Synopsis

In recent years there has been an increasing attention on blasting activity at quarry operation as well as constructional blasting work especially on the environmental impacts of blasting. This one-day short course will discuss the environmental effects of surface and underground blasting and monitoring techniques of blast-induced ground vibration, air blast and noise. Blasting activity at highly populated area induced both fears and anxieties of the people living within the blast radius as well as comprises on their safety and may causes property damages.

Therefore, correct blast monitoring must be carried out in a proper manner to ensure that the results captured are both reliable and precise. This is not only to ensure compliance with the operational conditions imposed by the Authorities but also to protect both the project proponent and the blaster from claim of potential or alleged damages from blasting work. This short course also aims to allow the participants to develop a greater understanding and know-how on blast monitoring, analysis and record keeping of monitoring results.


Biodata of The Speakers

Ir. Juna Azleen bin Abdul Ghani graduated from Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang in Mineral Resources Engineering in 1998. In the year 2000, he joined Jabatan Mineral & Geosains (JMG) and started his service at JMG Head Quarter in Kuala Lumpur.  Then in 2010 he pursued Master of Science in Mineral Resources Engineering at Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau   Pinang.   His   study   was   about   determination   of   site   factors   for   scaled   distance technique for blasting activity at quarry. Currently he is a Deputy Director of Quarry and   Mines at  JMG Johor. Ir. Juna Azleen has interest in   blasting   especially   in production blasting at quarry as well as controlled blasting at construction area. He is regularly invited to present papers on blasting at seminars and symposiums, and had also given lectures at courses   related to   blasting   and  blast  monitoring conducted  by  the Institute of Quarrying Malaysia, Malaysia (IQM), Quarrying Association and Institutions of higher learning.  He   is   a   Professional   Engineer   registered   with   Board   of Engineer Malaysia, a Corporate Member of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia and Fellow of Institute Quarrying Malaysia.

Ir. Hj. Look Keman bin Sahari graduated in mining engineering from University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland in 1979. He obtained M.Sc in Explosives Ordnance Engineering from Cranfield University (1991). He had attended many blasting courses locally organised by local explosive companies and in-house while he was serving as an engineer with the Mines Department (1979-1996). He had also attended courses on Explosives Technology for Open Pit and Underground Blasting (Queen University, Canada), Advanced Blasting  organised by ICI /IQM ,1995 locally and Drilling & Blasting for Tunnelling (New Delhi). He had also given lectures on the subject at IEM and also Institute of Quarrying, Malaysia. He is also well versed in blast monitoring. He is currently a consultanting engineer, specialising in blasting. He is a Fellow of IEM, Committee member of Oil and Gas and mining Technical Division and also IEM Training Board.


TARGET AUDIENCE

Engineers/ Engineering Geologists overseeing blasting work, Consultant, Management, Blasters and whoever interested to know about blasting