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1. PETER McGOUGH
NATIONALITY Australian
FORMAL QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor of Engineering (Geological Engineering), 1st Class Honours, 1992
RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
KEY AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Project Management – Management of Prefeasibility Studies, Final Designs and Construction Programmes
Geological and Geotechnical investigations for major infrastructure projects
i.e. roads, railways, tunnels, structure foundations, tailings dams, pipelines, cuttings, quarries, construction
materials search, camps etc.
Geotechnical impacts and solutions for construction projects,
i.e .embankments on soft marine soils, stabilised foundations for high loads, construction sequencing for soft
foundations and/or piling, identification of deleterious founding conditions and materials, identification a of
specialist construction materials, slope and excavation stability,.
Construction specifications for highways/roads/railways, and associated bridgeworks, cuttings, reinforced slopes and
embankments.
Design and implementation of geotechnical instrumentation systems for monitoring and performance management
of mining and construction projects
RECENT EMPLOYMENT HISTORY AND MAJOR DUTIES
July 2007 – Present: Consultant / Director
PGM Geotechnical Pty Ltd
Recent Major Projects and Roles
Project : Adelaide Desalination Plant
Client: APP Corporation / SA Water
Role: Independent Verifier – Tunnels and Marine Structures
[Design and Construction]
Principal Tasks:
Managed designers and contractors compliance with
contractual requirements for design, construction, quality,
durability, safety and environment.
Liaised directly with Contractor’s Project Manager, Quality
Manager, Design Manager and Construction Engineers to
promote procedures which will ensure certificates of
practical completion and design compliance could be
achieved.
Undertook independent technical review of all designs, and
construction documentation, for: Onshore and Onshore
Piling, Tunnels, Shafts, Cavern, and Marine Structures and
Underwater Excavation.
Undertook construction surveillance and verification to
ensure compliance with designs and specifications for all
Tunnels, Shafts, Cavern and Marine Structures.
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2. Project : Mesa A Mine Infrastructure and Rail Load Out Tunnel, Design and Construction
Client: HWE Mining
Role: Geotechnical Advisor / Senior Project Engineer
Principal Tasks:
Developed an infrastructure site investigation, design program,
and design brief that fitted budgetary and time constraints.
Managed the design system and process to ensure safety,
environment and quality requirements were met, and profitable
and effective project designs services were delivered
Directly managed site surveys, geotechnical, metallurgical, and
borrow materials investigations. Managed subcontractor
compliance with all Rio Tinto and HWE permits, procedures,
and environmental constraints
Managed materials testing program and materials testing
subcontractor during investigation and construction phases.
Inducted and trained all site personnel in site safety and
environment procedures.
Consultant to Tender, Design and Construction Teams; advising
on geotechnical impacts on tunnel and building foundations, rail
formation, cut slopes, construction material availability,
construction methods, sequencing, and quality control.
Investigated and proved up > 1Million m3of Borrow Materials
for construction
Designed and installed monitoring system for Reclaim Tunnel
Identified significant discrepancy in stockpiled Ore Bulk
Density. Managed investigation and verification process which
clarified its negative impact on initial tunnel foundation design
as well as highlighted potential contractual benefit in payment
for additional tonnage of ore stripped and stockpiled.
Project: Cockatoo Island Mining Below the Sea - Stage 3 Expansion – Cockatoo Island, WA
[Pre-Feasibility, Feasibility and Final Design for Offshore Sea Wall].
Client: HWE Mining and Portman Mining
Role: Assistant Design Manager
Principal Tasks:
Established and agreed the design concepts to ensure it met
client requirements
Developed a site investigation, design program, and brief that
fitted budgetary and time constraints
Managed the design system and process to ensure quality
requirements were met, and profitable and effective project
designs services were delivered
Directly managed design team comprising geotechnical, ocean
and coastal, structural, hydro-geological, hydro-graphic, survey,
project planning and design review consultants
Provided technical review of all work on the project.
Ensured progress of all design concepts from to prefeasibility
design to feasibility design to selection of preferred design
within 18 months.
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3. Project : Gorgon LNG Tanks
Client: Leighton Contractors
Role: Geotechnical Advisor
Principal Tasks:
Advised on the potential impacts of variable founding conditions, and potential cavities on LNG tank
foundations, their construction methods and costs.
Advised on seismic zoning and its impact on potential construction methods.
Designed deformation monitoring system for LNG tanks.
Undertook inspections and provided geotechnical advice for French design team
Project : BHP RGP5 Rail Duplication, Port Hedland to Newman
Client: Leighton Contractors
Role: Geotechnical Advisor
Principal Tasks:
Advisor to successful tender team for 220km rail section.
Advised on potential geotechnical impacts on: bridge and pile
foundations, construction methods, railway formations, cutting
excavation methods, slope stability, and construction material
availability.
Undertook preliminary on site materials search and resource
evaluation
Project : Turner River Bridge Piling (BHP Port Hedland to Newman Railway)
Client: BHP/ SKM
Role: Senior Project Engineer - Geotechnical Certification of Bridge Piles
Principal Tasks:
Site Certification of very large diameter Rock Socketed Piles using down
the hole hammer techniques with casing advancer.
Project : Bunbury Port Access Road and Bridges
Roe Highway Duplication
Inpex Development, Maret Island
Client: Leighton Contractors
Role: Geotechnical Advisor
Principal Tasks:
Advisor to tender teams.
Advised on geotechnical impacts on: bridge and pile
foundations, construction methods over water, embankment
settlement, subgrade conditions, bulking factors, groundwater
control, and construction material availability.
Geotechnical modelling of subsurface profiles
Specification and supervision additional geotechnical
investigations.
Project : Lang Hancock Rail way – Construction Claim
Client: Leighton Contractors
Role: Geotechnical Advisor
Principal Tasks:
Technical advisor to client on successful large contract claim with respect to change in ground conditions
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4. April 2004 – June 2007: Instrumentation and Monitoring Manager, and
Senior Project Engineer - Geotechnical
Leighton Kumagai Joint Venture, New Metro Rail – City Project, Perth WA
Project Details : Rail Tunnel under Perth CBD and foreshore. Comprising over 1km of Strutted Excavation, 1.4km
Twin Bore TBM Tunnels, 2 underground rail stations. Value > $350M.
Directly managed a team of 19 engineers, geologists,
technicians and surveyors, and over 5000 instruments.
Managed drilling, installation and logging of over 500
geotechnical and instrumentation boreholes, dewatering,
and recharge bores
Managed numerous architectural, ground improvement,
dewatering, drilling, geotechnical, and hydro-geological
sub-contractors throughout the project.
Managed building condition inspections for over 150
buildings, incident investigations, and preventative
works before, during, and after tunnelling. Responsible
for Emergency Response Plans and Procedures for
tunnelling.
Responsible for all budgeting, cost control and reporting
aspects for the Instrumentation and Monitoring
Department
Responsible for interpretation and reporting of all
groundwater, surface, subsurface, and building
movements to the relevant project stakeholders.
Responsible for continual updating of geotechnical and
groundwater model throughout the project and provision
of specialist geotechnical design and interpretation as
required.
Liased directly with Construction Manager, Area Managers, and Tunnel Managers, and Project Directors
to ensure construction progress was being achieved in a safe and timely manner.
December 2002 – March 2004: Senior Geotechnical Engineer,
AngloGold Australia, Sunrise Dam Gold Mine, WA
Directly managed a team of 2 geotechnical
engineers, 2 technicians, and 2 student engineers.
Following a very large slope failure; developed
and managed an investigation and slope re-design
program that fitted budgetary and time
constraints.
Successfully initiated and developed a slope
dewatering program in soft saprolitic sediments
to prevent a repeat of previous large scale pit wall
failures and mud-flows.
Initiated and managed a crest management
improvement study.
Procured and Managed; drilling contractors,
subcontract geologists and structural geologists, blasting, geotechnical, hyrdro-geological and review
consultants for the above three projects
Managed day to day geotechnical issues and monitoring within a very large open pit and underground
mining operation mining approximately 60 Million m3 per annum, with ongoing failures and large scale
slope movements.
Provided ongoing design and technical input into slope and underground stability issues
Instigated, developed and established a formal pit slope management system, including training for
relevant personnel
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5. August 2001 - November 2002: Senior Geotechnical Engineer,
WS Atkins Cork, Ireland
Management of all geotechnical and earthworks related projects.
Project Management and certification of annual overburden pre-
strip and in-pit construction including hauls roads, access roads,
drainage and ancillaries for Knocknacran Gypsum Mine.
Inspection, supervision and verification of earthworks, foundations,
and piles for several major highway and bridge construction
projects on behalf of resident engineers. Provision of ongoing
construction advice and other specialist geotechnical input to
resident engineers, project managers and contractors during
construction of these projects
Preparation of Specifications, Bills of Quantity, and Award of
Tenders for Geotechnical and Geophysical Investigations, and also
for major Highway and Structures construction. Tender value(s)
typically ranging from $1 million to in excess of $100 million
Detailed geotechnical design for highways; including
embankments, over bridges and under bridges, piled
foundations, reinforced earth retaining walls and bridge
abutments, and strengthened embankments.
Investigation, design and specification of remedial
solutions for slope failures, rock hazards, sinkholes under
roads and commercial developments.
Provision of specialist geotechnical advice for into town
planning, environmental, property development,
hydrogeological, water supply and wastewater projects.
Client liaison, market development, preparation of tender
submissions,
March 2001 - May 2001: Consultant Geotechnical Engineer (Contract),
Knight Piésold, Perth, Australia
Provision of Specialist Geotechnical Advice and Design Inputs for:
o the design of waste dumps and integrated tailings
dams in steep seismically active terrain.
o the design, assessment and recommendation of
potential remedial options for founding a tailings
dam on karst terrain.
o evaluation and reporting on the storage capacity
and stability of future tailings dam raises.
Provision of specialist mining related experience and
waste disposal strategies for feasibility studies.
May 2000 – December 2000: Senior Geotechnical Engineer (Contract),
Porgera Gold Mine, Papua New
Guinea.
Group engineer responsible for the supervision,
professional development and training of 7 local staff in
geotechnical mapping, logging, monitoring and analysis
techniques.
Project management and co-ordination of a large
geotechnical budget ($2 million per annum),
specification and award of sub-consultant contracts.
Project Management of Feasibility Study for new waste
dump. Design manager for of survey, geotechnical,
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6. hydro-geological, environmental, ethnographic components.
Day to Day geotechnical input in a very large open pit and underground operation (250,000 tonnes/day),
incorporating: slope inspections and redesign, safety audits and risk assessments, blast monitoring, and co-
ordination of waste dumping procedures to erodible and stable dumps.
Design, implementation and ongoing analysis of pit and waste dump monitoring systems involving,
piezometers, inclinometers, prisms and GPS stations,
Infrastructure Safety Management including monitoring and inspection of all onsite and offsite
infrastructure, including airport runways, access roads, water supply dams, pipelines, power lines,
limestone quarries, plant sites, accommodation villages, etc.
Jan 1999 – March 2000, Senior Geotechnical Engineer,
Dec 1992 - Dec 1998, Geotechnical Engineer,
BFP Consultants Pty Ltd, Melbourne and Perth.
Project and Design Management of drilling and site investigation programmes, design process, and
reporting for numerous open pit and underground mine feasibility studies, cutbacks or expansions.
Group engineer responsible for client development, marketing, tendering and project management of all
civil geotechnical projects.
Specification, investigation, design, and reporting for numerous highway, road, mining infrastructure and
property developments.
Management of extensive materials testing, road investigation and gravel search programs.
Relief Laboratory Manager as required.
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT HISTORY TO ABOVE
Aug 1992 - Nov 1992, Computer Laboratory Supervisor & CAD Tutor,
RMIT Faculty of Engineering, Melbourne.
Mar 1992 - July 1992, Geotechnical Engineer (Part Time),
Maunsell Pty Ltd, Melbourne.
Nov 1991 - Feb 1992, Vacation Student - Research Engineer,
BHP Research Laboratories. Remediation Technologies Group, Melbourne.
May 1991 - Nov 1991, Environmental Engineer (Part Time),
Geo & Hydro Consultants, Melbourne.
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7. PUBLISHED PAPERS / INVITED PRESENTATIONS
1. Invited Guest Speaker: Special Seminar on Geotechnical Instrumentation for Deep Excavations
and Tunnelling. Institution of Engineers of Singapore, Geotechnical & Transportation
Engineering Technical Committee, April 2006 .
2. McGough, P.G., and Williams, M. (2007). Geotechnical Instrumentation and Monitoring.
Proceedings of New Metrorail City Project – Tunneling and Underground Structures, Perth Seminar,
pp. 81 to 136. Perth, Australia, September 2007.
3. McGough, P.G., (2007). Thermal Calibration of Strain Gauges for High Quality Strut Load
Measurement. Common Ground: Proceedings of the 10th Australia New Zealand Conference on
Geomechanics, pp. 2-348 to 2-353. Brisbane, Australia, 21-24 October 2007.
4. McGough, P.G., (2008). Prediction of Ground Settlement Response to Sheet Pile Extraction.
Foundations: Proceedings of the Second BGA International Conference on Foundations, ICOF2008,
pp. 1061 to 1074. Dundee, Scotland, 24-27 June 2008.
5. McGough, P.G., (2009). Discussion on “Experiences with Post-Construction Retesting of
Engineered Clay Fills” by B C Burman, G Mostyn and D Piccolo. Australian Geomechanics,
Vol 44, No.2, June 2009
6. McGough, P.G., (2010). A Method for the Prediction of Soaked CBR of Remoulded
Samples from Standard Classification Tests. To be published in Australian Geomechanics,
Vol 45, No.4, December 2010
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8. PROJECT EXPERIENCE : CIVIL GEOTECHNICAL & MINING INFRASTRUCTURE
Roads, Rail and Transport Infrastructure:
4 Road Bridges - Warmun to Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia
Management of geotechnical investigation,
Undertook client liaison, geotechnical analysis, foundation design, and reporting including assessment of
construction options with client.
New Metro Rail Project, Perth, Western Australia
Management of all technical, analytical, contractual and budgeting aspects for Instrumentation and Monitoring of a
large underground rail project involving over 1km of strutted excavation, 1.4km twin bore tunnelling, two
underground stations, and over 5000 monitoring instruments.
Management of relationships with all external stakeholders and
Interpretation and reporting of all groundwater, surface, subsurface, and building movements with respect design
performance relative to excavation, dewatering and construction activities to the relevant project stakeholders.
RGP5 BHP Rail Duplication, Port Hedland to Newman, WA
Bunbury Port Access Road, Bunbury, WA
Roe Highway Duplication and Bridge, Caversham, WA
Inpex Development, Maret island, WA
Advised tender teams on potential geotechnical impacts on: bridge and pile foundations and their construction
methods , railway formations, cutting excavation method and slope stability, and construction material availability
Turner River Rail Bridge , Turner, Western Australia
On site geotechnical certification of 1m diameter drilled piles and rock sockets
N8 Glanmire to Watergrasshill Bypass, Co. Cork, Ireland
Ongoing project management and geotechnical advice to resident engineers during construction with respect to:
Management of investigation, and detailed design, and construction of strengthened embankments and stream
diversions,
Analysis, design and construction approval of contractor designed structures including underbridges, reinforced
earth walls and bridge abutments,
Construction material selection, testing and approval,
Groundwater control,
Suitable formation levels and materials, and allowable bearing pressures,
Pile design, testing and approval.
N25 Widening, Sally Park, Waterford, Ireland
Site Investigation management, detailed design and construction supervision of slope stabilisation measures within
former landslide to facilitate widening of existing N25 to 4 lanes.
N18 Ballycasey to Dromaland Bypass, Co. Clare, Ireland
Analysis of pile installation and design, provision of recommendations with respect to construction pile testing,
Analysis of pile testing and approval of pile design and construction for dual carriageway bridge overpass in highly
variable ground conditions,
N24 Carrick on Suir Bypass, Co. Tipperary, Ireland
Project management and contractor supervision during preliminary site investigations (SI) for 18km bypass,
Geotechnical analysis and interpretative reporting..
Preparation of Tender Specifications and Bill of Quantities for detailed site investigations.
Killkenny Bypass, Killkenny, Ireland
Mountmellick Bypass, Mountmellick, Ireland
Project management and geotechnical review of detailed site investigations for several bypasses
Preparation of Specifications and Bills of Quantity for construction stage tenders.
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9. Ord River Road Planning Study, Kununurra, WA
Mt Barker Bypass Planning Study, Mt Barker, WA
Geotechnical review and feasibility assessment of numerous road alignments and potential excavation and
foundation parameters
Southern Transport Corridor, Geraldton, WA
Beenup Mineral Sands Haulage Route, WA
Project management, supervision and reporting of detailed geotechnical investigations for existing and proposed
roads and bridges, materials testing.
Subgrade evaluation for sealed heavy haulage route and deep cut and cover operation for associated rail line.
Various, WA
Compaction control and contractual quality assurance.
Pavement material and subgrade evaluation at location of pavement failures.
Recommendation of pavement and subgrade repair treatments, and minimum design thicknesses for numerous road
sections.
Albany Highway, Perth, WA
Project management and co-ordination of search for basecourse and subbase quality gravels for construction of ten
passing lanes over a 200 km section of highway.
Quality assurance for basecourse gravel pit push ups.
Mining Infrastructure:
Mesa A Site Infrastructure, near Pannawonica, WA
Management of site investigations, laboratory testing, subcontractors, and consultants. Provision of ongoing
geotechnical advice, supervision and management during design and construct phase. Identification, and
investigation and assessment of borrow materials.
Cockatoo Island Stage 3 Expansion - Feasibility Study, WA
Management of design process and deliverables from Geotechnical, Structural, Hydrogeological, Coastal
Engineering and Peer Review Consultants.
Technical and analytical review of all consultant reports and guidance with respect to design inputs and
construction issues relevant to large offshore seawall construction and open pit mining operation.
Morobe Project, PNG
Evaluation of founding conditions, modelling and feasibility design of five large waste and tailings dumps in steep
seismically active terrain.
Mae Sod, Thailand
Evaluation of founding conditions, and potential for establishment of a Tailings dam on karst terrain.
Wandoo Crusher, Boddington Gold Mine, WA
Geotechnical and groundwater investigation. Feasibility level design of foundations for in pit crushing and
processing plant. Modelling of groundwater levels in pit wall using Modflow.
Granites Plant Site, The Granites, NT
Geotechnical review and feasibility assessment of plant site locations and excavation/foundation parameters
AUSI Steel DRI Plant, Point Samson, WA
Geotechnical investigations for feasibility design of foundations for plant infrastructure and overland conveyor.
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10. Batu Hijau, Sumbawa, Indonesia
Management and onsite supervision of geotechnical and groundwater investigations in remote mountainous jungle
location for detailed design of tailings and water supply pipelines, water supply dam, conveyor, power plants,
haulage and primary access roads, new town site for 6000 people, primary crusher, mill site and mine maintenance
facilities.
Three Mile Hill Pit Tailings Disposal, Coolgardie, WA
CNX Pit Tailings Disposal, Coolgardie, WA
Assessment of pit stability, life expectancy, capacity and settlement analysis, and preparation of NOI for combined
in pit tailings disposal and extension to surface impoundment.
Greenbushes Tailings Dam, Greenbushes, WA
Review of disposal and construction practises, wall stability, and provision of recommendations for improvement.
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11. PROJECT EXPERIENCE: MINE GEOTECHNICAL
Open Pit Mines:
Knocknacran Open Cast Mine, Ireland
Management of annual production strip. The Production Strips involve operations design in consultation with
Gypsum Industries, contract award and construction supervision of the overburden stripping, backfilling of mined-
out areas, surface reinstatement, and extensions to contaminated surface water control systems. The average
Production Strip involves the excavation of 580,000m3 of overburden material, and deposition in alternative areas
where mining has been completed, along with construction of suitable drainage, haul roads, access ramps and
other ancillaries as required.
Sunrise Dam Gold Mine, Western Australia
Porgera Gold Mine, Papua New Guinea
Supervision of and training of staff in geotechnical mapping, logging, monitoring and analysis techniques.
Project management and co-ordination of a large geotechnical budget,
Day to Day geotechnical input in open pit, underground and waste dump operations,
Design, implementation and ongoing analysis of pit and waste dump monitoring systems involving, piezometers,
inclinometers, prisms and GPS stations,
Slope performance assessment and redesign as required,
Underground support assessments and stope design as required,
Geotechnical input into wall blasting improvements.
Co-ordination and monitoring of dumping operations to erodible and stable dumps,
Monitoring of all onsite and offsite infrastructure, including water supply dams, pipelines, power lines, quarries,
plant sites, accommodation facilities, etc.
Mount Cassiterite Open Pit, Wodgina, WA
New Cobar Pit, Cobar, NSW
Spodumene Pit ,Greenbushes, WA
Cornwall Pit, Greenbushes, WA
Federal Pit, Mt Pleasant, WA
Transvaal Mine, Southern Cross, WA
Marvel Loch Mine, Marvel Loch, WA
Bluebird East Pit, Meekatharra, WA
Brocks Creek Deposit , Northern Territory
On-site orientated geotechnical logging, drill rig supervision, geological and geotechnical mapping, and materials
testing for development of new pits and/or pit cutback.
Structural analyses, identification of geotechnical domains and potential failure mechanisms, rockmass
characterisation, stability analyses. Recommendation and reporting on batter and overall slope geometries,
excavation characteristics and ground support for pit optimisations, cut-backs or operating pits.
Analysis of highway/road stability behind pit walls.
Western Queen Deposit, Mt Magnet, WA,
CSR Quarry, Gosnells, WA
Challenge Pit, Higginsville, WA
Harmony Pit, WA
Black Swan Pit, Cue, WA
Sabodala Deposit, Senegal, West Africa
Nyabigena and Nyabirama Deposits, Tarime, Tanzania
Geotechnical assessment, failure back analysis, identification of geotechnical domains and potential failure
mechanisms, rockmass characterisation, modelling of pit wall stability. Recommendation of safe batter slope
geometries, and excavation characteristics.
Rawas Mine, Sumatra, Indonesia
Co-ordination and supervision of large geotechnical and geological drilling program.
Geotechnical logging, data processing, structural analysis and determination of open pit slope angles.
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12. Site investigation and determination of foundation design parameters for plant site foundations and waste dump
pads.
Geotechnical and metallurgical sample collection and implementation of on-site laboratory and field testing
program combined with off-site testing program.
Advice on trafficability, excavation and blasting characteristics.
General site supervision and liaison, including temporary project manager of up to 100 people at a very remote
location.
Preparation of mine sections and plans using Micromine.
Assistance in definition of geological model and ore reserves.
Granites Gold Mine, Northern Territory
On-site drill supervision, core logging and data processing of Callie deposit.
Implementation of large material testing program including data analysis.
Assistance with mine modelling and stability analysis.
Underground Mines:
Porgera Gold Mine, Papua New Guinea
Lights of Israel Underground, Davyhurst, WA
Gulbadi Underground, Tolukuma , Papua New Guinea
Mineral Hill Mine, Mineral Hill, NSW
Revenge Mine, Kambalda, WA
Nyabirama, Tanzania
Underground mapping, orientated geotechnical logging, ground support assessment, data processing and structural
analysis.
Analysis/design of suitable stope spans for underground mining operations.
Zod, Meghradzor and Ararat Mine sites, Armenia
Seismic risk assessment for several underground and open pits
Northparkes Mine, Parkes, NSW
Geological and geotechnical logging, and rockmass classification of over 4000 m of underground development for
new block cave mine.
Implementation of open pit and underground mapping procedures, data entry and automated file generation for
uniform data presentation and analysis.
Data translation and evaluation of all exploration drill hole data and open pit mapping data. Training and
supervision of geological personnel in evaluating geotechnical data from other deposits.
Determination of structural domains and design sectors for the E27 pit. Identification of major discontinuities and
probable failure mechanisms for each design sector. Formulation of major defect sets and material properties for
UDEC modelling of final pit.
Open pit major structure mapping of over 5000 m of pit walls. Formulation and implementation of monitoring
procedures with site personnel.
Way Linggo, Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia
Geotechnical logging and evaluation of exploration drilling of 80 holes.
Drilling and site supervision in remote isolated locations.
Implementation and training of drillers, geologists and local personnel in geotechnical drilling and logging
procedures.
Junction Mine, Kambalda, WA
CSA Mine, Cobar, New South Wales
MAP3D stress modelling of stope sequencing.
Transvaal Mine, Western Australia
Analysis of Stress Measurement Data.
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