CYPRUS CONFERENCE

08:30 – 09:00     Coming and Registration

09:00 – 09:30     Addresses and Greetings

PART A´. «Technology and Know-How» 

09:30 – 10:00     Blasting Technology and Know-How
(Concise Summary Presentation of the recent available in-use Technology)
Introducer: Elias Baliktsis

Pause 

10:00 – 11:00     Blasting Vibration Monitoring. Prescriptions and Vibration limits
Introducer: Elias Baliktsis

11:00 – 11:40     Mediums and improvement techniques of preparation and blasting results
(A summary)

• Laser Systems
• Airbags air decking technology
• VOD test (Velocity Of Detonation)
• Sizing – fragmentation measurement based on computer photo-analysis
• Flyrock prevention through examples.

Introducers: Manolis Fragoulis, Dimitris Finos, Giorgos Boutourides, Elias Baliktsis

11:40 – 12:00     Pause – Coffee

PART B´. «General applications – Examples» 

12:00 – 12:20     Blasting Control Program in the Quarry of   “Ag.Georgios”
of The CYPRUS CEMENT Co Ltd
Introducers: Andreas Andreou – Elias Baliktsis

12:20 – 12:30     A brief presentation of Cannavious Dam.
Introducer: Demos Antoniou

12:30 – 12:45     Controlled Blast Design by the overflow area of the Cannavious Damm.
Introducer: Elias Baliktsis

12:45 – 13:00     The blasting size in productive quarrying activities
(Big blasting instead of many, small and frequent ones)
Examples from:

• Aggregate Quarry, in Serres (North. Greece)
• Rocky quarrying excavation (A23),
  by the new International Airport of Athens (“El.Venizelos”) in Spata

Introducer: Elias Baliktsis

13:00 – 13:45     Blast Design and Control Management issues from Technical Projects and Quarries.

• Attiki Odos Motorway (West tangential Imittos Road).
• Astakos terminal Project.
• Mining – Hellenic Copper Mines Ltd (Vibration Monitoring).

Introducers: Elias Baliktsis, Manolis Fragoulis, Dimitris Finos, Dimitris Vattis

14:45 – 14:00     Discussion and elucidations on the above examples

14:00 – 15:30     Dinner.

PART C´. «Special applications- examples» 
15:30 – 16:15     Blast vibration monument protection – Examples and applications
Introducer: Elias Baliktsis

16:15 – 17:15     Controlled Explosive Demolitions – Examples and applications
Introducer: Elias Baliktsis, Giorgos Boutourides

17:15 – 17:45     Discussion and Conclusions