ATS QLD – Austroads Taskforce Update

The Austroads Road Tunnels Task Force coordinates updates to the Austroads Guide to Road Tunnels, and coordinates the development of technical research projects considering all aspects of road tunnel planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance. The Australian Tunnelling Society is a representative on the Task Force. The evening will feature an interactive presentation from Aurecon’s [...]

ATS QLD – WestConnex

This presentation provides an overview of the Westconnex projects the current status and the challenges ahead. At around 30 kilometres in length, the WestConnex project comprises the widening and extension of the New M4; duplication of the New M5; and connection of the two motorways to provide a long overdue underground link to create a [...]

ATSym QLD – The David Sugden Award 2018

Join Young Members of the Australian Tunnelling Society for an evening of informative presentations from the top three papers of the 2018 David Sugden Award. Proudly provided by the Australian Tunnelling Society Young Members, the authors of the top three David Sugden Writing Award winning entries will present a summary of their paper and provide [...]

ATS QLD – R2020 Dubai Metro Extension Shallow TBM Launch – How was this achieved and why?

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ATS QLD – Sydney Heads Rail Tunnel

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ATS QLD – The Queensland Geotechnical Database

The viability of any modern public geotechnical database is influenced by many factors, including the availability of logs, an area’s population density, and seismic risk. The creation of a database may be constrained by questions of liability and intellectual property, cost, or by consultants who view a public database as working to their competitive disadvantage. [...]

ATS QLD – One Day Workshop

The Queensland Branch of the Australian Tunnelling Society invites members and guests to join us for a one-day Tunnel Systems workshop. The speakers will present industry experience in the areas of Safety, Design, Construction and operations and maintenance for tunnel systems from recent projects. Proposed Program: 8.30 Registration 8.50 Welcome from Workshop Chair Opening Address [...]

ATS QLD – TBM and tunnelling challenges in mixed ground and limestone karsts in Malaysia

Join Dr. Ir. Ooi Lean Hock and Gusztav (Gus) Klados for an informed discussion the innovative Kuala Lumpur SMART tunnel and MRT TBM tunnels. A much-needed solution to mitigate flooding in Malaysia’s capital city has led to the innovation of the dual-purpose SMART tunnel, which diverts storm water and doubles as a tolled motorway tunnel. [...]

ATS QLD – Project Delivery of Bulimba Creek and Fotrose Rising Main Projects

Joint the ATS and ASTT in a joint technical presentation on real-world lessons learned on Australian micro-tunnelling projects. Delivered by Abergeldie’s Technical Director for Tunnelling, Grant Schultz, attendees will learn of the key takeaways from two local projects from end-to-end. In his current role, Grant oversees all underground projects across Australia and New Zealand. Throughout [...]

ATS QLD – Oberau Bypass Tunnel

Delivered by experienced international Civil Engineer Erik Neun, you will partake in an evening of discussion on the learnings from the Oberau Bypass Tunnel: A 3km-long project that underpasses various buildings, and traverses alpine rock formations and grainy soil in Gießenbach Valley. Due to the possibility of a sudden rise of groundwater levels above the [...]

ATS QLD – Design and Construction of NBAQ4 Water Transfer Scheme

Join industry professionals for an informative technical presentation on the NBAQ4 project design to supply water to the people of Manila. You’ll hear from GHD’s Tunnel Practice Leader and NBAQ4 Project Manager, Brendan Henry, for an insight into the NBAQ4 project and its design, implementation, considerations, and execution. Based in the Philippines, the NBAQ4 project [...]

ATS QLD – Art or Science – The Engineering Behind Waterproofing in Underground Structures

Australia is fortunate to have built some of the driest tunnels in the World over the past 20 years with a very strong track record in achieving the highest specification requirement of ‘no damp patches’ over many hundreds of kilometres of tunnel construction.  However, this hasn’t always been the case.  In fact, early tunnels built [...]

ATS QLD – RBWH Charity Golf Day

Funds raised by the ATS will be donated to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (RBWH) Foundation who’s efforts ensure the hospital’s doctors, nurses, researchers and allied health professionals are able to achieve optimal patient outcomes by providing them with the knowledge, skills and technology which may not otherwise be afforded to them due to budgetary constraints. [...]

ATS QLD – Water Ingress in long TBM tunnels: its mitigation and control

The 15km headrace tunnel for the Uma Oya project in Sri Lanka was excavated by double shield TBM and intersected large quantities of water. The study of this project with regards to better understanding the effects of the tunnel on the hydrogeology of the area, identifying relevant in-tunnel investigation techniques, and developing better pre-excavation and [...]

ATS QLD – National Tunnelling Day Celebratory Dinner 2019

ATS Queensland invites members and guests to celebrate National Tunnelling Day. The aim of this networking event is to celebrate the great achievements of tunnelling projects and tunnelling engineers in Australia and to promote the industry and its many professions to students, graduates and members of all ages. The celebration will be held in the upstairs [...]

ATS QLD – SNOWY 2.0 Presentation

Engineers Australia QLD Level 9, 340 Adelaide St, Brisbane, QLD

Click here for event flyer Snowy 2.0 will supercharge the Snowy Scheme’s existing hydro-electric generation and large-scale storage capabilities. The fast-start, on-demand generation of pumped-hydro and Snowy 2.0’s massive storage capacity will be vital as more intermittent, renewable energy sources such as wind and solar come online and coal-fired power stations retire. Snowy 2.0 will [...]

ATS QLD – Site visit Mount Coot-tha Quarry

Mt Cootha Quarry Mt Cootha Rd, Toowong, QLD

Click here to see the flyer Following the success of the Mount Cootha Quarry site visit as part of the 2015 ATS Design and Construction Workshop, ATS Queensland invites members to another site visit to the Mt Cootha Quarry. In 2020 the Brisbane City Council and Quarry Manager Robert Bell have again kindly allowed access [...]

ATS QLD – M4-M5 Link Tunnels Project Update

Engineers Australia QLD Level 9, 340 Adelaide St, Brisbane, QLD

Click here to see flyer The M4-M5 Link Tunnels project is the final and most critical component of WestConnex, featuring twin tunnels between the New M4 at Haberfield and the New M5 at St Peters. Each tunnel will be approximately 7.5 kilometres long and will be able to accommodate up to four lanes of traffic [...]

Segmental Linings – What’s New

Webinar Register via the link to join!

Discover new developments and implementations of segmental linings in this informed presentation by Jacobs’ Technical Director for Tunnels, Anthony Harding. Thousands of kilometres of precast concrete segmental linings are erected behind TBMs every year. The industry is full of suppliers, designers, and contractors looking to use them in new ways, to reduce costs, and improve [...]

Free

2019 David Sugden Award – Sentilnath GT

Webinar Register via the link to join!

The David Sugden Award was launched in 2004 as a way of promoting the art of technical writing with young tunnellers. The winning paper prize includes attendance to the following years WTC. For more details click through the link below. This webinar presents design and construction issues of two pedestrian tunnels from Thomson Line metro [...]

Free

ATS WEBINAR – Large Diameter EPB Operation to Control Settlement

Webinar

Explore the scope and risks associated with large diameter EPD machines, including the specific requirements for large diameter TBM’s and the operational requirements to achieve tight settlement control. The use of mega TBM’s for road tunnels or combined road and rail tunnels with an external diameter of greater than 14m is rapidly increasing. Up to [...]

ATS QLD – National Tunnelling Day Celebratory Dinner 2020

Waterloo Hotel Cnr Ann St and Commercial Rd, Fortitude Valley, QLD

The Queensland Chapter of the  Australian Tunnelling invites members and guest to attend the National Tunnelling Day Celebratory Dinner on Friday 4 December the Feast Day of St. Barbara at the Waterloo Hotel. This networking-focused event will recognise the achievements of tunnelling projects and their engineers around the country, and will promote the industry We [...]

$70

ATS QLD – Directional Drilling for Tunnel Investigation

Engineers Australia QLD Level 9, 340 Adelaide St, Brisbane, QLD

Please join The Australian Tunnelling Society (QLD Chapter) for a presentation on Directional Drilling for Tunnel Investigation, presented by Dr. Ian Gray, Managing Director of Sigra. In shallow tunnels with predominantly vertical variation in geology, vertical drilling is generally the most effective approach. However, when either the proposed alignment is deep, the surface inaccessible, or [...]

ATS QLD—Tunnelling Heroes

Milton Common 35 Railway Terrace, Milton, QLD

ATS QLD Chapter Young Members will host a networking event with a Q&A session featuring Matt Lennon (Tunnel Construction Director), Ulrike Pelz (TSD Project Design Director), and Adrian Smith (PSM Design Director) Throughout this interactive session you'll find out about their careers, achievements and how they got to where they are professionally. This will be [...]

ATS QLD – Young Members Technical Session

Engineers Australia QLD Level 9, 340 Adelaide St, Brisbane, QLD

Please join us for a special young members tunnelling event! We have two amazing talks lined up. The event will be a great networking opportunity and will conclude with a couple of drinks at the pub. The event will also be streamed live online for young members located outside Queensland. Presenters: Alena Conrads Presentation: Maintenance [...]

Human Factors in Tunnel Design

Engineers Australia QLD Level 9, 340 Adelaide St, Brisbane, QLD

In-person and webinar Join the ATS for this event where Acmena Senior Human Factors Advisor Dr Keryn Pauley will discuss the importance of considering Human Factors, a scientific discipline concerned with optimising environments, systems and technologies to meet the needs of human operators, in tunnel design. Topics will include the Human Factors process, incorporation of [...]

Cross River Rail Young Members Site Visit

867 Main Street, Woolloongabba Tunnel Site

The ATS QLD chapter would like to invite students and young engineers for a site visit at the Cross River Rail Project Woolloongabba tunnels. The site visit will involve an introduction to the project, induction, and tour of either the cavern works, road header operations or TBM tunnels. The groups will be divided up on [...]

Crushed waste glass re-use in tunnel shotcrete production

To attend in-person register via the Engineers Australia registration link, or join the webinar here. Join the Queensland Branch of the Australian Tunnelling Society for a presentation by Dr Mehdi Serati. He will provide an update on the latest results from his industry-sponsored project using crushed waste glass (CWG) to replace sand in shotcrete used [...]

Technology advancement of tunnel boring machines in Europe

Engineers Australia QLD Level 9, 340 Adelaide St, Brisbane, QLD

In-person (Brisbane) and webinar—this session will be livestreamed at the Engineers Australia Brisbane office with drinks and light refreshments. Those from around the country can join the webinar. In this presentation, Dr Remo Grandori will present a series of innovative technologies developed in recent years to make the execution of large underground tunnel projects faster [...]

ATS QLD – End of Year Celebration – Feast of St Barbara 2021

The Charming Squire 3/133 Grey Street, Brisbane, Queensland

To celebrate the feast day of St Barbara Day and World Tunnel Day the ATS Queensland chapter invite members and guests to a celebratory dinner in Brisbane, Friday 3rd December 2021. This networking-focused event will recognise the achievements of tunnelling projects and their engineers around the country, and will promote the industry. The event is [...]

Management and maintenance of challenging tunnel sewer cleans

Brisbane

In-person (Brisbane) and online Whilst the glamourous rail and road tunnels are visible and exciting to the public in the modern era with ample space to perform maintenance activities, the forgotten world of utility tunnels are just as important in keeping our societies operating since the first millennium BCE. Utility tunnels are smaller than their [...]

Tunnel systems: three decades of Australian tunnel systems operation stall and axial fan parallel operation

This event will be held online and in-person (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane). Presentation outline This is the first technical session of the ATS Tunnel Systems Group. This technical session will be in three parts. PART 1 Three Decades of Australian Tunnel Systems Operation Bob Allen, General Manager Sydney Harbour Tunnel. Bob’s 30 years operating then managing [...]

ATS 50th celebrations – legends panel discussion

There's never been a better time to be a tunneller in Australia. With billions worth of upcoming tunnelling projects in the next decade, we've assembled a panel of three legends of the industry to help us navigate the challenges and opportunities we face during this exciting time in the industry. The event will be [...]

ATS QLD – Spaceproofing for tunnels

Engineers Australia QLD Level 9, 340 Adelaide St, Brisbane, QLD

This event is hosted by the ATS Tunnel Systems group and is a joint session with ITEE. Spaceproofing is a critical early activity required to inform the design and construction of tunnels and underground spaces. It is important to get the sizing for tunnels right. Too small; the tunnel may not be able to [...]

BrisBIM Gathering – June 2022

QUT Kindler Theatre 2 George Street, Gardens Point Campus, Brisbane, QLD

Dear ATS members The BrisBIM group is hosting a live event in Brisbane about infrastructure and assessment management.   Catch up for some beers and talk about BIM. Get some new insights from leading BIM presenters. About this event Arrive from 5:00pm 5:30pm – Event Start – Introductions & Announcements 5:40pm – Sponsor Address [...]

Free

ATS QLD – One Day Workshop Showcase of Queensland Tunnel Projects

The Queensland Branch of the Australian Tunnelling Society invites members and guests to join us for a one-day workshop showcase of tunnel projects in Queensland. This event will showcase a diverse collection of Queensland tunnelling projects: Small to large scale Road, rail, and utilities Range of technical solutions and commercial arrangements Speakers Arran McGhie Kidston [...]

ATS QLD – St Barbara Day dinner 2022

The Charming Squire 3/133 Grey Street, Brisbane, Queensland

This event will be held in Australian Standard Time (AEST). This means minus one hour from AEDT time shown on this listing.  This is the yearly celebration and get together for the Queensland Chapter of the ATS, with a selected charity and raffle being held on the night. We will, per usual, seek sponsors for [...]

$75

Brisbane Metro Adelaide Street tunnel

Hybrid - online and in person at Little Shoe, 1st Floor, Yagan Square, Perth

Overview The Adelaide Street tunnel is a critical piece of the Brisbane Metro project that provides additional capacity to Brisbane's public transport system but requires the construction of a new road only 3.5m below the existing roadway. This presentation will describe the need for the tunnel and the constraints of complex geology, buried services, [...]

ATS QLD – Discrete fracture network approach for underground support design optimisation

Engineers Australia QLD Level 9, 340 Adelaide St, Brisbane, QLD

Ground support design for underground rock engineering projects often adopts empirical methods, which were mostly developed in 1960s and 1970s. While these methods have provided a useful tool to aid design, they have typically been based on a limited database of project experience and so their results need to be interpreted in the context [...]

Mt Coot-tha Quarry Site Visit – Register Now!

Mt Coot-tha Quarry site visit Brisbane, QLD

REGISTER NOW – Limited Places Following the success of the Mt Coot-tha Quarry site visit in 2020, ATS Queensland is again excited to invite members to Quarry Day 2023 on 31 August 2023 proudly supported and sponsored by our prime sponsor DESOI. The day is aimed at graduate and early career professionals and will [...]

Tunnel systems: planning assets today for the future

Online and in person at: Level 9, 340 Adelaide Street, Brisbane

Overview In this session, we will explore examples of tunnels that have undergone significant refurbishment, upgrade, or change to their systems, both locally and internationally. We will examine some of the lessons learned and challenges overcome. Our objective is to look at how these lessons might be applied to tunnel systems today to better [...]

ATS QLD – St Barbara’s Day dinner – 1 December

The Charming Squire 3/133 Grey Street, Brisbane, Queensland

Overview Join the Queensland Chapter of the ATS for our annual end-of-year celebration and get together. This informal networking-focused event will provide the opportunity for tunnelling professionals and friends to celebrate St Barbara's Day. We are also delighted to announce that we will also be presenting the award to the winner of the David [...]

$50

Considerations for designers and constructors to deliver practical operation and maintenance outcomes

Online and in person at: Level 9, 340 Adelaide Street, Brisbane

Overview Gain insight into tunnel maintenance as the presentation contrasts key considerations for designers/constructors with maintenance regimes over tunnel operational service life. Focusing on the interface between tunnel systems is key to meeting design life requirements and ensuring a maintainable fit-for-service underground space. The presentation will look at case studies both locally and internationally, [...]