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New CIRIA Guide for Mine Workings David Parry, WYG Engineering Ltd, UK Haworth Lecture Theatre, University of Birmingham (4th March 2013)

The author has presented history of CIRIA Guide for Mines working in the UK and describes the new amendments in the guide. The first publication was SP-32 in 1984, which describes the guidance on specific aspects of foundation engineering, aimed at Engineers and Geologists. The principal drivers were Environmental, Public safety, Run-down of mining industry and Legislations and have described Floods in rivers, mine water contamination, Estuary Ecosystem, Mine tips, construction over mines and shaft collapse near houses. The core principal of new document is user friendly, provide guidance, risk based and nonprescriptive. Project methodology is well defined, objectives are delineated, which annotated review of historical mining activities and methods of mining, records, sources of information and methods of abandonment and guidance on legislation partnerships. The presenter described Part 1, with the Historical background to mining in the UK, review of mining methods like: shallow outcrop mining, Bell-pits, pillar and stall, long-wall, shortwall, Metaliferous, solution mining, mine entries, shaft lining, filling and capping, surface mining activities and maps of mineral and mines established on regions. Part 2 defines residential impacts of past mining, like; Surface stability in mined areas, Faults and fissures, Mine gas and water, hazard risk and public safety and Environmental considerations. It is user friendly; provide guidance, risk based and non-prescriptive. Faults and fissures reactivation in future are defined in this part, which could affect construction phase, accumulation of mine gases and its effect on housing projects, Mineral weathering, sources and chemistry of mine water pollution and pathways. Entries into the mines are defined to prevent public and property losses. Environmental consideration of mining waste, habitats in old working shafts and adits, flora and fauna in mining modified environments, gas emissions and controls, groundwater controls, re-use of mining waste materials, combustible materials and site restoration are well defined. Part 3 renders to land management and planning legislations. It describes landowner, mine owner, developer, local authority and environmental agency responsibilities for the development in coal mining areas. It also refers to planning of Ground investigations, Desk study, site investigations and reconnaissance, direct geophysics and boreholes. Most vitally the remediation and treatment of abandoned mine workings are described in this part with design of treatment schemes, grout and infill techniques and materials, underground access, monitoring records and reports.

Gul Hameed Khalil

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Solutions to foundations and Infrastructure problems were identified for foundations over contemporary long-wall, and construction of thin reinforced concrete slab for roads projects. Alternative uses of abandoned mines were emphasised like; material storage and museums, moreover their completion and validation, monitoring of performance and publication is imperative for awareness purposes. In the question answer session, the audiences raised questions about voids migration, cost of mitigation, identifying of high risk areas, spatial distribution and online maps, coal authorities liaison, subsidence responsibility and PFA and environmental information in CIRIA. The author has replied with the specialist involvement in project, cheaper material usage and partial treatment with methods of remediation, high risk areas are identified by coal authorities, maps are developed and user friendly, coal authority being responsible for risk areas, and presence of PFA and environment issues in the guide.

Gul Hameed Khalil

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