Coal Transfer and Processing System
Location
Surface Coal Mine in Indiana
Owner
Private-Sector Coal Company
Engineer
Robinson Construction Company
Services Provided
Design-Build General Contractor
Contract Amount
$2.2M
The project team was presented with the 2010 Indiana Ready Mixed Concrete Association’s (IRMCA) Outstanding Concrete Achievement Award for excellence in concrete construction on the project.
Project Summary
Robinson Construction Company was awarded a design-build contract for a truck to conveyor coal transfer and processing system at a new surface mine located in central Indiana.
As part of the project, Robinson Construction dismantled and transferred the following equipment from a separate mining location to the new mining site: truck hopper, feeders, reclaim conveyor and associated bents, scalping screen and rotary breaker with associated steel support structure, reject conveyor and associated bents, breaker discharge conveyor and associated bents, a scalping system, and a radial stacker.
New equipment installed included a gabion retaining wall, truck hopper mat foundation and piers, the truck hopper’s structural steel enclosure, reclaim conveyor bent piers, scalping screen and rotary breaker mat foundation, reject conveyor bent piers, breaker discharge conveyor bent piers, Jeffrey crusher with structural steel and mat foundation, radial stacker runway concrete pad, wash-down water system, and dust suppression fogging system.
