NSW Student Tunnelling Award
At the ATS NSW AGM, on the 11 December, Chapter Chair, Phil Clark was thrilled to present Ekansh Sharma with the first NSW Student Tunnelling Achievement Award. Ekansh consistently achieved high distinction across the four c...
Student Tunnelling Achievement Awards in Victoria
There was a fantastic St Barbara’s Day celebration and awards presentation in Melbourne on 4 December. The evening was expertly hosted by Richard Buckingham, ATS President and Elena Gavazzi, Chair of the ATS Victorian Chapte...
David Sugden Award presented to Yosafat Sinaga
On the 4 December, three fantastic St Barbara’s Day celebrations were held in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. At the Brisbane event, the 2025 David Sugden Award was presented to Yosafat Sinaga from NOMA Consulting for his fa...
15 minutes with new ATS South Australia Chapter Chair: Phil Cornish
The ATS is pleased to introduce Phil Cornish, the inaugural Chair of the new South Australia Chapter. Here he talks about his background, career and goals for the new chapter. What is your current role? I’m Engineering Direc...
Celebrating Kaylah-Faith MacIntosh – Winner of the Women in Tunnelling Award 2025
The winner of the 2025 ATS Women in Tunnelling Achievement Award is Kaylah-Faith MacIntosh. The award was presented to Kaylah by Eliza Newton from Bouygues Construction Australia and Nadine Makin, Chair of the ATS Diversity ...
Honouring Bill Bamford – Recipient of the 2025 Allen Neyland Tunnelling Achievement Award
At the ATC2025 Awards, the Allen Neyland Tunnelling Achievement Award was presented to Dr Bill Bamford in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the Australian tunnelling industry over many decades. Bill was unable t...
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ATS Women in Tunnelling Achievement Award – 2025
The ATS has officially opened applications for the 2025 Women in Tunnelling Achievement Award, inviting nominations from across the tunnelling and underground construction sector to recognise and celebrate the outstanding co...
Huge day for the Australian Tunnelling Industry
A big day for ATS – and for the Australian tunnelling history. Yesterday kicked off with the ATS Executive Committee meeting — a productive in-person session full of great discussion and big ideas for the next six months and...
Brisbane’s WTC2028 Bid: A proud effort, a close race
Despite narrowly missing out on hosting the World Tunnel Congress 2028, the Australian Tunnelling Society is proud of the strong and enthusiastic bid we presented for Brisbane. At WTC2025 in Stockholm, our team made a compel...
Speaker spotlight – Rock Fracture Grouting Course – Sean Ladiges
Sean Ladiges, Technical Director, GHD Sean Ladiges is a specialist in Australian dam design and construction at GHD and will explain the fundamentals of grouting to control water leakage through the foundations of dams, incl...
Speaker spotlight – Rock Fracture Grouting Course – Harry Asche
Harry Asche, Design Director, Aurecon Harry Asche is a well-known tunnel designer with Aurecon. He will explain how pre-excavation grouting is set up for water control in driven tunnels, including investigation, design and c...
Speaker spotlight – Rock Fracture Grouting Course – Mohamed el Tani
Mohamed el Tani, Managing Director, Rockgro Mohamed El Tani is a scientist who has brought mathematical rigour to a topic that was previously seen as a “black art.” Mohamed is the chair of the ISRM Commission on rock groutin...
Speaker spotlight – Rock Fracture Grouting Course – Bruce Grant
Bruce Grant, Managing Director, Multigrout Australia Bruce Grant is a leading Australian rock grouting practitioner with significant experience in grouting for dam and tunnel construction. Bruce will set the scene, describin...
Speaker spotlight – Rock Fracture Grouting Course – Iain Robertson
Iain Robertston, Managing Director, RIX Ground Engineering Iain Robertson runs RIX Ground Engineering and has broad knowledge of techniques of ground improvement. Iain will set our topic of rock fracture grouting within the ...
Register now for the ATS Rock Fracture Grouting Course 2025
With pumped hydro projects on the rise and major tunnelling infrastructure continuing across Australia, the Australian Tunnelling Society is proud to be running the Rock Fracture Grouting Course 2025—a one-day event designed...
David Sugden Award Open Now – Win $5000 to attend WTC2026!
Are you a young tunneller? Have you got a fantastic idea for a technical paper? Would you like to receive $5,000 to attend the 2026 World Tunnel Congress? If the answer to all of the above is YES, then the ATS is delighted t...
Our new website domain is live!
The Australian Tunnelling Society is evolving, and so is our online presence! As part of our ongoing commitment to improving our digital experience, we’ve upgraded our website to a new domain: 👉 www.australiantunnellingsocie...
Sponsors announced for ATS 2025 International Women’s Day event
We’re excited to announce MC-Bauchemie Australia, The RIX Group, and BarChip Inc. as sponsors of our exciting upcoming event, Accelerating Action: Advancing Diversity and Women in Tunnelling on March 13 in Brisbane🎉👷♀️ This...
In Memory of Robert Parnell
The passing of Robert Parnell aged 78, on 19 December 2024 after a brief illness has both shocked and saddened many of our members in the ATS and the many friends and colleagues who knew him within the tunneling sector in Au...
ATS Photography Competition
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WTC2028 – Brisbane’s bid is submitted!
Brisbane's bid for the World Tunnel Congress 2028: A key to Australia's sustainable future By Jurij Karlovsek, Vice President ATS and Bid Lead for WTC2020 in Brisbane This article was first published in the ANZ Journal Octob...
ANZ Journal article: Tunnelling with Passion
Fresh insights from a young engineer's perspective at the World Tunnel Congress 2024 As the WTC 2025 approaches, we'd like to share with you this story by Shenyan Yao from AECOM, winner of the David Sugden Award 2024 and ATS...
ANZ Journal: International Working Groups and the ATS
Did you know? As an ATS member you can influence tunnelling practice at an international level??? Check out the following article to learn how. This article was first published in the ANZ Journal October 2024. The picture (a...