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Mine Subsidence Engineering Consultants provide engineering services in the field of mine subsidence prediction, mine subsidence damage assessment , monitoring and related areas. The principals, Arthur Waddington and Don Kay have been involved in mine subsidence engineering matters since 1978 in both Australia and the United Kingdom. Over the years Don and Arthur have developed and refined a method of subsidence prediction known as the Incremental Profile Method, which provides site specific mine subsidence predictions thus assisting stakeholders in assessing the potential impacts of underground mining on surface infrastructure. Being fully qualified and experienced civil and structural engineers, the company is able to offer a variety of services to its clients in the fields of building, civil, structural, environmental, mine infrastructure and subsidence engineering. The company is well positioned to assess the impacts of subsidence on structures and to provide advice on the mitigation of subsidence impacts. As well as meeting the information needs of a variety of clients, Arthur and Don have conducted extensive research into the impacts of underground coal mining on buildings, creeks, river valleys, gorges and clifflines. The Company's research programme includes regular reviews of measured data as well as major research projects to achieve specific objectives. Examples of these major projects include: the initial development of the Incremental Profile Method for the Southern, Newcastle, Hunter & Western Coalfields of NSW, which included studying the interrelationships between the incremental longwall panel widths, the chain pillar widths, lengths of longwalls, effect of proximity to the longitudinal ends of longwalls and the relationship between subsidence, tilt, curvature and strain; applying the method to suit data for the coalfields of Central Queensland; adjusting the method to accommodate the influence of differing cover depths, multi seam data and local geological conditions; and undertaking ...