BBUGS ACARP DAY
The Sebel, 95 Charlotte St Brisbane
BBUGS is pleased to announce the upcoming ACARP Day in Brisbane on Thursday 21st May 2026.
This event will bring together industry professionals and researchers to share insights, outcomes and lessons from recently completed and ongoing ACARP projects. Please note the date and mark this event in your calendar!
Register for this event here: BBUGS ACARP Day
9:45am Meeting registration / Networking
10:15am BBUGS Council Introduction
10:30am Anne Mabardi / Patrick Tyrrell ACARP Introduction and Update
10:45am Terry Medhurst (Resource Geotechnical) Roof Beam Support Assessment Tool C34021
11:15am Zhongwei Chen / Dr. Jimmy Li (University of Queensland) Effects of Rock Weathering on Life-of-Mine Roadway Stability C34024
11:45am Richard Campbell (Blackrock Mining) Optimisation of Ground Consolidation Practices in Longwall Coal Mining Applications C34067
12:15pm – 1:00pm LUNCH
1:00pm Yvette Heritage (SCT) Improved Model Upscaling of Overburden Hydraulic Conductivity for Input into Groundwater Models C33024
1:30pm Joey Duan (CSIRO) Advances in Distributed Fibre Optic Sensing for Mining Applications C35014
2:00pm Adam Lines (Red Earth Engineering) Understanding Horizontal Closure and its Impact on Deformation and Height of Fracture C33073
2:30pm Dr Mohsen Dehghanipoodeh (Monash University) Performance Assessment of Timber Support System Subjected to Combined Actions C29022
3:00pm – 3:15pm AFTERNOON TEA
3:15pm Wanqi Zhang (UNSW) Causes for Swelling and/or Bearing Capacity Floor Failures in a Pillar System Under Varying Geological and Geotechnical Environments. C35010
3:45pm Mojtaba Rajabi (University of Queensland) Integrating In‐Situ Stress Patterns with Basin to Local Scale Structures in the Nebo Synclinorium, Bowen Basin C29011
4:15pm Ali Mirzaghorbanali (University of Southern Queensland) Next Generation Fibre Glass (FG) Rock Bolts with Robust Shear Strength Properties And Cost Effective, Low Water Sensitivity, and Fast Curing Geopolymer Grout for Cable Bolt Encapsulation C36010 and C37020
