Optimizing Safety and Efficiency in the Mining Industry

This paper discuss the optimization of safety, schedule efficiency and cost effectiveness of delivering projects for the mining industry through implementation of pre-assemblies and modularization. This approach helps with reduction of the required on-site labor force by transferring a portion of the required effort-hours off-site. Projects in the mining industry are typically remotely located and therefore require additional effort hours dedicated to building workforce accommodations, camps and associated support infrastructures. All the required additional efforts combined with the project´s remote location tends to impose additional constraints on safety, productivity and project delivery schedule.