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SUMMARY:Tunnel lighting functionality
DESCRIPTION:This presentation will discuss the various types of tunnel lighting and the development of tunnel lighting in Australia using case studies from various tunnel projects in Australia will describe the types and functionality of tunnel lighting systems. Tunnel lighting functionalities include: – Normal lighting that provides appropriate visibility for users\, both day and night – Safety lighting that provides minimum visibility for users\, to enable them to leave the tunnel in their vehicles in case of power outage. – Egress lighting to guide tunnel users on foot in the event of an emergency. During this sessions you will receive an overview of: – Different types of tunnel lighting – Tunnel lighting functionality – Tunnel lighting zones – Egress lighting – Different lighting systems used on Tunnels in Australia. \nPlease see speakers for the event below: \n\n \nShilpa Charegaonkar\nFIEAust CPEng\nTechnical Director\, Energy Mott MacDonald \nTechnical Director\, Electrical engineer with 20 years of experience in technical design and delivery of complex multi-discipline industrial engineering and infrastructure projects. Experience includes delivering a range of engineering solutions\, including concept planning\, design development\, safety identification and mitigation\, process improvement solutions\, potentially explosive atmosphere engineering\, project management and energy management systems. Power and lighting design\, documentation\, and construction phase services for various projects. With excellent communication and relationship building skills\, Shilpa is results focused and takes pride in ensuring the needs of stakeholders are met throughout the project and a high level of quality is maintained. \n\n \nAdrian Sterritt\nAssociate Director\, Lighting WSP \nWith over 30 years of designing lighting Adrian brings his lighting design experience to WSP. His understanding of the lighting techniques\, coupled with his management skills\, makes him an asset to any project. Adrian is the Melbourne Specialist Lighting Team Leader and as one of the senior project leaders on many diverse projects\, Adrian is able to apply his skill and design experience to any project. Working with all aspects of lighting he can find the best lighting outcome for any project. With experience in road\, rail\, retail\, urban realm theatre and heritage projects. \n\n \nJohn Rogers\nPrincipal Lighting Engineer WSP \nJohn Rogers has over 50 years’ experience in the lighting industry in various roles. He has special experience in roadway\, tunnels and public space lighting from a background in lighting design\, luminaire manufacturing and lighting project management. Joining WSP in 2010 he has been involved on numerous projects as lighting designer or in an advisory or verification capacity as well as conducting in house training on public lighting and tunnel/underpass lighting design with particular regard to the application of and compliance with relevant Australian Standards in the design procedure.
URL:https://australiantunnellingsociety.com.au/ats-event/tunnel-lighting-functionality/
LOCATION:Mott MacDonald L17\, Tower One\, Collins Square 727 Collins Street Melbourne VIC 3008\, Mott MacDonald L17\, Tower One\, Collins Square 727 Collins Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Online,Victoria,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220428T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220428T190000
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SUMMARY:ATS 50th celebrations - legends panel discussion
DESCRIPTION:There’s never been a better time to be a tunneller in Australia. \nWith billions worth of upcoming tunnelling projects in the next decade\, we’ve assembled a panel of three legends of the industry to help us navigate the challenges and opportunities we face during this exciting time in the industry. \nThe event will be held as a face to face and webinar hybrid event across several Engineers Australia offices around the country and online. \nThe Legends Panel will comprise 3 individuals who are all regarded as well-respected ATS ‘legends’ in the tunnelling industry. The panel will take the form of a facilitated conversation chaired by Rachael McCarrison. \n  \n\nProf. Arnold Dix \n \n\nProfessor Arnold Dix is a barrister\, mediator\, dispute adjudicator\, consultant and expert on all matters relating to tunnelling\, underground infrastructure\, fire and disasters\, as well as broader civil planning and environmental disputes. His career over the past 30 years has celebrated a unique hybrid of engineering\, geology\, law and risk management matters. Arnold’s key strength is in his ability to bridge the gap between the legal and technical dimensions of a problem\, risk assessment or dispute.\nArnold’s approach in legal matters is practical and commercially minded\, appreciating the many factors that are intrinsic to complex disputes to do with tunnelling\, mining\, engineering and underground works. He has niche high level experience and a considered appreciation of the issues at hand\, as well as the many stakeholder interests to be taken into account\nArnold is the current Vice President of the International Tunnelling Association (Consultative Status to United Nations).\n\n\nDr Bill Bamford \n \n\nDr Bill Bamford is recognised as a world leader in the field of specialised rock testing with a lifetime of experience and research devoted to the area. He has established a fine team at BRTS – highly qualified young testing engineers\, an experienced Laboratory Manager and a competent administrator.\nIn 1967\, Dr Bill Bamford commenced lecturing\, performing research and managing a rock testing laboratory at the University of Melbourne.\nDr Bamford is currently an honorary Principal Fellow and Associate Professor in the Melbourne School of Engineering in the University of Melbourne. His specialisations include rock mechanics\, mine design\, geotechnical engineering. He held the position of Vice-President for the International Society for Rock Mechanics for 8 years. Other appointments include being the National Chairman of the Australian Geomechanics Society and of the Australasian Tunnelling Society.\n\n\nDiane Mather \n \n\nDiane Mather is a Design Manager for the Australian Rail Track Corporation’s (ARTC) $15.5 billion Inland Rail Program. She is responsible for the design management of the Gowrie to Heldion (G2H) section of the a Public Private Partnership Project and the technical lead for the three tunnels within the Gowrie to Kagaru (G2K project) scope the most technically complex sections of the Inland Rail alignment. The tunnels technical lead scope covers tunnel design and construction\, tunnel systems and fire life safety\, key features for the safe service offering of the project.\nDiane has more than 20 years’ experience in design and construction of civil infrastructure and mining projects\, and has successfully developed\, managed and delivered a wide range of design and construction programs across many disciplines. Prior to joining ARTC\, Diane delivered a range of design and construction work packages on several major projects including Clem7 (NSBT)\, Airport Link\, City Rail Link\, Westconnex M5East\, Westgate\, Sydney Metro\, Melbourne Metro and Brisbane Cross River Rail. Diane is a UK and Australia-registered chartered professional engineer and the winner of the inaugural Australian Tunnelling Society 2021 Women in Tunnelling Award.\n\n\nEvent program \nWebinar \n6.00 – 7.00 PM: Webinar \nIn-person event \n5.30 – 6.00 PM: Arrival and registration\n6.00 – 7.00 PM: Presentation\n7.00 – 7.30 PM: Networking \nEvent locations \nBrisbane \nEngineers Australia Hawken Auditorium\nLevel 9\, 340 Adelaide Street\, Brisbane QLD \nMelbourne (speakers presenting live from this location) \nWhite & Case \nLevel 32\, Rialto Towers \n525 Collins Street\, Melbourne VIC \nSydney \nEngineers Australia Harricks Auditorium\nMezzanine Level\, 44 Market Street\, Sydney NSW
URL:https://australiantunnellingsociety.com.au/ats-event/ats-50th-celebrations-legends-panel-discussion/
CATEGORIES:New South Wales,Online,Queensland,South Australia,Victoria
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SUMMARY:Thames Tideway Tunnel
DESCRIPTION:Presentation outline\n \nThis presentation will give an overview of the different soft ground tunnelling techniques used on the Thames Tideway Project. The main focus will be on the west section of the Thames Tideway Tunnel in London\, where an earth pressure balance tunnel boring machine and sprayed concrete lining methods were employed. The talk will explore specific characteristics of the project and some of the challenges the team faced. \nThe overall Tideway scheme is a significant new combined sewage storage and transfer system that will help protect the River Thames by tackling the problem of overflows from the capital’s Victorian sewers. The main tunnel\, a major component of the system\, runs from Acton in west London to Abbey Mills Pumping Station in east London; controlling the most polluting combined sewer overflows by intercepting\, storing and conveying the discharges\, which currently flow into the river. \nSpeaker\n \nChristina Trigle is a civil engineer working in London and a member of the British Tunnelling Society Young Members (BTSym). She graduated from Imperial College London and has spent most of her career to date delivering the Thames Tideway Tunnel project\, working for BAM Nuttall. She is currently seconded to Ramboll\, working within their tunnels and underground space team. \nReminder: CPD records cannot be automatically recorded for this event and will need to be recorded by participants.  After registration for the event you will receive an email with and .ics file which will need to be opened to add the event to your calendar.
URL:https://australiantunnellingsociety.com.au/ats-event/thames-tideway-tunnel/
CATEGORIES:Online
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SUMMARY:Impact of building construction on existing tunnels: one-day seminar
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a one-day seminar in April 2023 on the impacts that building construction has on tunnels. There is an increasing demand for the assessment of the potential impact of new building construction\, including new tunnels\, on existing tunnels and other underground infrastructure. \nThere are limited resources both on the approvals side and for developers to carry out these assessments and particularly in a timely manner. \nThe purpose of this seminar is for presentations\, papers and a panel discussion to provide useful information for the broad range of participants involved. Particularly referring standards and guidelines including applicability of structural and geotechnical assessment criteria. \nThe tunnels involved could be road\, rail\, sewer\, or water supply. Topics could also include analysis case studies\, monitoring methods and data\, dilapidation surveys\, the approval process\, predictions of impacts verses actual impacts and any economic\, property or legal issues. \nCall for abstracts \nAbstracts are requested for the One-day Seminar by 31 October 2022. Final papers are to be submitted by the 30 January 2023 and notification of acceptance of papers will be given by the end of February 2023. \nAbstracts should be no more than 400 words. Preferably they should be based on actual case studies that the author(s) or their organisation has had direct experience with. They can be about projects from anywhere in Australia or from overseas. Authors can submit more than one paper. \nThe lodgement of this abstract does not indicate automatic inclusion in the one-day seminar program. Please note that the main presenting author must be the one to submit the abstract. The format of the paper will be provided to the authors. There is a maximum of 10 pages for each paper. \nAbstracts must be submitted by completing our online form. \nAuthors will be notified of abstract status by mid-November 2022
URL:https://australiantunnellingsociety.com.au/ats-event/impact-of-building-construction-on-existing-tunnels-one-day-seminar/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Online,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220331T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220331T190000
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SUMMARY:Tunnel systems: three decades of Australian tunnel systems operation stall and axial fan parallel operation
DESCRIPTION:This event will be held online and in-person (Sydney\, Melbourne\, Brisbane). \nPresentation outline\nThis is the first technical session of the ATS Tunnel Systems Group. This technical session will be in three parts. \nPART 1\nThree Decades of Australian Tunnel Systems Operation Bob Allen\, General Manager Sydney Harbour Tunnel. Bob’s 30 years operating then managing SHT means that he has had a hand in almost the complete lifecycle of a tunnel\, missing only tunnel decommissioning. His insights on maintenance\, systems upgrading\, and process improvement are built over three major systems upgrade cycles\, understanding the approaches\, what is important and what works well. Through those 30 years\, societal approaches to safety have also moved on\, and SHT has been a leader in the change in tunnel operations\, driven in no small part by Bob. \nBob will lead us through some of the changes that have been made to SHT in tunnel systems\, operations\, and operational safety\, drawing lessons where applicable for road tunnels more generally. \nPART 2 \nLee Brown will discuss Stall & Axial Fan Parallel Operation. Lee has been to be involved with the majority of major Australian and New Zealand Road and Metro Tunnel infrastructure projects. Directly involved with the design and supply of Jet & Axial Fans\, Fire Dampers and Sound Attenuation. \nPART 3 \nThe technical session will Finish with an Update from Conrad Stacey on the AS4825 work of ATS the update of the Tunnel Fire Design Standard \nLocation\nThis event will be held in multiple locations: \n\nSydney: Aurecon Office\, Level 5\, 116 Military Road\, Neutral Bay\, NSW\nArrival and registration 5.00pm AEDT\nBrisbane: Stacey Agnew Office\, Unit 4\, 35 Limestone Street\, Darra\, QLD\nArrival and registration 4.00pm AEST\nMelbourne: Engineers Australia\, Level 31\, 600 Bourke Street\, Melbourne VIC\nArrival and registration 5.00pm AEDT\n\nImportant note: CPD records cannot be automatically recorded for this event and will need to be recorded by participants. \nSpeakers\nBob Allen\nGeneral Manager Sydney Harbour Tunnel\nBob started as a tunnel controller three months prior to the opening of Sydney Harbour Tunnel in August 1992\, becoming Operations Manager in August 1993. At the end of the concession period in August 2022\, Bob will finish up with the Sydney Harbour Tunnel Company\, having spent the last 23 years as its General Manager. Bob’s leadership within the tunnel community was instrumental in starting the Australian Tunnel Operators Group and in formalising training and qualification of tunnel operators. Bob’s initiatives on tunnel operations and safety come up in many conversations in the tunnel community\, with his philosophies and knowledge on tunnel operation and safety recognised internationally. \nLee Brown\nTunnel & Metro – Business Manager\nInvolved with ventilation for nearly 25 years\, with companies Fan Systems UK\, Witt & Sohn Germany\, Fantech Australia and more recently as Director of TROX Australia. Since moving to Australia\, Lee has been to be involved with the majority of major Australian and New Zealand Road and Metro Tunnel infrastructure projects. He is directly involved with the design and supply of Jet & Axial Fans\, Fire Dampers and Sound Attenuation\, with his first project being the Auckland Waterview Tunnel supplying the complete ventilation solution of Jet Fans\, Axial Fans\, Fire Dampers\, Sound Attenuation and transition ducts. \nConrad Stacey\nDirector Stacey Agnew\nConrad is the director of Stacey Agnew experienced in Tunnel Fire life safety and ventilation. Conrad is leading the ATS AS4825 working group
URL:https://australiantunnellingsociety.com.au/ats-event/tunnel-systems-three-decades-of-australian-tunnel-systems-operation-stall-and-axial-fan-parallel-operation/
CATEGORIES:New South Wales,Online,Queensland,Victoria
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220203T140000
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SUMMARY:The Main Range Railway — ATS 50 Year Celebration Series
DESCRIPTION:Webinar\, 1-2 pm AEST \nOverview\nThis webinar will provide the history of the Southern and Western Railway of Queensland which runs from the town of Ipswich to Toowoomba\, a distance of 78 miles\, and divided into two branches\, one running to Dalby\, a distance of 52 miles\, and the other to Warwick\, a distance of 62 miles\, making a total of 192 miles. \nThe ascent of the Main Range from Murphy’s Creek to Toowoomba made this one of the most difficult sections to engineer. It involved steep gradients\, numerous rocking cuttings\, and 11 tunnels—also in rock—which had to be lined with brickwork\, and of which one is 27 chains in length. \nEngineers also faced challenges of twenty iron bridges\, with lattice girders\, 12 feet apart from centre to centre\, and in spans varying from 60 feet to 100 feet\, with an amount of waterway almost unparalleled on a similar length of line. \nSpeaker\nGreg Hallam\nHistorian Queensland rail \nGreg Hallam has been with Queensland Rail since 2000. He is a third-generation member of the Queensland railways\, with a grandfather commencing as a locomotive cleaner in Bundaberg in 1911. Greg is a postgraduate student of the University of Queensland and is a member of the Professional Historians Association of Queensland. Having been active professionally in the community history and cultural heritage field\, his working career has also included being the Queensland Heritage Registrar with the former Department of Environment and Heritage. He has also been published in several journals\, such as Queensland History.
URL:https://australiantunnellingsociety.com.au/ats-event/the-main-range-railway-ats-50-year-celebration-series/
CATEGORIES:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220127T183000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220127T183000
DTSTAMP:20220111T024840Z
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SUMMARY:ATS Tunnel Design Guideline Presentation Series – Part 4
DESCRIPTION:ATS Tunnel Design Guideline Presentation Series – Part 4: Segmental Lining Design\, Ground Movements and Impact Assessment (chapters 7 & 8)\nThis session will begin at 5.30 pm AEST (6.30 pm AEDT). \nThe ATS Tunnel Design Guideline Presentation Series will bring together the authors of the guideline to discuss in detail the chapter contents. The ATS Tunnel Design Guideline was released in September 2020 and this webinar series has been established to provide readers with further context to the material included. \nThe fourth in a series of five presentations from authors of the ATS Tunnel Design Guideline will focus on chapters 7 and 8 which covers Segmental Lining Design\, Ground Movements and Impact Assessment. The presentation will be delivered by the chapter authors\, Senthilnath GT\, Jin Chong and Geoffrey Chan. This event is suitable for students\, graduates and anyone working or interested in the design of tunnels. \nThis event is suitable for students\, graduates and anyone working or interested in the design of tunnels. \nThe presentation will be recorded and uploaded to the ATS website to provide additional context and content for the ATS Tunnel Design Guideline. \nSessions will run for approximately 45 minutes with 20 minutes of Q&A. You will have direct access to the authors of the relevant chapters and the opportunity to ask questions at the end of the presentation. \nThis guide has been produced by a team of skilled and enthusiastic practitioners from the Young Members of the Australian Tunnelling Society. We hope that this guide will help with your journey in the exciting world of tunnel design. \nThe guideline is available for download via the members section of the ATS website under ‘technical papers.’ This document has been developed and funded by the ATS and its members.
URL:https://australiantunnellingsociety.com.au/ats-event/ats-tunnel-design-guideline-presentation-series-part-4/
CATEGORIES:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211118T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211118T183000
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SUMMARY:ATS VIC - Rock mass parameters estimation for numerical modelling of tunnels
DESCRIPTION:Presentation Summary \nIn order to conduct rigorous geotechnical design of underground space\, it is recognized that the impact of scale on the response of the excavated system needs to be well understood. In this regard\, one of the major challenges is to translate the small measured (laboratory) geomechanical properties and those of the joints observed at a larger scale to a scale and stress-dependant strength value for design. . Dr Keneti’s presentation presents a comprehensive review of existing geomechanical data for the Hawkesbury Sandstone and demonstrates an analysis of strength-scale dependency. Large-scale\, Synthetic Rock Mass (SRM) tests have been completed to establish a strength-scale relationship that considers defect spacing. Validation of the SRM sample responses has been completed for both the strength and deformation modulus based on reported and/or commonly accepted characteristics of a tunnel-scale rock mass. The presentation highlights the importance of inputs as well as the process involved in the estimation of rock mass parameters for FEM/DEM numerical modelling of underground structures. \n       \n  \nSpeaker bio \nAli Keneti (PhD\, PEng) is a senior engineer at McMillen Jacobs (Melbourne) conducting ground-structures interaction studies in Itasca Flac3D and 3DEC for tunnelling projects in AU/NZ regions. Dr. Keneti has 15 years of professional and research experience in geomechanical aspects of Civil and Resources Engineering in North America and Austrasia\, including Tunnelling\, Hydro-Electric\, Mining\, and Pipeline projects. He is co-author of several scientific articles and an invited reviewer for renowned international journals in Geomechanics. \n \nNote: The VIC chapter will hold the annual meeting from 5:00 PM prior to the presentation. Due to the COVID restrictions on Engineers Australia VIC venues\, the annual meeting and presentation both run on the online meeting which can be accessed by clicking the registration link. No fees will be incurred. \n 
URL:https://australiantunnellingsociety.com.au/ats-event/rock-mass-parameters-estimation-for-numerical-modelling-of-tunnels/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210428T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210428T183000
DTSTAMP:20210414T105627Z
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SUMMARY:ATS WEBINAR - The Kitanomine Tunnel: A SEM Case Study
DESCRIPTION:Join the Australian Tunnelling Society Victoria Division for a presentation by Kensuke Date on the challenges faced in using the Water-tight Sequential Excavation Method (SEM) for Tunnel Construction with Difficult Ground Conditions in the construction of the Kitanomine Tunnel. \nThe Kitanomine Tunnel is a 2928 m long tunnel in Furano City\, as part of the Asahikawa-Tokachi Road running N-S in central Hokkaido\, Japan. The sequential excavation method (SEM) was used for the watertight tunnel construction.  However\, the geology of the Kitanomine Tunnel mainly comprised of mudstone\, welded tuff and alluvial fan deposits\, causing additional challenges for construction. The area was also rich in water resources and the alluvial fan deposits were found to be predominantly throughout the tunnel alignment with an identified active fault crossing the alignment. Effective grouting around the tunnel to mitigate the environmental impact was also a remarkable feature of the project. \nThe presentation by Kensuke will address the following: \n\nGeological challenges that were faced in implementing the tunnelling plan\nTunnel excavation and support strategies implemented\, including the use of tanked sections\nGrouting techniques which were developed for water tightness in rock\nImplementation of Field Testing to prove the effectiveness of the ground improvement\nGroundwater recovery after the tunnel excavation\n\nKeynote Speaker\nKensuke Date\nDeputy General Manager\,Kajima Technical Research \n \nKensuke Date has 25+ years of experience in Tunnelling and geotechnical engineering. He graduated from the University of Tokyo and then has worked for Kajima Corporation\, one of the largest construction companies in Japan. He has published a lot of peer-reviewed papers on tunnelling in journals and international conferences. He has served as a tunnelling specialist and design manager in challenging projects\, including the Kitanomine tunnel passing through an artesian aquifer with watertight tunnel support. \nKensuke is currently working at Kajima Technical Research Institute in Singapore as Deputy General Manager.
URL:https://australiantunnellingsociety.com.au/ats-event/ats-webinar-the-kitanomine-tunnel-a-sem-case-study/
CATEGORIES:Online,Victoria,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210421T170000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210421T170000
DTSTAMP:20210407T055424Z
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SUMMARY:ATS WEBINAR - Australian Tunnelling Society - 2021 Update
DESCRIPTION:Please join this ATS session where some of the leadership team will take time to describe some current initiatives. \nPlease join ATS President Harry Asche\, Victorian Chair Richard Buckingham and Victorian committee member Nadine Makin for this technical session. \nThe session will include a presentation from Harry on initiatives underway at executive level that aim to provide improved value to ATS members and improved visibility and quality of the offering that we provide to our valued ATS sponsors. Members are encouraged to participate in the initiatives. \nBoth Richard and Nadine will give an update on aspects of the ATS2020+1 conference which is due to be held in Melbourne from May 10th to 13th. Richard will give an overview of the conference and describe some key activities in the program. Nadine will introduce the newly establish Women in Tunnelling award. \nHarry Asche\, BE(Civil)\, PhD\, MIEAust\, CPEng\, MICE\, CEng\, RPEQ\nPresident\, Australian Tunnelling Society\nDesign Director\, Tunnels\, Aurecon \nRichard Buckingham\nVice President\, Australian Tunnelling Society\nProject Development Manager\, John Holland Group \nNadine Makin\, BE (hons)\, BSc\, MIEAust\nProject Development Manager\nTechnical Director\, Ground and Underground Engineering\,\nAurecon \nClick here to see flyer
URL:https://australiantunnellingsociety.com.au/ats-event/ats-webinar-australian-tunnelling-society-2021-update/
CATEGORIES:National,Online,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20201014T130000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20201014T140000
DTSTAMP:20200916T000153Z
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SUMMARY:ATS WEBINAR - Hydrogeology in Underground Design and Construction
DESCRIPTION:The importance of the groundwater in underground construction is sometimes underestimated\, but is one of the most important aspects to consider in planning\, design and construction.  Characterising groundwater behaviour in rock is difficult\, because of the variability that is often seen in test results. This variability can be described using simple statistical techniques. The presentation describes the issues that arise from groundwater in underground techniques. One technique that is used to control these issues is pre-grouting; the presentation describes a methodology for predicting some of the key parameters. \nHarry Asche  BE(Civil)\, PhD\, MIEAust\, CPEng\, MICE\, CEng\, RPEQ\nDesign Director\, Tunnels\, Aurecon \nAdjunct Professor\, School of Civil Engineering\, University of Queensland \nPresident\, Australian Tunnelling Society \nHarry Asche is Aurecon’s Design Director – Tunnels.  He is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Queensland and is the President of the Australian Tunnelling Society.    Harry has worked on tunnels and caverns in Australia\, New Zealand\, Hong Kong and the UK.  He worked on the South Island Line\, Contracts 901 and 904\, and carried out the groundwater inflow analysis and the 3D cavern design for both of these projects.  More recently\, Harry has been the tunnel discipline leader for the 9km WestConnex 2 project in Sydney and the hydrogeology advisor for the 2km Central Kowloon Route in Hong Kong.  In 2018\, Harry was Queensland’s Engineer of the Year and was awarded the Roads Australia Technical Excellence Award in 2018.
URL:https://australiantunnellingsociety.com.au/ats-event/ats-webinar-hydrogeology-in-underground-design-and-construction/
CATEGORIES:Online,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200929T140000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200929T150000
DTSTAMP:20200924T013259Z
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SUMMARY:ATS WEBINAR - BIM and TBM Tunnel Project Along the Lifecycle
DESCRIPTION:BIM is the digital representation of physical and functional characteristics of a building\, piece of physical infrastructure or environment. BIM serves as a shared knowledge resource for information about an asset throughout its lifecycle—supporting decision making—from strategic appraisal and planning\, design and construction to operation\, maintenance and renewal. \nBIM enables a collaborative way of working using digital processes to enable more productive methods of planning\, designing\, constructing\, operating and maintaining assets through their lifecycle. \nGovernments in Australia recognise the importance of BIM in the delivery and management of infrastructure assets as it offers many benefits throughout the asset lifecycle and has the potential to drive efficiency\, value for money\, productivity\, innovation and safety. (source: QLD Gov – Digital Enablement for Queensland Infrastructure). \nSpeakers\n \nJordan Haimes | Community Engagement Officer\, Cross River Rail \nJordan is currently working as a Community Engagement Officer with the Cross River Rail Delivery Authority on the delivery of the $5.4B Cross River Rail project. In this role\, he assists with project management and the fit out of the Cross River Rail Experience Centre. \n \nVincenza Floria | Design and Project Manager \, Geodata Eng \nVincenza is a Civil Engineer with 28 years’ experience\, out of which over 18 are matured at Geodata and 10 on Digital Engineering and R&D. She became a specialist in numerical modeling starting from her M.Sc. thesis and she is now lecturer at the II level Master ‘”Tunnelling and TBMs” Politecnico di Torino (course: Numerical Design). At Geodata\, she brought her experience in numerical modelling into the design of international infrastructure projects. Since 2015\, Vincenza has been involved with some important projects in Australia (Perth\, Melbourne and Brisbane). She is currently Design Manager for Geodata Eng. of TBM tunnel and cross-passages in CRR project in Brisbane. \n \nNeil Tyson | Business Development Manager\, Deswik Group \nWith business development and strategy at the core of his role\, Neil has key interests in safety leadership and complex systems risk management which are vital for effective catastrophic risk management\, and to improve from the current plateau in safety performance in the mining industry. \nJurij Karlovsek | Lecturer\, University of Queensland \nJurij has experience both in industry and academia\, with his road area of expertise lying in Geotechnical Engineering – specifically\, conventional and mechanised tunnelling\, construction information technology and non-destructive testing in tunnels. As a representative of the University of Queensland\, he works hard to engage with the community by creating and implementing associations that seek to inform\, educate and empower young professional tunnelling engineers.
URL:https://australiantunnellingsociety.com.au/ats-event/ats-webinar-hydrogeology-in-underground-design-and-construction-2/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Online,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200721T170000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200721T180000
DTSTAMP:20200714T053350Z
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SUMMARY:Recent Innovations in Ground Support in Sydney Road Tunnels
DESCRIPTION:This event is a joint presentation by the ATS and the Australian Geomechanics Society. Click through the link on the right to register. \nOverview\nThe increased demand to future-proof tunnel projects with respect to long term traffic predictions has led to the proposal of some exceptionally large span tunnels in recent road projects in Australia. For example\, some of the current projects have main line tunnels with continuous excavated spans up to 22 m\, besides other enlarged sections and Y-junction caverns that approach 34 m in span.  These projects do not come without their challenges particularly when they are also combined with a very tight construction programme. David and Mark will present some of their experiences in recent projects in Australia and how some of these challenges were tackled via innovative design solutions. The presenters will discuss developments around design delivery strategies\, spaceproofing\, excavation sequences\, ground support for large tunnels\, shotcrete design and its associated quality control challenges\, and more. \nSpeakers\nDavid Oliveria | Jabobs – Technical Director\nDr David Oliveira is a Technical Director for Asia Pacific and Global Subject Matter Expert in Hard Rock Tunnelling at Jacobs Engineering Group. He has over 20 years in the civil\, geotechnical and tunnelling industry and has been involved on a broad range of projects varying from complex open pit and deep and highly stressed underground mines to major infrastructure projects in a variety of ground conditions and challenging urban environments. \nMark Sheffield | Aurecon – Technical Director\nMark is a Technical Director for the Infrastructure Group at Aurecon. He has over 30 years in tunnelling and heavy civil engineering. He has been involved with major underground projects around the world from feasibility and concept design through to implementation and construction systems in a variety of ground conditions and challenging urban environments. \n 
URL:https://australiantunnellingsociety.com.au/ats-event/recent-innovations-in-ground-support-in-sydney-road-tunnels/
LOCATION:Webinar\, Register via the link to join!
CATEGORIES:New South Wales,Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200609T170000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200609T180000
DTSTAMP:20200526T222854Z
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SUMMARY:2019 David Sugden Award - Sentilnath GT
DESCRIPTION:The David Sugden Award was launched in 2004 as a way of promoting the art of technical writing with young tunnellers. The winning paper prize includes attendance to the following years WTC. For more details click through the link below. \n \nThis webinar presents design and construction issues of two pedestrian tunnels from Thomson Line metro in Singapore which were built below two operating metro lines. Two tunnels with cross-sectional area ranging from 50m2 to 85m2 are excavated below an existing operational rail tunnel (with vertical clearance of less than 2.7m) and below an operational metro station. The tunnel excavation below the operational metro tunnel is carried out using pipe roof method and the tunnel excavation below the existing station base slab is carried out by underpinning the structure as the excavation progressed. \nSpeaker\nSentilnath GT | Senior Tunnel Engineering\, GHD\nAs a Chartered civil engineer\, Senthil has 12 years of experience in diversified geotechnical projects such as TBM and SEM/NATM Tunnels\, excavation support system (for mining and urban development projects) and site supervision. He has worked on wide range of tunnelling projects (soft ground\, hard rock\, deep caverns) with project experience in Australia\, Singapore\, UAE\, India\, Malaysia and Indonesia. \n 
URL:https://australiantunnellingsociety.com.au/ats-event/2019-david-sugden-award-sentilnath-gt/
LOCATION:Webinar\, Register via the link to join!
CATEGORIES:National,Online,Queensland
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