A Solution to Each Problem
Engineering studies
- Conceptual, scoping, pre-feasibility and feasibility-level geomechanical studies
- Geomechanical mine design for various mining methods
- Geomechanical data review and consolidation, and gap analysis
- Geomechanical site characterisation
- Empirical, analytical and numerical stability analyses of open pit and quarry walls
- Empirical, analytical and numerical stability analyses of underground excavations and pillars
- Advanced numerical analyses of a wide range of problems with inelastic formulations
- Elaboration and management of geomechanical risk profiles
- Assessment and mitigation of geomechanical risk
- Design of large underground excavations
- Ground support design for static and dynamic conditions
- Drilling and blasting engineering, including design and implementation of:
- Horizontal and vertical development blasts
- Shaft-sinking blasts
- Production blasts (on surface and underground)
- Presplit and post-trim blasts
- Smooth and cushion blasts
- Trench blasts
- Mass-blasts
- Large-scale choked destress blasts
- Targeted blasts for narrow ore zones in open pit miness
- Elaboration of anisotropic site-specific blast-induced vibration attenuation curves in various materials (rock, soil, backfill)
Technical support
- Mining in high stress and failing ground conditions
- Mining in strong bursting ground
- Mining in weak squeezing ground
- Mining in failed ground
- Instrumentation
- Elaboration of GCMP, SOP, TARP and other documents
- Ground control and drilling-and-blasting practice reviews and audits
- Safety reviews
- Incident investigations
- Ground fall investigations
- Due diligence reviews
- Seismicity and rockburst reviews
- Expert witness (for litigations and Court cases)
- Training courses for engineering and production personnel (customised accordingly)
- Geomechanics, ground control, ground support, numerical modelling
- Blasting engineering
- Vibration monitoring and analysis
- Technical coaching of site staff
- Technical assistance to site personnel
- Close technical support to site staff
- Blast damage control in tunnel surfaces, and pit and stope walls
- Blast-induced vibration surveillance and control
Research and development
- Participation in field trails, steering committees and/or review boards for geomechanical and blasting-related research and development projects.
Contact us at info@a2gc.ca for more information