Landform Design for Sustainable Mining
VANCOUVER, BC (October 19, 2022) — Spaces are still available for the Landform Design Institute’s second in-person landform design short course, slated to run November 2–4, 2022, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The course provides practical “how-to” advice on designing, building, reclaiming, and monitoring mining landforms and landscapes that reliably meet declared land uses, goals, design objectives, and design criteria. In addition, the “how-to” guidance is presented within the broader strategic thought process that informs landform design.
The course consists of lectures and exercises. Case histories will be presented and analyzed to provide real-world examples of landform design using a wide range of resource types and climate settings.
Presenters include LDI Chair Gord McKenna (of McKenna Geotechnical), Mike O’Kane (LDI Technical Advisory Panel Chair and a senior technical advisor at Okane Consultants), and Lois Boxill (an independent mine closure specialist), along with LDI Technical Advisory Panel Members Justin Straker (a soil scientist at the Integral Ecology Group), and Jerry Vandenberg (a chemist with Vandenberg Water Science), among others.
The deadline for registration is October 28, 2022, at 5 pm MST. Register here:
eventbrite.com/e/landform-design-short-course-2022-tickets-354996954447
The short course fee is CDN $1895 (+5% GST) per person. Corporate, individual, and student members of the Landform Design Institute receive a 20% discount. Student and individual memberships are available at landformdesign.com. The fee covers three days of instruction, breakfast, lunch, morning and afternoon coffee, and electronic versions of course materials. (Fees do not include dinners or accommodations.)
Landform design is an emerging process used to reconstruct mine lands in a more responsible and sustainable manner. It is both a “thought process” and a set of tools, which allows industry, regulators, and communities to work together to minimize residual risks, optimize opportunities, and reduce the costs required to progressively reclaim landscapes with confidence and pride. Done well, landform design leads to a positive mining legacy — it is a pillar of sustainable mining. It allows mines to meet their commitments and earn the trust of regulators and local communities. Landform design “begins with the end in mind,” resulting in the highest industrial and ecological value for current and future land uses.