BOHOGS

BOHOGS End of Year Event Brisbane
2024-12-19 15:00 - 20:00 (Australia/Melbourne)
BOHOGS members, get ready to celebrate! 🎉 BOHOGS is excited to host our End of Year Event in Brisbane on Thursday, 19th December 2024!
Let’s come together to reflect on an incredible year and look ahead to an even brighter one next year. A huge thank you to our amazing members and BOHOGS sponsors for your support throughout 2024. We can’t wait to see you there!
Date:
Thursday the 19th December 2024 from 3:00pm onwards.
Venue:
Riverland
167 Eagle St, Brisbane City QLD 4000
RSVP:
Please RSVP to Gurshaan Virk (gurshaan.virk@bhp.com) by Wednesday the 18th of December.

BOHOGS Saraji Mine Site Visit QLD
2025-03-12 11:00 - 18:00
BOHOGS will be hosting a site visit at Saraji Mine (QLD) on Wednesday 12th of March, 2025.
Site visit numbers are now full – thanks to everyone that has RSVP’d so far.
The technical session of the site visit will be hosted on Webex – so please look out for the online meeting details, closer to the date.
Date:
Wednesday 12th March, 2025
Time: 11am – 3:00pm followed by social drinks / networking at local venue in Dysart
Location:
Saraji South (see map below)
Site Access recommended time 10:30-10:45
PPE required – Hart hat, work boots, glasses, high vis. We will have some spares, but hopefully people can bring their own.
Agenda:
To be announced.
RSVP:
Site visit numbers are now full.
The meeting will not be hosted online due to sensitive site information being presented.
About Saraji Mine:
The Saraji mine is an open pit coal mine located near Dysart in Queensland’s Bowen Basin on the traditional lands of the Barada Barna people. It is one of Australia’s largest mines, by recoverable coal reserves. Saraji mines the Moranbah Coal Measures, blending from up to 11 coal seams.
Saraji South:

BOHOGS Technical Forum – Brisbane
2025-04-03 12:30 - 18:00
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 6:00 PM – Networking, finger food and social drinks

RSVP:
To RSVP for the event, please email Jiwoo Ahn (jiwoo.ahn (at) rocscience.com) by Tuesday 1st of April 2025. In person RSVP is only required.
Online Meeting Link:
Online meeting details will be sent two days before the event to all BOHOGS members via email.

BOHOGS Technical Meeting - Brisbane
2025-07-25 12:30 - 18:00
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
2:30 to 3:00 PM: Break
3:00 to 3:30 PM: Marc Elmouttie (CSIRO): Multi-sensor approaches for slope deformation and rockfall monitoring
3:30 to 4:00 PM: Kobi Song (Red Earth Engineering): Planning and executing a comparative site investigation of coal tailings
4:00 PM onwards: Networking event

RSVP:
It isn’t too late to RSVP for this Friday’s event, please email Jiwoo Ahn (jiwoo.ahn (at) rocscience.com). In person RSVP is only required.
Online Meeting Link:
Online meeting details will be sent three days before the event to all BOHOGS members via email.

GroundProbe Platinum Plus Sponsor Event & Technical Meeting 2025
2025-10-16 14:00 - 17:00
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
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm (doors open from 1:30 pm for refreshments and networking)
Location:
Event/Meeting:
Orica Limited, Level 2, 38 Southgate Ave, Cannon Hill QLD 4170
• Please do not come to the GroundProbe office as it will be closed for renovations.
Getting to the location (Orica Cannon Hill)

On-street parking is limited.
The best option is Delsie St, Cannon Hill (approx. 7 min walk to the venue).
Alternative options include Taxi/Uber or train (5 min walk from Cannon Hill Station).

Drinks & Dinner:
Il Modo, 1B Oxford St, Bulimba QLD 4171
• It is a short drive from the event to the restaurant.
• Parking is available under the restaurant.
• Paul Davies will organise transport to the restaurant. Please let him know if you need assistance.
• After dinner, the Bulimba City Cat ferry terminal is convenient to the restaurant.
Agenda:

1:30 pm – 2:00 pm – Open to networking and refreshments.
2:00 pm – 2:15 pm – Welcome & opening
2:15 pm – 2:45 pm – Introduction to the Series 5 radar features – Paul Davies, GroundProbe
2:45 pm – 3:15 pm – Capabilities of new software – MonitorIQ Next – Charl van Rhyn, GroundProbe
3:15 pm – 3:30 pm – Break
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm – Physical demonstration of the Series 5 radar – George Laugher, GroundProbe
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm – SSR Monitoring Case Study at BMA’s R16 at Goonyella Riverside Mine (GRM) – Ebrahim Awaty, BMA
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm – Hail Creek (Glencore) SSR-FX and SSR-XT data – Bob Craig, Glencore
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm – Event Close / Wrap-up
5:30 pm – 8:00 pm – Networking, Dinner & Drinks at Il Modo

RSVP:
To RSVP for the event, please email Paul Davis (paul.davies@groundprobe.com) before Tuesday 14th of October 2025.
Please also confirm

Will you be attending the event in person
Attending the dinner after the event

RSVP for IN PERSON & DINNER
RSVP for IN PERSON only

Online Meeting:
The Technical Meeting will be available online. An online meeting link will be send to all BOHOGS members (via email) the day before the event.

BOHOGS & BBUGS Rock Laboratory Testing Workshop
2025-10-27 09:30 - 15:00
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:
🔗 Register For Online Event Here
Presenters:
Theory
Dr Kai Koosmen
Kai Koosmen is a Principal Geotechnical Engineer at PSM with over 13 years of experience. The majority of Kai’s work is on the design, operation and risk management for open pit mining operations, waste rock dumps and tailings storage facilities.
Kai started his career working in mine operations and study-based roles for a major mining house, joining PSM in 2016 after undertaking his PhD research. Kai has worked on numerous mining and quarrying projects that span multiple commodities of varying geological and technical complexity. He currently serves as an external geotechnical advisor for several large open pit mines within Australia and has had significant involvement on major international projects, including Ok Tedi (PNG), Lihir (PNG), Cerrejon (Colombia), Ban Houyaxai and Phu Kham (Laos). These roles have included deployments into site-based operations teams and major design studies.
Lab visit
Mr Sebastian Quintero Olaya
Currently working as a Senior Research Officer/Lab manager of the Geomechanics Engineering Centre lab at UQ. Currently in projects related to instrumentation and long term monitoring of drying and wetting cycles of large scale columns with tailings or soil. Over 5 years of experience testing mechanical, physical and chemical properties of soil and tailings. Specific experiences in consolidation, direct shear, triaxial, SWCC, sensor instrumentation and characterization tests.
Dr Chenming Zhang
Dr Chenming Zhang is a specialist in monitoring and modelling hydrological processes in coastal/terrestrial groundwater systems and tailings storage facilities, in particular the evaporation induced mass and heat transport in soil/tailings, hydrogeochemical dynamics in aquifer systems and waste rock dumps. He has been developing IoT-based geotechnical and environmental instruments to monitor continuously and in real-time the weather, soil and water conditions.

BOHOGS End of Year Technical Forum & AGM
2025-11-27 12:00 - 18:00
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 PM – Kadek Hariyantha (Anglo American): Comparison of Interferometric Radar Data – Nano Radar vs. Slope Stability Radar
2:30 to 3:00 PM – Break
3:00 to 3:30 PM – Alex Duran (PSM): Runout Estimates for Footwall Failures
3:30 to 4:00 PM – Lee Hellen (Kurloo) – GNSS as a Source of Truth: Complementing Technologies to Reveal Meaningful Ground Shifts
4:00 PM onwards – Networking event

RSVP:
To RSVP for the event, please email Jiwoo Ahn (jiwoo.ahn (at) rocscience.com) by Friday 21st of November 2025. RSVP is only required for in-person attendance.
REGISTER FOR ONLINE EVENT:
If you would like to attend the event online, please register via the link below:
🔗 Register For Online Event Here

BOHOGS Christmas Event (Brisbane)
2025-12-11 14:00 - 17:00
BOHOGS members, get ready to celebrate! 🎉 BOHOGS is excited to host our End of Year Event in Brisbane on Thursday, 11th December 2025!
Let’s come together to reflect on an incredible year and look ahead to an even brighter one next year.
A huge thank you to our amazing members and BOHOGS sponsors for your support throughout 2025. We can’t wait to see you there!
Date:
Thursday 11th December 2025 – 2:00pm to 5:00pm.
Please be aware the event was bought forward to 2:00pm.
Venue:
Riverland
167 Eagle St, Brisbane City QLD 4000
RSVP:
Please RSVP to Gurshaan Virk (gurshaan.virk (at) bhp.com) by Wednesday the 10th of December.

IDS Platinum Plus Sponsor Event
2026-03-25 16:30 - 19:00
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 suit any monitoring scenario, and flexible hybrid or 100% battery powered options.
Please join us for a casual event where we will show you our new product, share insights into its development, and demonstrate how the next generation radar can support your business objectives. The event will also provide an opportunity to connect with our team, and network with industry peers.
Event Details:
Date: Wednesday 25th March
Time: 4.30pm – 7.00pm
Location: Rivershed, Howard Smith Wharves, 5 Boundary St (next to Felons Brewery)
Food & beverages will be provided.
Dress Code: Smart Casual
RSVP: Kindly RSVP by Friday 20th March by replying to this invitation or registering via the link here: IDS GeoRadar ArcSAR Neo Launch – Registration
We look forward to welcoming you.
Warm regards,
The IDS GeoRadar Brisbane Team
