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SUMMARY:New Developments in Mechanised Tunnelling and Shaft Sinking in Mining
DESCRIPTION:Overview \nRecent advancements in mechanized tunnelling and shaft sinking have revolutionized underground construction by enhancing efficiency\, safety\, and scalability. Innovations such as advanced tunnel boring machines (TBMs) equipped with real-time monitoring and control systems have significantly accelerated excavation rates while minimizing human intervention. Additionally\, the integration of robotic systems and automated processes has improved precision and reliability in shaft sinking operations\, reducing both time and costs. These developments not only enable the construction of deeper and longer tunnels but also enhance the feasibility of ambitious infrastructure projects across various sectors including transportation\, mining\, and utilities\, marking a pivotal shift towards sustainable and resilient underground development. \nLearning outcomes \n\nState of the art of mechanised tunnelling and selection criteria for TBMs\nDevelopment of an adoption model to mechanise high-value mineral commodity mining methods\nTBMs for mining\nInnovation in mechanised excavation\nFast and safe construction of free faces and ventilation shafts in hard rock\nPipe Laying Technology and its application in mining (HDD/SDD\, Direct Pipe®\, Pipe Thruster\, etc.)\n\nProgram  \nIn-person: \n\n8.15 am AWST: Registration\n8.45 am AWST: Opening & welcome\n9.00 am AWST: Introduction to Herrenknecht\n9.20 am AWST: Innovative technologies for mechanized excavation of shafts\n10.10 am AWST: VSM pre-sink wira shaft prominent hill\n10.40 am AWST: Coffee break\n11.00 am AWST: TBMs for mining: selection criteria and latest developments in mechanised tunnelling\n11.45 am AWST AWST: How to adopt TBM technology to the mining environment\n12.30 pm AWST: Tunnel design considerations: Drill & Blast vs TBM\n1.00 pm AWST: Lunch\n1.45 pm AWST: Shafts 3&4 construction at Oyu Tolgoi.\n2.10 pm AWST: Hydro; the renewables boom? Revolutionize conventional shaft construction with the shaft drilling jumbo and automation options.\n2.40 pm AWST: Fast and safe construction of free faces\, ventilation shafts & ore pass construction with the BBR.\n3.15 pm AWST: Coffee break\n3.45 pm AWST: Horizontal directional drilling & micro-tunnelling\n4.15 pm AWST: The great debate: mechanical excavation vs drill & blast\n5.00 pm AWST: Closing\n5.05 pm AWST: Get together / canapes & drinks\n\nOnline: \n\n11.15 am AEDT: Registration\n11.45 am AEDT: Opening & welcome\n12.00 pm AEDT: Introduction to Herrenknecht\n12.20 pm AEDT: Innovative technologies for mechanised excavation of shafts\n1.10 pm AEDT: VSM pre-Sink Wira shaft prominent hill\n1.40 pm AEDT: Coffee break\n2.00 pm AEDT: TBMs for mining: selection criteria and latest developments in mechanised tunnelling\n2.45 pm AEDT: How to adopt TBM technology to the mining environment\n3.30 pm AEDT: Tunnel design considerations: Drill & Blast vs TBM\n4.00 pm AEDT: Lunch\n4.45 pm AEDT: Shafts 3 & 4 construction at Oyu Tolgoi.\n5.10 pm AEDT: Hydro; the renewables boom? Revolutionize conventional shaft construction with the shaft drilling jumbo and automation options.\n5.40 pm AEDT: Fast and safe construction of free faces\, ventilation shafts & Ore pass construction with the BBR.\n6.15 pm AEDT: Coffee break\n6.45 pm AEDT: Horizontal directional drilling & micro-tunnelling\n7.15 pm AEDT: The great debate: mechanical excavation vs drill & blast\n8.00 pm AEDT: Closing\n\nPresenters \n \nPaul Anthony\nOperations Manager\, CPB Tunnelling and Major Projects Business Unit \nPaul is an underground construction focussed Mining Engineer who has been with the CIMIC Group since 2003. His multifaceted local and international experience spans a wide range of sectors\, including water\, power\, road\, rail\, infrastructure\, and building projects. Notably\, he has successfully taken on projects in highly constrained urban areas\, navigating the intricacies and challenges with an innovative and solution-oriented mindset.\nPaul has held leadership roles on numerous major infrastructure projects with the CIMIC group including the Deep Tunnel Sewerage System 2 Project\, WestConnex M8\, Wynyard Walk\, Victorian Desalination Plant Intake and Outlet Tunnels\, City East Cable Tunnel and Eastlink. \nCurrently serving as the Operations Manager for the CPB Tunnelling and Major Projects Business Unit\, Paul’s responsibilities extend to strategic planning\, procurement\, recruitment\, staff communication\, conducting project and operation reviews\, and interacting with clients and authorities. \n \nSean Henley\nGeneral Manager – Shafts\, Redpath Australia \nSean Henley graduated from Curtin University\, Western Australian School of Mines (WASM) as a Mining Engineer and is a seasoned mining executive with over 20 years of underground mining experience. He has extensive expertise in Contracting\, Project Management\, Business Development\, and Estimating within the APAC region. Sean joined RUC Mining in 2009 and managed their shaft-sinking business for 15 years until RUC’s recent acquisition by Redpath Australia. His practical problem-solving approach and energetic leadership style have enabled him to deliver results on numerous complex projects. \n \nJiang Aizezi\nArea Manager\, DT Infrastructure/Gamuda \nJiang is a Chartered Professional Engineer with a wealth of technical knowledge\, engineering expertise\, and management skills in the construction industry. He has contributed to the successful delivery of construction projects involving a variety of civil\, trenchless and tunnelling techniques\, including road and rail tunnels\, microtunnelling\, pipe jacking\, auger boring\, horizontal directional drilling\, Oil and gas pipeline construction\, conventional pipeline construction (Drainage\, Water\, Sewer\, Telcom\, Power)\, piling\, and heavy lifting operations. \n \nCharles Howarth\nManaging Director\, Herrenknecht Australia \nCharles Howarth\, graduated from The University of Newcastle in 1997 with a Bachelor’s of Engineering (Mechanical). Charles has a strong background in mechanical engineering for mining and tunnel construction equipment having worked initially in the underground coal mining sector for OEM’s in Newcastle NSW. Machine design activities in Europe for Herrenknecht from the late 1990’s through mid-2000’s on major construction projects In Europe\, US and Asia. \nMore recently\, Charles has headed up Herrenknecht’s Australian subsidiary as Managing Director responsible for Traffic Tunnelling and Mining Equipment in the region. Charles has been involved with the majority of the major tunnelling projects in Australia and New Zealand since 2007 supporting the supply of over 40 TBMs as well as the introduction of several Herrenknecht Shaft excavation Systems. \n \nPatrick Rennkamp\nProduct Manager – Mining\, Herrenknecht \nPatrick Rennkamp has been Product Manager Mining for Herrenknecht for over 20 years. He has a wide range of experience in both horizontal and vertical mechanised excavation methods where he is a leader in this field.
URL:https://australiantunnellingsociety.com.au/ats-event/new-developments-in-mechanised-tunnelling-and-shaft-sinking-in-mining/
LOCATION:Level 10\, Allendale Square\, 77 St Georges Street\, Perth\, WA\, 6000
CATEGORIES:Hybrid,Western Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20250527T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20250527T190000
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SUMMARY:Design and Construction of Alkimos Seawater Desalination Project
DESCRIPTION:Details\nOverview \nThe Australian Tunnelling Society (ATS)\, Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS)\, Australian Society of Trenchless Technology (ASTT) and Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) invite you to an evening of knowledge sharing\, Q&A\, and networking. \nEvent Synopsis \nThe first stage of the Alkimos Seawater Desalination Plant (ASDP) is currently under construction by an alliance between Water Corporation\, Acciona\, and Jacobs. The plant is designed to produce 50 Gigalitres per annum\, with provision to extend to 100 gigalitres per annum in the future. Enabling earthworks to prepare the site for construction commenced in late 2023\, and works on the plant and associated infrastructure began in mid-2024. First water production is planned for 2028. \nThe offshore works include possibly the world’s largest secant piled peanut shaft that combines TBM launch and the permanent outfall chamber and intake pumping station.  The intake and outfall tunnels are designed for significant internal pressures\, and will be connected to intake and outfall structures on the sea bed via risers that are constructed in highly permeable soils. \nThis presentation will explain why the plant is needed to reduce dependence on rainfall and groundwater with a growing population. It gives an overview of the desalination process and the plant itself\, and the resulting demands for the seawater intake and brine outfall\, which are sized for the final 100 gigalitre per annum plant. The considerations that went into siting the intakes and outfalls in a highly environmentally sensitive location will be outlined\, how the resulting design process drove the need for the 2.6 km intake and 4 km outfall tunnels\, and the complex process of securing environmental approvals. It will also describe how the intake and outfall solutions on the sea bed minimise the impact to flora and fauna. \nThe presentation will then look at some of the challenges in designing and constructing the intake and outfall systems in a complex geotechnical setting that comprises highly variable Tamala Limestone and Ascot formations. This includes a description of the all the outfall structures and the tunnel boring machine selection for the highly variable ground conditions and high water pressures. \nEvent activities \nNetworking and refreshments \nPresentation \nNetworking and refreshments \nSpeakers \nAnthony Harding \nTechnical Director-Tunnels\, Jacobs \nAnthony Harding is Jacobs Global Principal for Tunnel Engineering. He gained a degree and PhD from Edinburgh University\, and has worked on a wide range of tunnel projects\, covering transportation\, water\, and power markets\, usually within multidisciplinary design-build environments\, frequently taking senior technical and design leadership roles. Anthony is Jacobs Global Principal for Tunnel Engineering\, and is currently the offshore design manage for the Alkimos Seawater Desalination Plant\, working within the Alkimos Seawater Alliance (ASWA). \n  \nDamon Howes \nSenior Principal Engineer\, Water Corporation \n\n\nDamon Howes is Senior Principal Engineer\, Special Projects at Water Corporation.  Damon is a Chemical Engineer with 30 years of experience designing\, commissioning\, optimising and operating Water Industry assets.  He has worked in consulting roles and with Water Corporation having led multidiscipline engineering teams on several Alliances and EPCM contracts.  He is currently Water Corporation’s Design Manager for the Alkimos Seawater Desalination Plant\, working within the Alkimos Seawater Alliance (ASWA).
URL:https://australiantunnellingsociety.com.au/ats-event/design-and-construction-of-alkimos-seawater-desalination-project/
LOCATION:The Shoe Bar\, Yagan Square\, William Street\, Perth\, WA\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Online,Webinar,Western Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20260219T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20260219T193000
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SUMMARY:ICE WA Quiz night
DESCRIPTION:Please join the WA Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE) for a quiz night!   \nAn opportunity to network and show your infinite wealth of random knowledge. \nPrizes for the winners! \nFree entry
URL:https://australiantunnellingsociety.com.au/ats-event/ice-wa-quiz-night/
LOCATION:Little Shoe\, 1st Floor\, Yangan Square\, Perth\, Western Australia\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Western Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20260310T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20260310T193000
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SUMMARY:Design of High-Performance Rock Bolted Thin Shotcrete Linings
DESCRIPTION:Design of High-Performance Rock Bolted Thin Shotcrete Linings\nFrom Basics to Advanced Concepts\nOverview\nTunnels in poor to fair-quality rock masses (i.e. Q-values between 0.4 and 10) can generally achieve global stability and ground support primarily through ground reinforcement\, such as rock bolts. Such reinforcement elements not only hold unstable rock wedges and blocks but also provide local shear and tensile reinforcement where they cross rock defects or discontinuities\, enhancing the rock mass’s capacity to redistribute stresses during tunnel excavation more safely. However\, to keep costs down\, rock bolt spacing must also be efficient; as a result\, the use of a surface retention system\, such as shotcrete\, is still necessary to promote local stability and stress arching\, thereby supporting the rock mass between the rock bolts. In these cases\, a thin shotcrete lining (75-150 mm thick) is often used. It is usually designed to span the loads between the rock bolts\, accounting for both flexural and punching failure mechanisms. When combined with long cables\, as it is frequently used in mining\, the system can also play a greater role in global stability\, reducing the risk of larger failure mechanisms with volumes of the order of the excavation. It can\, in principle\, also be designed for dynamic loads if the bolts are designed for them. This presentation will discuss some basic concepts of this support system\, including the use of fibre reinforcement\, and then move on to more advanced concepts\, such as compressive membrane action and non-linear concrete design. \nSpeaker\n\n \n\nDr David Oliveira \nDiscipline Leader\, Ground\, Aurecon \n\n\n\nDr David is a Chartered Professional with 27 years of experience in civil engineering and mining geomechanics. He is Aurecon’s Discipline Leader for Ground Engineering\, including the Geotechnical\, Geology\, Tunnels\, Underground Structures and Pavements teams. He is also currently the Vice-Chair of Working Group 12 – Sprayed Concrete of the International Tunnelling Association. Besides major recent infrastructure such as Westconnex M8\, Westconnex M4-M8\, Hinkley Point C Nuclear Power (UK)\, Sydney Metro West-Central Tunnelling Package\, Western Harbour Tunnel Package 2\, and Borumba Pumped Hydro\, David has worked in projects for some deep underground mining projects such as Gwalia Mines (AU)\, Big Gossan (Indonesia)\, Cuiaba Mine (Brazil) and currently Oyu Tolgoi (Mongolia). \n\n\nThis event is run by the Australian Geomechanics Society in collaboration with Western Australian Ground Control Group and Australian Tunnelling Society. \n\n\n          
URL:https://australiantunnellingsociety.com.au/ats-event/design-of-high-performance-rock-bolted-thin-shotcrete-linings/
LOCATION:State Library of Western Australia\, 25 Francis Street\, Perth\, WA\, 6000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Western Australia
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