Structural Staff
Meet our Structural engineering team
Structural Staff
Meet our Structural engineering team
Structural Overview
G.L.Tiley & Associates Ltd. Structural Engineering Department has extensive experience in designing structures for the mining industry in North and South America.
We cover all areas of mining structural design and offer services for site inspections and construction support. One of our department's areas of expertise is design.
This includes the design of headframes, collarhouses, bins and binhouses, the design and layout of hoist buildings, mineshafts, guidance systems, loading pockets, and hydraulic dump systems. We also design emergency escape systems.
We have also been involved in the design of multiple deck work/maintenance stages.
G.L.Tiley & Associates Ltd. offers finite element analysis of buildings as well as solid modelling for sheaves and drums. We are able to certify existing sheaves and headframes when loading conditions change.
PIERRE SHIELDS, P.ENG.
VICE PRESIDENT, OFFICE MANAGER & PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION
B.Sc. (Civil Engineering - University of the West Indies, Trinidad, 1993)
G.L.Tiley & Associates Ltd. staff since 2003
• Underground & Structural headframe designs
• Shaft & hoist building, machinery foundations
• Loading pocket & material handling systems
• Engineering, shop detail drawing & reviews
• Quantity take-offs, BOM preparations
• Sinking Galloway, work deck conveyance design
• Specifications and capital cost estimates
RICHARD ZANDSTRA, P.ENG.
VICE PRESIDENT, MANAGER OF PROJECTS, STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING & DESIGNATED CONSULTING ENGINEER
B.Eng. (McMaster University, 1994)
G.L.Tiley & Associates Ltd. staff since 1996
• Headframe and hoist building layout and design
• Hydraulic dump systems
• Shaft steel design and analysis
• Loading pockets
• Material handling systems
• Specifications and capital cost estimates
SIMON (WEIXIAO) SUN, P.ENG.
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING LEAD
B.A.Sc. (University of Ottawa, 2008)
M.Sc. (McMaster University, 2011)
G.L.Tiley & Associates Ltd. staff since 2011
• Project engineering design coordination
• Headframe and hoist building layout and design
• Loading pockets and material handling system
• Design, specification, analysis, and inspection
• Finite element modeling and analysis
PATRICK BARAN, P.ENG.
STRUCTURAL DESIGN
B.Eng.Mgt. (McMaster University, 2014)
G.L.Tiley & Associates Ltd. staff since 2017
• Surface & underground hoisting plant design & layout
• Structural inspections
• Cost estimates & analysis
• Project coordination including scheduling and resource estimation
KENNETH LAU, P.ENG.
CONSULTANT DIRECTOR
B.Sc. (Civil - Illinois, 1972)
M.Sc. (Structural - Illinois, 1975)
G.L.Tiley & Associates Ltd. staff since 1987
• Headframe design, analysis, & inspection
• Shaft & hoist building, machinery foundations
• Shaft guide and conveyance design, dynamics
• Finite element modeling and analysis
CHINTAN BHAVSAR, P.ENG.
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
B.Eng. (Gujarat Technological University, 2014)
M.Tech. (National forensic sciences university, 2016)
M.Eng. (University of Windsor, 2017)
G.L.Tiley & Associates Ltd. staff since 2018
• Headframe structural FE analysis and design
•Collar and sub-collar design/layout
• Conveyance swing-guides and crosshead design
• Conveyance chairing, and spill pocket design
• Hoist foundations anchors design
• Project specifications, inspection, and proposal
• Quantity take-off and Bill of Materials
• Engineering CAD drawings and Revit 3D Modeling
• Shop drawings review.
Looking for rock solid engineering expertise on your next hoist project?
Structural Overview
G.L.Tiley & Associates Ltd. Structural Engineering Department has extensive experience in designing structures for the mining industry in North and South America.
We cover all areas of mining structural design and offer services for site inspections and construction support. One of our department's areas of expertise is design.
This includes the design of headframes, collarhouses, bins and binhouses, the design and layout of hoist buildings, mineshafts, guidance systems, loading pockets, and hydraulic dump systems. We also design emergency escape systems.
We have also been involved in the design of multiple deck work/maintenance stages.
G.L.Tiley & Associates Ltd. offers finite element analysis of buildings as well as solid modelling for sheaves and drums. We are able to certify existing sheaves and headframes when loading conditions change.
Structural Staff
PIERRE SHIELDS, P.ENG.
VICE PRESIDENT, OFFICE MANAGER & PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION
B.Sc. (Civil Engineering - University of the West Indies, Trinidad, 1993)
G.L.Tiley & Associates Ltd. staff since 2003
• Underground & Structural headframe designs
• Shaft & hoist building, machinery foundations
• Loading pocket & material handling systems
• Engineering, shop detail drawing & reviews
• Quantity take-offs, BOM preparations
• Sinking Galloway, work deck conveyance design
• Specifications and capital cost estimates
RICHARD ZANDSTRA, P.ENG.
VICE PRESIDENT, MANAGER OF PROJECTS, STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING & DESIGNATED CONSULTING ENGINEER
B.Eng. (McMaster University, 1994)
G.L.Tiley & Associates Ltd. staff since 1996
• Headframe and hoist building layout and design
• Hydraulic dump systems
• Shaft steel design and analysis
• Loading pockets
• Material handling systems
• Specifications and capital cost estimates
SIMON (WEIXIAO) SUN, P.ENG.
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING LEAD
B.A.Sc. (University of Ottawa, 2008)
M.Sc. (McMaster University, 2011)
G.L.Tiley & Associates Ltd. staff since 2011
• Project engineering design coordination
• Headframe and hoist building layout and design
• Loading pockets and material handling system
• Design, specification, analysis, and inspection
• Finite element modeling and analysis
PATRICK BARAN, P.ENG.
STRUCTURAL DESIGN
B.Eng.Mgt. (McMaster University, 2014)
G.L.Tiley & Associates Ltd. staff since 2017
• Surface & underground hoisting plant design & layout
• Structural inspections
• Cost estimates & analysis
• Project coordination including scheduling and resource estimation
KENNETH LAU, P.ENG.
CONSULTANT DIRECTOR
B.Sc. (Civil - Illinois, 1972)
M.Sc. (Structural - Illinois, 1975)
G.L.Tiley & Associates Ltd. staff since 1987
• Headframe design, analysis, & inspection
• Shaft & hoist building, machinery foundations
• Shaft guide and conveyance design, dynamics
• Finite element modeling and analysis
CHINTAN BHAVSAR, P.ENG.
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
B.Eng. (Gujarat Technological University, 2014)
M.Tech. (National forensic sciences university, 2016)
M.Eng. (University of Windsor, 2017)
G.L.Tiley & Associates Ltd. staff since 2018
• Headframe structural FE analysis and design
•Collar and sub-collar design/layout
• Conveyance swing-guides and crosshead design
• Conveyance chairing, and spill pocket design
• Hoist foundations anchors design
• Project specifications, inspection, and proposal
• Quantity take-off and Bill of Materials
• Engineering CAD drawings and Revit 3D Modeling
• Shop drawings review.
Looking for rock solid engineering expertise on your next hoist project?