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Coal
rock engineering
- Assist
mines without resident rock engineering practitioners and/or complement
existing rock engineering departments.
- Mining
design and layouts including pillar sizes, panel dimensions and orientation
to achieve optimal extraction.
- Rock
and roof support design for layouts and performance evaluation. Product
combinations and suitability to specific conditions.
- Numerical
modeling for analysis of mining layouts, mining sequence and support
performance using software such as LAMODEL, UDEC and FLAC.
- Compiling,
evaluating and updating the Mine's Code of Practice in terms of the
DME guidelines.
 Special
area monitoring.- Geotechnical
investigations.
- Geotechnical
instrumentation.
- Long
and short term research projects.
- Risk
analysis and management
Geotechnical
investigations
- Stress
mapping
- CMRR,
RMR etc. techniques
- Point
load testing
- Roof
core drillingPetroscope observations
Rock
Engineering Assistance
- Monitoring
of special areas like large sensitive underground excavations
- Mine
design and layouts including pillar sizes, panel dimensions and orientation
to achieve
optimal extraction.
- Geotechnical
and environmental evaluations of new mining methods.
 Research
on mining methods and layouts- Designing
of support patterns and systems and the combination with other products.
- Investigations
on performance of roof support systems by on-site pull testing and roofbolt
load cells
- Specialized
rock and roof support design and investigations.
- Shotcrete
design and compliance with design parameters.
- Auditing
of underground workings to check for compliance with the Code of Practice.
- Investigations
and analysis on the causes of rooffalls and roof behavior.
- Dispute
investigations in terms of rock engineering products.
- Contractor's
supervision in terms of rock engineering requirements
- Research
on pillar stability.
- Design
of explosion-proof and water bearing abandonment seals.
 Geotechnical
instrumentation
- Specialised
instrumentation development and installation.
- Sonic
Probe installations and measurements.
- Extensometers
for surface and underground use.
- Load
cell tests on roofbolts.
- Early
warning devices to guard against unexpected intersection or roof failures.
- Early
warning devices for subsidence control where sensitive structures are
involved.
Numerical modeling
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UDEC for 2D discontinuum
modeling, using the distinct element method. UDEC