The Stonewell Mining Project is a welded wire wall project constructed in June 2015. The project is located Stonewall, Manitoba, Canada. The wall designer was Kirk Cesaretti, P.E., Ontiveros, Cesaretti & Prebor and the contractor was Maple Leaf Construction, Ltd. 

Wall Details:

•    Welded Wire Wall (two angle points)
•    Maximum Wall Height of 34’
•    Maximum Mat Length of 24’
•    Loads for ore dump:
Traffic Load – CAT 773G Loaded is 102,738 kg (226,500 lbs) distributed evenly on wheel
base of 3.96m x 4.27m (13’x14’), LL is 59.6 kPa (1,245 psf) @ 4’ from face of wall
•    Seismic acceleration of 0.20g
•    50-year design life – Hot Dip Galvanized steel
•    3,416 SF / 317.36 SM
 

The Savage Mine project is a commercial galvanized welded wire wall constructed in August 2015. The project is located near Sidney, Montana. The wall designer is Collins Engineers, Inc and the contractor is Westmoreland Coal Company.

Wall Details: 

•    Welded Wire Wall
•    Maximum Wall Height of 26’
•    Maximum Mat Length of 21’
•    10-year design life – Commercial Galvanized steel
•    2,896 SF
 

The URS Silica Mine Crusher Wall project is non-galvanized welded wire wall constructed in October 2015. The project is located Soda Springs, Idaho. The contactor on the project is EarthTech West Ltd and the wall designer is American Geotechnics. 

Wall Details:

•    Welded Wire Wall (one angle point)
•    Maximum Wall Height of 27’
•    Maximum Mat Length of 34’
•    35-year design life – Non-Galvanized steel
•    2,712 SF

The Manquin, Va Mining project is a welded wire wall constructed in March 2018. The project is located 1045 Dabneys Mill Rd., Manquin, VA 23106. The maximum wall height is 22 feet and 1200 square feet. 

The Gold Bar Project is a hot dip galvanized Welded Wire Wall constructed in May 2018. The wall is located 15 miles from Eureka, Eureka County, Nevada. The designer of the wall was Jepsen Engineering.

WALL GEOMETRY:
•    Welded Wire Wall 
•    Maximum Wall Height of 26’
•    Maximum Mat Length of 20’
•    Seismic acceleration of 0.20g
•    20-year design life – Hot Dip Galvanized
•    2,688 SF
 

The Nye, Montana Mining Project was constructed in September 2018. The project is located in Nye, Montana. The wall designer was CESaretti Engineered Solutions. 

WALL DETAILS:
•    Welded Wire Wall (one angle point)
•    Maximum Wall Height of 18’
•    Maximum Mat Length of 14’
•    Loads: Factor bearing load – 3,500 psf.
•    Maximum ground acceleration coefficient, A=0.150
•    75-year design life – Black Steel
•     2,592 SF (57 AWG)
 

The Crusher Wall at Butler Quarry project is a Welded Wire Wall Constructed in 2004.  The wall is located in Butler, Kentucky and was designed by Geotechnical Design Services.

Wall Details:

• Crusher Wall: 3,792 SF, variable base

• 20 year design life (Non-Galvanized Steel )

• Seismic Acceleration of 0.1g

• Design Loading: CAT 785C Off-Highway Mine Truck (550,000 lbs. GVW)

• Maximum Wall height 46’

• Maximum Mat length of  42’

The Wisconsin Frac Sand Plant is a Welded Wire Wall that was constructed in 2012. The Wisconsin Frac Sand Plant is located in Dovre, WI. The wall was designed by Collins Engineers Inc., and built by Highway Landscapers.

Wall Details:

•    Welded Wire Wall, 2 angle points
•    Maximum Wall Height of 36’
•    Maximum Mat Length of 26’
•    Uniform live load surcharge of 380 psf
•    40-year design life – hot-dipped steel
•    3,608 SF
 

The Caltrans 01-0B5104 project is a Cribwall. The project is located on Hwy 101 north of Leggett, CA.  The Cribwall is 1900 sf, and 30 feet tall.  The owner is California Department of Transportation, and the contractor was Mendocino Construction Services, Inc.

The Middle Fork Snoqualmie River Rd project is a Welded Wire Wall, and constructed in 2015. The Middle Fork Snoqualmie River Rd wall is located at Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie Natl Forest, ~5 Mi E of North Bend, King County, Washington. The wall height is 14 feet and 3328 square feet. The owner of the wall is FHWA – WFL. The wall design for the project was done by SHN Consulting Engineers & Geologists and the contractor was Active Construction, Inc.