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  • 12/27/2023
Professor Arnold Dix pays tribute to the “outstanding ‘village’ of people who came together, and combined forces for The Silkyara tunnel rescue.”

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00:00 The amazing Silkyara Tunnel Rescue, 41 men home safe, no one injured in the process,
00:07 saw me there in a voluntary capacity assisting the magnificent team.
00:13 What wasn't so clear was who and which companies were behind me.
00:18 So I'd just like to briefly give a call out to the many volunteers who were behind me, assisting me there at Silkyara.
00:29 So I'd like to give a big call out to Garg Manoj, Mohit Kaushal, Martin Herinkinecht, Jamal Rustami,
00:39 Bruce Matheson, Nick Chittenden, Anindya Sengupta, Patrick Billion, Andrew Betty,
00:49 Dennis Wagner, Mohit Kaushal, Hirsh Rainer, Huling Steiffel, Ross Dimmick, Sunj Bala,
01:00 Frederico Foria, Asif Riaz, Sanya Zlantic, Alan Pangelli, Dennis Wagner, Madhav Oshtock, Naik Vishwajit Singh,
01:18 Marco Invenisi, Michalis Davidi, Neni Sabod, Richard Skolkins, Marco Invenisi, Mohit Karnesi,
01:34 Deetma Pooka, Wolfgang Doslack, Alan Thomas, Sauran Patel, Sanya Bala, Nene Sabod, Gerard Sengra,
01:52 Klaus Reicher, Hansuk Choi, Pekka Nieminen, Andrea Peggiorini, Cyriac Joseph, Yanis Fikiris.
02:06 Also a special call out to a gentleman whose name I don't know who was responsible for the design
02:14 and fabrication of the amazing rock rescue cart. That's the little cart that came out through the pipe
02:21 with the rocks in it. What's not commonly known is that was designed and built on site.
02:26 I don't know your name but you're awesome and that design and fabrication was of course essential
02:37 for the hand excavation. So whoever you are, thank you. I'd love to know your name and how to contact you.
02:44 Then for the companies, companies which assisted me were Brock, Sandvik, Heron Connect, Terratek,
02:53 Master Builders, Marpay, MBCC Group, Michigan Engineers, Norman, Beddai Consulting,
03:09 Colorado School of Mines, DSI Ground Support, ITA Working Group Long Tunnels at Great Depth,
03:20 Korean University, Pakistan Tunneling and Trenchless Society, Itatech from ITA,
03:30 ITELFA, the Satellite Interferometer people for the analysis, TRE Altamira, the satellite based
03:40 displacement analysis, Squadron Infra and Mining, the drone based LIDAR survey.
03:50 And also to the team on site, everyone on site for welcoming me into the team and just letting me be part
04:03 of the decision making process and helping us get on with that job. A special call out to Chris Cooper,
04:10 his specialist knowledge and assistance with the hand mining option and also the horizontal TBM mission.
04:18 Hassan Niazi, really terrific detailed in the field knowledge on tunneling stability from his perspective
04:28 as a tunneling geologist. And of course to Patrick as well for his warmth and welcome as well.
04:37 So to everybody, it's a big thank you and that's a big thank you to those of you who were sitting behind me
04:44 and if there's more that I haven't mentioned, please just give me a shout and I'll specifically acknowledge you.
04:50 But many people working together, helping each other is what made Silk Yara 41 men home safe possible,
05:02 contrary to what history tells us should have been the outcome. Thank you.
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