Nominate for the ITA Tunnelling Awards 2021

June 17th, 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 ...

Building the first full-scale ship tunnel in Norway

June 1st, 2021|

The world's first full-scale ship tunnel will be built in Norway to help ships navigate the notoriously dangerous Stadhavet Sea. The job involves boring through a 300-metre-high mountain as part of the 1.7 km tunnel which wil...

The vision for ATS2020+1 realised

May 19th, 2021|

Grand plans contrived two years ago were realised at the Australasian Tunnelling Conference 2020+1 in Melbourne last week. Australian Tunnelling Society vice-president Richard Buckingham also served on the event organising co...

Women in Tunnelling Breakfast Draws Big Crowd

May 12th, 2021|

A well-attended Women in Tunnelling breakfast marked the beginning of day two of the Australasian Tunnelling Conference. The breakfast complemented the Australian Tunnelling Society's implementation of a Women in Tunnelling O...

ATS 2020+1 begins with a bang in Melbourne

May 11th, 2021|

The Australiasian Tunnelling Conference 2020+1 officially began this morning at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. Following a Welcome to Country led by Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Elder Ringo Terrick, keynote speaker...

Exclusive Offer For Students and Young Members

April 30th, 2021|

Are you a local, project based young engineer, ATS Young Member or student aged under 35 years of age who can’t attend the full conference? The Australasian Tunnelling Conference ATS2020+1 organising committee is pleased to o...

Keynote Speech | Snowy 2.0 Project Update

April 30th, 2021|

The next keynote speaker the Australian Tunnelling Conference 2020+1 is excited to announce is Dave Evans, Director of Engineering at Snowy 2.0 Snowy Hydro Limited. Mr Evans' presentation will be a Snowy 2.0 project update an...

How To Access Technical Papers

April 23rd, 2021|

Access to technical papers stored on the Engineers Australia member portal is available for Australian Tunnelling Society members. Use the below steps as a guide to access and download technical papers. Login to the Engineers...

Women In Tunnelling Breakfast Destined To Be A Highlight

April 23rd, 2021|

The Australian Tunnelling Society is delighted to be hosting a Women in Tunnelling breakfast on 12 May 2020 as part of the ATS 2020+1 conference. We are thrilled to announce Dr Collette Burke as our special guest speaker at t...

ATS 2020+1 Preliminary Program At A Glance

April 16th, 2021|

Take a look at all the exciting exhibitors, speakers and functions that will be occurring at the Australian Tunnelling Conference next month. The majority will take place at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, whi...

Corey Hannett Joins List of ATS 2020+1 Keynote Speakers

April 16th, 2021|

ATS 2020+1 organisers are thrilled to announce Corey Hannett will be presenting at the conference as a keynote speaker next month. Mr Hannett has been Victoria’s Director-General overseeing its massive pipeline of transport i...

ATS Winners at ITA Awards

December 7th, 2020|

On the 4th of December this year the Australian Tunnelling Society celebrated, St Barbara's Day, World Tunnel Day and the 6th ITA Awards. The awards were held as a digital event, with delegates able to review final submissio...

ATS Tunnel Design Guideline Launch

October 16th, 2020|

This guide has been produced by a team of skilled and enthusiastic practitioners from the Young Members (YMs) of the Australian Tunnelling Society. We hope that this guide will help with your journey in the exciting world of...

2020 ATS David Sugden Award Winner

August 12th, 2020|

The winner of the 2020 David Sugden Award is Daniel O'Kelly for his paper Implications of the Evolving Vehicle Fleet on Ventilation Energy Consumption in NSW Road Tunnels. The judging panel noted the winning paper "an import...