BOHOGS

BOHOGS Technical Meeting and Social Event - GroundProbe
2023-06-08 14:00 - 18:00 (Australia/Melbourne)
BOHOGS will be hosting a Technical Meeting in Brisbane on Thursday the 8th of June 2023 where GroundProbe will be delivering technical presentations on Slope Stability Monitoring.
The technical meeting will be live streamed for BOHOGS members who cannot attend in person. Please see your email for the online meeting link sent on the 5/6/23, otherwise get in touch with a BOHOGS committee representative.
Date:
Thursday 8th of June, 2023
2:00pm – 5:00pm (Followed by a social event)
Location:
GroundProbe Brisbane Office
72 Newmarket Road, Windsor QLD 4030 Australia
Agenda:
2:00pm – Welcome / Safety Overview / Introductions
2:10pm – Overview of Precision Atmospherics
2:30pm – Setting up of Alarms
3:00pm – Using BlastVision for ground control
3:30pm – Radars for tailings dams
4:00pm – Tour of radar facilties + global reliability
4:30pm – Tactical use of radars in gold mines
5:00pm – Wrap up and attend “Beers and Pizza” social at Antica Pizzeria: 70 Kedron Brook Road, Wilston ( Finishing 6:30PM -7:00PM)
About GroundProbe:
GroundProbe is a global technology leader specialising in real-time solutions for measuring and monitoring geohazards
RSVP:
To RSVP for the event, please email Gurshaan Virk (gurshaan.virk (at) bhp.com) before Friday 2nd June 2023, confirming the following:
1. Whether you will be attending in person or online
2. If you are attending the social event (for catering purposes)
Online Link:
Please see your email for the online meeting link sent on the 5/6/23, otherwise get in touch with a BOHOGS committee representative.
BOHOGS 2023 SPONSORS:

BOHOGS Technical Meeting Brisbane
2023-03-31 12:30 - 17:00
BOHOGS will be hosting a Technical Meeting in Brisbane on Friday the 31st of March 2023.
Date:
Friday 31st of March, 2023
Location:
Hilton Brisbane – Room 83
190 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane 4000
Agenda:

12:30pm to 1:00pm – Arrival / Sign in – Tea and coffee
1:00pm – John Simmons & Stephen Fityus – “Then & Now – Coal Spoil Categorisation and Shear Strength”
3:00pm – Afternoon Break
3:30pm – Jafnie Muhsin, Anglo American – “Highwall Mining Case Study”
5:00pm – Networking, finger food and social drinks

RSVP:
To RSVP for the event, please email Gurshaan Virk (gurshaan.virk (at) bhp.com) before Friday 24th of March 2023.
Online Meeting Link:
See the BOHOGS event email for online meeting details or get in contact with a BOHOGS Committee member.
BOHOGS Committee

BOHOGS NSW - End of Year Catch Up and ACARP Technical Meeting Singleton
2022-12-20 12:00 - 17:00
BOHOGS NSW are hosting an end of year catch-up and ACARP technical meeting (presented by Dr Stephen Fityus) in Singleton (NSW) on Tuesday the 20th December 2022.
DATE:
Tuesday 20th December 2022
12-5pm (Australian Eastern Daylight Time)
LOCATION:
Charbonnier Motel
44 Maitland Rd, Singleton NSW 2330
AGENDA:
Presenter: Dr Stephen Fityus

12pm: Lunch
1pm: Session 1: Compression, wetting induced collapse and its consequences for hydraulic conductivity in rubblised coal measures rock (based on a recently completed experimental study of goaf).
1:45pm: Break.
2pm: Session 2: Modelling of groundwater conditions in waste rock dumps.
2:45pm: Break.
3pm: Session 3: Groundwater observations from an instrumented borehole in an active waste rock dump.
4pm: End of year social drinks.

RSVP:
Please RSVP to lkrick1 (at) thiess.com.au by Friday the 16th of December 2022.
ONLINE MEETING DETAILS:
Please refer to the BOHOGS email for details.

BOHOGS QLD - End of Year Catch Up 2022 - Brisbane & Moranbah
2022-12-08 17:00 - 21:00
Good Afternoon All,
As 2022 comes to a close, BOHOGS would like to invite all its members to an end of year catch up in Moranbah and Brisbane on Thursday 8th December 2022.
Unfortunately due to circumstances beyond the control of BOHOGS, the Brisbane event has moved from Hellcat Maggies to Isles Lane.
We look forward to seeing all those attending the Brisbane event tomorrow at Isles Lane at 5:00PM Thursday 8th December 2022.
The Moranbah event will continue as per plan. Please see below the details for both events.
Please direct any questions to gurshaan.virk (at) bhp.com.
BOHOGS Committee
BRISBANE:
Date: Thursday 8th December 2022
Time: 5:00pm
Venue: Isles Lane
Address: 10a/300 Queen St, Brisbane City QLD 4000
MORANBAH:
Date: Thursday 8th December 2022
Time: 6:30pm
Venue: Black Nugget Hotel (Bistro)
Address: 81 Batchelor Parade, Moranbah QLD 4744

BOHOGS Supplier's Day 2022
2022-11-24 09:00 - 16:00
The BOHOGS Supplier’s Day will be held in Capella on Thursday the 24th of November 2022.
DATE:
Thursday 24th of November 2022 – 9:30am to 5:00pm
LOCATION:
Capella Cultural Centre
89 Peak Downs St, Capella QLD 4723
AGENDA:

10.00am: Registration / Booths Open / Morning Tea
11.00am: BBUGS/BOHOGS Committee – Meeting introductions and administration
11.20am: Richard Campbell, Blackrock Mining Solutions – StrataLock-The Next Generation of Non-hazardous Low-temperature ground consolidation materials
11.40am: Simon Velasquez, Groundprobe – Measuring Geological Response to Controlled Blasting Near a Tailings Dam
12:00pm: Kent McTyer, DSI Underground – Nut Defect Testing Data: What was learned?
12.20pm: Lunch
1.00pm: BBUGS/BOHOGS Committee – AGM and Awards
1:20pm: Jordan Wilson, BHP – Goonyella Lowwall failure
2.20pm: Lance Steel, Maptek – LiDAR applications for Pit Slope Monitoring
2:40pm: Liz Elphick, CM&G – Decoding polyphase sediments using small-scale deformation structures.
3:00pm: Afternoon Tea
3:20pm: Shan Naude, IDS- Hexagon MineMonitoring – Total Open Pit Monitoring solutions
3.40pm: John Hislop, Strata Worldwide – Company Overview/Quality and Technical Testing Methods
4:00pm: BBUGS Committee – Concluding remarks
4:20pm: Networking

RSVP:

Register interest for event attendance with Dave Wallis (Dave.Wallis (at) geobrugg.com)
Webinar meeting requests will be emailed to all members
CPD certificates of attendance available for members

BOHOGS Site Visit & Technical Meeting - Mt Arthur Coal
2022-09-02
BOHOGS will host a site visit at Mt Arthur Coal Mine followed by a technical meeting in Singleton (Charbonnier Motor Inn) on Friday the 2nd of September 2022.
PLEASE NOTE: Entry requirements to Mt Arthur Coal Mine and MAS is double vaccination for COVID.
DATE:
Friday 2nd September 2022 – 9am to 5pm
LOCATION:
Mt Arthur Coal mine
500 Thomas Mitchell Dr, Muswellbrook NSW 2333
Charbonnier Motor Inn
44 Maitland Rd, Singleton NSW 2330
AGENDA:
9:00am – Visitors arrive and complete visitor inductions and site presentations
10:00am – Pit tour
12:30pm – Sign off site visitor register and leave site
1:00pm – Lunch at the Charbonnier Motor Inn, Singleton, NSW
2:00pm – Technical Presentations:

Klaus Thoeni/David Guccione (University of Newcastle): ACARP Project C29050 concerning photogrammetric monitoring
Simit Raval (University of New South Wales): Image based automated characterisation of waste materials.
Paul Davies (GroundProbe): GroundProbe technology update – BlastVision and Precision Atmospherics
Ian Brown (TAGAsoft) – 3D aspects of spoil stability

4:00pm – Afternoon tea and social drinks
NOTE: There are currently three confirmed presentations and room for one more. Please contact Liam Krick (LKrick1 (at) thiess.com.au) if you would like to present on the day.
TECHNICAL MEETING LIVESTREAM:
Depending on facilities, the technical meeting is planned to be livestreamed. Livestream details to follow closer to the event, if occurring.
RSVP:
Please RSVP by email to Kristian Knudsen (kristian.knudsen (at) bhp.com) or Liam Krick (LKrick1 (at) thiess.com.au) by Wednesday 31st of August 2022.

BBUGS ACARP Presentations Day & Dinner - Moranbah
2022-08-25
BBUGS is proud to announce that this year’s ACARP technical presentations day will be held on Thursday 25th August 2022 at the Moranbah Workers Club.
More details will follow closer to the date but for now, we ask you to RSVP if you are interested in attending the BBUGS-hosted dinner that will occur in the evening of Thursday 25th August.
Please email your RSVP to admin(at)bbugs.org.au.

BOHOGS Technical Meeting and Site Visit - Dawson Mine
2022-05-26
BOHOGS will be hosting its first site visit and technical presentation at Anglo American’s Dawson Mine. Visitor numbers are limited so get in early to secure your spot.
Please also note that site requires visitors to be vaccinated.
DATE:
Thursday 26th of May 2022
LOCATION:
Anglo American’s Dawson Mine
Dawson Highway, Moura, QLD, 4718
AGENDA:
10:00am – Visitors arrive and complete RAT test at the Covid Tent
10:30am – Sign onto site visitors register
10:45am – Technical Presentation (Okano Meeting Room)
12:00pm – Pit tour – Pits 6-8 and 9-12
2:30pm – Sign off site visitors register and leave site
About Dawson Mine:
Located at the southern end of the Bowen Basin, Dawson Mine is located a short drive from the town of Moura, QLD. It is approximately 2 hour drive from Rockhampton or Gladstone airport.

BOHOGS Technical Meeting Brisbane
2022-04-01 13:00 - 18:00
BOHOGS will be hosting a Technical Meeting in Brisbane on Friday the 1st of April 2022.
The technical meeting is planned for 1-5pm, with social drinks after the event.
DATE:
Friday 1st of April 2022
LOCATION:
Sofitel Brisbane Central – St Germain Room
249 Turbot Street, Brisbane 4000
AGENDA:

Yilin Gui – QUT – “Geotechnics Under Extreme”
Paul Davies – GroundProbe – “Technology Update for Tailings Dam Monitoring”
David Guccione – University of Newcastle – “Fragmentation of rocks upon impact in the context of rockfall”
4th Speaker TBC

Event planned for 1-5pm, with social drinks concluding the event.
If you are wanting to give a presentation at this BOHOGS event, please email Steve Gale (sgale (at) galetechnics.com.au).
RSVP:
To RSVP for the event, please email Steve Gale (sgale (at) galetechnics.com.au) before Tuesday the 29th March 2022.

UQ Engineering Careers Fair - BOHOGS Stall
2022-03-11
BOHOGS are hosting a stall at the 2022 UQ Engineering Careers Fair on March 11, 2022.
More details to come, once confirmed.

BOHOGS Suppliers Technical Day ONLINE
2021-12-01
Please note the change in date. Following feedback and availability of practitioners and sponsors, we have decided to move this year’s event online to allow greater participation and reach the BOHOGS members who are currently restricted for travel.
The annual BOHOGS Suppliers Technical Day will be held on Wednesday the 1st of December. This meeting is now an online event.
This will be an online meeting where suppliers/sponsors will present technical mining case studies and data related to their products or services.
BOHOGS SUPPLIERS:
Please register your interest to give a presentation at the Suppliers Technical Day by contacting Steven Gale (sgale (at) galetechnics.com.au) with the Presentation Title and Presenter by Tuesday November 30th 2021.
BOHOGS sponsors will be prioritised for presentations.
DATE:
Wednesday the 1st December, 2021
1-5pm (Brisbane time – AEST)
AGENDA:
1.00 – 1:15pm – Introduction and BOHOGS AGM
1:15 – 2.00pm – Rocscience
2.00 – 2.30pm – IDS
2.30 – 3.00pm – Groundprobe – Geological Response on a Tailings Dam during Control Blast
3.00 – 3.30pm – TagaSoft – TSLOPE 3D Slope Stability Analysis Update
3.30 – 4:15pm – Glen Guy/Bob Craig – Ramp 5S a 3D design success story
LOCATION:
Online Event, see BOHOGS email for Webex details.
RSVP:
Please RSVP to Steven Gale (sgale (at) galetechnics.com.au) by Tuesday November 30th 2021.

BOHOGS Online Technical Meeting - Machine Learning
2021-11-04 15:00 - 16:00
BOHOGS is hosting an online technical meeting via webex on Thursday the 4th November 2021. Jimmy Li from the The University of Queensland will be presenting “Machine Learning for Rock Properties Characterisation”.
CPD hours will be available.
DATE:
Thursday 4th November – 3:00-4:00pm (BNE time)
AGENDA:
Jimmy Li – Machine Learning for Rock Properties Characterisation
WEBEX MEETING LINK:
Please refer to BOHOGS email that was sent on the 22/10/21 for webex link and dial in details.

BOHOGS Technical Presentation Evening
2021-10-27 18:00 - 21:00
John Simmons will be re-sharing his previous presentation on ‘Recovering equipment post failure’ on the evening of Wednesday the 27th of October in Moranbah (Black Nugget Hotel – 1971 Room).
This is a closed event for geotechnical practitioners only due to the content being presented.
CPD hours will be available.
There will be light refreshments provided.
DATE:
Wednesday the 27th October, 2021 – Evening session (6pm to 9pm)
AGENDA:
John Simmons – Recovering equipment post failure
LOCATION:
Black Nugget Hotel (1971 Room), Moranbah
RSVP:
Please RSVP to Gurshaan Virk (gurshaan.virk (at) bhp.com) by COB Monday the 25th of October.
