BOHOGS will be hosting a Technical Forum in Brisbane on Thursday, 3rd of April 2025. Date: Thursday, 3rd of April 2025 Location: The Sebel Brisbane Hotel Center Albert / Charlotte St, Brisbane City QLD 4000 Agenda: 12:30 PM to 1:00 PM – Arrival / Sign in – Tea & Coffee 1:00 PM – Softwall Mining Experience at a Bowen Basin Coal Mine (Peter Chern, Coronado Global Resources) 1:45 PM – Investigation of a Spoil Pile Failure (Jordan Wilson, BHP Mitsubishi Alliance) 2:30 PM – Modelling deformation behaviour of a faulted footwall (John Simmons, Sherwood Geotechnical and Research Services) 4:00 PM to [...]

BOHOGS will be hosting a Technical Meeting in Brisbane on Friday, 25th of July 2025. Date: Friday, 25th of July 2025 - 12:30 to  6:00 PM Location: The Sebel Brisbane Hotel Center Albert / Charlotte St, Brisbane City QLD 4000 Agenda: 12:30 to 1:00 PM – Arrival / Sign in – Tea & Coffee 1:00 to 1:30 PM - Lewis Harmsworth (Stanmore): The effects of defect orientation and subfloor rockmass strength on lowwall stability 1:30 to 2:00 PM - Greg Kennedy (PSM): Geotechnical Management and Challenges, Callide Coal Mine 2:00 to 2:30 PM - Sache Aumua (BMA): Evaluating Buttress Performance Against Ongoing Creep [...]

GroundProbe is pleased to welcome attendees to the upcoming Platinum Plus Sponsor Event & Technical Meeting on Thursday the 16th October 2025. This event is a chance to catch up with fellow BOHOGS members and see what’s new in geotechnical monitoring. Highlights include a physical demo of the new Series 5 radar, along with an introduction to the latest SSR software. The program will also feature two case studies featuring Glencore and BMA sites, plus highlights from GroundProbe’s 2024 Geotechnical Scholarship winners, Oskar Clare and Josh McBay, and an update on the 2025 geotechnical scholarship for university students. Date: Thursday, 16th October 2025 [...]

BOHOGS & BBUGS are pleased to announce that it will be co-hosting a Rock Laboratory Testing Workshop. This workshop will provide a practical introduction to key laboratory testing methods of rocks, with a particular focus on coal measures rocks and its application to coal mine geotechnical engineering. Date: Monday, 27th October 2025 Venue: The University of Queensland, St Lucia Agenda: 9.30 AM to 12 PM – Theory Part #1 12 PM to 12.30 PM – Lunch Break 12.30 PM to 2 PM – Theory Part #2 2 PM to 3 PM – Site visit to UQ rock testing laboratory Online Event: [...]

BOHOGS will be hosting our final Technical Meeting for the year and AGM in Brisbane on Thursday, 27th of November 2025. EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST BOHOGS COMMITTEE 2026: for more info regarding current vacancies and nomination details click here. Date: Thursday, 27th of November 2025 – 12.30 PM to 6 PM Location: The Sebel Brisbane Hotel Center Albert / Charlotte St, Brisbane City QLD 4000 Agenda: 12:30 to 1:00 PM – Arrival / Sign in – Tea & Coffee 1:00 to 1:30 PM – Annual General Meeting 1:30 to 2:00 PM – Sache Aumua (BHP): Evaluating Buttress Performance Against Ongoing Creep 2:00 to 2:30 [...]

The IDS GeoRadar team are pleased to invite you to the official launch of our new slope stability radar, ArcSAR Neo! The ArcSAR Neo is an exciting addition to our portfolio, delivering unmatched data clarity through a new radar sensor capable of true 3D acquisition. Key benefits of the Neo include full 3D spatial resolution for clearer data, a 360° HDR camera synchronised with radar data, and an extended monitoring range of up to 6 km for earlier detection of slope failures. Designed for ease of use and flexibility, Neo offers super-fast deployment, an intuitive user interface, three configurable specifications to [...]