Gecko Geotechnics Pty Ltd commenced business in 2015 and is providing geotechnical engineering services to the civil and mining industries. The Gecko team brings over 20 years of experience across various civil construction projects and mineral deposits in Australia and abroad. We are based in Cairns, Far North Queensland and are able to provide tailor made solutions and improvements to geotechnical challenges that you face now or in the future.
So far our services have been provided to several major clients across Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia. Our international projects have been in Papua New Guinea, Greece, South Africa and Cte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast).
So far our services have been provided to several major clients across Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia. Our international projects have been in Papua New Guinea, Greece, South Africa and Cte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast).
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Continuous development and training being delivered to engineers by engineers at Lihir Island in Papua New Guinea. We've learnt a lot in PNG and elsewhere abroad, and we're only too happy to share our experiences. Dr Senaka Welideniya presented a paper on void management in open pit mines. Other papers included challenges associated with ground characterization and 3D limit equilibrium analysis for coal and iron ore mines.
Gecko Geotechnics has developed a mobile phone application for empirically assessing the stability of rock slopes using Q-slope. The Q-slope method provides a simple yet effective empirical means of assessing the stability of excavated rock slopes in the field.
Intended for use in reinforcement-free road or rail cuttings or individual benches in open cast mines, Q-slope allows geotechnical engineers to make potential adjustments to slope angles as rock mass conditions become apparent during construction.Through case studies in South-East Asia, Australia, Central America and Europe, a simple correlation between Q-slope and long-term stable slopes was established.
Intended for use in reinforcement-free road or rail cuttings or individual benches in open cast mines, Q-slope allows geotechnical engineers to make potential adjustments to slope angles as rock mass conditions become apparent during construction.Through case studies in South-East Asia, Australia, Central America and Europe, a simple correlation between Q-slope and long-term stable slopes was established.
Gecko Geotechnics has developed a mobile phone application for empirically design ground support for tunnels and underground excavations using the Q-system. This application provides interactive input menus, background reading, and graphical outputs (Q-support chart & Modulus and Support Pressure chart).
Strata failure is a principal hazard in surface mining including open cut coal mines.
Four videos were produced by UNSW Sydney, ACARP and Mark Coombe Productions to assist with the education of mine operators, mine supervisors and mine planning engineers to provide an overview of: (i) what to look for so the likelihood and impact of slope failure can be reduced; and (ii) describe the function of a geotechnical engineer within the technical services department.
Four videos were produced by UNSW Sydney, ACARP and Mark Coombe Productions to assist with the education of mine operators, mine supervisors and mine planning engineers to provide an overview of: (i) what to look for so the likelihood and impact of slope failure can be reduced; and (ii) describe the function of a geotechnical engineer within the technical services department.
Pangea Geosystems provide fully customized deformation monitoring instrumentation systems and support services. Instrumentation systems include robotic total stations, extensometers, inclinometers, tilt meters, piezometers, etc with solar power solutions, wireless communication systems, weather monitoring systems.
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