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Australian Tunnelling Conference

The Australian Tunnelling Conference provides an excellent forum for tunnelling engineers and industry experts to share best practice in tunnelling design, construction and maintenance.

14-15 October 2019 | Aerial UTS Function Centre, Sydney

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We are pleased to announce that the 16th Australian Tunnelling Conference will be held on 14-15 October 2019 at the Aerial UTS Function Centre in Sydney.

With a comprehensive, two-day agenda, the Conference will overview current and future tunneling projects, discuss the latest industry developments, and hear from those at the forefront of the most recent Australasian and global tunnelling projects.

Supported by the Australian Tunnelling Society, the leading industry gathering will bring together tunnelling leaders, engineers, and industry experts to share best practice ideas in tunnelling design, construction, safety, and maintenance.

Topics to be addressed include:

  • Industry outlook
  • Updates on current and future projects
  • International case studies
  • Project financing and contracting
  • Excavation and TBM management
  • Standards in tunnel construction
  • Design and planning
  • Geotechnical investigations
  • Tunnel commissioning
  • Fire, safety and ventilation
  • Latest technology showcase
  • Microtunnels
  • Pumped hydro

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agenda

8:00 am

Morning coffee and registration

8:50 am

Welcome from Informa

INDUSTRY OUTLOOK

9:00 am

Opening remarks from the Chair and update from the ATS

Ed Taylor, President, Australian Tunnelling Society (ATS) / Manager, Design and Engineering, John Holland

9:30 am

INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDY | The Immersed Tunnel of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge

Hans de Wit, Managing Director/Senior Consultant, Tunnel Engineering Consultants

10:10 am

Project Update

10:40 am

Networking & refreshment break in the exhibition

FUTURE & CURRENT PROJECTS

11:10 am

Western Harbour Tunnel and Beaches Link – Program overview

Doug Parris, Program Director, Western Harbour Tunnel and Beaches Link, Infrastructure and Place Division, Transport for NSW

11:50 am

12:30 pm

Project Update

1:00 pm

Lunch & networking in the exhibition

2:00 pm

Melbourne Metro Tunnel Project

Paul Thomas, Deputy Director, Tunnels and Stations, Rail Projects Victoria

TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE

2:40 pm

2:55 pm

Continuous conveyors have the capacity to decrease downtime and reduce the construction schedule. In a new design for California, USA’s Los Angeles Purple Line Extension Section 1, continuous conveyors have gained another ability: they can change direction. The unique system was designed to accommodate two EPB TBMs boring parallel tunnels eastward before being re-launched westward.

To accomplish this feat, the belt storage units were located off tunnel axis, requiring the tunnel belts to twist and turn through the station once the muck was discharged into the vertical storage unit. Modular components were designed for limited space due to the narrow launch shaft.

Other conveyor designs are stretching the limits of muck removal, including those designed for extremely deep shafts and long project durations. This presentation will showcase the latest conveyor technology and discuss future directions for continuous conveyor design.

3:10 pm

Technology Showcase | Ampcontrol

3:25 pm

Questions

3:35 pm

Networking & refreshment break in the exhibition

4:05 pm

  • An introduction to the new FIDIC Emerald Book 2019: Specifically designed for subsurface and tunnelling works
  • A case study on a tunnelling collapse claim: How to present claims more effectively

4:45 pm

  • Infrastructure spending spree – Meets a shortfall of skilled engineers
  • Bidding war for tunnelling specialists & engineers – Are we going to see more project costs blow out?
  • What’s being done to make Engineering sexy?
  • The role of experience in delays and cost overruns

5:15 pm

Closing remarks form the Chair

5:20 pm

Networking drinks in the exhibition

8:30 am

Morning coffee and registration

9:00 am

Opening remarks from the morning Chairman

9:10 am

The presentation will give an insight into the design and construction aspects of several challenging major underground infrastructure projects that have been completed and are still on-going in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. With vast infrastructure development in the South East Asia Region, future planning and design will require innovative solutions and technologies to overcome the challenges of sustainability and productivity.

Lessons learnt from tunnelling projects employing technical innovations will be shared and further application of these technics to the upcoming South East Asia Tunnel Projects will be discussed.

9:50 am

INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDY | Gripper TBM used for the Tulfes-Pfons exploratory tunnel at the Brenner in complex geology

Dr. Karin Bäppler, Head of Business Development and Geotechnics & Consulting, Traffic Tunnelling Group Herrenknecht AG, Germany

FUTURE & CURRENT PROJECTS

10:20 am

Cross River Rail – Queensland’s highest priority infrastructure project

Jeremy Kruger, Technical Manager, Tunnels, Stations & Development, Cross River Rail Delivery Authority

11:00 am

Networking & refreshment break in the exhibition

11:30 am

Update on the Forrestfield Airport Link Project

Richard Graham, Perth Forrestfield-Airport Link – Project Director, Salini Impregilo – NRW JV

12:10 pm

  • 1400m crossing of the Broadwater – Construction of a pipe jack pipeline between Quota Park and South Stradbroke Island
  • HDD crossing of the Nerang River
  • Managing the difficult ground conditions – a combination of indurated and loose sands and clays
  • Saline ground water and the effects on lubrication and slurry maintenance

12:50 pm

Lunch & networking in the exhibition

1:50 pm

TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE

2:30 pm

Latest sprayed concrete tunnelling in UK

Ross Dimmock, Vice President, Sales Unit CENAME / MD, Normet UK Ltd.

2:45 pm

Technology Showcase

3:00 pm

Questions

3:10 pm

  • The need for support from the Government in project timelimes
  • What are the ingredients for successful collaboration on tunnelling
  • projects?
  • What are the must-haves for any project and where can adjustments be made?
  • What has worked well in the past?
  • Where is there scope for improvements?
  • Do strict risk allocation models stifle collaborative success and how can we improve this?

3:40 pm

Closing remarks

3:45 pm

Afternoon refreshments and close of event

pricing

Packages Price
Package(Two Days)$2895+GSTEarly Bird

Standard Rate $2,895 – From 16 August 2019

speakers

Ed Taylor

President, Australian Tunnelling Society (ATS) / Manager, Design and Engineering, John Holland

Hans de Wit

Managing Director/Senior Consultant, Tunnel Engineering Consultants

Doug Parris

Program Director, Western Harbour Tunnel and Beaches Link, Infrastructure and Place Division, Transport for NSW

Matt Morgan

Project Manager, M4 East & M4-M5 Link Projects, WestConnex/Transurban

Paul Thomas

Deputy Director, Tunnels and Stations, Rail Projects Victoria

Zhiguo Zhang

Deputy General Manager, China Railway Engineering Equipment Group Co., Ltd.

Doug Harding

Vice President, The Robbins Company (Solon, Ohio, USA)

Nick Longley

Partner, HFW Australia

Dr. Sofren Leo Suhaendi

Associate / Tunnel Design Manager, Arup Singapore

Dr. Karin Bäppler

Head of Business Development and Geotechnics & Consulting, Traffic Tunnelling Group Herrenknecht AG, Germany

Jeremy Kruger

Technical Manager, Tunnels, Stations & Development, Cross River Rail Delivery Authority

Richard Graham

Perth Forrestfield-Airport Link – Project Director, Salini Impregilo – NRW JV

David Medcalf

Trenchless Construction Manager, Tunnelling, John Holland

Dave Evans

Director of Engineering, Snowy 2.0, Snowy Hydro Limited

Ross Dimmock

Vice President, Sales Unit CENAME / MD, Normet UK Ltd.

Geoff Archer

Strategy and Business Manager, Tunnelling & Major Projects, John Holland

Insights

Tunnel boring in complex conditions – insights into Europe’s Brenner Base Tunnel project
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Delivering Australia’s largest road infrastructure project – WestConnex
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Insights into the largest tunnelling project of the Nordic region – The Follo Line
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when & where

14 - 15 Oct 2019

Aerial UTS Function Centre
UTS Building 10, Level 7, 235 Jones Street
Ultimo, NSW 2007
Tel: 02 9514 1632

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Alexandra Bennet
Senior Conference Manager
+61 2 9080 4315
Alex.Bennet@informa.com.au

Megan Rogulski
Sponsorship Manager
+61 2 9080 4030
Megan.Rogulski@informa.com.au

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