Big DogOur crews will not use a new app.
They do not have to. A voice note, a photo of the paper sheet or a text, same as now.
Our answerSuperintendentSafety
06 / 09Tunneling and underground
AI for tunneling and underground construction.
From people who have stood at the heading.
The problemThe problem
Written at the heading. Typed twice.
Advance, ground support installed and ground conditions get written by hand at the heading, then typed into progress and cost reports. By the time the PM sees it, it is a day old.
- Mon night3.2 m14 bolts, 2 sheets meshphoto
- Tue day3.4 m15 bolts, 2 sheets meshphoto
- Tue night1.1 mwet ground, shotcreteground flagged
- Wed day3.3 m14 bolts, 2 sheets meshphoto
From the heading Advance, support and conditions are written once. The progress and cost reports are built from it.
The outcome
Every shift, on one screen by morning.
Each shift's advance and support installed on one screen by morning, with the photo and the daily behind every number.
Book a call
A 20-minute call. We tell you straight if AI fits.
Use a field tool
16 free calculators. Every equation cited.
Day shift talk Built from four night reports.
Your numberm/dayAdvance per shift, per day and per month, from the round you drill and how the cycle runs.
Fix your reporting
See how the daily becomes the invoice.
What we build first
Three things, in this order.
From the field
Support you can see.
Mesh, bolts and a heading that has to advance again tomorrow. Dan stood at headings like this for ten years, then wrote the report after the shift.
10years at the heading
A real photo from the job, not a render.
Hard questions
What they ask us first.
Big DogBig DogWhat can the AI reach on its own?
Only what you grant. You set the access and can change or remove it any time. A person approves every draft before it goes out.
Our answerITSafety
Big DogWhy would mining people do AI?
Because we wrote the daily reports. Dan is a Virginia Tech mining engineer who spent ten years underground in Australia, the United States and Colombia. Ben spent twenty years in heavy civil, underground and mining. 30+ years combined.
Our answerOwner
Field tools and reading
Work it out yourself first.
CalculatorUnderground Jumbo Advance Rate CalculatorMeters of advance per shift, per day and per month from the round drilled and how the jumbo cycle is run.
CalculatorUnderground Ground Support CalculatorRock mass rating from face observations, rock class, and the bolt and shotcrete pattern the published guidelines call for.
CalculatorUnderground Heading Ventilation CalculatorAirflow a heading needs, duct pressure loss, fan duty and what the fan costs to run over a year.
Back on the surface
Talk to the people who wrote the daily reports.
A 20-minute call. We ask how your daily report moves today, and we tell you straight if AI fits. If it does not, we say so on the call.
Book a call
A 20-minute call. We tell you straight if AI fits.
Watch the presentation
The deck Dan shows owners. Sound on.
How we work
Find the money. Prove it. Run it.
- Use a field tool16 free calculators. Every equation cited.
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We sign your NDA before we see anything. Rather write? dan@bigdogmining.com