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NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Simon Knight Chairman Chairman National Executive Committee Director Cutabolt Pty Ltd, Consultant DuPont Safety Resources Simon was elected chairman of the executive committee in 2007. His experience covers exploration drilling and ground support in both operator sales and marketing roles. Simon is the Managing Director of Cutabolt Pty Ltd supplying glass reinforced polymer (GRP) rock bolts and accessories. Longwall coal mines have been using GRP bolts for temporary support since the late 1980s, their application to tunnelling and underground structures is however more recent. GRP tendons, bolts and mesh are used for ground support where either the rock mass is to be subsequently removed e.g. “soft eye” or where long term corrosion resistance is required (100 years plus). Cutabolt are Australasian agents for Cooper and Turner, suppliers of embedded items for concrete lining segments. Simon is also employed by DuPont to deliver and provide guidance with their behavioural safety technology. This was useful when Simon sat on the committee to develop the new NSW WorkCover code of practice for Tunnels under Construction. His pro bono work extends to Rotary International where he is Assistant Governor for the Sydney group of clubs.
 Allan Henderson Treasurer Sydney Water Since graduation in 1963 Allan’s professional experience has been in civil engineering design and construction exclusively with Sydney Water. In recent years Allan has held senior management roles on a number of major capital works projects. These have included the $313 million Sydney Ocean Outfalls Project (1981-1991), involving sub-sea tunnelling and offshore construction, and the $100 million IICATS Project (1993-1997), an Instrumentation and Control project providing centralised and automated control of Sydney’s water supply system. Allan was closely involved in the concept development and delivery of the Northside Storage Tunnel (NST) Project (1997-2001). Allan was Sydney Water’s Project Director for this major tunnelling project, which was delivered under a unique Alliance between Sydney Water and private industry partners. Since then Allan has been closely involved in the development of alliancing for the delivery of other major capital projects in Sydney Water, and has represented Sydney Water on the alliance leadership teams on the NST and three further alliance projects with a total capital value of some $1.14 billion. Allan has been a member of the Australasian Tunnelling Society Executive (formerly Australian Underground Construction and Tunnelling Association) since 1987.
Argot Ansons
ATS Industry Rep.
Tennent Isokangas Pty Ltd Alan was the Executive Committee Chair from 1998 to 2000 as well as the leading force in the Brisbane Group as Brisbane Group Chairman. Tennent Isokangas is a consulting engineering company specialising in mining and underground construction. The Company and Alan in particular has been responsible for developing a high interest in the development of underground space in Brisbane in recent years. Alan is a strong proponent of underground quarrying and the development of underground commerical projects. Recently Tony chaired the organising committee for the successful 2005 ATS Tunnelling Conference held in Brisbane
Ed Taylor
Ed has been a member of the Melbourne Group now for many years and was on the organizing committee for the 2008 ATS Tunnelling Conference held in Melbourne. He is currently employed as Manager, Design and Engineering for the John Holland Tunnelling Division providing engineering management and technical support to current and potential future projects.
Warren Mahoney Industry Representative BASF Construction Chemicals Australia Warren is the Australian Business Manager for Civil Tunnelling, Soft rock Mining & Machinery for their Underground Construction Division. This division specialises in Ground Support for the Mining and Tunnelling industries, such as, shotcrete, injection, grouting and waterproofing. BASF have supported many civil tunnelling and mining projects throughout Australia for many years. As well as representing the Executive Committee, Warren has been an active member of the Brisbane Group since 1999. He also is a committee member with the Australian Shotcrete Society since it was originally established in 1995.
John Gelson Australian Shotcrete Society Representative BASF Construction Chemicals Australia John has been involved with the inception of the Australian Shotcrete Society and its development within ATS. BASF Construction Chemicals Australia are a specialist supplier of cementitious products for shotcreting, grouting and concrete works and also provide technical and laboratory support. BASF have been involved in many of the recent civil tunnel projects including the award winning segment for the New Southern Railway in Sydney as well as providing support to many of the mining companies across Australia.
David Lees
Journal Editor
Eric Hudson-Smith Perth Group Convenor Geosite Pty Ltd Eric is a Consulting Geotechnical Engineer with over 30 years' experience in investigation, design, construction, failure and collapse studies and legal/insurance assessments on a wide range of projects in a range of countries. He has been involved in soft ground TBM tunnelling projects in WA, NZ and Singapore for over 10 years. He has been on the Perth ATS Committee since 2004. He is also the Australian Representative of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Technical Committee 28, Underground Construction in Soft Ground.
Bob Nowotny
Sydney Group Convenor
Andrew Day
Brisba ne Group Convenor
 Evan GilesNZ Representative URS New Zealand Evan is a Consulting Tunnelling/Geotechnical Engineer. He is a Principal of URS New Zealand. Evan has been involved in the underground industry for over 20 years, including serving on the South African Council on Tunnelling (SANCOT) for 10 years. During that period, he was a member of the Health & Safety Sub-group as well as serving on the ad hoc group that produced the SANCOT Guidelines for Maintenance and Repair of Underground Structures in 1995. Evan set up the New Zealand Group of the ATS during 2005. His current goal is promoting the use of the underground space in NZ."
Narelle Folkard
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