Risk Management in Surface Protection
INVITATION
The liquidation of many coal mines in Europe, the catastrophes and sink holes in the land surface above numerous old mine headings in China, Germany, Austria, Spain, Poland and in other countries, the problems of rock mass stability in deep mines all make it more and more important to forecast and monitor the land surface movements in mining regions. The costs of repair of buildings and construction infrastructure in areas subject to the effects of mining exploitation are growing. Therefore it is now regarded one of the paramount problems of the mining industry to minimize the hazards to land surface caused by the effects of the existing and planned mining exploitation.
The RISK MANAGEMENT IN SURFACE PROTECTION session is organized as a satellite session within the 21st World Mining Congress. The session shall present new methods of risk assessment for buildings and infrastructure in mining areas. The objective of the session is to exchange ideas and solutions that may foster a more effective protection of buildings and other structures against the effects of mining exploitation. Many new geodetic measurement methods have been developed lately to monitor rock mass and land surface deformations. The methods help continuously and reliably monitor surface movements. The accuracy of the methods and the analysis of deformation measurements shall be discussed in order to stress the role of mining geodesy in the modern mining industry.
The abovementioned issues are at the core of activity of the International Society for Mine Surveying 4th Commission. The session is therefore an excellent opportunity to exchange opinions and experience in terms of forecasting and monitoring of rock mass and land surface deformations and to discuss the methods of risk assessment in mining areas. All mining engineers, construction engineers, scientists and other professionals in the related fields are kindly invited to this international event.
Prof. Ryszard Hejmanowski Prof. Anton Sroka
Chair of ISM Commission 4 TU Bergakademie Freiberg
AGH University of
Science and Technology
THE SUBJECT MATTER
1. Planning exploitation with a view to minimizing the effects of mining on land surface
2. Present and future methods for monitoring deformations in mining areas
3. Analyses of land movements and deformations
4. Reliability of land surface deformation forecasts
5. Defining the hazards and risk of damage to buildings in mining areas
PLACE
Place: Auditorium Maximum of the Jagiellonian University (35 Krupnicza str.)
Date: Wednesday 10.09.2008
THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
- Ryszard Hejmanowski - Chairman
- Anton Sroka - Vice-Chairman
- Zygmunt Niedojadło
- Diana Hößelbarth
- Agnieszka Malinowska
