Headframe for the new, 40-ton Service Hoisting System–designed, built, and installed by FKC-Lake Shore.
Headframe and 85-man Service Cage installation in progress for the new, 40-ton Service Hoisting System–designed, built, and installed by FKC-Lake Shore.
12-ft. diameter Friction Hoist Drum being installed with the 40-ton Service Hoisting System.
Bunton steel sets being installed in the 24-ft. diameter, concrete-lined shaft.
FKCI's mine development crew drilling the final production round.
Conventional shaft sinking underway for Warrior Met Coal's new service portal.
CONTRACTOR: Frontier-Kemper Constructors, Inc. & FKC-Lake Shore
START DATE: January 2019
COMPLETION DATE: March 2021
Frontier-Kemper Constructors, Inc. and FKC-Lake Shore were contracted to supply Warrior Met Coal, LLC with a complete, turn-key package for the No. 4 Mine's new service portal. Our scope of work included:
24-ft. Diameter Shaft–Conventionally Excavated
Shaft Depth: 1,740 ft.
Sump Depth: 20 ft.
4-Way Station
40-Ton Friction Service Hoisting System
85-Man Service Cage
Electrical Controls
Headframe
Sheave Clusters
The system was operationally commissioned in March 2021.
PRODUCTS & SERVICES:
CONTACT INFO:
Frontier-Kemper Constructors, Inc.
1695 Allen Road
Evansville, IN 47710