ATS Webinar Archive
The Australian Tunnelling Society is a proud part of the broader Engineers Australia family. As a Technical Society of EA, the ATS have facilitated a number of webinar events which are available for all members to view via t...
Women in Industry Awards – Nominations Open
Nominations are open for the Women in Industry Awards. The categories for nomination include: Social Leader of the Year; Rising Star of the Year; Business Development Success of the Year; Industry Advocacy Award; Mentor of t...
ATS QLD Mt Cootha Quarry Site Visit Wrap Up
The Australasian Tunnelling Society recently held the Mt Cootha Quarry site visit, with the Brisbane City Council and Quarry Manager Robert Bell ki...
Tunnel Thoughts
Dear Colleagues, At this time of uncertainty it has given a number of us time to think and ponder some of the more interesting or controversial areas of tunnelling and life. The ATS will be presenting these pieces of writing...
NZTS Publishes GBR Guide
In March 2020 the New Zealand Tunnelling Society released "Geotechnical Baseline Reports: A Guide for New Zealand Practitioners". Geotechnical Baseline Reports or GBRs have been used for over two decades in the New Zealand m...
David Sugden Award 2020 Launch
The ATS are proud to announce nominations are now open for the 2020 edition of the David Sugden Award. The David Sugden Award was launched in 2004 as a way of promoting the art of technical writing with young tunnellers. The...
Crystalline Silica PhD Scholarship Opportunity
The University of Wollongong has a number of PhD scholarships relating to air quality including Diesel Particulate Matter (DPM), dust and Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS). The following projects are available: Centralised...
Changing of the Guard
What a great year 2019 has been and 2020 set to be even bigger with Melbourne hosting the 17th Australasian Tunnelling Conference 29 November- 02 December. The National Executive would like to formally acknowledge the cont...
Peter Watson 2019 Golf Day
On a smoky and hot afternoon 106 keen golfers made their way to the Ryde Parramtta Golf Club for the 2019 edition of the Peter Watson Memorial Charity Golf Day. The day included a four ball ambrose competition across the 18 ...
ATS QLD – National Tunnelling Day Celebratory Dinner
To celebrate St Barbara Day and World Tunnel Day the ATS Queensland chapter hosted a celebratory dinner at The Charming Squire in South Bank, Brisbane. The event is one of the most highly regarded events in the tunnellin...
ATS Tunnel Design Guideline Draft
The initial draft of the ATS' Design Guide is nearing completion with a power of work from the ATSym nominees. The development of this draft has been in line with the Terms of Reference established and approved by the ATS Exe...
AQWG win Safety Initiative of the Year at ITA Awards
The ATS’s Air Quality Working Group (AQWG) has been successful in winning the “Safety Initiative of the Year” award as part of the ITA Awards held in Miami in mid-November. Since the first edition of the ITA Awards in 2015 th...
ATS QLD – RBWH Annual Golf Day 2019
On Friday 18th October 2019 ATS members and sponsors attended the Annual Charity golf day in support of The Royal Brisbane Woman’s Hospital Foundation. It was a successful, sunny day and with 80 registered players,...
ATS 2019 David Sugden Winner
The 2019 edition of the David Sugden Award winner is Senthilnath G.T. Senthilnath's paper Design & Construction of Pedestrian Access Tunnels below an Existing Operational Metro Tunnels & Station was sighted by the jud...
Perth ATS Short Course Wrap Up
The Perth chapter of the Australian Tunnelling Society hosted a two-and-a-half-day short course to leverage of the current experience and knowledge residing in Perth with the Forrestfield Airport Link project. The 78 course d...
WTC2019 Wrap Up
The International Tunnelling Association (ITA-AITES) is the peak body for tunnelling and tunnellers the world over. From the 3rd to the 9th of May the whole ITA family including a large Australian contingent visited Napoli fo...
Snowy 2.0
The evening of Wednesday 29th May 2019 saw a presentation on the Snowy 2.0 pumped-hydro power scheme in the Snowy Mountains. The scheme will add significant additional generating and storage capacity to the network, securing ...
ATS Tunnel Design Working Group
Due to many developments in tunnel design in Australia over a period of many years, the Australian Tunnelling Society (ATS) has recognised the requirement to establish a guideline of tunnel design practice in Australia. Duri...
STEM Professionals in Schools
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2019 David Sugden Open and 2018 Roadshow
Entries are now officially open for the 2019 edition of the David Sugden Award. The award was originally established in 2004 to encourage young engineers to develop the art of technical writing, and is named in honour of Davi...
Initial Document Release from NSW AQWG
The Australian Tunnelling Society recognises the importance of health and safety in our industry in addition to valuing the strong experience and contribution of our members to support key stakeholders in our ever-growing sec...
ATS NSW Golf Day – Proceeds Donated to Garvan Institute
ATS NSW, led by committee member Brad Boardman, organised a very successful NSW ATS Charity Golf Day at the Ryde Parramatta Gold Course on the 8th November. Following the event, ATS NSW were able to donate over $14,000 to th...
WTC2020 Call for Abstracts
The World Tunnel Congress will return to Asia-Pacific in 2020 with The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM) to host the ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress (WTC) 2020 and 46th General Assembly in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from ...
2018 ATS Design and Construction Short Course
The Australasian Tunnelling Society recently hosted a three day short-course in Melbourne, featuring a variance of tunnelling design and construction sessions. The schedule included two and half days of technical presentatio...