QLD Government EHP/DES Reports (Documents in PDF Format)

In 2017 and 2018 the Local Residents began a series of Blast Vibration Monitoring sessions inside private homes.

The outcome of our monitoring was that the levels inside the private homes was 2.6 times higher than what it was being measured by the BCC MCQ beside Mt Coot-tha Rd.
When our sequence was completed, EHP/DES Mr Matt Karle wrote a letter to us claiming that our data was invalid.
After considerable discussion it became obvious that there were several errors in this letter, hence we wrote a reply clearly stating our position.

In 2016 the Local Residents tried 3 times to get Standards Australia to change Appendix J.

The Local Residents approached the EHP/DES department asking them for support to make changes to AS2187.2 Appendix J.
All the changes were very anaemic and only required some onsideration for a non-compulsory appendix.
However instead of helping, , they opposed our proposal and advised Standards Australia. but they did concede that extended blast counts plus the amplification in higher building levels may be valid.
Standards Australia advised that the Local Residents proposal failed because the local EHP department opposed them, but no reasons were ever supplied to the Local Residents for the EHP/DES negative response.
The fact that the EHP/DES believed in building blast vibration amplification with height led us to consider doing blast vibration monitoring in the upper levels of local residents homes.
We were later to find out that the vibration strength on the 4th floor of 3SSGD were 2.6X or 260% higher.

In 2016 the Local Residents organised to have a meeting in Steven Miles Electorate Office.

After the meeting the then EHP Director Andrew Conor wrote to the BCC MCQ asking them to reduce their Mt Coot-tha Quarry blasting levels to the current State Maximum.
The response back to EHP from the BCC was No and included some fundamental untrue statements.
In his letter, the EHP Director also asked that the BCC conduct meaingful consultation with the Local Residents.
The BCC did not even consider allowing this requirement and ignored the need to provide any response.

In 2012 DERM/EHP/DES manager organised the BCC MCQ to setup a new monitoring point at the closest homes.

Email from Tim Adams regarding the setting up of the permanent monitoring point beside Mt Coot-tha Rd near the closest homes.
This was after approximately 600 blasts has been done since 1997 and we were later to find that the blast monitor reporting was misrepresented by a factor of 3X or 300%.