Construction Blasting

Example of Construction blasting - 00:11 sec (720kb)

Explosives can be a very useful tool to lightly pre-condition and crack hard rock to assist mechanical excavation ground-engaging tools. It is not necessary to violently "blast" rock all over the place. Quality construction blast design and implementation can be done just a few metres from existing structures and services above and below ground. Vibrations, noise and disturbance can be calculated and minimised.

The benefits to a project manager or contractor are time savings, reduced period of disruption to localities and communities, and substantial cost savings due to greater productivity and utilisation of machinery.

  • CURRENT - All aspects of opencut commercial blasting.
    • Tender Assistance, Safety, Risk Management
    • Designs, Cost estimations, Product Recommendations.
    • Auditing of Mine Drill & Blast Safety, Procedures and Optimisation.
    • Problem Solving, Incident and Misfire Response Management.
    • Special Methods, Wall Control, Fragmentation.
    • Productivity, Optimisation, Mine-to-Mill Studies.
  • Construction Blast Design and improvement
  • Civil engineering, Roadworks and Excavations
  • Initiation Systems design and development
  • Tunnelling and Cut-and-Cover blast design
  • Accredited Safety and Blasting skills Training
  • Advise, design, execute unusual, sensitive construction projects.
  • Control vibrations, airblast, flying fragments, locality disruption
  • Building foundations, assistance to mechanical equipment
  • Calculate, predict environmental effects of blasting in critical areas.
  • Feasibility studies for construction explosives applications
  • Legal investigations, reporting and representation
  • ONGOING - Optimisation design and controls - critical environments.
  • 2004 to 08 - Advanced technical support to the Construction industries Australia-wide.
  • 2003 - Hydro dam tunnel blast designs (NSW).
  • 2003 - Underground shaft risk assessment and design approvals - City Melbourne.