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Mr John McGagh
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Slope Stability 2013 will provide a forum for open pit mining and civil engineering practitioners, consultants, researchers and suppliers worldwide to exchange views on best practice and state-of-the-art slope technologies. Best practice with respect to pit slope investigations, design, implementation and performance monitoring will be discussed during the symposium.

The ACG is delighted to host this symposium in Brisbane for the first time. Past symposia have been held in Vancouver, Canada, 2011; Santiago, Chile, 2009; Perth, Australia, 2007; and Cape Town, South Africa, 2006.

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Key Dates

Symposium Themes

Instrumentation and Slope Monitoring Workshop
23 September 2013| Sofitel Brisbane Central, Queensland

Slope Analysis and Design in Anisotropic Materials Workshop
24 September 2013| Sofitel Brisbane Central, Queensland

The Business Case for Risk-based Slope Stability Design Workshop
28 September 2013| Sofitel Brisbane Central, Queensland

Data gathering, interpretation, reliability and geotechnical models.

Assessment and implications of uncertainty in design.

In situ stress, numerical analysis and design of slopes.

Excavation control, management of blast damage and quality control.

Support, depressurisation and stablisation of slopes.

Surface water and ground water implications, and management.

Rockfalls - analysis and control.

Slope performance, monitoring and risk management.