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Terrafame, Finland
Project: Mega Plant Project: Structural Design, Detail Design Construction Support
Terrafame OY appointed Process Plant Technology (PPTech) to design a New Metals Converting Plant (NiSu) at their existing Sotkamo, Finland site. The NiSu consists of 3 processing plants, Cobalt sulphate (CoS), Nickle sulphate (NiS) and Ammonium sulphate (AmS). PPTech appointed Nurizon Consulting (Pty) Ltd. [Nurizon] for the structural steel design of these plants.
The structures are generally separated into different modules for the different mechanical equipment.
The modules were designed separately, to accommodate all the design loads that could be applied within its design life. The modules were also ‘connected’ to the other modules, to enhance structural stability.
The three plants and the respective modules were design in South Africa.
Fabrication and assembly took place in China. Complete assembled modules were sent via ship to Finland for installation and commissioning. The crystalizer units for AmS and Nis were the only units assembled on site. The project commenced in 2019 and commissioning for the plant started in 2021.
Scope of works on the project included:
- Structural Design:
- General and Project Coordination
- Structural design according to the Eurocode (structures manufactured in China and erected in Finland).
- Material Specification (extreme temperatures)
- Area 1631 Cobalt Sulphate Crystallisation
- Area 1632 Nickel Sulphate Crystallisation
- Area 1633 Ammonium Sulphate Crystallisation
- Fabrication Drawings:
- Area 1631 Cobalt Sulphate Crystallisation
- Area 1632 Nickel Sulphate Crystallisation
- Area 1633 Ammonium Sulphate Crystallisation
- Fabrication and Construction Quality Assurance:
Christodoulou Estate Development, Gauteng
Project: Luxury Housing Development: Detail Structural and Civils Design
Nurizon was appointed to undertake the structural and civils detail design for a luxury, 5-unit housing development in the Waterkloof Ridge area of Pretoria. The professional services appointment included the bulk water and wastewater services designs, wet services reticulations, site earthworks design and geometric profiling, pavement design for the internal access roads and structural engineering designs.
Evergreens Fresh Produce Market, Gauteng
Project: Shopping Development: Detail Structural and Civil Engineering Design
Nurizon was appointed to undertake the structural and civil engineering detail design elements of a new fresh produce market development for Evergreens in Kempton Park, Gauteng (property development by Triple J).
The professional services appointment included the bulk services designs, stormwater attenuation infrastructure design, site earthworks and geometric planning and design of the site (earthworks platform profiling, roads geometry etc.); pavement designs for the internal roads and parking areas; and the structural engineering design for the market building structure itself.
Also part of the appointment was the geotechnical investigations and dolomitic stability evaluation. The investigations consisted of the following elements:
- Desk study – previous investigations undertaken;
- Rotary core drilling;
- Borehole profiling;
- Test pit profiling and sampling;
- Laboratory testing;
- Analysis;
- Foundation design; and
- Dolomitic Stability Evaluation.









