Victorian Tunnelling Centre produces first round of graduates
8 December 2021 The Victorian Tunnelling Centre has produced its first round of graduates, with 26 current and former trainees now working on the city-shaping Metro Tunnel Project. Recently, Minister for Transport Infrastruct...
Connect with the ATS Tunnel Systems Group
6 December, 2021 The ATS is encouraging the ATS Tunnel Systems Group to connect and share information, reflecting the groups goal of highlighting the importance of tunnel systems. Key initiatives next year will include a quar...
Meet the inaugural winner of the Women in Tunnelling Award
Diane Mather was awarded the Women In Tunnelling Award Outstanding Achievement Award by the Australian Tunnelling Society, recognising extensive contributions to tunnelling and mining in Australia and internationally. The awa...
Inside London’s super sewer
16 November, 2021 The Thames Tideway Tunnel is upgrading London’s Victorian-era sewer system. Engineers behind the project have discovered skeletons, the challenges of moving masses of water under iconic sites and the remarka...
A detailed look at the ATS Tunnel Design Guideline
14 October 2021 The ATS Tunnel Design Guideline Presentation Series will bring together the authors of the guideline to discuss in detail the chapter contents. The ATS Tunnel Design Guideline was released in September 2020 an...
World Forum On Underground Urban Transportation
13 October, 2021 The World Forum On Underground Urban Transportation is being held tonight, Wednesday 13 October Australian time. ITA's webinar will be hosted in Paris with a 2 pm start in France's capital equivalent to 11 pm...
Register for ITA’s October Lunchtime Lecture instalment
October 12, 2021 ITA's October Lunchtime Lecture series instalment is taking place tonight, October 12, and will feature David Oliveira flying the flag for the Australian tunnelling industry on the subject of 'structural use...
Cross River Rail site visit sparks interest in young engineers
October 5 2021 On Saturday 25 September the ATS young members held a site visit to the Cross River Rail in Brisbane. The event drew great interest and you had to be fast to secure a spot as one of the 35 attendees. The...
How to use Informit to access papers
Technical papers can be accessed by ATS members here by logging into their Informit account. If you are a first time Informit user, please follow the steps below: Step 1: Click onto the Informit site Step 2: Register by selec...
The Observational Method in Tunnelling
The Observational Method in Tunnelling Diane Mather, Design Manager, Inland Rail, ARTC Alex Gomes, Chief Technical Principal - Tunnels, SMEC Background The design of tunnels and underground structures often involves a myriad ...
EOI for ATS working group to review Australian Standard – AS 4825-2011 Tunnel Fire Safety
15 September 2021 Dear ATS members, The ATS is seeking nominations from people to join an ATS Working Group to review Australian Standard – AS 4825-2011 Tunnel Fire Safety. This Standard is intended to guide industry particip...
ITA-CET September newsletter
8 September 2021 The September update from ITA-CET is available. Read the newsletter below, or download a copy from the ITA website. ITA Chairman Robert Galler and Vice-Chairman Michel Deffayet provide an update and news surr...
Towards model Australian underground works contracts: regulatory baseline reporting
Towards model Australian underground works contracts: Regulatory Baseline reporting—fairness when government rules and regulations change By Professor Arnold Dix Scientist & Lawyer, Professor of Engineering CEO & Mana...
Respirable Crystalline Silica–update
1 September 2021 By Harry Asche, ATS President Recently, the ATS was requested to make comment on the draft units of competency, being prepared by Artibus Innovation, who are preparing these on behalf of their client, The Con...
ATS endorses upcoming training courses
20 August 2021 With the objective of providing benefit to our members and working collaboratively with external parties toward the betterment of the tunnelling and underground construction industry, we are pleased to announce...
Australian Tunnelling Society 50th Anniversary Celebrations
19 August 2021 Dear ATS members In 2022 the Australian Tunnelling Society will celebrate its 50th anniversary. During this time the ATS has established its position as the key technical society within Engineers Australia for ...
Nomination deadline for David Sugden Award extended
12 August 2021 The deadline for nominating for the David Sugden Award has been extended until 30 September. With the award recognising young engineers for their knowledge and contribution to the industry, nominations are welc...
Diversity and Inclusion Protocol Launch
6 August 2021 The Australian Tunnelling Society is committed to a tunnelling profession that is as diverse as the community it works in. Today we're launching our Diversity and Inclusion Protocol as a model so that all memb...
ITA Tunnelling Week 2021 September dates confirmed
3 August 2021 With this year's scheduled World Tunnel Congress pushed to 2022, the ITA is has launched a digital week dedicated to tunnels and underground space. The ITA Tunnelling Week will be held from 20–24 September this ...
Presentation on artificial ground freezing well received
23 July 2021 An ATS presentation on construction of cross passages by artificial ground freezing organised by the Western Australian division was very well received on Wednesday night. More than 110 people viewed the talk onl...
Name the Thornlie-Cockburn Link Micro TBM
16 July 2021 The hunt is on for the name of the Thornlie-Cockburn Link Micro TBM. The MBTM will drill twin 100m tunnels as part of the Western Australian project to provide Perth with an east-west cross rail line connection. ...
ITA Lunchtime Lecture Series—into the future
This month’s ITA Lunchtime Lecture Series will be held on Tuesday 13 July and will be on the subject of ‘Into the future’. The session will include an overview on ‘Resilient underground’ by Wout Broere (WG20 animateur), a pr...
Help us choose the next front cover of the A&NZ Journal
For the next front cover of the A&NZ Journal we want to showcase the people and projects of the tunnelling community. Here's your chance to send in a picture that could be on the front cover of the Journal. A prize is o...
Nominate for the ITA Tunnelling Awards 2021
June 2021 The seventh edition of the International Tunnelling Association Tunnelling Awards will be an all-online affair to allow maximum participation from around the globe. 2020 award winners included John Holland, CPB and ...