Publications

07 Oct 2025
Mining and Metals

Powder engineering as a strategic lever in mineral processing

The race to electrify, miniaturize technologies and decarbonize industrial processes is fuelling growing demand for high value-added materials. At the heart of this transformation is powder engineering.
Benoit Desjardins, P.Eng.

Senior Engineer, Operational Readiness and Commissioning
07 Feb 2023
Mining and Metals

Managing hectic projects with agility and efficiency
- Bernard Gilbert, P.Eng.
  
  Principal Project Manager, Project Management Services
26 Jan 2023

Ingenious women – Angela Hsu
- Angela Hsu, P.Eng.
  
  Department Manager, Mechanical and Structural
25 Jan 2023
Power and Renewables

Digital technology helps industrial companies rebuild trust
- Jean-François Beaulieu
  
  Director, Digital Consultant
11 Jan 2023
Power and Renewables

Circular economy: Industry is revving things up. Here's how.
- Jérôme Pelletier, P.Eng., M.B.A.
  
  President and Chief Executive Officer
22 Dec 2022

Ingenious Women – Hassiba Lkoun

''This year, I went to an underground mine for the first time. At 260 metres below ground, I realized that just a year earlier, I was on top of a wind turbine. It’s extraordinary work; I’m involved in all types of projects. Power system studies have always been my thing because I love racking my brain to figure out how to make things work that don’t.
Hassiba Lkoun, P.Eng., M.A.Sc.

Director, Engineering and Business Operations, Operations - Salt Lake City
14 Dec 2022
Power and Renewables

Implementing a production management and monitoring system: the importance of preliminary studies
- Branko Radulovic, P.Eng.
  
  Senior Engineer, Operational Technology and Infrastructure
28 Nov 2022
Power and Renewables

Reverse osmosis: a reliable technology
24 Nov 2022

Ingenious women – Mélanie Chouinard
- Mélanie Chouinard, P.Eng., M.Eng.
  
  Director, Innovation
07 Nov 2022
Power and Renewables

Multi-tiered bracing systems design
18 Oct 2022
Mining and Metals

Using 3D laser scanning in project life cycles

3D laser scanning is a powerful tool that can be used in all project stages, ranging from planning, concept design and detailed engineering to construction and operations.
Kristian Leach, C.Tech.

Principal Designer, Civil
14 Oct 2022

Ingenious women – Isabelle Leblanc
- Isabelle Leblanc, P.Eng.
  
  Vice-President, Mining and Metals Market
22 Sept 2022

Ingenious women – Jenn Wilson
19 Sept 2022
Energy and Chemical Processes

Ammonia revisited: carbon-free fertilizer, hydrogen carrier and fuel—from alleviating famines to contributing to a carbon free planet
- Joe Nava, P.Eng.
  
  Global Director, Advanced Fuels and Chemicals
01 Aug 2022
Mining and Metals

Three strategies for ventilation control in underground mines
21 Jul 2022

Ingenious women – Valérie Houle

“I find it normal to see women in engineering. It’s such interesting and wonderful work; why wouldn’t women want to do it, too? As a civil engineer, above all, I’m fascinated by structural aesthetics and complexity. I love studying the behaviour of structures in detail and thinking about the aspects that will ensure that future occupants are comfortable and safe.
Valérie Houle, P.Eng., M.Eng.

Department Manager, Structural
15 Jul 2022
Power and Renewables

Ten potential pitfalls to avoid when designing a power plant at altitude
- Nicholas Allen, P.Eng.
  
  Engineer - Energy and Air Quality
10 Jun 2022
Mining and Metals

How to effectively establish static head while sizing centrifugal pumps in mining applications
- Roman Dorfman, P.Eng.
  
  Principal Engineer, Piping
21 Apr 2022
Mining and Metals

Chute design: what you need to understand and the relevance of the DEM tool
18 Apr 2022
Power and Renewables

When is voltage safe?
- Éric Breault, P.Eng.
  
  Senior Engineer, Electrical - Power Systems, Protection and Control
12 Apr 2022
Power and Renewables

Bringing data science to wind energy, driving the energy transition forward

Wind energy is among the most promising renewable energy sources today. It’s reliable, renewable and emission-free and is increasingly attracting attention worldwide.1 However, the wind fluctuates enormously, depending on site and field characteristics, and its diurnal and seasonal variations are constantly being felt. Given its intermittent and stochastic nature, it is more challenging to predict wind speed and power.
07 Apr 2022
Power and Renewables

Collaborative approach: sensible use of 3D models for steel structures
- Patrice Pelletier, P.Eng.
  
  Department Manager, Structural
30 Mar 2022
Power and Renewables

Successfully digitalizing electrical infrastructures
28 Feb 2022
Power and Renewables

Application of photogrammetry on rock slope characterization
21 Feb 2022
Power and Renewables

Migrating a distributed control system: modernizing industrial controllers and I/O boards
14 Feb 2022
Power and Renewables

Pile design and construction

Piles are structural elements in a foundation that have the function of transferring a combination of vertical and horizontal loads from the superstructure through weak soil strata and terminating them onto a competent dense soil or bedrock.
Masood Meidani, P.Eng., Ph.D.

Senior Engineer, Civil
04 Feb 2022
Power and Renewables

Advances in the design of geosynthetic reinforced soil (GRS) retaining walls
- Cong Xu, Ph.D., EIT
  
  Geotechnical Engineer
31 Jan 2022
Power and Renewables

Digital power systems: an influencing tool in asset management
- Lyle Neumann, P.L. Eng., C.E.T., S.C.O.
  
  Department Manager, Industrial and Renewable Power
21 Jan 2022
Power and Renewables

Managing ICS cybersecurity incident response: going beyond containment, eradication and recovery
- Pierre Janse Van Rensburg, GCIH
  
  Senior Consulting Expert, ICS Cybersecurity
04 Jan 2022
Power and Renewables

Metal powder production: quality control is crucial
- Benoit Desjardins, P.Eng.
  
  Senior Engineer, Operational Readiness and Commissioning
13 Dec 2021
Mining and Metals

Stress-strain analysis of tailings facilities subject to dynamic loads

Numerous mining-related infrastructures have been built and operated across Canada and the world, and it is a common practice to analyze the stability of their tailings facilities. However, it remains challenging to do so when they are subject to dynamic loads, including earthquakes and blasts. Dynamic stability of tailings dams is commonly evaluated by using the pseudo-static method for low-risk regions. Such a simplified method can provide quick and cost-effective inputs. However, based on limit equilibrium analysis, it tends to oversimplify the dynamic response of tailings prone to liquefaction. In August 2020, following several recent catastrophic failures of tailings dams worldwide (e.g., Mount Polley in Canada, and Fundão and Brumadinho in Brazil), an international standard, Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM 2020), was formulated with more stringent seismic design criteria. In this context, BBA offers a more advanced approach, based on stress-strain (i.e., deformation) analysis, to specifically address stability problems for tailings storage facilities (TSF) that are subject to dynamic loads.