BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Australian Tunnelling Society - ECPv6.17.4.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:Australian Tunnelling Society
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://australiantunnellingsociety.com.au
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Australian Tunnelling Society
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:Australia/Sydney
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+1100
TZOFFSETTO:+1000
TZNAME:AEST
DTSTART:20180331T160000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+1000
TZOFFSETTO:+1100
TZNAME:AEDT
DTSTART:20181006T160000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+1100
TZOFFSETTO:+1000
TZNAME:AEST
DTSTART:20190406T160000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+1000
TZOFFSETTO:+1100
TZNAME:AEDT
DTSTART:20191005T160000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+1100
TZOFFSETTO:+1000
TZNAME:AEST
DTSTART:20200404T160000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+1000
TZOFFSETTO:+1100
TZNAME:AEDT
DTSTART:20201003T160000
END:DAYLIGHT
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20190501T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20190501T193000
DTSTAMP:20190430T223525Z
CREATED:20190214T044850Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190430T223525Z
UID:14051-1556733600-1556739000@australiantunnellingsociety.com.au
SUMMARY:ATS VIC - A Sydney Heads Rail Tunnel & Airport Light Rail
DESCRIPTION:Join the Australasian Tunneling Society (ATS) for a presentation on opportunities for rail tunnels to improve Sydney’s rail connectivity. \nA rail tunnel under Sydney Heads would connect the Sydney CBD through to Gosford via a 60 km long tunnel extension from Bondi Junction Station on the Eastern Suburbs/Illawarra Line\, positioning Brookvale as a new satellite CBD\, only 15 minutes travel time from the Sydney CBD. The project could extend to a faster rail link between Newcastle\, the Sydney CBD and Canberra\, with another option being to connect Parramatta to the Sydney CBD and the Eastern Suburbs railway line through the existing Martin Place Station.  The latter option includes new station platforms and tunnels excavated directly under St James Station\, with another new line\, in tunnels\, perhaps extending to Malabar. \nThis presentation will discuss these options\, as well as the backgrounds and key aspects of the project concepts. \nThe feasibility and opportunities offered by an underground light rail link to Sydney’s airport will also be discussed: light rail can accommodate steeper gradients and tighter curves than heavy rail systems\, and there are possible connections into unused tunnel sections at Wynyard Station. A light rail route that connects North Sydney\, through the CBD and the University of Sydney has been proposed. \nTime: 6:00 to 7:30PM\nVenue: Engineers Australia Victoria\, Level 31 Bourke St\, Melbourne\nSpeaker: Ted Nye\nSession Contact: gcacchione@engineersaustralia.org.au \nClick here to see the flyer \nClick here to register \nSpeaker\nTed Nye: Director\, E J Nye & Associates Pty Ltd \nTed is a consultant specialising in underground engineering for transport related projects\, although he is also currently involved with a pumped storage hydro project. Commencing his career on the Melbourne Underground Rail\, Ted then gained extensive experience overseas before moving to Sydney as the Design Team Leader of the land tunnels of the Sydney Harbour Tunnel. More recent experience includes the Sydney Airport Line soft ground tunnel\, road and bus tunnels in Brisbane\, road tunnels Melbourne and Sydney (including recently as a specialist advisor)\,  and water supply and hydro tunnels in both NSW\, Victoria and overseas. Other recent rail projects include the Melbourne Metro (client side) and Sydney Metro Stage 1 (design). Ted conceived the initial concept of a rail tunnel under Sydney Heads as far back as 1996\, and canvased the idea to the then State-wide Roads. The concept was further developed during 2017 and 2018 with support from industry colleagues Peter Prince and Dr Sam Lackey.
URL:https://australiantunnellingsociety.com.au/ats-event/ats-vic-a-sydney-heads-rail-tunnel/
LOCATION:Engineers Australia\, Vic Division\, Lvl 31\, 600 Bourke Street\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victoria
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://australiantunnellingsociety.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/20-Feb-2019-feature-image-heads.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190529
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190530
DTSTAMP:20190531T040908Z
CREATED:20190214T045034Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190531T040908Z
UID:14053-1559088000-1559174399@australiantunnellingsociety.com.au
SUMMARY:ATS VIC - Snowy Hydro
DESCRIPTION:Overview\nSnowy 2.0 is a proposed pumped-hydro expansion of the Snowy Mountains Scheme\, operated by dynamic energy company Snowy Hydro. The expansion will significantly add to the Scheme’s existing energy generation and large-scale storage capabilities\, securing system stability at times of peak demand. \nThe Snowy 2.0 Geotechnical Investigation has to date delivered over 21 km of borehole drilling from 40 boreholes of up to 1.1km in depth. GHD have worked closely with SHL and the owners team during the reference design development\, working iteratively and feeding the design team geological and geotechnical data to inform decisions on the placement and location of key structures. Working in pristine and remote Kosciusko National Park meant the project had logistical challenges to resolve to gather high quality information from remote locations\, using helicopters\, barges and all terrain vehicles to maximise accessibly and minimise disturbance to the highly sensitive environment. \nCo-hosted by the Victorian Civil College and the Australian Tunneling Society\, this seminar will provide an overview of the project\, including the specific constructions associated with a large-scale pumped-hydro station in order to ensure extensive generation and storage of energy. \nDiscussion will include the investigation scope\, direction drilling targeting key features from fixed surface locations\, execution of insitu stress and permeability testing\, a comparison of structural data acquisition from core orientation and downhole geophysics and the surface geophysical seismic refraction and reflection programme. \nSpeakers\nDave Evans: Director of Engineering\, Snowy 2.0 \n\nDave Evans is the Director of Engineering on Snowy 2.0 and has been working on the project since its inception in April 2017. Prior to joining Snowy 2.0\, Dave was the Australia New Zealand Hydropower and Dams Manager at SMEC and has been involved as a designer and expert review in international hydropower projects in Australia\, Nepal\, Papua New Guinea and Kenya. \nDamon Miller: Associate Engineer\, Dams & Hydro\, SMEC \n\nDamon Miller has worked on Snowy 2.0 since the project commenced with SMEC and Snowy Hydro in April 2017. Damon was the Design Manager for the Snowy 2.0 Feasibility Study and has been the Civil Design Lead for the Reference Design and Tendering for the 2000 MW pumped storage hydropower project. \nHelen Barbour-Bourne: Associate Engineering Geologist\, GHD Sydney \n \nHelen Barbour-Bourne is an Associate Engineering Geologist with GHD Sydney with a strong background in Project Managing and delivery of large scale complex and specialised site investigations from overseas projects at London Olympics 2012 and Crossrail\, to Oxley Highway to Kempsey and Woolgoolga to Ballina Pacific Highway Investigations. She has been Project Manager for the Snowy 2.0 Geotechnical Investigation Project since October 2017\, drawing together a specialist and skilled team of up to 80 people on site from across Australia\, New Zealand and Canada to deliver this amazing and challenging project. \nDaniel Kamphorst: Site Investigation Manager\, Snowy 2.0 \n \nDaniel Kamphorst is a Geotechnical Engineer\, responsible for managing the Snowy 2.0 Geotechnical Investigation program on site since October 2017\, more recently become the Site Investigation Manager. With a strong focus on highly specialised geological and geotechnical field work\, from PNG\, and across Australia. He has been critical to the execution of the complex scope required by the investigation which  includes three methods of insitu stress testing\, down hole geophysical logging and deep directional drilling\, essential to the delivery of the project. \n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\nDate: 29 May 2019 \nTime: 6.00m – 8.00pm \nVenue: Level 31\, 600 Bourke Street\nMelbourne \, Victoria \, 3000 \nCost: $30 for Members/$30 for Students/$60 for Non-Members \nSession Contact: memberservices@engineersaustralia.org.au \nClick here to see flyer \nClick here to register
URL:https://australiantunnellingsociety.com.au/ats-event/ats-vic-snowy-hydro/
CATEGORIES:Victoria
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://australiantunnellingsociety.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Talbingo-Dam_Snowy-Hydro-Image-1-1.jpg
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR