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WELCOME
AT THE
ROCKFALL TRAINING
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ROCKFALL TRAINING

Marco Deana| Corporate Rockfall Technical Manager

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ROCKFALL
TRAINING 1.0 KICK OFF
2017 Marco Deana | Corporate Specialist

Sharing knowledge. Adding value. Together

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 WHO
2 WHAT
3 WHY
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Hello!
My name is Marco Deana.
I come from Milan. Now I live
in Bologna where I work for
Maccaferri Corporate as
Rockfall Specialist.
I am a geotechnical
engineer with 10 year
experience in rockfall and
slope stabilization.
We’ll spend some time
together speaking about
slope stabilization and
rockfall. I hope we’ll enjoy
our time!!
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WHAT ABOUT YOU? WHERE

DO YOU COME FROM?

WHAT’S YOUR EDUCATION?

LET’S KNOW

WHAT’S YOUR ROLE AND

EACH OTHER!
TASKS IN YOUR COMPANY?

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1 WHO

• Leonard Lucky Msibi • Joaquin Indacochea

• Tshepang Mahlo • Herbert Sotelo Aedo
• Devveena Naidoo • Yenny Giraldo
• Anna Busisiwe Simango
• Juan Luis De Beer

2 WHAT

A ROCKFALL

B SLOPE STABILIZATION

C DEBRIS FLOW

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ROCKFALL What is a Rockfall event

Parameters which govern it

We are going to Possible solutions

talk about…
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SLOPE
Focus on shallow slides
STABILIZATION
Typical situations

Best solutions for each

We are going to condition
talk about…
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What is a debris flow

DEBRIS FLOW When it generates and why
it’s dangerous

Risks mitigation
We are going to
talk about… Main parameters to
consider

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What you would like to “bring home”

from these intense days?

1. Design of solutions
2. Extimations of safety coefficients
3. Difference with competitors
4. Installation and accessories
5. Causes
6. Analysis of solutions
7. Increase confidence about the
subject
8. On site check
9. Software

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What I would like to “bring home” from

these days and what the main goals?

 Know problems from different countries

 Many inputs to improve the actual
solutions
 Let you have the tools to gain
confidence in Rockfall Solutions
 Build the basis for the improvement of
the approach

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3 WHY
A To better understand the phenomena and increase the technical skills.

B To better know applications and solutions.

C As an occasion to confront with a different approach and empower the

self confidence.

D A chance to confront our expertise with someone else’s experience and

thus improve the approaches and the solutions

Improve the effectiveness of everybody’s work and knowledge about the

key themes and solutions.
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Remember…

«Once you stop learning,

you start dying»
Albert Einstein

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