Key Project Experience

KEY DEMOLITION PROJECTS

Client – Rakowski Cartage & Wrecking Limited – Winnipeg Arena demolition by blasting, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Responsible for design review, sequencing, charge placement and blasting, March 26, 2006.
Client – Lac des Iles Mines Limited – Old Mill Transfer House Building demolition by blasting, Thunder Bay, Ontario. Responsible for design, sequencing, charge placement and blasting, June 16, 2005.
Client - Rakowski Cartage & Wrecking Limited – APRO Grain Storage Building demolition by blasting, Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 12, 2005.
Client - Rakowski Cartage & Wrecking Limited – Noranda Inc. Gaspe Site, Murdochville, Quebec. A 550-foot Smoke Stack demolition by blasting. Responsible for design, sequencing, charge placement and blasting, October 13, 2003.
Client - Aim Waste Management Group – London Health Science Centre Incinerator Stack demolition by blasting, London, Ontario. Responsible for design, sequencing, charge placement and blasting, May 10, 2003.
Client - Denison Environmental Services –Inco’s Shebandowan # 2 Shaft Head-frame demolition by blasting, Shebandowan, Ontario. Responsible for design, sequencing, charge placement and blasting, August 18, 2001.
Client - Cambrian Blasting Limited – Lafarge Twin-Stack demolition by blasting, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Responsible for design, sequencing, charge placement and blasting, June 10, 2001.
Client - Rakowski Cartage & Wrecking Limited - Canada Packers Building demolition by blasting, Winnipeg Manitoba. Responsible for design, sequencing, charge placement and blasting, March 4, 2001.
Client - Rakowski Cartage & Wrecking Limited – Centragas Steel Propane Storage Tank demolition by blasting, Winnipeg Manitoba. Responsible for design review, sequencing, charge placement and blasting, October 22, 2000.
Client - Maceron Limited – Inco’s Little Stobie Mine, Reinforced Concrete Head Frame demolition by blasting, Sudbury, Ontario. Responsible for design, loading, sequencing and blasting, December 1999.
Client - Techplode Limited – Robie Street Water Reservoir Dome demolition by blasting, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Responsible for design review, approval, loading, sequencing and blasting, October 1999.
Client - A & E Enterprises – Demolition of the Proctor & Gamble Building by means of blasting, Hamilton, Ontario. Designated site blasting engineer and consultant, responsible for the blast design review, approvals, and site supervision, October 1999.
Client - LebRun Northern Contracting Limited – Ontario Hydro’s 110 m Smoke Stack demolition by blasting, Mission Island, Thunder Bay, Ontario. Responsible for blast design review, pre-blast survey, seismic monitoring, impact attenuation design and vibration impact prediction, September 1998.
Client - Stanley Buildings and Alberta Public Works Commission – Bow Valley Centre (Calgary General Hospital) demolition by blasting, Calgary Alberta. Responsible for blast design review, blast impact analysis, safety review and seismic monitoring, October 1998.
Client - Abitibi Consolidated, Fort William Division – Triple Tower Acid Silo demolition by blasting, Thunder Bay, Ontario. Responsible for blast design, explosives loading, blasting sequence, seismic monitoring and blasting safety, December 1998.
Client - Corona Inc. – Denison Mine Pebble Bin and Ore Silo demolition by blasting, Elliot Lake, Ontario. Responsible for blast design, explosives loading, blasting sequence, seismic monitoring and blasting safety, September 1995.
Client - Matthews Group – Portage Dam demolition by blasting, Dokis, Ontario. Responsible for blast design, explosives loading, blasting sequence, seismic monitoring and blasting safety, November 1992.
Client - Various Contractors – St. Lawrence Seaway (Welland Canal) demolition by blasting, St. Catharines, Ontario. Site blasting engineer in charge of blast design implementation, explosives loading, blasting sequence, seismic monitoring and blasting safety, January 1990, 1991, 1992.

KEY CIVIL PROJECTS

Client – Laurentian University and Dennis Consultants – Site preparation blasting for Laurentian Health Science Centre. Responsible for preparing blasting specifications, blast vibration monitoring audit and site risk assessment on several contracts. 2003 - Present
Client - Castonguay Blasting Limited - Proposed Highway 400 Four Lane Project, various contracts. Blast consulting engineer responsible for risk analysis, blast design approvals, vibration monitoring and pre-blast survey requirements. 2003- Present
Client - Belanger Construction Limited – Laurentian Hospital Expansion Project. Blast consulting engineer responsible for blast design, vibration monitoring and site supervision during rock excavation phase of the project. 1999 – 2001.
Client - Interpayving Limited – Dynamic Earth Project in Sudbury Ontario. Responsible for blast design, vibration control and wall control. Summer 2001.
Client - Home Depot – Responsible for the drilling and blasting operations for site preparation of the Home Depot building in Sudbury, Ontario, August – November, 2000.
Client - Castonguay Blasting Limited – Proposed Highway 400 Four Lane Project, Parry Sound, Ontario. Blast consulting engineer responsible for risk analysis of drilling and blasting operations, November 2000 – 2002.
Client - Dyna-Con Explosive Technologies – Proposed Highway 400 Four Lane Project, Parry Sound, Ontario. Blast consulting engineer responsible for all aspects of drilling and blasting operations, November 1999 – 2003.
Client - Union Gas – Installation of Lateral and Distribution Gas Lines, various locations in Ontario. Blasting consultant responsible for blast design review, approvals, pre-blast surveys, vibration monitoring and blasting safety, 1997 – 2003.
Client - TransCanada PipeLines Limited (TCPL) – High Pressure Gas Line Installation, along TCPL’s right-of-way, in Ontario and Manitoba. Associate consulting engineer responsible for blast design review, approvals, blasting safety, vibration monitoring and public relations, 1990 – 1999.
Client - Lindsey Morden Limited and representing MTO – Traffic Vibration Impact Analysis, Northern Ontario. Analysis of vibrations induced by vehicular traffic on residential buildings, 1997.
Client - Peter Kiewit Sons Company Limited – Ontario Hydro’s Matabitchuan Power Station Rehabilitation Project, North Cobalt, Ontario. Consulting engineer responsible for, blast design review, approvals, pre-blast survey, vibration monitoring and blast supervision, September 1995.
Client - John Bianchi Limited – South Falls Power Generating Station, Heron Bay, Ontario. Consulting engineer responsible for, blast design review, approvals, pre-blast survey, vibration monitoring and blast supervision, October 1995.
Client - Arcam Engineering – E.B.Eddy Power Plant Installation, Espanola, Ontario. Consulting engineer responsible for, blast design review, approvals, pre-blast survey, vibration monitoring and blast supervision, 1993.
Client - Bruce Evans Limited – Ontario Hydro’s Big Chute Hydroelectric Generating Station, Port Severn, Ontario. Consulting engineer responsible for, blast design review, approvals, pre-blast survey, vibration monitoring and blast supervision, May – December 1992.
Client - International Pipeline Engineering Limited (IPEL) – Bell Canada Fiber Optics Transmission Project, along Trans-Canada Highway, Ontario. Site blasting engineer responsible for implementation of blast design, blasting safety, vibration monitoring and explosives loading, 1987 – 1989.
Client - Matthews Group – Sturgeon Falls Water Treatment Plant, Sturgeon Falls, Ontario. Site blasting engineer responsible for blast design, excavation sequence, supervision of explosives loading, pre-blast survey, vibration monitoring and blasting safety, May 1985.

KEY MARINE PROJECTS

Client - TransCanada PipeLines Limited – Lake and River Crossings, various locations in Ontario and Manitoba. Associate consulting engineer responsible for blast design review, approvals, blasting safety, underwater blast over-pressure and vibration monitoring and public relations, 1990 – 1999.
Client - Ontario Hydro – Dear Lake Powerhouse Project, Dear Lake, Ontario. Blast consulting engineer responsible for determination of explosive quantities used in marine blasting operation, March 1998.
Client - Ontario Trap Rock Limited – Shipping Dock Construction, Bruce Mines, Ontario. Blast consulting engineer responsible for blast design, ice blasting, explosives loading, underwater blast over-pressure and seismic monitoring, blasting safety and blast data logging, 1995.
Client - Peter Kiewit and Sons Company Limited – Little Chute Channel Expansion Project, Port Severn, Ontario. Blast consulting engineer responsible for blast design, blast design implementation, application of sequential blasting techniques, underwater blast over-pressure and seismic monitoring, blasting safety and blast data logging, 1993.
Client - Hugh Cole Limited – Port Colborne Bridge Pier Blasting, Port Colborne, Ontario. Site engineer responsible for blast design, explosive selection and loading, blast supervision, underwater blast over-pressure and seismic monitoring, blasting safety and blast data logging, September 1992.
Client - Peter Kiewit and Sons Company Limited – Lemieux Island Development Project, Ottawa, Ontario. Site blasting engineer responsible for implementation of blast design, explosives loading, sequential sequencing, vibration monitoring, blast tie-up, and execution, October 1990.

KEY MINING PROJECTS

Client - Goldcorp Incorporated – Red Lake Mining Division, Balmertown, Ontario. Blast consulting specialist responsible for drilling and blasting operations for crown pillar remediation projects, September 2003.
Client - Inco Limited – Blast Vibration Monitoring Program, Ontario Division, Sudbury, Ontario. Blast consulting engineer responsible for implementation of third-party blast induced vibration-monitoring program, 1990 - 2003.
Client - Goldcorp Incorporated – Red Lake Grinding Complex construction, Balmertown, Ontario. Blast consulting engineer responsible for drilling and blasting operations for expansion and installation of new grinding complex, 1999.
Client - Rainbow Concrete Industries Limited – Hick’s Quarry, Sudbury Division, Sudbury, Ontario. Blast consulting engineer responsible for all aspects of drilling and blasting operations, 1996 – 2003.
Client - Rainbow Concrete Industries Limited – North Bay Division, North Bay, Ontario. Blast consulting engineer responsible for all aspects of drilling and blasting operations, 1990 - 1996.
Client - Placer Dome Limited – Timmins Super Pit Development, South Porcupine, Ontario. Consulting engineers responsible for establishing vibration attenuation curves, recommending blast parameters affecting mining operations, seismic monitoring and blast impact analysis, January 1994.
Client - Monenco – Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) Project, Creighton Mine, Sudbury, Ontario. Consulting engineer responsible for blasting operations required for the SNO cavity development, 1993 – 1994.
Client - Inco Limited – Pillar Recovery at Sudbury Area Mines, Sudbury, Ontario. Instrumental in design, introduction and implementation of combined electric/non-electric sequential blasting techniques in underground Vertical Retreat Mining (VRM) stopes, 1989 – 1995
Client - Inco Limited – Long Hole Blind Slot Raise Development, Sudbury Area Mines, Sudbury, Ontario. Responsible for design and introduction of blind inverted raises. Development of raises 18 meters long with production holes in the same blast was achieved. This technique is now being widely implemented as a mining method, 1989 - 1990
Client - Inco Limited – Inco Garson Ore/waste Segregation Project, Garson, Ontario. Responsible for introduction of sequential blasting techniques at the open pit mine. Segregation of ore from waste was achieved within the blasting operations, 1988 – 1989.

TRAINING AND TEACHING

Lecturing and field training for the Surface Blaster Apprenticeship and Licensing Program, Sir Sandford Fleming Collage, Lindsey, Ontario. Training blasters and new candidates on specialized blasting techniques, 1997 – 1999.
Lecturing and training the TransCanada PipeLine Blasting Inspectors in all aspects of pipeline drilling and blasting operations, 1999.
Lecturing and training the Union Gas Blasting Inspectors in all aspects of drilling and blasting operations, 1999 - 2002.
Lecturing and training engineers at the Inco Thompson Mine for all aspects of advanced drilling, blasting, vibration monitoring, vibration waveform analysis, and blast diagnostics procedures, 1997.
Guest lecturer, post diploma program in ground control, sponsored by the Mining Research Directorate (MRD) at the Ontario Centre for Ground Control Training, Sudbury, Ontario. Provided hands on training in the application of new technology in explosives, rock fragmentation by blasting and controlled blasting techniques to engineers and planner from Northern Ontario mines, 1997.
Lecturing and field training of candidates for drilling and blasting course sponsored by the Corporation of the Town of Nickel Centre in Sudbury, Ontario, 1994.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Evaluation of prototype electronic detonators in underground mining applications. Analyses of time domain and frequency domain vibrations induced by blasting using electronic detonators. Research conducted at Inco’s Sudbury area mines.
Timing evaluation of prototype non-electric detonators for Ensign-Bickford Limited at several underground mine sites.
Velocity of Detonation (VOD) measurements of explosive products for quality control purposes in production and controlled test blasting sites, 1999.
Research in modification of new high-frequency geophones for near-field blast monitoring applications. 1997
Research in development of high-pressure sensors for determining in-situ rock properties in mining applications, 1996.
Research on rock fragmentation fatigue using ultra-sonic cyclic loading techniques, 1986 –1987.

PUBLICATIONS

Bourget, G., Jambakhsh, R.M., “Ontario Hydro T.G.S. Chimney Demolition, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada”, Proceedings of the Twenty Sixth Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Technique, International Society of Explosive Engineers, Anaheim, California, 2000.
Jambakhsh, R.M., Copping, C., “Improved Methods of Blasting Concrete for Welland Canal Rehabilitation”, Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Technique, International Society of Explosive Engineers, Austin, Texas, 1994.
Jambakhsh, R.M., Okell, J., “Blast Vibrations and Overpressure Control Using Sequential Blasting Techniques at Inco’s McCreedy West Mine”, Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Technique, International Society of Explosive Engineers, San Diego, California, 1993.
Jambakhsh, R.M., Cameron, E.A., Richardson, S., “Development of Upper Blind Raises By Long hole Carbide Drilling (LCD) Methods”, Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Technique, International Society of Explosive Engineers, Orlando, Florida, 1992.
Jambakhsh, R.M., Stephen, G., Muzzeral, B., Hamill, D., “Blast Design and Vibration Analysis in Trench Blasting for Bell Canada’s Fibre Optics Line Project across Ontario”, An Internal Publication, May 1989