Underground Drilling Facility
Completed turn-key project for Wilson County Holdings' underground drilling facility
Material Handling Winch and Service Hoist designed, built, and installed by FKC-Lake Shore.
Underground tunnel constructed using Drill-and-Blast methods preparing for invert pour in.
Emergency Escape Shaft with Hoisting System and Dual Fan with air lock—designed, built, and installed by FKC-Lake Shore.
The first piece of casing being lowered into the Emergency Escape Shaft.
Drilling Gallery: Preparing the airtrack for installation of the ground support.
Hole-through of the raise bored Emergency Escape/Vent Shaft
PROJECT DETAILS:
MARKET: Petroleum
MINE: Fredonia Facility
OWNER: Wilson County Holdings, LLC
CONTRACTOR: Frontier-Kemper Constructors, Inc.
START DATE: April 2013
COMPLETED: October 2014
- Main Access Shaft (Conventionally Excavated)
- Underground Drilling Gallery
- Emergency Escape/Ventilation Shaft (Raise Bored)
- Tunnel Connecting the Two Shafts (Drill & Blast Methods)
- Permanent Headframe and Hoisting System
- Hybridized Ventilation/Emergency Escape Hoisting System
Frontier-Kemper and FKC-Lake Shore completed construction in October 2014.
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