The accelerating effects of climate change are nowhere more evident than in Chile, where glacier retreat and water scarcity are becoming increasingly urgent issues… …To address these challenges, GroundProbe, Orica, and Nilus have come together in a groundbreaking collaboration made possible by the Orica Impact Fund. This initiative empowers Nilus, a Chilean geoengineering company, to […]
READ MOREGroundProbe Indonesia is leading the way in workplace sustainability
GroundProbe Indonesia has launched its Green Office Campaign and Waste Management initiative, aiming to significantly reduce the environmental impact of office operations. This program is part of the company’s broader commitment to sustainability, focusing on waste reduction and recycling while encouraging eco-friendly practices among employees. The campaign’s two key objectives are reducing the office’s daily […]
READ MOREExcelling in customer service – A business strategy essential
GroundProbe VP – Australia, Asia & Operational Excellence, Clifford Walsh At GroundProbe, our core mission is to help customers manage risk through dedicated service delivery. Our unwavering commitment to excellent customer service is central to this mission, allowing us to deliver superior solutions and support to our clients. This dedication to service excellence […]
READ MOREAugmented reality and the use of smart glasses
GroundProbe Senior Technical Specialist, Raúl Esteban Núñez Ortega Augmented reality (AR) has revolutionized various industries by overlaying digital information onto the real world, significantly enhancing efficiency and accuracy in numerous tasks. In particular, the use of smart glasses for remote technical assistance in electricity, electronics, and mechanics is making a significant global […]
READ MORESome insights on tailings dam monitoring with ground-based interferometric radars
GroundProbe Global Practice Lead – Geotechnical Advisory, Albert Giovanni Cabrejo Lievano Tailings dams go through different phases regarding monitoring with radar: Construction—The initial dropping of materials looks chaotic, evidenced by a loss of coherence. Deformation readings during this period are not reliable with radar. This is just the phase in which the dropped materials look […]
READ MORECreating and Maintaining a Successful Continuous Improvement (CI) Strategy
GroundProbe Senior Manager – Quality & Continuous Improvement, Neil Cordon I am sharing my thoughts on the fundamental principles for creating and maintaining a successful Continuous Improvement (CI) strategy. The following tips are based on my work experience at GroundProbe and 12 years as a ‘lean’ practitioner. Some have come from personal hard-learned lessons, […]
READ MOREProviding the support needed to ‘mine-to-plan without harming anyone’
GroundProbe Chief Commercial Officer & VP Americas, Ben Moke A little over two decades ago, a group of PhD students and their professor from the University of Queensland set out to make mining safer. By developing the slope stability radar (SSR), they, and many other innovative thinkers who have since joined them, have succeeded in […]
READ MOREFriction – Excerpt – ‘ESG and sustainability: On whose watch?’
Originally written by Neil Cordon, Senior Manager – Quality and Continuous Improvement, GroundProbe and published in Friction Sustainability is the word on everyone’s lips today and for good reason: The effects of climate change have accelerated faster than even the experts had predicted; faster than evolution can keep up with. Full circularity is the goal, but it […]
READ MOREBuilding Change Resilience: Creating a Positioning Statement
GroundProbe Project and Change Manager, Trish Ladd This is the first in a short series of articles about Building Change Resilience. Each article is stand-alone and can also be read consecutively for the overarching view of our journey to change resilience. This calendar year has seen more growth for GroundProbe and a focus on […]
READ MOREInspiring Creative Young Scientists in Regional Queensland
GroundProbe, Orica, and Wonder of Science (WoS) have again united to promote STEM education in regional Queensland, Australia. Recently, I had the opportunity to attend a WoS regional conference in Emerald and witness the enthusiasm of young scientists, leaving me inspired by the impact of this partnership. What is WoS and its focus? Wonder of […]
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