Ahmad Al Bahadiri is a Principal Mining Consultant at Techtonic, known on site for staying focused on outcomes and for identifying issues early enough that plans actually translate into execution.
The failure point he sees most often across mine planning, design and drill and blast is the assumption that execution will sort itself out. It rarely does. Site teams operate with real constraints — people, equipment, time — and a plan that ignores those constraints gets changed on the fly. Compliance and continuous improvement both suffer as a result.
The assumption that causes the most pain, in his experience, is a lack of context and contingency. When teams understand why a decision was made, and what to do when conditions change, execution stays aligned with the intent of the plan rather than drifting away from it.
As Ahmad puts it: plans and designs only work if execution is considered from day one.
