emerging
technologies. To accomplish this, Hill draws from an interdisciplinary
pool of seasoned professionals and experts from around the globe
with a deep breadth of experience in the mining, mineral processing,
oil and gas, power, petrochemical, manufacturing and heavy industrial
industries. Our experience offers unmatched technical expertise paired
withasolutions-basedmentality,resultinginprofessional,cost-effective
and high-quality management services tailored to fit the complexities of
any mining or mineral processing project. Our capabilities are suited to
provideprofessionalservicestoanumberofmarketsegments,including
precious, rare earth and base metals processing
With an array of projects in the mining and minerals processing
industry to our name, Hill has provided services to several leaders
in the industry, including Freeport McMoRan, Sherritt International,
Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation, Lynas Corporation, Jabal Salab
Company, DeBeers Canada, Vale Inco (now Vale), Anaconda Mining,
Inc. and SMS Siemag/Thyssen Krupp as well as dozens of other
closely-related complex industrial processing and heavy industrial
projects in the chemical, oil and gas, power and pharmaceutical
sectors.
In addition to our mining and mineral processing construction
consulting services, Hill is the international leader in construction
claims. As a multi-disciplined management consulting firm helping
construction participants minimize risks, Hill has developed a
reputation for our innovative approaches and has provided claims
services for various projects in the mining and mineral processing
sector for clients such as Sherritt International, Anaconda Mining,
Inc. and Queensland Aluminum, Ltd. Since 1976, Hill has helped our
clients resolve more than 50,000 claims and disputes valued at more
than $100 billion.
Relevant Experience
11. Select Project List
Client Name Project Name Project Location
Aggregate Industries Molycorp Mine Primm, CA
AK Steel Waste Coal Tunnel Project WV
ALSTOM Power Energy Recovery (USA)
(Formerly American Schack Co. Inc.)
International Tubular Products, Inc. Facility VA
American Steel and Metals Manufacturing Facility NJ
Anaconda Nickel Ltd. Murrin Murrin Hydromet Processing Facility Western Australia
Arabian International Company for Steel
Structures
Hadeed Steel Plant Expansion Projects Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Aughnish Alumina Ltd. Aughinish Alumina Refinery Aughinish Island, Ireland
Bechtel Corporation Suncor Primary Extraction Plant Alberta, Canada
Bennett and Wright SaskFerco Products Inc. Fertilizer Plant Saskatchewan, Canada
Benteler Steel/Tube GmbH Steel Pipe and Tube Rolling and Finishing
Mill
Shreveport, LA
BHP Billiton, Anglo American and Xstrata
Coal Joint Venture
Cerrejón Coal Mining Expansion Colombia
Bragg-Crane & Rigging Co. Portland Cement Plant Mojave, CA
Canadian Natural Resources Limited Horizon Oil Sands Mining Project Alberta, Canada
Chemetics Inc. Mine and Process Facility Peru
Confidential Iron Ore Processing Plant Iraq
Confidential Iron Foundry Poland
Confidential Nickel/Cobalt Mine and Related Process Facility Africa
Confidential Nickel/Cobalt/Copper Processing Plant Newfoundland, Canada
DeBeers Canada Victor Diamond Mine Northern Ontario, Canada
Essroc Cement Corporation Cement Plant of Martinsburg Martinsburg, WV
Freeport McMoRan Copper Mining Project Morenci and Bagdad, AZ
Garco Construction Buckhorn Gold Mine Buckhorn Mountain, WA
Grand Aur Grand Aur, Tawiain Cement Plant Project Fujairah, UAE
Halla Engineering & Heavy Industry Bishah Cement Plant Seoul, Korea
Holcim, U.S., Inc. Lee’s Island Concrete Plant St. Genevieve, MS, USA
12. Client Name Project Name Project Location
Holcim, U.S., Inc. St. Genevieve Cement Plant Missouri
Hunton & Williams Siam Cement Plant Rayong, Thailand
Inmet Mining/Minera Panama Cobre Panama Copper/Gold Mining Project Panama
Jabal Salab Company Zinc Oxide Refinery Sana’a, Yemen
Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation Bingham Canyon Mine Copper Tailings
Modernization Project
Magna, UT
KGHM Ajax Mining Inc. Ajax Open-Pit Copper-Gold Mine British Columbia, Canada
Latham & Watkins Selenium Treatment Plant Rodeo, CA
Lexington Insurance Company Australian Telfor Mine Project Australia
Lynas Corporation Ltd. Establishment Program Sydney, Australia
National Steel Corporation Electro Galvanizing Line Project PA
National Steel Corporation Great Lakes Steel Plant Detroit, MI
National Steel Corporation No. 2 Castro Project MI
National Steel Corporation Eastern Great Lakes Plant MI
Newmont Mining Corporation Newmont Processing Facility Utah
Norfolk Holdings Hail Creek Queensland, Australia
O’Donnell Griffin Queensland Aluminum Limited Stationary
Calciners
NSW, Australia
Parlee McLaws Syncrude Petrochemical Plant Fort McMurray, Canada
Petro-Canada Fort Hills Oil Sands Project Northern Alberta, Canada
Praxair, Inc. Nizhniy Tagil Iron and Steel Works Air Separation
Plants
Russia
Pullman Swindell Chisasa Integrated Steelworks Solwezi, Zambia
Pullman Swindell Iron Ore Processing Plant Khor Al Zubair, Iraq
Rainy River Resources, Ltd. Rainy River Gold Mining Project Ontario, Canada
REC Solar Grade Silicon LLC REC Polysilicon Plant Moses Lake, WA
Samwhan Corporation Tabuk Cement Plant Saudi Arabia
SCHÜTZ Container Systems Steel Processing Plant NJ
Shell Canada Athabasca Oil Sands Project Northern Alberta, Canada
13. Client Name Project Name Project Location
Sherritt International Nickel Mining Project Madagascar
SMS Siemag/Thyssen Krupp Carbon Steel Processing Facility Mobile, AL
Swiss Re Lloyds of London Assignments Zurich
St. Lawrence Cement Greenport Cement Plant Greenport, NY
TMK Ipsco Steel Plate Rolling Facility IA
Vale Voisey’s Bay Mine Long Harbour Processing
Plant
Newfoundland and
Labrador, Ontario
Vale Minerador da Derra dos Carajás Various Locations, Brazil
Vale SerraSul Project Para, Brazil
Vale Salobo Metais Para, Brazil
Vale Carnalita Project Sergipe, Brazil
Wilson, Elser, LLP CalEnergy Zinc Extraction Plant Salton Sea, CA
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Steel Mill PA
15. Ajax Open-Pit Copper-Gold Mine
British Columbia, Canada
Client:
KGHM Ajax Mining Inc.
Service:
Document Review
Scheduling
Total Project Value:
$800 Million
Completion Date:
2012
The Ajax Project is a proposed, open-pit copper-gold mine located near
Kamloops, British Columbia. Plans call for a 60,000-ton-per-day mine
expected to produce 110 million pounds of copper and 100,000 ounces of gold
annually. Mine life is estimated to be 23 years. The project would generate
1,000 construction jobs, 400 full-time jobs during operations, plus significant
tax revenue, royalties and benefits for governments, local communities and
First Nations, including the Tk’emlúps and Skeetchestn Indian Bands.
The proposed project is in the early stages of a rigorous environmental
assessment process involving both federal and provincial government
agencies. This process includes open public forums in which citizens can
comment on various aspects of the mine plan. The construction phase is
expected to start early in 2013. Copper production is anticipated early in 2015.
Hill is providing assistance and support for the EPCM contractor
prequalification/Request for Qualification (RFQ) process, including finalization
of the RFQ document(s) and long list of EPCM contractors to receive the RFQ.
Hill will review the RFQ responses and selection of qualified and approved
EPCM contractors to receive the RFP for EPCM services. We will also assist the
finalization and submittal of the EPCM RFP and contract to qualified bidders
and review proposals and recommend/select the awarded EPCM contractor.
Additionally, Hill will provide schedule consulting services for the project.
16. Aughinish Alumina Procurement
Aughinish Island, Ireland
Client:
Aughnish Alumina Ltd
Service:
Document Review
Total Project Value:
$150,000
Hill provided strategic procurement advice and partnering facilitation services
in order to procure substantial improvements in supply chain management.
Hill defined objectives, reviewed and selected an appropriate route and
partners for a £ 13 million per annum process plan maintenance and renewal
program, including coaching personnel and developing an agreed selection
process for framework partners. Hill also selected and advised on the contract
and framework arrangements.
We provided strategic procurement advice and partnering facilitation services
in order to procure substantial improvements in supply chain management.
We defined objectives, reviewed and selected an appropriate route and
partners for a £ 13 million per annum process plan maintenance and renewal
program, including coaching personnel and developed an agreed selection
process for framework partners. We also selected and advised on the contract
and framework arrangements.
17. Bingham Canyon Mine Copper Tailings
Modernization Project
Magna, UT
Client:
Kennecott Utah
Copper Corporation
Service:
Estimating
Completion Date:
1997
Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation owns and operates the Bingham Canyon
Mine, an open-pit copper mine southwest of Salt Lake City. Over its operating
history, the mine has yielded more than 12 million tons of copper metal.
Approximately two-thirds of Utah’s annual mineral production is from the
Bingham Canyon Mine.
As the second phase of the modernization program, Kennecott planned to
improve concentrator capacity, as well as design and construct a new smelter
and refinery facilities. As part of this modernization program, the Tailings
Modernization Project is proposing to transition existing tailings storage
operations to an area north of the existing impoundment (referred to as
the North Expansion). The existing impoundment must now be modernized
because historic tailings management practices have limited its operational
storage capacity, and because recent studies have added new data to the
understanding of seismologic conditions in the Salt Lake Valley.
Althoughtheexistingimpoundmentisstableundernon-earthquakeconditions,
it must be upgraded to take seismicity into consideration. The proposed North
Expansion is anticipated to consist of a 40,000-foot long embankment, which
18. Bingham Canyon Mine Copper Tailings Modernization Project
will provide approximately 3,300 acres of additional impoundment area. The proposed site will provide
an upgrade to the northern segments of the existing embankment and new construction will require the
relocation or removal of existing facilities, two Union Pacific Railroad mainline tracks, and utilities which
include power, fiber optic, telephone, gas, and water lines that will cross the proposed expansion site.
DuringthephaseIItailingsmodernization,Hillwasresponsibleformanagingcontractnegotiationssupporting
new construction for all contractor dealings. Hill was also responsible for managing the claims process,
including investigating, providing technical analyses, determining outcomes, and making recommendations.
In addition, Hill’s team managed cost estimating activities, as well as budgeting and scheduling activities for
new construction projects.
19. Buckhorn Mine
Buckhorn Mountain, WA
Client:
Garco Construction
Service:
Project Controls
Total Project Value:
$18 Million
Completion Date:
2008
The Buckhorn Gold Mine has an estimated 100 million ounces of deposits
and an estimated mine life of between seven and eight years. The facility is
located in Okanogan and Ferry counties and is comprised of a combination
of private property, lands belonging to the State of Washington, and partial
lands in the Okanogan National Forest.
From 2009 onwards, Buckhorn Mine is expected to produce near 500 tons
of ore and 1,500 tons of development rock per day. Proven and probable
reserves equate to nearly two million tons.
The surface facilities at Buckhorn Mine will accomodate the undergound
mining and transport of ore to temporary stockpiles at the surface. The
mine includes 42.6 acres of new surface disturbance within a fenced area
of 294 acres. The mine site layout includes three portals including a lower
(main) portal at an elevation of 5,050 feet above mean sea level (amsl), an
upper portal located at an elevation of 5,450 feet amsl, and a third portal
(Gold Bowl) located near the main portal. The peak of Buckhorn Mountain is
south of the mine portals at an elevation of 5,602 feet amsl.Key components
of the mine site included mine portals; ventilation raises; underground
20. Buckhorn Mine
workings; mine ventilation equipment; office, shop, and change room facilities; substation; fuel storage
and tank; explosives storage; development rock and temporary ore storage; backfill stockpile and batch
plant; topsoil stockpiles; water tank/well; water treatment plant; storm water diversion, capture, and
infiltration structures; security fencing; and parking.
Hill provided CPM scheduling for the multi-building, multi-portal operation project. The project was
carried out on a fast-track basis and faced several challenges due to the site’s remote location and the
sudden acceleration of the project to capitalize on rapidly rising ore prices. The project scope included a
600,000 CY excavation, a 38,000 LF HDPE pipe, multiple portal entrances, three structural steel buildings,
four pre-engineered structures, mine water collection and treatment facilities, a 225,000 gallon domestic
water tank, a process water system, concrete batch plant, and civil infrastructure.
21. Carbon Steel Processing Facility
Mobile, AL
Client:
SMS Siemag/Thyssen Krupp
Service:
Construction Management
Hill has been providing construction management services to global
equipment supplier, SMS Siemag (formerly SMS Demag), for ThyssenKrupp
Steel’s multi-billion-dollar state-of-the-art carbon steel processing facility
being built just outside of Mobile, Alabama.
The Hill project team is performing tasks on the project in a Construction
Management role and is interacting with over 6,000 employees on the
project.
Safety challenges include language barriers of over two dozen nationalities
and safety cultures that have never seen OSHA requirements/standards.
The Hill team has worked aggressively with our client, SMS Siemag, and their
sister company, ISG, to ensure all project team members attend site-specific
safety orientations and understand U.S. safety standards. The project team
has done an outstanding job to ensure client personnel have met all project
safety requirements.
There are also numerous scheduling challenges on the project. ThyssenKrupp
is using an online version of P6 through Loadspring to allow each of the project
participants to independently update their own portions of an integrated
project schedule for each mill in the facility. The Hill team has assisted with
the development of SMS Siemag’s logistics and commissioning portions of the
schedule as well as the development of the overall integrated schedule. Hill
staff are also responsible for the tracking in the schedule of nearly 100,000
metric tons of equipment deliveries from all over the world.
22. Carnalita Project
Sergipe, Brazil
Client:
Vale
Service:
Damage Assessment
Real Estate Negotiation
Total Project Value:
$532 Million
When finished, the Carnalita Project will represent the largest potassium
extraction plant in Brazil. Our services were performed in three separate
contracts, the last (number 2) is currently up and running. We have provided
technical services in Maruim, Capela, Rosário do Catete, Carmópolis,
Japaratuba, Santa Rosa de Lima, and Pirambu in Sergipe State.
Engineering S.A. (A Hill International Company), provided a multitude of
services for the project. Work included:
• Physical and Legal Registration: Identification of properties
identification and their respective owners, preparation of rural
estate forms (physical and legal), and preparation of physical and
legal registration
• Terms of Release Through negociation with Owners: obtaining
authorization for access to properties under conditions (with
notarization)/negociation of terms and values previously established
for compensation of Direct Damages and Lost Profits, possibly
caused by the activities of Land Seismic Acquisition and drilling of 10
wells.
• Damage Assessment and Preparation of Reports: supervise and
guide work´s closing line, ie, the buffering of holes caused by the
detonation of explosives, repair fences, garbage collection;
• Rural properties negotiation
• Prepare Appraisal Report
23. Cerrejón Coal Mining Expansion
Colombia
Client:
BHP Billiton, Anglo
American and Xstrata
Coal Joint Venture
Service:
Scheduling
Cost Control
Project Controls
Total Project Value:
Confidential
Completion Date:
Ongoing
Cerrejon is the world’s largest export open pit coal mining operation at
69,000 hectares and it is located in La Guajira state, in the north-eastern part
of Colombia. Cerrejon’s open cut mines now represent one of the biggest
earthmoving operations worldwide. Approximately one million tonnes of
material are moved every day, 365 days per year.
Hill is providing scheduling, project controls and cost control services for the
Cerrejón Coal project. The Cerrejón team tasked Hill to build a consistent
schedule to establish a reliable tool to control the progress of the project.
The new schedule, as well as other means and methods developed by Hill,
gave the client greater control of the project, which will facilitate successful
completion.
24. Chemetics Mine and Process Facility
Peru
Client:
Chemetics Inc.
Service:
Claims
This was a confidential matter involving a review and then delay analysis of
the EPC contractor’s schedule to determine the liability for missing certain
project milestones.
Hill also provided independent advice to Lloyds in respect of claims against a
liquidated damages policy.
25. Cobre Panama
Donoso District, Colon Province, Panama
Client:
Inmet Mining/Minera
Panama, S.A.
Service:
Cost Estimating
and Scheduling
Total Project Value:
$5 Billion
Completion Date:
2012
Cobre Panama is a greenfield project that consists of the development of a
conventional open pit mine and concentrator to produce copper gold and
molybdenum concentrate for the Owner. The concession covers an area of
136 square kilometers (km2) and is located in the Donoso District, Colon
Province in north central Panama. Ore mined from open pits will be processed
by crushing, grinding, flotation recovery and concentrate dewatering. The
project design is based on an initial ore feed rate of 150,000 tons per day to
the grinding plant. It is planned the ore feed rate will increase to 225,000 tons
per day after year nine of operations; the increase in ore feed rate will require
further capital investment to install a third grinding unit.
Copperconcentrateswillbedeliveredbyslurrypipelinefromtheconcentrator
at the process plant to the filter plant at the port facility. After pressure
filtration, the dewatered concentrate will be stored and subsequently loaded
on to bulk concentrate vessels for delivery to international customers. The
port facility and process plant will be linked by a road, buried pipelines
for concentrate slurry, return filtrate, diesel fuel and an overland power
transmission line. A coal fired power generation plant will be built at the port
facility by an independent power producer.
As part of a team conducting a project readiness review during the FS stage,
Hill provided a review of the project cost estimate and schedule. In addition,
we are providing ongoing schedule management and schedule control
services through detail design and into EPCM execution.
26. Confidential Project
Newfoundland, Canada
Client:
Confidential
Service:
Claims Analysis
Completion Date:
Ongoing
Hill is providing independent claims review services for the construction of
a state-of-the-art processing plant in Newfoundland. The plant will process
nickel-cobalt-copper concentrate using an innovative hydrometallurgical
process.
27. DeBeers Victor Mine
Northern Ontario, Canada
Client:
DeBeers Canada
Service:
Procurement Services
Completion Date:
2009
The Victor Mine is located in the James Bay Lowlands of Northern Ontario,
approximately 90 km west of the coastal community of Attawapiskat First
Nation. It is Ontario’s first diamond mine and the second in Canada for De
Beers. The Victor Mine is an open-pit mine and is one of 18 kimberlite pipes
discovered on the property, 16 of which are diamondiferous.
Hill established procurement models for the project, developed a target
cost model, provided logistics support for construction, and provided
contract administration support. Hill advised DeBeers and their Engineering,
Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractor on a number of specific
services lines as summarized below:
• Procurement strategy including the use of target cost forms of
contract incorporating achievement milestones
• Seminars for the DeBeers contract administrators and schedulers
• Logistics services for marshalling of equipment/materials for
railhead movement from Toronto to Moosonee and thereafter by
ice-road to Attawapistkat (8 to 10 week season)
• Project monitoring of Level 4 schedule undertaken via site visits and
office based electronic data transfers
• Resolution of a number of claim matters that arose concerning
accelerated schedules and loss of productivities. These types
of services were provided on an independent basis and were
performed from historic schedule data.
• Off-risk services relating to determining when the construction/
commissioning period ceased and when operations began.
28. Greenport Cement Plant
Greenport, NY
Client:
St. Lawrence Cement
Service:
Project Labor
Agreements/Studies
Total Project Value:
$350 Million
Completion Date:
2006
Hill provided project labor agreement consulting on this $320 million cement
plant in Greenport, NY. The new state-of-the-art plant is being built to replace
an existing plant in Catskill, NY.
29. Horizon Oil Sands Mining Project
Alberta, Canada
Client:
Canadian Natural
Resources Limited
Service:
Staff Augmentation
Total Project Value:
$2 billion
Completion Date:
Ongoing
Canadian Natural Resources Limited (CNRL) sanctioned the Horizon Oil Sands
project in February 2005, with the first barrels of sweet synthetic crude oil
produced in early 2009. Phase 1 of the project included a surface oil sands
mining and bitumen extraction plant, complimented by on-site bitumen
upgrading with associated infrastructure. Due to a massive resource base,
the mine and plant facilities are expected to produce for decades to come
without production declines normally associated with crude oil production.
A large amount of infrastructure capital was included in Phase 1 in anticipation
of future phases, and CNRL is leveraging the benefits of existing infrastructure
to expand operations. For the current expansion phase, Hill is providing staff
augmentation services to provide contract administration personnel to CNRL.
The contract administrators will support CNRL project teams with regard to
contract and procurement while remaining in compliance with company
policies and procedures. Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
• maintain relationships with internal stakeholders, suppliers and
contractors
• develop strategies to obtain best values for goods and services
• prepare, develop and maintain contract documents
30. Horizon Oil Sands Mining Project
• receive and evaluate proposals
• conduct site meetings with contractors
• control and documentation of change orders
• prevent/resolve claims, change orders, and back charges
• manage approval process for contractor invoices and approve payments
• maintain and issue Contract Status Reports
31. Jabal Salab Zinc Oxide Refinery
Sana’a, Yemen
Client:
Jabal Salab Company
Service:
Contractual Advice
& Drafting
Claims Analysis
The Jabal Salab Company (Yemen) Limited is in partnership with ZincOx to
build and operate a zinc extraction and processing plant in Yemen, 110km
north east of Sana’a the capital. The project represents the largest base
metal operation in the Arabian peninsula, the largest zinc chemical plant in
the world, and one of the largest silver mines in the Middle East. It will be one
of the world’s lowest cost zinc mining and processing operations and the first
plant of its kind in Yemen. It is seen as a vital step in diversifying the Yemen
economy. The Jabal plant treats 800,000 tons per year of ore with an average
grade of 9.23% zinc for the initial production of 70,000 tpa zinc oxide with a
grade of about 80% zinc. The project supports a fully integrated zinc oxide
operation and mainly comprises an open pit mine (now fully developed) and
a sophisticated processing facility. The Jabali process involves:
• Calcination of ore to break down carbonate and dolomite minerals
• Milling of calcined ore to enhance dissolution of zinc
• Dissolution of zinc from milled ore using AAC solution(2 stages)
• Filtration of zinc bearing liquour from leached pulp (residue) and
purification of zinc liquour
• Precipitation of “basic zinc carbonate” by boiling off ammonia
through steam injection
32. Jabal Salab Zinc Oxide Refinery
• Separation of basic zinc carbonate by filtration
• Production of zinc oxide by decomposition of basic zinc carbonate through calcinations.
Hill’s services for the project included evaluating the current contract and providing recommendations on
delay mitigation and funding structure moving forward. This included an analysis of project procurement,
reasonsfordelay,reasonsforcostoverrun,riskregisterfortheoutstanding issuesand deliverytocompletion
including political, economic and project issues, and projected end date and budget for completion.
33. Lynas Corporation Establishment Program
Sydney, Australia
Client:
Lynas Corporation Ltd.
Service:
Program Establishment
and Consulting
Total Project Value:
Confidential
Completion Date:
2009
Lynas Corporation is a rare earths mining organization, with operations and
production plants in Western Australia and Malaysia. In order to achieve
operational start up in late 2009, Lynas is required to develop core capabilities
to support its operations function.
Hill was appointed by Lynas Corporation as Program Managers to provide
independent advice on program and project management approach,
principals, application, and assurance. Hill’s approach to program and project
identification was based on review of Lynas Corporation’s 2 year and 5 year
Corporate Plans. The 2 year plan focussed primarily on operational start up
which would put Lynas in to cash flow by October 2009. Capabilities to achieve
these objectives were mapped, along with the programs and projects that
were needed to develop these capabilities. The outputs from these projects
will include:
• Fully integrated, sustainable and documented systems and
procedures in order to support the new capabilities
• Fully trained and competent staff to support the new capabilities
• Continuous improvement tools to support the new capabilities
• New assets with operational readiness to support the new
capabilities.
34. Hill was appointed by Lynas Corporation as Program Managers to provide independent advice on program
and project management approach, principles, application and assurance. To date, the role has included
program, project and sub project identification, as well as the production of a Program Management
Manual.
Hill, together with Lynas Corporation achieved the following
• Identified and received executive sign off on all programs, projects and sub projects required to
achieve operational start up
• Developed a preliminary schedule identifying logic, sequence and interdependencies between
programs and projects
• Developed a Program Management Manual including worked examples for all major deliverables
to be produced as part of the program of work.
• Identified resource requirements to deliver the program of works.
Lynas Corporation Establishment Program
35. Cement Plant of Martinsburg
Martinsburg, WV
Client:
Essroc Cement
Corporation
Services:
Contract Administration
Claims Analysis
Completion Date:
2008
The Martinsburg Cement Plant produces more than 2 million metric tons of
cement per year. The contract administration services Hill provided comprised
the implementation of processes, actions, controls and responses to events
concerned with the proper, correct, timely and efficient administration of any
and all contracts and/or subcontracts, issued by the client to any other third
party in relation with the project. The scope is to ensure the client’s rights and
entitlements under the same contracts and/or subcontract for the project are
protected and secured. The project manager shall also carry out all required
assistance to the client during the negotiation phase of any and all contracts
and/or subcontracts still to be appointed by the client.
36. Minerador da Derra dos Carajás
Various Locations, Brazil
Client:
Vale
Service:
Mine Surveying
Topographical Surveying
Total Project Value:
Confidential
Completion Date:
2011
EngineeringS.A.(aHillInternationalCompany)providedprofessionalservices
for the the Complex of Minerador da Serra dos Carajás, the world´s largest
mine in the open air. The services were provided in the cities of Parauapebas-
PA, Canaã dos Carajás-PA, Curionópolis-PA, and Marabá-PA in Brazil. The
project is one of the largest in the region and brings several economic benefits
to its surrounding community. It is estimated to hold 7.2 billion metric tons of
iron ore and reserves. The project has also been found to be rich in ores for
manganese, copper, tin, aluminum, and even gold. Services included:
• Surveying of pipeline mains and pipes
• Surveying and renting of deforestation limits (vegetation removal)
• Surveying of deposit of sterile material
• Mine surveying, including registration of piezometers, wells, power
lines, poles, and towers of the mine and other notable structures for
the purposes of short-term planning
• Surveying in quarry front (weekly, monthly) – topograph
• Surveying of buffer pile and piles of the beneficiation plant at Carajás
• Leasing and registration of boreholes
• Leasing of piezometers and Wells (groundwater lowering)
• Leasing of advance and gap of deposit
• Leasing of advance and gap of quarry front
37. • Leasing of final pit
• Leasing of ramps in quarry fronts and in the deposit of sterile material
• Leasing and registration of topographic landmarks
• Services of flatness of specific points
• Services of polygons, coordinate transportation, water-tightness and sections
• Surveying of drainage systems
• Trail openings
• Topographic surveying of detonation áreas in iron mines and others areas of Vale
• Pile surveying and scaling
• Topographic surveying at Serra Leste and Serra Sulmaterial
• Leasing and registration of topographic landmarks
• Services of flatness of specific points
• Services of polygons, coordinate transportation, watertightness and sections
• Surveying of drainage systems
• Trail opening
• Topographic surveying of detonation áreas in Iron Mines and others areas of VALE
• Pile Surveying and scaling
• Topographic surveying at Serra Leste and Serra Sul:
Minerador da Derra dos Carajás
38. Molycorp Mine
Primm, CA
Client:
Aggregate Industries.
Service:
CPM Scheduling
Total Project Value:
$532 Million
Completion Date:
2012
Hill is providing on call P6 scheduling services to the general contractor for the
performance of underground through foundation work on 33 buildings at the
Molycorp site at stateline Primm, California. Work started on the $531 million
project to clear away much of the aging machinery used to process mined rock
into rare earth powders. The project will replace antiquated machinery with new
processing facilities that will result in lower operating costs and reduced water
use. The new plant will produce rare earths powders that will have applications in
products ranging from hybrid cars to cell phones and guided bombs.
39. Morenci Copper Mine & Mill Processing Facility
Morenci, AZ
Client:
Freeport-McMoRan
Copper & Gold Inc
Service:
Project Control
Cost Estimating
Planning and Scheduling
Risk Analysis
Staff Augmentation
Total Project Value:
$1.9 Billion
Completion Date:
OngoingOn behalf of Freeport-McMoRan, and under a Master Services Agreement
(MSA) and Supplemental Services Agreement, Hill International worked with
the EPC contractor’s planning/scheduling and estimating team in providing an
independent 3rd party review and assessment of the overall project schedule
and cost estimate, as well as conduct a project risk analysis, at a critical stage
to support the approval decision to fund and complete the project. The
contractor’s overall project estimate was in excess of $2.3 billion. Hill’s detail
review uncovered mistakes, inappropriate and incorrect assumptions and
bases in the estimate. Corrective action was then taken and the project cost
was re-estimated to be just over $1.9 billion, in excess of a 17% decrease. The
project was approved and funded to complete based on this revised estimate.
Hill’s work with the contractor’s planning and scheduling team resulted in
the project schedule being revised and updated to be more accurate and
predictable. The schedule was cleaned up and revised in preparation of the
risk analysis that we performed. Critical paths were changed for each building
fortheproject. Inaddition,HillInternational augmentedFreeport-McMoRan’s
project team to provide construction management, project control, cost
estimating, cost management and control, contract administration and
contractmanagementservices.Wearecurrentlyprovidingstaffaugmentation
services on an ongoing basis to support construction management, cost
control and contract management.
40. Murrin Murrin
Western Australia
Client:
Anaconda Nickel Ltd.
Service:
Claims
Completion Date:
2006
The Murrin Murrin nickel-cobalt project, 60km east of Leonora, was
commissionedbyAnacondaNickelLtd. HillwasretainedbySyndicatesatLloyds
of London to provide an independent opinion concerning the construction
delays and efficacy issues arising from the design and construction of this
hydrometallurgical (hydromet) processing facility.
Hill’s role was to conduct a retroactive review of the design/construction/
commissioning process and to identify adverse trends that should have been
made known to the Insurance Markets during the execution phase.
Lloyds had issued a construction delay liquidated damages policy together
with an efficacy policy which in the event was the subject of a limit claim of
A$150.0 million.
The matter was resolved in arbitration and is hence confidential but Hill’s
contribution was accepted by all parties as being an independent review of
the problems that arose.
41. Newmont Processing Facility
Utah
Client:
Newmont Mining
Corporation
Service:
ClaimsHill was retained to provide an independent opinion concerning the effective
date of transition from construction to operations in respect of a major
property loss that occurred to this process facility. Hill was required to
provide an engineering opinion as to whether a Builders All Risk or Business
Interruption insurance policy applied. Hill was also retained to provide an
independent opinion of a number of trade claims resulting from prolongations
matters. Hill undertook a retroactive delay analysis of the Level 4 construction
schedules, to ascertain liabilities for delays.
42. Nickel/Cobalt Mine and Related Process Facility
Africa
Client:
Confidential
Service:
Claims
Total Project Value:
$4 Billion
Hill is operating under a strict confidentiality agreement on this assignment
which prevents a complete disclosure of our role.
Hill was retained by a Canadian based international mining company to review
the performance of their EPCM contactor on a $4 billion mine development
and processing plant in Africa. The review comprises analysis of variances
to the project budget and delays to the engineering, procurement and
construction of the mine site, pipeline and process plant site
43. Nizhniy Tagil Iron and Steel Works Air Separation
Plants
Russia
Client:
Praxair, Inc.
Service:
Staff Augmentation
Completion Date:
2013
Praxair Rus, a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc., entered into a contract to supply
oxygen, nitrogen and argon to NTMK, a division of the EVRAZ Group, a leading
global steel company with its main steel production facilities in Russia. Praxair
will build new, energy-efficient air separation plants and supply more than
3,000 tons per day of industrial gases to NTMK in Nizhniy Tagil, the center
of the industrial region of Sverdlovsk in central Russia. The new plants are
scheduled to start up in late 2013 and will replace older air separation plants
and produce liquid products for the local market.
Hill International is performing staff augmentation services by providing a
construction manager to oversee and manage the fabrication, installation
and construction of Praxair’s Air Separation Unit (ASU) to supply oxygen to
the client’s steel mill operation in Russia.
44. Petro-Canada Fort Hills Oil Sands Project
Northern Alberta, Canada
Client:
Petro-Canada
Service:
Claims
Total Project Value:
$20 Billion
The Fort Hills project is an integrated oil sands project that includes a mine
and bitumen extraction facility, situated 90 miles north of Fort McMurray in
Alberta (Athabasca oil sands region), Canada. Fort Hills is one of the largest
remaining undeveloped oil sands leases in the Athabasca region.
Hill performed what was termed a ‘sanity check’ on the Level 3 schedules for
both the mine site and Upgrader processing facility, including a check on the
productivity rates being applied by the EPC contractors for on-site activities
in Northern Alberta, and if adverse to the start-up and commissioning
milestones,recommendationsformitigationmeasuressuchaspre-fabrication
for process systems. Hill was part of Petro-Canada’s team negotiating the EPC
contracts and advice on milestone achievement payments for this $20 billion
mine sites and process Upgrader project.
Hill undertook negotiations with potential EPC contractors for work on both
the mine site and U&O facilities in preparation for issuing prime contracts. Hill
performed set-up and control of contract administration procedures for EPC
work packages; prepared contracts for tendering, review and administered
commercial conditions, negotiated claims with contractors and conducted
contractual management throughout.
The project is expected to come onstream in 2016.
45. Rainy River Gold Mining Project
Ontario, Canada
Client:
Rainy River Resources, Ltd.
Service:
Staff Augmentation
Construction Management
Constructability Review
Owner’s Representative
Schedule Review
Total Project Value:
$1 Billion
Completion Date:
Ongoing
The Rainy River Gold project is an advanced exploration stage project located
in northwestern Ontario, near the Manitoba and U.S. borders. The project
is defining an emerging Canadian Gold District, with solid infrastructure
including year-round road access and power lines in close proximity, as well as
a nearby railway. Rainy River Resources is pursuing environmental approvals
for the development of an open pit and underground gold and silver mine on
the property.
Rainy River Resources has completed over 578 km of drilling since 2004. At its
peak last year, there were 13 drills operating at the site, making it one of the
most active gold exploration projects in Canada.
Rainy River Resources proposes to construct, operate and eventually close a
new open pit and underground gold mine on the property. The preliminary
site layout proposes to place the required mine related facilities in close
proximity to the open pit, to the extent practical, on privately held lands to
which Rainy River Resources has access, or expects to have access. The major
project components include:
• Open pit and underground mine
• Ore processing plant
46. Rainy River Gold Mining Project
• Overburden and rock stockpiles
• Tailings management area
• Support buildings (garage, warehouse, administration building and potentially accommodations
complex)
• Infrastructure (access roads, pipelines, power infrastructure and transmission lines, fuel storage,
explosives manufacturing and explosives storage)
• Water and waste management facilities (water management facilities and drainage works;
domestic and industrial waste handling facilities)
Hill staff will augment the Rainy River Resources, Ltd. team during detailed design and engineering,
procurement and construction project. Hill will also manage mill construction on site, and will be involved
with preconstruction and constructability review s of design before going to the field. In addition, Hill
conducted schedule review services as part of a team of consultants, providing project readiness reviews
during detailed design.
47. Salobo Metais
Para, Brazil
Client:
Vale
Service:
Engineering and
Review Analysis
Total Project Value:
Confidential
EngineeringS.A.(aHillInternationalCompany),providedservicestotheSalobo
Metais project. Located in the Serra dos Carajás district and municipality of
Marabá – Pará (Brazil), the Salobo Project has the largest copper deposit
ever discovered in Brazil. Its nominal capacity is 520 thousand tons of copper
concentrate and 255 thousand tons of copper metal. Our detailed Engineering
of Infrastructure services for the Copper Project 24 Mtpa included analysis,
evaluation, review, optimization, completion, consolidation, formatting,
specification, quantification, and technical support to Salobo Metais SA,
SMSA in Mina do Pará. Technical documents generated include: design criteria,
calculation, general specifications, executive projects, technical specifications,
material data sheets, technical requests, memorials descriptive, and quantities
control in the following disciplines: earthwork; geometric design of piles and
cavas; road system for light and off-road vehicles; drainage; sewerage system
and treatment plant; paving; pathways signaling; environmental protection;
and landscaping of the road system Other areas covered by the project
include:
• General” Infrastructure: internal road system, works support area;
• Mine: factory and storage of explosives, mine office, dressing
rooms, canteen, sterile pile, buffer pile, temporary mineral pile, fuel
storage, office, mine substation;
48. • Processing: primary cruching, mineral pile storage, crushing substation, conveyor belt for long
distance, pressing, pressing substation, screen, control room, grinding, flotation and regrind,
substation flotation, concentrate thickening, filtration and storage of concentrate.
• Utility systems: water supply and caption system, water treatment plant (ETA) and system
for storage and treated water distribution, reclaimed water supply, caption and distribution,
distribution and storage system for clean and fire water/seal. Prevention and firefighting system,
colling water.
• Industrial Installation Support: central maintenance garage, tire repairs, warehouse, truck wash
stand, heating shop, light vehicles shop, advanced plan workshop, flammable and lubricants
storage, laboratory, industrial support substation, tires storage;
• Administrative Support Facilities: administrative offices/ training center, main entrance
and parking for visitors/central asset security, bus station/general Office, medical center/
occupational health/medical clinic, restaurant/banks, fire brigade and safety, gas station for light
vehicles;
• Energy and Telecommunications: main substation, system for emergency power generation,
telecommunications system, central radio;
• Waste System and Environmental Protection: launch system and waste distribution, sewage
treatment plants, landfill for industrial waste, disposables center.
Salobo Metais
49. SaskFerco Products Inc.
Saskatchewan, Canada
Client:
Bennett and Wright
Service:
Claims
SaskFerco is one of North America’s largest producers of two types of nitrogen
fertilizer: granular urea and anhydrous ammonia. SaskFerco is the largest
natural gas customer in Saskatchewan, requiring 25 billion cubic feet (BCF)
annually to make the nitrogen fertilizer. It is unique in the global fertilizer
industry because no wastewater from the facility is dumped into any river,
lake, or stream. All SaskFerco wastewater is disposed of in an evaporation
pond located within the 80-acre production site.
Hill acted for the former Bennett and Wright the mechanical subtrade on
a fertilizer plant in Saskatchewan and prepared the claim to ICC arbitration
standards and presented expert evidence in Geneva.
50. SerraSul Project
Para, Brazil
Client:
Vale
Service:
Surveying
Property Assessment
Real Estate Negotiation
Total Project Value:
Confidential
Situated in Serra Sul of Carajá, Brazil, Mine S11D, has a total capacity of 90
million tons of iron ore per year. The project includes a mine, plant, stockyard,
loadout station and 100 km of railway to connect to the existing system.
Engineering S.A. (a Hill International Company) performed a multitude of
services in relation to the project, including:
• Registration of surveying of rural and urban real state – topographic
survey (owner identification, descriptive history of the properties,
identification of the General State Record – RGI)
• Registration and survey of property´s condition
• Property Assessment (NBR 5676 – Urban Property Evaluation, NBR
8799 – Rural Property Evaluation, and NBR 8951 – Available Land
Evaluation), and presentation of the values of the land and existing
improvements, values should be determined by statistical inference
• Negotiation of Real State – planning for the negotiation (one for
Mines/Industrial plants and another for Railroad), containing
the criteria for negotiating the property and considering the
maximum and minimum values of the evaluation; meeting with
properties owners; performing legal analysis of the documentation;
determining potential risks analysis of the purchase of properties;
preparation of drafts of the purchase document; preparation of
receipt of the property, drawing up terms of receiving and audit,
and sending the corresponding report with photos; regulating the
acquisition from the Registration Center of Real Estate (registration
of the deed), INCRA (National Institute of Colonization and Agrarian
Reform), and Internal Revenue Service.
51. • Surveying Services with Geo-referencing – mapping of the properties (ABNT Standard),
consisting of the correspondent registration, including a geo-referenced survey to the Brazilian
Geodetic System; processing report of field data, both pre- and post-processed; supplying and
fixing of standard landmarks (INCRA); performing a survey of improvements; obtaining consent
of the owners (or occupants) about the property boundaries (confronters) and Descriptive
Memorial in paper and electronic form.
• Land Regularization – regulate the properties acquired from INCRA and the INTERNAL REVENUE
SERVICE (issue of the ITR – Rural Property Tax) and to promote the necessary rectifications and
records of the corresponding scriptures.
Serrasul Project
52. Shell Canada Athabasca Oil Sands Project (AOSP)
Northern Alberta, Canada
Client:
Shell and Syndicates
at Lloyds of London
Service:
Independent Project
Monitoring
Claims
Total Project Value:
C$5 Billion
Completion Date:
2011
The AOSP includes the MRM and JPM open pit bitumen mining operations
located north of Fort McMurray, Alberta and the Scotford Upgrader, located
near Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, which upgrades bitumen into synthetic
crude oil. Shell operates the mines and upgrader on behalf of the AOSP joint
venture.
Hill was commissioned jointly by Shell and Syndicates at Lloyds of London to
undertake an independent project monitoring role of the mine-site, power
plant, pipelines, and Scotford Upgrade processing facility to facilitate timely
completion. Lloyds had provided a special risk delay liquidated damage policy
to a junior co-venturer (Western Oil Sands) at the insistence of Western’s
project lenders. Shell and Lloyds required regular ‘real-time’ independent
updates on the progress of the project and recommendation on mitigation
measures should either the start-ups of the mine or the process Upgrader be
in delay.
The overall project budget was C$5 billion which also included a pilot plant
(<$180 million) used to test the new mine process for hydrocarbon separation.
Hill provided this independent review by means of schedule monitoring via
on-site visits and desk-top reviews of progress reports supplied by the field
Operator, Shell Canada.
53. Steel Pipe and Tube Rolling and Finishing Mill
Shreveport, LA
Client:
Benteler Steel/Tube GmbH
Service:
Construction Management
Total Project Value:
$900 Million
Completion Date:
2015
Hill received a contract from Benteler Steel/Tube GmbH, a subsidiary of
Benteler International AG, to provide construction management services in
connection with a new $900 million steel pipe and tube manufacturing plant
to be located in Shreveport, Louisiana.
The two-phase plant, which will include both a seamless steel tube mill
(phase one) and a steel mill (phase two), will be built on 330 acres at the Port
of Caddo-Bossier in Northwest Louisiana.
54. Swiss Re, Lloyds of London
Zurich, Switzerland
Client:
Swiss Re
Service:
Claims
Hill has undertaken over 80 assignments for special risk insurance markets
in respect of policies issued for delay liquidated damages (both final and
sectional), performance or efficacy guarantees, force majeure events and
fatal flaws in industrial processes.
In the first instance Hill undertakes a pre-binding risk review to assist
Underwriters in formulating a premium plus exclusions to the policy.
Hill is then retained to monitor the progress of a project’s development
by means of schedule reviews, site visits, and receipt of monthly progress
reports, from the assured who is normally the EPCM contractor.
We are required to report adverse indicators and be part of the discussion
on what mitigation measures are possible to contain or reverse the adverse
trends. We have performed these types of project monitoring reviews on
power plants, process facilities, wind farms, oil/gas installations, re-cycling
plants, mine developments, hydro-dams, public assembly projects and
commercial buildings.
55. Voisey’s Bay Mine Long Harbour Processing Plant
Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Client:
Vale Newfoundland &
Labrador Limited (Vale NL)
Service:
Independent Engineer
Completion Date:
2013
Hill is currently acting as the Independent Engineer on Vale’s new construction
of a hydrometallurgical (hydromet) processing facility at Long Harbour,
Placentia Bay. The plant will process nickel sulphide concentrate from Vale’s
Voisey Bay Mine in Labrador.
The term of our Independent Engineer’s role is from April 2009 to February
2013.
Our involvement encompasses both the Port Wharf laydown areas and the
Plant Site where the feed (concentrate) is pressure leached in acidic solution
to separate iron and sulphur from nickel, copper and cobalt. The plant
also includes solvent extraction building, electron-winning complex. WTP,
Oxyplant,plusroadsandutilities,atthisremotesitelocationinNewfoundland.
Hill is operating under a strict confidentiality agreement which prevents a
complete disclosure of our role.
