Joe Seery

• Master of Engineering Science (Mining Geomechanics)
• Managing Director at Bastion Geotechnical Pty Ltd

A recent critical observation of geotechnical practice by Jakubec (2013) highlighting “…the accuracy of input data for… models based on core and outcrop observations, is not improving.”, and “…data quality is getting worse” has been a motivator for the development of globalized geotechnical data management processes at AngloGold Ashanti operations...

Shareholder value is driven by how well we, as the mining industry, can design, plan and mine. Well established reconciliation processes and reporting standards are utilised to ensure that the actual mining activities and the different planning cycles are effective and efficient for the specific life-of-mine plan. Its success is driven by the robus...

Modelling of anisotropic strengths has become increasingly popular with geotechnical engineers since 1999. This paper highlights the author's experience in the adoption of this methodology in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. A typical failure mechanism in footwall lithologies of stratabound iron ore deposits in the Pilbara includes planar s...

Geological modelling provides a means of spatially representing the three dimensional distribution of geological information to downstream stakeholders. The geologist completing the modelling work intimately understands the varying degrees of confidence, assumptions and extrapolation required to honour the data. Geological models are often taken an...

A geotechnical data management system has been developed to manage drillhole and mapping data generated from in house and consultant administered field programs. This system comprises a data collection interface with integrated validation, processing and reporting functionality. Development of the database required careful consideration of how and...

The compilation of factors associated with the construction of a slope has been collectively termed the Excavation Compliance Indicator. The Excavation Compliance Indicator is a tool that can be used to quantify the adherence to slope design in the operational mine environment. It is the collection of measurements pertaining directly to Batter Face...