The Weir-Jones Group

WEIR-JONES ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS LTD. COMPANY OVERVIEW

The Company was founded in 1971 to provide specialized structural and geomechanical monitoring and testing services to the resource and transportation sectors. The Company’s capabilities subsequently expanded in the areas of data processing and testing system design, the application of this expertise has been extended considerably, notably in the fields of structural integrity monitoring for heavy structural, energy and offshore systems. The Company has its headquarters in Vancouver and has been active in projects in 55 countries. The Company has maintained branch offices in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Oakville, Ontario. We currently have a satellite office in Fort McMurray. Typically more than 90% of the Company’s projects incorporate elements of system design, data acquisition, system planning, data collection, analysis, and redesign. Clients typically retain the Company
on a project basis in order to characterize a problem, develop a solution, and evaluate its effectiveness.

FIELDS OF ACTIVITY

The Company monitors, collects and analyses data related to the following:

Structural integrity monitoring; failure analysis of fixed and mobile structures and equipment; forensic engineering and litigation support; dynamic data acquisition, monitoring systems and real-time data processing; seismic early warning systems, maintenance engineering (mining and ore-processing equipment, materials-handling equipment, cement kilns, and pulp and
paper equipment); geomechanics, automated slope stability monitoring systems, ground freezing and stabilization; mining engineering (open pit and underground); naval architecture and marine engineering; pipeline engineering, structural health monitoring, (stresses, permafrost, ground stability, pipeline burst testing, and fracture control); subsurface construction, rapid transit systems, and tunnels.

SPECIAL CAPABILITIES

Structural integrity assessments.

Forensic engineering and failure analysis.

Structural health monitoring system installation and related supervision on offshore structures.
Installation services for instrumentation and monitoring systems on fixed and mobile structures as well as pipelines.

In situ testing and monitoring on natural and man-made structures.

Static and dynamic stress measurement, testing and analysis.

Vibration analysis on rotating and reciprocating equipment.

Calibration and testing to ISO, CSA, MIL standards.

Ground stabilization by freezing, grouting and reinforcing.

TYPICAL PROJECTS

Geomechanics, Mining Engineering Microseismic monitoring systems for use in mining, petroleum and construction industries.

Development of remediation strategies for flooded mines.

Automated slope stability monitoring systems for use in the mining and transportation sectors.

Heavy oil reservoir characterization.

Design of frozen support systems for tunnels, shafts, and retaining walls.

Specialised site investigations for mining and hydroelectric projects in North and South America and S.E. Asia.

Design and installation of tailings dam monitoring systems in S.E. Asia.

Design of microseismic monitoring systems for underground mines in Africa

Dams

Earthquake early warning systems, EEWS.

Preconstruction in situ testing programmes for major utilities in Canada and overseas.

Dam safety monitoring systems, instrumentation, and testing for both seismic and operational integrity.

Logistical support for hydroelectrical projects in North America, Europe and S.E. Asia.

Pipeline Engineering

Long term structural integrity monitoring system for pipelines.

Management and monitoring system development for gas pipeline burst test facilities and frost heave test sites.

Testing and stress analyses related to the operation of gas and oil pipelines.

Dynamic analysis of pipeline compressors.

Subways, Rapid Transit Systems, Automotive

Seismic early warning systems.

Site investigation and safety monitoring of station and tunnel excavations.

Testing and instrumentation system development for transit car body performance analysis.

Development and testing of automotive electronic components.

Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering

ADIS, Automatic Draft Indicator System, stability monitoring of commercial work.
Performance monitoring of vessels for government and private clients; ice breakers, bulk carriers, high-speed craft.

Hull strain monitoring systems to DNV, ABS and Lloyds standards for icebreakers, bulk carriers, and high speed craft.

Development of vessel safety and loading control systems.

Stress analysis and testing of underwater structures.

Supply of hull-monitoring equipment for VLCC and bulk carriers.

Supply of load/stability control systems.

Maintenance Engineering

Investigation of drive train reliability problems and foundation stability of crushers, grinding mills, pumps and conveyors in the resource and forest product industries.

Re-engineering and redesign of process equipment in the mineral industry, in order either to enhance performance or accommodate new process parameters.

Investigations and corrections of problems with mineral-processing equipment in S.E. Asia, North and South America, and Africa.

Offshore Resource Exploration and Production Development, installation, and operation of large-scale geotechnical, environmental, and structural monitoring systems for offshore platforms.

Provision of design services and structural health monitoring systems for jackets, jack-ups and gravity-based structures.

Oil and Gas

Design, development, installation and operation of large scale microseismic reservoir monitoring systems, North
America, Europe, Middle East.