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MONDAY 27th APRIL
OPENING
8.30
Meeting Room - Rhône 3
Opening Remarks
President of EFEE
President of Société de l’Industrie Minérale - GFEE
Fédération Nationale des Travaux Publics - SYNDUEX
Chairman of Technical Committee
DEMOLITION 1
Session Chair: Rob Farnfield
Johan Finsteen Gjødvad
Gilles Roch
Christian Tridon
Rob Farnfield
Meeting Room - Rhône 3
9.00
Design for demolition of the 3.2 km Storstroemsbridge,
Denmark.
Erik Krogh Lauritzen and
Trine Holst Veicherts
9.30
Synchronized controlled explosive demolition of six
industrial buildings at Mandoudi, Greece.
10.00
Blast demolition of the AfE-Tower in Frankfurt.
Elias Baliktsis, Alexander
Baliktsis, Stephen Baliktsis, and
Charles Moran
Eduard Reisch and Rainer
Melzer
10.30
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT : 1
Session Chair: Alain Blanchier
11.00
11.30
12.00
Meeting Room - Rhône 3
BREAK
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Session Chair: José Carlos Góis
Meeting Room - Rhône 2
Human response to structure-related perception
strength of vibration and its significance to blasting
works.
Transmissibility of blasting vibrations from rock to mount
–Part 2
Rolf R. Schillinger.
Using the UK’s Explosive Substances and Articles National
Occupational Standards to improve performance.
D. Clarke.
P. Segarra, J.A. Sanchidrián,
R. Castedo and L.M. López
EUExImp – The European Explosives Sector
Implementation of Occupational Standards.
Erik Nilsson.
Synergy between drilling/blasting and loading/hauling for
a combined reduction of CO2 emissions.
P. De Pasquale and
A. A. Alvarez-Castro.
Explosives safety competence linked to UK National
Occupational Standards – our experience.
A.S. Lovell and S. Dooley
12.30
BLAST OPTIMISATION : 1
Session Chair: Pablo Segarra
Meeting Room - Rhône 3
LUNCH
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Session Chair: Samir Mukhopadhyay
Meeting Room - Rhône 2
14.00
Structure from Motion for blast planning.
A. Gaich and M. Pötsch.
New range of optimised emulsifiers for emulsion
explosives applications.
14.30
Controlled specific energy concept for quarry blasting.
Effect of industrial fuel type on stability of emulsion
explosives.
15.00
Rock Fragmentation Analysis in Mines and Quarries Using
Portable 3D Stereo Imaging.
Ricardo Chavez,
Gilles Jauffret, and
Pierre De Pasquale
A. Azmin, B. Sameti, I. Bell,
D. Ko, I. Wan and S. Tafazoli
N.Hodgson, C.Temple-Heald,
H.Sarginson, C.Davies, J.Creasey,
and C.Ward
Ellina Kharatyan, Piet Halliday,
Cheryl Kelly and Larry Wilson.
Nickel hydrazine nitrate – A primer for commercial
initiators.
A.N. Gupta and
N.V. Srinivasa Rao
15.30
CASE STUDIES : 1
Session Chair: Jerry Wallace
Meeting Room - Rhône 3
BREAK
INITIATION SYSTEMS
Session Chair: Frédéric Meulle
Meeting Room - Rhône 2
16.00
Control Blasting Challenges on the Bear Creek Hydro
Project.
Ron J. Elliott and
Corry Goumans
Investigations of non-electric detonators and
conclusions.
H. Krebs, U. Hasenfelder,,
D. Schäfer and A. v. Oertzen
16.30
Electronic blasting at the Flesland Airport construction
project in Bergen, Norway.
V. Olsen and T.S. Hunt.
Development and application of a non-electric detonator
with an electronic delay module.
Andrey Ivanov.
TUESDAY 28th APRIL
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT : 2
Session Chair: Mark Pegden
Meeting Room - Rhône 3
SAFETY, SECURITY AND RISK
Session Chair: Jørgen Schneider
Meeting Room - Rhône 2
8.30
A study on vibration isolation effect of damping holes in
excavation blasting.
Wu Congshi, Li Gang and
Yang Dianguang.
Global studies of the levels of risk of flyrock.
Alain Blanchier.
9.00
Delay timing between explosive charges as a new
parameter to predict and control vibrations.
P. Bernardo and
F. Negreira.
Guaranteeing safety against firedamp and coal dust
explosions for blasting operations in German coal mining.
H. Krebs and A. von Oertzen
9.30
Vibration Controlled Blast Design and Monitoring Close
to a Dam.
H.A. Bilgin and
Y. Dagasan.
Rock fragmentation by blasting risk management – 20
ways to create value.
Trevor N Little.
10.00
Comparison of existing methods and new approach to
forecast blast induced ground vibration. A case study
from Moha quarry (Belgium).
E. Chevalier and
J. Chevalier.
Multifunctional device for explosion detection.
E. Mataradze, M.Chikhradze,
N. Bochorishvili, N.Chikhradze,
And S. Marjanishvili
10.30
BLAST OPTIMISATION : 2
Session Chair: Ricardo Chavez
Meeting Room - Rhône 3
BREAK
REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS
Session Chair: Jörg Rennert
Meeting Room - Rhône 2
11.00
New 3D Explosives Energy Distribution Concept.
Thierry Bernard.
Better results with the German quality mark „Demolition
Blasting RAL 519“
W. Werner and M. Hopfe
11.30
Application of drill and blast design practices for the
optimisation of fragmentation at ROM Heap Leach
operations – the importance of true engineering
discipline.
Safe blasting - proper vibration prognosis.
William R. Adamson.
Danish experiences with obtaining regulatory approval
for explosives storage facilities.
C. A. Andersen, S. Qvist and
K. C. Jørgensen
B. Müller, B. Litschko and
U. Pippig
Experiences with the pan-European Implementation of a
track and trace software - challenges, solutions and
prospect.
Frank Hirthammer
12.00
12.30
DEMOLITION : 2
Session Chair: Erik Lauritzen
Meeting Room - Rhône 3
LUNCH
CASE Studies : 2
Session Chair: Rob Farnfield
Meeting Room - Rhône 2
14.00
New formulas for charge weights in blast demolition.
Rainer Melzer
Cliff Blasting Techniques for Successful Blast in Very
Sensitive Area.
Thierry Bernard and
Thierry Partouche.
14.30
Blasting Demolition of the part of the Bellevue Hotel.
M. Dobrilović, V. Bohanek, and
V. Škrlec
Controlled blasting practice at sensitive urban areas for a
metro rail construction project in India.
M. Ramulu and
M. Gurharikar.
15.00
Control blasting technology for bridge with prestressed
continuous concrete beams.
Effect of non-accurate drill depth on the cost analysis of a
foundation excavation blasting.
Y. Dagasan, H.A. Bilgin and
E.N. Tanriseven.
15:30
Feasibility study on the drilling and blasting of piers and
subsequent impacts on the environment.
Mingsheng Zhao, En’an Chi,
Xing Wei, Song Yue, Rui Zou
and Zhi-jun Song.
Jørgen Schneider
16.00
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