CANADIAN TECHNOLOGY
Nalaine Morin, Project Manager, Lands
Department for the Tahltan Central Government
and Principal at ArrowBlade Consulting
Services has experienced the BGC application
first-hand.
“It is essential that everyone is able to see and
understand what we are doing,” says Virginia
Cullen, BGC's Chief Operating Officer, “project
delays caused by miscommunication can cost our
clients hundreds of millions of dollars.”
By using interactive 3D maps and immersive
landscapes, BGC can communicate designs to
clients and stakeholders more effectively.
“I can show you a million 2D drawings, but
you'll never understand it as clearly as if I show
you the same information in 3D using HoloLens,”
explains Bill Burton, Vice President at BGC, “This
has the potential to revolutionise how we
communicate on a day-to-day basis.”
Some of BGC’s biggest projects involve land
reclamation for mining companies.
“Reclamation is about making good on the
commitment that a mine is a temporary use of
the land,” explains Burton, “[with HoloLens] we
can give you sense of what it's like to stand in
the reclaimed environment and see what that
final landscape will be. This is easier to
understand, for experts and non-experts alike.”
BGC’s and LOOOK’s work with HoloLens has
already received positive responses from BGC's
clients and contemporaries.
“This move, from flat engineering drawings, to
interactive 3D and immersive landscapes will
revolutionise how BGC executes and
communicates the work we do,” says BGC's
President and CEO, Steve Hedberg.
Recently BioteQ Environmental Technologies
completed two water management projects that
delivered two very unique solutions as called for
by site specific requirements. Silvertip mine
located in Northern BC, Canada is the newest
mine in the province to go into production. Mine
owner JDS worked with BioteQ to develop a cost-
effective water treatment solution that is
integrated with the overall site water
management plan.
A silver-lead-zinc mine, water from the
underground operation is neutral to slightly alkali
with very low levels of metals requiring removal
to comply with BC water quality guidelines.
HDS lime treatment was considered in the
initial project planning stages and written into
permit applications but was ruled out for its
inability to meet ultra-low ppb discharge levels
for several constituents of concerns. Lime relies
on pH as the only degree of freedom in the
treatment process to control alkali precipitation
and is inadequate when multiple metals, with
differing pH solubility, require simultaneous
removal.
To treat the mine water, a transportable and
modular 150 m 3 /h water treatment unit using
ChemSulphide ® technology was selected for its