CONTACT

Dr. Peter Kaiser
Director, GRC
(705) 675-1151 x. 6517
pkaiser@mirarco.org

More than a decade of experience in R&D in geomechanics and geotechnical engineering to promote safe and economic ore recovery.

OUR SPECIALITY AND EXPERTISE

• FIELD TESTING AND SITE CHARACTERISATION
• LABORATORY TESTING AND FULL SCALE EXPERIMENTATION
• GROUND CONTROL AND MINE DESIGN
• NUMERICAL MODELLING

GROUND SUPPORT

• Static and impact testing of components / systems
• Performance assessment
• Laboratory and field testing of spray-on linings
• Support in burst-prone ground

MINE DESIGN

• Rock Index Testing
• Site characterisation and geomechanics mapping
• Risk / hazard assessment

Risk of dilution (stress and geological control)
• Rockburst hazard
• Pillar design
• Tailing dam stability assessment

ROCK EXCAVATION

• Full-face tunnel boring machine performance
• Drillability assessment
• Rock fragmentation

INSTRUMENTATION and MONITORING

• Borehole video logging for damage characterisation
• Borehole and ground penetration radar investigation
• Near field seismic monitoring
• Deformation and stress change monitoring
• Quantification of rock mass damage by microseismic monitoring
• Stress measurements by under-excavation technology (UET)
• Rockburst damage characterisation

NUMERICAL MODELLING

• Prediction of brittle rock mass failure
• Rock Failure Process Analysis (RFPA)
  • 2D and 3D modelling of underground excavations
  • MAP 3D

Professional Development Seminars

GRC offers on-site professional development seminars for mining and geotechnical engineers. Recent seminar topics include:

• Rock mass failures in hard rock mining
• Shotcrete technology for the mining industry
• Ground control for non-specialists
• Risk and reliability for mining geomechanics
• Blast fragmentation
• Support in burst-prone ground
• Practical cablebolt design and implementation
• Instrumentation for ground control monitoring
• Geomechanics issues for excavations at depth