North East Link Program tunnel design overview

Level 15/385 Bourke Street Melbourne

Overview This presentation provides an overview of the tunnel design for the iconic North East Link Program. This is the largest tunnel project Melbourne has ever seen. North East Link (NEL) is the largest investment in a road project in Victoria’s history. It is the missing link in Melbourne’s orbital freeway between an upgraded Eastern ...

Ground Challenges in Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel Project

Hybrid - in person and online at ARUP Melbourne 699 Collins Street, Docklands, Victoria

Overview Please join us for the first in the new season of ICE technical presentations at Arup’s office in Melbourne and online. This fascinating talk, presented in collaboration between the ICE and the Australian Tunnel Society (ATS), will explore the ground challenges on the Metro Tunnel Project. The event will also be live streamed, which ...

Free

ATS VIC – Discrete fracture network approach for underground support design optimisation

230 Kwong Lee Dow Building 234 Queensberry Street, Carlton, VIC, Australia

Ground support design for underground rock engineering projects often adopts empirical methods, which were mostly developed in 1960s and 1970s. While these methods have provided a useful tool to aid design, they have typically been based on a limited database of project experience and so their results need to be interpreted in the context of ...

Geomechanics of pressure tunnels and shafts – a critical review of existing knowledge

SMEC Tower 4, 727 Collins St, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Overview Hydropower and pumped storage projects are becoming increasingly appealing as environmentally friendly energy sources and large-scale energy storage solutions. Pressure tunnels/shafts are among the primary components of such projects. Although the design of these pressure tunnels and shafts has been well-established for decades, during the peak of hydropower project development, particularly prior to the ...

ATS VIC – North East Link Tunnel Project Industry Updates by Paul, Ken and Hayley

Sky Park One Melbourne Quarter, 699 Collins Street, Docklands, VIC, Australia

Type: hybrid event Online link - Webinar Link Venue - Sky Park, One Melbourne Quarter, 699 Collins Street, Docklands, VIC, 3008, Australia. Time and date: 6th September 2023, Wednesday 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM: Networking over refreshments 5:30 PM – 6:20 PM: Presentation 6:20 PM – 6:30 PM: Q&As and Closing Comments Outline The North ...

Celebrating International Women’s Day – Unveiling the Stories of Senior Professionals in Tunnelling

Arup Offices - Sky Park 1 Melbourne Quarter, 699 Collins Street, Docklands, Victoria, Australia

Wednesday 6th of March, 2023    Come join us in real life (if you are in Melbourne) or online for a dynamic hybrid event that celebrates the journeys and experiences of senior professionals within the tunnelling industry!! Three distinguished speakers will share their personal stories, followed by a panel discussion and Q&A on industry trends, ...

Free

ATSym Industry Night – Welcome Future Tunnellers

Monash University Clayton Campus Green Chemical Futures Building - Level 4 Auditorium, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

The ATSym invites all members, non-members, and studen ...

Site visit – Transurban road tunnel control room – Melbourne

49 Balston St Southbank

Join the ATS and Transurban in an immersive exploration into the nerve centre of tunnel systems with a site visit to a road tunnel control room in Melbourne. Overview Transurban control rooms are the pulsating brain behind the seamless operation of tunnels. These control rooms stand as the guardians of safety, efficiency, and operations in ...