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 AEDT. ITA states the webinar will discuss 'urban road congestion, especially in large cities, which has become [...]
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 of permanent fibre sprayed concrete linings.' The session will include an overview on the permanent sprayed concrete linings guidelines written by [...]
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 surrounding working groups and committees and the Lunchtime Lecture Series are also part of the newsletter.
Since 2015 the ATS has ensured the voice of the next generation of tunnellers is heard at the national level through the appointment of an ATS young members representative who sits on the national executive committee. Brodie Aitchison has been appointed as the third ATSym representative following a selection and nomination process which concluded [...]
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 submissions across the eight categories shown below. [...]
Friday the 4th of December is St Barbaras Day and #WorldTunnelDay! The ITAym is hosting a 24-hour virtual hangout to celebrate the day, make connections and showcase the activities from ITA-AITES member nations. A general introduction and social will kick off from 11AM AEDST with an Australian focus starting from Noon AEDST. This session will [...]
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 the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association has established it’s position as the premier global [...]
In June 2018, the NSW government released ‘A ten point commitment to the construction sector’. The statement, developed by the NSW Government’s Construction Leadership Group (CLG), includes a commitment to ‘procure and manage projects in a more collaborative way’. To inform this discussion the ATS wishes to introduce the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) ‘Emerald [...]
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 for the 2019 edition of the World Tunnelling Congress. Key events across the week of the WTC included: A focussed [...]
For the last four years the International Tunnelling Association Young Members (ITAym), in conjunction with the Tunnelling Journal team have published a magazine documenting the experiences and adventures of young tunnellers from around the globe. The 2018 edition features two pieces on young Australian tunnellers. Russell Connors (winner of the 2017 David Sugden Award [...]
