25 Oct Savage River Phase 3
How good do these prepared samples look? Ready to hit the ground running on testing now…
13 Sep RMIT students visit BRTS – 10 September 2018
This week, 12 students and their lecturer, Prof John Smith from RMIT, visited BRTS. They heard a lecture from Dr Bill Bamford, the head of Bamford Rock Testing Services, about the range of our services, the scope of testing for current projects in the laboratory and geotechnical work being undertaken in Victoria at the moment. All were delighted to watch videos starring and made by several of the Testing Engineers at BRTS, showcasing the tests and machines used here. A walkaround the laboratory at the end was very much appreciated by all.
02 Aug Dr Bamford is a Principal Fellow!
Dr William Bamford has been re-appointed as an honorary Principal Fellow, with the title of Associate Professor, in the Department of Infrastructure Engineering at the University of Melbourne. It continues his long association with the University and recognises his fine contribution to the development and excellence of engineering in this state and country.
His ongoing association with the Engineering departments and Faculty at the University of Melbourne sometimes includes mentoring students here at BRTS, making the BRTS Rock Testing Laboratory available to engineering colleagues as well as continuing his important work in Geotechnical Testing and Consulting for engineering projects around Australia.
08 May ATS2017 Conference – 30 Oct -1 Nov 2017
Great news for BRTS and the tunnelling world – Drs Bill Bamford, Ehsan Yaghoubi and Darshika Palamakumbure from BRTS will be presenting papers at the ATS conference in Sydney later this year.
Their topics range from Cutter/Rock Interface Friction : Worth Measuring Accurately?; to Predicting The Abrasiveness Of Soft And Sandy Soils With Realistic Densities And Moisture Contents.
For more conference or ATS details, go to www.ats.org.au and https://ats2017.com.au.
22 Feb Strongly Altered Core vs 390kN
Watch link for some slow mo core failure during UCS+ testing. (more…)
28 Aug SGAT News and Information
Dr Bill Bamford and the team at BRTS have been refining their work on the SGAT. Go to the Publications page and see the two new articles.
There is the “BRTS SGAT Brochure” full of information about the testing and the “SGAT Testing Protocol” regarding how the testing is conducted and sample results.
If you would like more information about this exciting new development, please call or email us.
18 Aug Recent Visit by students from RMIT
Professor John Smith and his senior students attended an informative morning at BRTS recently.
They were given brief lectures by Bill Bamford, Ehsan Yaghoubi and Darshika Palamakumbare. Students were also treated to a tour of the laboratory and were able to see the principal testing done by BRTS, ask questions and be made aware of the industry applications of these tests. (more…)
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