Dallas Mining Services is a small but specialised
consultancy that offers ventilation and other related services
to the Australian mining industry.
Managing
director John Rowland - often known as "JR" - founded the
company in 1998 and initially offered a diverse range of
services including longwall changeout projects, Undermanagers
relief, survey work, assistance with management plans, explosion
suppression system audits, underground water management and all
ventilation-related work.
More recently,
the business has become focussed on ventilation projects.
With key clients
currently scattered across NSW, Queensland, WA and Tasmania, Dallas
Mining Services is often in high demand as clients can be heard
to mutter “whose got JR?”
John Rowland has been in the underground coal industry for over
30 years in technical and supervisory operational roles at over
20 minesites in two states.
There
would be few industry professionals that have been exposed to
such a diverse range of underground conditions and situations,
supported by John's appointments as an Undermanager at 16
different mines and appointed as Statutory Ventilation Officer
at 9 different mines during that period!
John is widely known and respected throughout the industry
across both eastern states and well recognised for his
practicality and problem solving ability with operating
ventilation circuits.
To compliment
this extensive underground experience, John was one of the first
students in Jim Galvin's Statutory Ventilation Officers Course
(sometimes referred to as the “rocket scientists” course) run by
the University of NSW (UNSW) throughout 1998-1999 .
This pilot
course was run on block release for nearly 18 months and went on
to become the inaugural Graduate Diploma Class when the first
diplomas were awarded by UNSW in 2002.
John specialises in modelling, circuit diagnosis and system
improvement and is frequently called upon to validate models if
they are a poor replica of the circuit itself.
He is adept at
getting a sick ventilation model back into tune and likens it to
diagnosing and tuning an internal combustion engine, which has
always been an alternate passion.
Ventsim
models need regular tuning for safe predictive analysis. John is
regarded as very proficient in the use of the Ventsim program
and has assembled and runs a highly regarded, practical 2 day
“Ventsim Training Course” which includes a practical summary of
the science and the use of and applications of the “Ventsim”
programme.
The key
ingredient to the success of the course lies in the “hands on”
practical tips on both model assembly/adjustment and the
underground data collection process.
The ventilation specialisation comes not only from John's
academic and practical experience, but also from his interest
and passion in the science. John's broader surveying and mining
experience also makes him valuable in assisting clients with the
myriad of other mine planning based strategies such as;
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panel and mine design, |
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extraction
strategies, |
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explosion
suppression system design, and |
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management plan
assembly and auditing |
Please feel free to
contact John Rowland any
time to discuss your specific requirements.
0407 283 510
