1. Aniseh Dadashi “Special Presentation: Commingling Waste Rock and Tailings: Advancing the State-of-the-Art Practices in Mine Waste Management”
2. Alannah Gray Hubbard “Coal Mountain Mine Waste Dump Re-Sloping Modelling and Execution”
3. Brad Tiver “Case Study: Engineer of Record Transition Process at a Complex Site”
4. Darrin Johnson “Reconstruction of an Acid Generating Waste Rock Tailings Containment Dam Using Sheet Piles”
5. Gabriella Wahl “Assessment and Characterization of Mine Water Sludge for Storage Capacity Management at Britannia Mine”
6. Helvecio Duarte “Integrating GISTM Guidelines in TSF Water Balance Models: Case Studies from the Pilbara, Australia”
7. James Fox “An Adaptive Approach to Mine Tailings Storage Facility Seepage Collection Systems”
8. Scott Gover “Elicitation Framework to Support Expert Judgment in Tailings Risk Assessments”
9. Ying Zhang “Numerical Modeling of Settlement in an Oil Sands Tailings Pond with Vertical Strip Drains”
10. Ana Claudia Telles “Shear Strength of a Loose Unsaturated Iron Ore Tailings Under Different Loading Conditions”
11. Antonio Souza “Drained Instability of the Fundão Sandy Tailings Under Lateral Extrusion and Principal Stress Rotation”
12. Hamed Behzadipour “The Effect of Biochar on Acid Generation and Cyclic Liquefaction of Oil Sand Tailings”
13. Joanna Chen “Case Study of Flowslides for Mine Waste Dumps from Mobilization to Runout”
14. Erin Thomas “Deep Soil Mixing for a Tailings Dam Seepage Cutoff Wall – Lessons Learned”
15. Jason Obermeyer “Eagle Mine Case History: Methods and Monitoring for Subaqueous Tailings Deposition in a Pit Lake”
16. Jun Xiong “Conceptual Evaluation of Thermal Regime of Tailings Dam Associated with Seepage Flows”

1. Akhter Hossain “Effect of Confining Stress on Liquefied Undrained Shear Strength Ratio of Tailings: A Comparison of Cone Penetration and Advanced Laboratory Test Data”
2. Gerrie Le Roux and Rogan Werder-Bigham “The Impacts of CO2 Mineralisation on Geotechnical Properties of Brucite-Bearing Ultramafic Tailings”
3. Chris MacMahon and Katherine Price, “Empowered TARPs”
4. Kimiko Rengifo Arakaki and Riccardo Fanni “Case Study: On the Influence of CSL Curvature to Characterise the State Parameter of Sandy Tailings Using CPT”
5. Mahmoud N. Hussien “Tailings Dam Stability in a Transitory Scenario”
6. Michael Etezad “CPT Penetration Rate Effect on Interpretation of the State Parameter and Undrained Shear Strength of Mine Tailings”
7. Morteza Esfehani “Interpreting In-Situ State Parameters Through the Lens of Depositional History”
8. Patrick Mwamba “TSF Monitoring - Connecting the TARP to the ERP: Application Scenarios at Peñasquito TSF”

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As the role of the Engineer of Record (EOR) and other critical industry roles (RTFE/ITRB) continue to evolve, so too must the way we develop and support current and future professionals. Recognizing the growing complexity of the EOR role, driven by the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM) and broader societal expectations, WSP has developed an internal competency framework to address this critical skills shortage and support on-the-job development of tailings engineers.

While this framework strengthens our own teams, we believe there’s significant value in establishing an industry-wide approach. By aligning across mining companies and service providers, WSP believes the industry can elevate the practice and ensure a consistent, high-quality standard for EORs globally and provide a path that could be adopted for other critical industry roles.

At WSP, we understand that responsible mining includes the effective management of all types of mine waste. We provide advice and develop tailings and waste management approaches that align with evolving standards and best practices throughout the entire mining life cycle. Our technical expertise, global governance programs, and deep understanding of risk enable us to create innovative solutions that improve stakeholder outcomes. By integrating hazard identification, risk assessment, and control methods early in the design process, we mitigate health and safety risks and safeguard communities and the environment.

Leveraging our global network, we build bespoke teams with diverse skill sets to meet the unique requirements of each project. Utilizing innovative solutions in conjunction with proven technologies to create opportunities for improved stakeholder outcomes, our team takes a holistic view, incorporating ESG principles at every phase of a mine and facility.