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What a wonderful event.  The BOHOGS and BBUGS Suppliers Day keeps growing and getting stronger and 2015 was no exception.  Attendees from the mining companies, consultants, suppliers, contractors and researchers were all present to make the event happen. A big thank you to all presenters for making themselves available on the day and we wouldn't be where we are without our sponsors supporting the Geotechnical Societies. Presentations will be made available via the members section of the website in the coming days along with this years site visit presentations.  With 23 presentations available there was plenty of opportunity to learn. Further details can be found [...]

The Judges had many nominations to consider for 2015 with industry geotechnical engineers going above and beyond in the geotechnical field accompanied by supporting many new initiatives of benefit to the Queensland and New South Wales mine sites. After some tough deliberations it was decided to that two worthy recipients would be crowned the 2015 Geotechnical Practitioner of the Year. Congratulations to: • Alison McQuillan. Alison's ongoing commitment to the BOHOGS group and her post-graduate study is a testament to the passion she has for the discipline and her ongoing desire for professional development. • Nicole Tucker. Nicole's dedication to providing [...]

See below, Alison McQuillan's review of the two BOHOGS meetings from earlier this year... "The first QLD BOHOGS meeting of 2015 was hosted by Ensham on March 11. Attendance was in excess of 20 (crows included geotechs and suppliers) which was great to see. Attendees were provided an overview of Ensham operations by Ensham Senior Geologist Travis Heaps, followed by presentations by Jordan Wilson (of BMA) on Geotechnical Stand-off’s WRT rockfall hazards and Alex Duran (of PSM) on Prism Monitoring practices. John Latilla (of AMC Consultants) then provoked some discussion with his Downgrading of Lab Results to Rock Mass Strength presentation [...]

The BOHOGS committee would like to wish everyone a happy new year, we hope that everyone enjoyed some well deserved time of with family and friends over the holiday period. This is just a brief update to close out a few items that are lingering from 2014... NSW BOHOGS GALENA Training and HVO Site Visit (6th and 7th Nov) Another successful event with 11 attendees for the GALENA training (6th Nov) and 13 members turning out for the HVO presentations and site visit (7th Nov). Feedback for the GALENA training was good, with everyone in attendance taking something from the meet. [...]

As agreed when we began this journey of amalgamating the QLD and NSW branches, it's time to nominate candidates for the 2015 - 2016 committee. Nominations now open for the following positions: Chair, Vice-Chair, Treasurer, Secretary, Webmaster, Membership Co-ordinator, General Members (QLD & NSW). Send nominations to John Latilla @ jlatilla@amcconsultants.com by November 23 2014 Download the flyer below: BOHOGS call for committee nominations

Firstly, we are pleased to announce that the amalgamation of the BBOCGS & HOGS groups has now been registered officially with Office of Fair Trading and we are now operating as the combined Bowen Hunter Opencut Geotechnical Society (or BOHOGS for short). The first meeting of the newly established BOHOGS took place on the 24th & 25th September with 16 attendees for both the Caval Ridge mine tour and the GALENA training in central Queensland.   BOHOGS attendees for the Caval Ridge mine tour. A big thank you to John and Keith for taking the time to run the Galena training. [...]

BBOCGS is pleased to annouce the launching of HOGS - the Hunter Valley Open Cut Geotechnical Society. The inaugural meeting will be held on Tuesday 12 November and hosted by Thiess - Mt Owen. Click here for official flyer To RSVP - contact Adrienna Brown @ anbrown@thiess.com.au Get excited, Get involved!