Engineering Services

Construction of embankments to provide containment for mine tailings or water management application. We have designed and constructed dam embankments with heights of up to 200 m, utilising soil and rock construction materials, with geosynthetic and other unique membrane lining systems, which highlights the diverse technical capability of our team.

Our Dams Engineering team provides high-calibre expertise for any project, with capability in the full range of dam construction types.

Dam break and failure impact assessment is an important part of the dam design process, supporting assessment of inundation extent, population at risk analysis and Consequence Category assessment for any setting. ATC Williams has state of the art capability for undertaking dam break analyses for both Newtonian and Non-Newtonian fluids.

Engineer of Record and Auditing Specialities

ATC Williams is resourced to provide highly qualified Engineers of Record to the mining industry. As a fundamental part of tailings dam governance, our dams group includes a core of dam engineers possessing well over 20 years’ experience that provide the expertise necessary to exceed industry standard EoR prequalification needs. We act in partnership with clients to ensure high levels of due diligence and industry compliance, critical to ensuring the ongoing safety and security of dam structures.