Ventilation Design including Mine Cooling and Heating

• Estimating of air quantities during mine life
• Ventilation Network analysis, including pressures, volumes, temperatures and humidity
• Economic shaft and development sizes
  Fan and Refrigeration solutions
  Selection of appropriate ventilation standards to meet your sub-surface conditions
• Evaluation of working conditions (temperatures, gas concentrations, productivity, illumination, noise, ergonomics)
• Feasibility and Due Diligence studies; preparing capital and operating cost estimates
• Cost optimisation of technical solutions based on your financial criteria
  Cost reduction opportunities

Mine Fire Modelling

• Examining egress and entrapment issues and impacts of underground mine fires via modelling

Ventilation Audits, Statutory Compliance, Other Submissions

• Statutory audits, Duty of Care audits, Due diligence studies
• Cost audits
• Risk Assessments and Engineering/Human factors design
• Approvals, Exemptions, Submissions to Regulators or others
• Note: the regulatory framework in Australia is changing! For information on how these changes will affect ventilation in mines, refer to these documents:
  – Key ventilation requirements in new national WH&S mining regulations
  – Underground Ventilation national draft Code  of Practice
  – Statutory position of ventilation officer and Boards of examiners

Working In Heat Protocols

Developing Safe, Healthy and Productive working conditions

Emergency Escape (Egress) Planning and Systems

• Risk Assessments
• Expert advice on entrapment and escape design
• Integrated Emergency Systems and Procedures

Ventilation Plant and Equipment

• Equipment Design: fans, refrigeration systems
• Tender specifications, Tender evaluation

Plant Performance and Acceptance Testing

Outsourcing of Day-To-Day Ventilation Design

• Day-to-day advice on heat, dust, diesel fumes and other problems
• Maintenance of ventilation network; advice on forthcoming ventilation changes, controls, fans, Ventilation planning
• Advice on future requirements, including equipment
• Fault-finding, Problem solving
  Providing temporary support for ventilation design such as when on-site staff are on leave

Education, Seminars, Training

• Seminars or training courses on working in heat, egress or Occupational health and safety topics for managers, supervisors, workers, safety and health committees or engineers.
• Ventilation training for engineers and ventilation officers
• Writing training material