In person (Western Australia) and webinar Speaker: Alvin Francis has 11 years of tunnelling experience working on a wide range of tunnel projects in challenging geology, from Berapit Twin Tunnels- Electrified Double Track Project (Malaysia), Klang Valley MRT (Malaysia)- where the world’s first Variable Density TBMs specifically designed to handle the complex limestone karst zones ...
During tunnelling with Earth Pressure Balance Tunnel Boring Machines (EPB-TBMs) huge amounts of soil are removed for the tunnel construction with foams and polymers mixed in during excavation to modify its characteristics. This process, which is directly linked to TBM performance, is called soil conditioning and is an important factor in achieving a project’s target ...
The Australasian Society for Trenchless Technology is holding a webinar on the Central Interceptor project in Auckland, and they have very kindly extended the webinar invitation to the ATS. The ASTT is thrilled to be able to continue on with its webinars in 2021 and once again provide this free webinar in lieu of our ...
The ATS QLD chapter would like to invite students and young engineers for a site visit at the Cross River Rail Project Woolloongabba tunnels. The site visit will involve an introduction to the project, induction, and tour of either the cavern works, road header operations or TBM tunnels. The groups will be divided up on ...