Mining stability starts with us
We provide specialised geotechnical solutions tailored for the mining industry.
Mining stability starts with us
We provide specialised geotechnical solutions tailored for the mining industry.
About Jones Geotechnical
Our Story
With nearly two decades of experience, Jones Geotechnical has been a cornerstone in enhancing mine profitability and mitigating geotechnical risk. Our multidisciplinary team of experts specializes in delivering bespoke solutions across the mining, tunnelling, and infrastructure sectors. We take pride in our track record of tackling complex challenges, consistently providing exceptional engineering solutions, and nurturing enduring client relationships.
Our Mission & Values
At Jones Geotechnical, our mission is clear: to deliver superior geotechnical solutions marked by unwavering dedication to safety, sustainability, and client satisfaction. Our guiding principles of honesty, integrity, diligence, and reliability ensure that with each interaction we will surpass expectations.
Our Services
Geotechnical Analysis & Design
Operational Geotechnical Engineering & Risk Management
Operational Geotechnical Engineering & Risk Management
- Geotechnical studies throughout the life-of-mine including feasibility, options engineering, strategic and tactical mine planning, mine closure and reclamation planning.
- Client-tailored design solutions for all geotechnical structures encountered in an open-cut mine including slopes, dumps, foundations, tailings co-disposal, rockfall management, subsidence, openings and portals, interactions with underground activities.
- State-of-the-art modelling, including 2D and 3D finite element and discrete-type numerical modelling, limit equilibrium as well as empirical or first-principal engineering methods.
- Independent third-party design reviews ensuring quality, control and optimisation.
- Civil-type geotechnical design such as structural foundations, retaining structures, deep foundations, ground improvement, settlement analysis, etc.
- Geotechnical database design
- Project management software development and compilation
- Data visualisation tools designed to enable rapid data assimilation utilising real time telemetry and IOT.
Operational Geotechnical Engineering & Risk Management
Operational Geotechnical Engineering & Risk Management
Operational Geotechnical Engineering & Risk Management
- Highly experienced and chartered and registered professional Engineers.
- Geotechnical operational support and delivery of profitable design solutions within production timeframes.
- Ground monitoring systems with scope to design, install, maintain, and telemeterise. (InSAR, SSR, GNSS, VWP, TDR, and APM among others)
- Business improvement initiatives and Managerial leadership.
- Advise on best practices in the hydrogeology, blasting, mine planning and production disciplines.
- Ground control management systems in compliance with legislation requirements.
- Formal geotechnical risk assessment and Failure Modes Analysis to achieve an acceptable level of exposure.
- Auditing and Quality Assurance.
- Post-event investigation and Root-Cause-Analysis.
- Emergency response systems design and testing for catastrophic failure events.
- Technical training and embedment of systems aimed to maximise operational discipline and compliance to plan.
Site Characterisation
Operational Geotechnical Engineering & Risk Management
Site Characterisation
- Surface investigations such as drilling, geophysical surveys, face mapping, and desktop studies.
- Detailed geotechnical logging
- Data-Quality-Objectives for field sampling and laboratory testing.
- Laboratory testing logistics and data management.
- Structural geology studies at regional scale in order to identify the key structural modalities that influence geotechnical stability.
- Geostatistical and Geotechnical Interpretation to characterise the mechanical properties of rock and soil.
- Geological and structural deliverables such as grids, triangulations and/or block models.