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  "language": "en",
  "interfaceLanguage": "en",
  "url": "https://voltformer.com/news/stantec-woodsmith-shafts-hoisting-feasibility-2026",
  "slug": "stantec-woodsmith-shafts-hoisting-feasibility-2026",
  "category": "epc-contractors",
  "publishDate": "2026-07-09",
  "sourceName": "Stantec",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.stantec.com/en/news/2026/stantec-selected-woodsmith-project-feasibility-study-north-yorkshire-uk",
  "readingTimeMinutes": 2,
  "tags": [
    "Stantec",
    "EPC",
    "Engineering"
  ],
  "content": {
    "title": "Stantec selected for Woodsmith shaft and underground feasibility engineering",
    "summary": "Anglo American selected Stantec as an engineering and project-delivery partner for the Woodsmith feasibility study in North Yorkshire. The appointment covers hoisting, shafts, material handling and underground infrastructure for the proposed polyhalite fertilizer mine. Stantec works with Anglo American and Fluor, with the latter also providing feasibility services. The source describes constraints on surface structures, noise and light beneath the North York Moors National Park, including underground placement of important headframe infrastructure. This is a defined study and engineering role, not an announcement that Stantec owns the mine, operates production or holds all construction contracts.",
    "sections": [
      {
        "heading": "Official announcement and scope",
        "paragraphs": [
          "Anglo American selected Stantec as an engineering and project-delivery partner for the Woodsmith feasibility study in North Yorkshire. The appointment covers hoisting, shafts, material handling and underground infrastructure for the proposed polyhalite fertilizer mine. Stantec works with Anglo American and Fluor, with the latter also providing feasibility services. The source describes constraints on surface structures, noise and light beneath the North York Moors National Park, including underground placement of important headframe infrastructure. This is a defined study and engineering role, not an announcement that Stantec owns the mine, operates production or holds all construction contracts."
        ],
        "sources": [
          {
            "name": "Stantec",
            "url": "https://www.stantec.com/en/news/2026/stantec-selected-woodsmith-project-feasibility-study-north-yorkshire-uk"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "heading": "Engineering interpretation",
        "paragraphs": [
          "Underground mine design connects hoisting duty, shaft geometry, material flows, maintenance access and construction sequencing. Moving infrastructure below the surface adds interfaces with excavation, support systems, ventilation and emergency arrangements that should be resolved during engineering. Feasibility work tests options and establishes assumptions for later decisions; it is different from demonstrating installed equipment performance. The protected-landscape setting makes the relationship between surface footprint and underground layout especially relevant. A contractor comparison should use the documented shaft and infrastructure responsibilities instead of assigning the entire resource-development program to a single engineering partner. Installation and maintenance access should therefore be evaluated together."
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
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    {
      "slug": "stantec",
      "name": "Stantec",
      "href": "/epc-contractors/stantec",
      "website": "https://www.stantec.com",
      "aliases": [
        "Stantec",
        "ستانتك",
        "Stantec Inc."
      ]
    }
  ]
}