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SUMMARY:Celebrating diversity in tunnel engineering
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate International Women’s Day and diversity in tunnel engineering \nThe Australian Tunnelling Society (ATS) and Diversity in Tunnelling (DiT) team cordially invite you to join us for the upcoming event to mark International Women’s Day with presentations from key women in the industry (followed by Q & A). \nEvent Program (AEDT) \n5:30pm – Registrations open & light refreshments \n6:00pm – Event commences \n6:45pm – Q&A \n7:00pm – Discussion & drinks \n7:30pm – Event close \n\nWho should attend: Tunnelling engineers\, and all those interested in the space. \nSpeaker 1 – Nina Kilpinen\, Managing Director at Seed Engineering Australia \n \nNina is a successful engineer\, expert project manager and business leader\, with almost twenty-five years of professional experience. She is the founder and Managing Director of Seed Engineering\, specialising in the development and management of complex civil infrastructure projects\, large team leadership and business management. Nina is recognised for her efficiency\, versatility\, creativity and team building leadership capabilities\, which she brings to the large-scale civil infrastructure projects she has managed. \nNina has a depth of business experience. She has founded and operated successful retail businesses\, worked as non-executive director at the Australian Theatre for Young People\, is a casual academic and member of the Professional Advisory Board at the University of Technology Sydney\, a Fellow of Engineers Australia and a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She holds tertiary qualifications in engineering\, construction law and engineering management and is passionate about building leadership skills in the next generation of engineers. Nina was awarded the highly commended Consult Australia Female Leadership Champions of Change award in 2017\, in recognition of her support for women in engineering. She is an active and founding member of the NSW Construction Industry diversity and inclusion roundtable\, which includes representatives from over twenty construction\, consulting\, government and academic organisations. \nNina lives in the upper Blue Mts with her husband\, three children and two dogs. She is a keen snow sports enthusiast and aims to spend at least forty days per year\, on the snow. \nSpeaker 2 – Iris Yim\, Lead Engineering Geologist at Aurecon \n \nIris is an engineering geologist in Aurecon with about 15 years’ experience in Australia and internationally. She worked on few challenging tunnel projects such as the Express Railway link and South Island Line Admiralty Extension in Hong Kong\, Westconnex Stage 2b and 3a in Sydney. Other experiences such as geohazard risk assessment and mitigation and earthquake risk assessment in HK and New Zealand.
URL:https://australiantunnellingsociety.com.au/ats-event/celebrating-diversity-in-tunnel-engineering/
LOCATION:EA Sydney Office\, Mezzanine Level\, 44 Market Street\, Sydney\, New South Wales\, 2000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:New South Wales
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SUMMARY:Water mist suppression for road tunnels
DESCRIPTION:Overview\nWater mist suppression systems are an established and approved technology in many high-risk and/or special hazard applications are increasing in popularity for overseas road tunnels. This presentation will discuss differences between water mist and deluge and consider implementation and interaction with other systems and structural design. \nWater deluge systems have remained the established means of automatic fire suppression within Australian road tunnels for over 30 years. Whilst effective in protection of life and preservation of tunnels in a fire\, there are compromises; the cost and scale of the systems\, the burden imposed on the tunnel drainage systems\, and potential impact on occupants and responding emergency personnel\, to name a few. Water mist suppression systems are an established and approved technology in many high-risk / special hazard applications. \nAs an alternative in road tunnels\, water mist suppression systems address many of the issues inherent with deluge\, whilst achieving similar outcomes. Much less water is used\, which impacts cost and space associated with both suppression and drainage. For these reasons and many more\, water mist suppression systems are increasing in popularity in overseas road tunnels. Hurdles to local implementation are varied\, and include lack of familiarity/local precedents\, potential interactions with smoke ventilation systems\, and potential considerations for time-temperature curves and therefore structural design. Our speakers will aim to shed light on the varied aspects of this technology\, and the pathway to it’s effective implementation in Australian road tunnels. \nEvent program\nWebinar:  \n\n6:00pm AEDT: Event commences\n7:00pm AEDT: Event concludes\n\nIn-person:  \nMelbourne: L17\, Tower One\, Collins Square\, 727 Collins Street\, Docklands \nSydney: 10/F\, 383 Kent Street\, Sydney \n\n5:45pm AEDT: Attendees arrive\n6:00pm AEDT: Event commences\n7:00pm AEDT: Event concludes\n7:00-7:30pm AEDT: Networking\n7:30pm AEDT: Event concludes\n\nBrisbane: Unit 4\, 35 Limestone Street\, Darra\, Queensland \n\n4:45pm AEST: Attendees arrive\n5:00pm AEST: Event commences\n6:00pm AEST: Event concludes\n6:00-6:30pm AEST: Networking\n6:30pm AEST: Event concludes\n\nAbout the speakers\nConrad Stacey\, FIEAust CPEng NER APEC Engineer IntPE(Aus)\nDirector\, Stacey Agnew \nOne of the countries most trusted experts in the fields of tunnel ventilation and underground fire safety\, Conrad leads the working group for revision of AS 4825 – ‘Tunnel Fire Safety’ and has observed and designed complete fire and life safety solutions for tunnels of all kinds\, all over the world. \nPaul Gingell\nNational Manager\, Foam & Water Mist SystemsLPG Fire \nLPGfire brings a combined 100 years in the design of fire protection systems for Special Hazard Risks. As National Manager\, Foam & Water Mist Systems\, Paul has been ‘at the coal face’\, implementing and integrating these systems in road tunnels\, and continually improving the process and outcome with his clients.
URL:https://australiantunnellingsociety.com.au/ats-event/water-mist-suppression-for-road-tunnels/
LOCATION:Various venues (PLEASE SEE EVENT PROGRAM OPPOSITE FOR CORRECT VENUES AND TIMINGS)
CATEGORIES:National,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Herrenknecht Presentation - Mechanised sinking of deep shafts in hard rock
DESCRIPTION:Register now for limited places!\nIn 2022\, Herrenknecht revealed details about its latest mechanised shaft sinking solution for mining\, the Shaft Boring Cutterhead (SBC).  \nJoin us for this special presentation which is not to be missed – limited places! \nThe company\, which has successfully delivered its Vertical Shaft Sinking Machine (VSM) & Shaft Boring Roadheader (SBR) to soft-to-medium rock sinking applications in mining\, has equipped its latest concept for hard rock up to 250 MPa uniaxial compressive strength (UCS)\, with the machine able to carry out cutting\, lining and mucking operations concurrently. \n \nThe SBC had been designed for shaft diameters up to 9 m and shaft depths of approximately -1\,500 m. The machine weight starts from 450 t and it is 45 m in length. \nPatrick will present the SBC’s specifications and its capabilities as well as some of the projects completed to date.  \nThis is an excellent networking opportunity and light refreshments will be served. \nRegistration details to follow soon. \nPresenter\n \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/herrenknecht-presentation-mechanised-sinking-of-deep-shafts-in-hard-rock/
LOCATION:Aurecon – 25 King Street\, Bowen Hills\, QLD 4006
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SUMMARY:Kidston pumped hydroelectric scheme design and construction
DESCRIPTION:Overview\nWhen operational\, the Kidston Pumped Hydroelectric Scheme (K2-Hydro) will be Australia’s first Pumped Hydro project in over 40 years and will have the capacity to generate 250MW for up to approximately 8 hours. It repurposes the Kidston Gold Mine which finally closed in 2001. Design and construction commenced in April 2021 with tunnelling commencing in December that year with the 1500m long drill and blast main access tunnel. \nAfter several years of development\, the owner Genex\, awarded an EPC Contract to the McConnel Dowell and John Holland Joint Venture (MDJH-JV) in March 2021 with site work starting in May 2021 and tunnelling work in December 2021. A joint venture of GHD and Mott MacDonald was engaged through the ECI and delivery phase to design the overall facility\, including all tunnels and caverns\, dam\, powerhouse and transformer hall\, hydraulics\, power waterways\, FLS and ventilation\, balance of plant and local infrastructure. \nTunnelling works on this project consist of 2.85km of tunnels\, 1km of shafts and over 70\,000 cubic meters of cavern excavations. \nThe presentation will explore: \n\nthe impact the geology of the area had on the project and gain an understanding of the geology\nwhy the various tunnel types were chosen\nwhat to consider for support design methods\nhow far the construction project has progressed.\n\nEvent program\nIn-person event \n\nAttendees’ arrival: 5.45pm AEST\nEvent commences: 6.00pm AEST\nEvent concludes: 7.00pm AEST\nNetworking: 7.00pm – 7.30pm AEST\nEvening concludes: 7.30pm AEST\n\nWebinar \n\nEvent commences: 7.00pm AEDT\nEvent concludes: 8.00pm AEDT\n\nAbout the presenters\nBrendan Henry\nPractice Leader\, GHD Tunnels and Engineering \nBrendan has 30 years of experience on a wide range of tunnelling and heavy civil engineering projects as contractor and designer\, working in UK\, Singapore\, Canada and for the last 14 years\, Australia\, arriving in 2008 as Engineering Manager for the TBM Tunnels on Airport Link with John Holland. Brendan has now been with GHD for 10 years\, working on all phases of tunnel project delivery and most recently on the detailed design for D&C projects such as a 7.3km water transfer scheme in Philippines\, Metro West in Sydney\, and as the Engineering Delivery Manager for the design JV on Kidston. \nPeter Gaylard\, MIEAust CPEng NER\nSenior Project Manager\, John Holland \nPeter has 15yrs of experience in delivery of complex infrastructure including on major Tunnelling\, Materials Handling\, Mining\, General Building and Utility Services projects. Major projects worked on have included the Brisbane Airport Link Kedron Interchange Mined Tunnels\, Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal Stockyard Structural\, Mechanical and Electrical package\, Grosvenor Coal Mine Access Decline TBM and early works for the Brisbane Cross River Rail Roma St site. A Chartered Professional Engineer in both Civil and Mechanical disciplines Peter takes a multidisciplinary approach to project delivery and is trusted to find innovative solutions for each project.
URL:https://australiantunnellingsociety.com.au/ats-event/kidston-pumped-hydroelectric-scheme-design-and-construction/
LOCATION:Hybrid – online and in person at Little Shoe\, 1st Floor\, Yagan Square\, Perth
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