Jansen Mine Project

The Hatch Bantrel Joint Venture (HBJV) is executing the Jansen Stage 1 (JS1) potash project as an integrated Project Team (IPT) with BHP. The Project is located in Jansen, in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada and the stage 1 scope spans across the entirety of this greenfield Potash Mine, including key components such as the development of a greenfield two-district underground potash mine underground to the ore-handling and storage circuit leading to a single, integrated wet, dry, and tailings processing mill building out through a product-handling and storage circuit to a first of its kind train load-out system. A tailings management area and all supporting infrastructure and utilities are also being concurrently executed in this key mega project to allow BHP to stand up its Potash Asset.

The Jansen project, located in the world's best potash basin, is BHP's first potash mine and provides the product for the company's entry into this business. The goal of the Jansen project is to develop potash mining operations that will expand over several stages to a maximum production rate, potentially exceeding 16 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa), and with a total operational life exceeding several decades. Future stages will be connected to JS1 by the ore supply and will utilize most of the same infrastructure facilities developed for Stage One.

On August 17, 2021, the JS1 project was provided full sanction by BHP. Upon completion, JS1 is expected to produce approximately 4.35Mtpa of potash. 

As the Jansen project was remote from the primary labour pool of construction trades, significant focus was placed on offsite fabrication and modularization which included:

• 1,350 modules in total, including conveyors, process modules, pipe racks and buildings
• This includes over 500 multi discipline complex modules
• Preassembly at strategic fabrication yards and facilities
• Comprehensive evaluation of logistic and transportation module delivery routes

Highlights:

• Management of complex interfaces and extension of existing utilities for potable water treatment, sewage treatment, power, fibre optic, and natural gas lines
• Design of extensive underground services with construction team providing constructability, budget planning, work packaging, and construction schedule with integrated engineering, procurement, vendor supply, third party utility providers, path of construction, all through an integrated schedule
• Extensive ECI (pre-construction planning phase with multiple stakeholders and contractors). Through the direct involvement of trade contractors and the inclusion of construction expertise, experience and understanding of the construction process/requirements we were able to:
  • Increase the predictability of the capital cost estimate and schedule.
  • Enhance benchmarking to validate the capital cost estimate and schedule.
  • Capture any unrealized improvements to the estimate and schedule via trade contractor input.
  • Gauge market interest for commercial packaging of the work.
  • Introduction of our trade contractors to our digital delivery and project execution productivity strategies.
• The Award winning digital integrated project delivery of the BHP Jansen project received the CanBIM 2019 Innovation Spotlight Award where digital delivery and project execution productivity improvements have significantly reduced the total project lifecycle cost and revolutionized industry execution methodologies. As this was a key client execution strategy our team developed and deployed our Integrated Construction Center (ICC) which was an “industry leading step change” in new technologies, advanced project delivery and world class operational execution and efficiencies. Deployment of the applicable elements and personnel onto your project will be undertaken.