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 Pumped Storage Hydro Project—North Queensland

Presentation: Arran will give us a detailed overview of this exciting green project being developed by Genex Power Limited, focusing on the project’s configuration and construction.

Arran has more than 20 years experience in project delivery of large underground mine development and urban infrastructure projects, in Australia and overseas including Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Hong Kong.  Arran acquired a Bachelor of Engineering (Mining) from the University of Queensland in 1994 and Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance and Investment from the Australian Securities Institute in 1998.

 

Patrick Kidd

Principal Engineering Manager, ARTC on Inland Rail

Engineering Manager, Gowrie to Kagaru section of Inland Rail

Presentation: Patrick will discuss the Gowrie to Kagaru Public Private Partnership with a focus on the three tunnels.

At its core, Inland Rail is a 1,700km rail line, which will provide a fast freight backbone between Brisbane and Melbourne, and connect into the east-west Trans-Australia line and many other regional lines in the country.

Patrick is a Principal Engineering Manager at ARTC on Inland Rail and the Engineering Manager on the Gowrie to Kagaru section of Inland Rail. Patrick has over 28 years of experience in professional consulting and project and design management. Patrick has broad experience in the management of geotechnical, geological and civil engineering throughout the entire project life cycle. He is focused on providing innovative, cost-effective, safe, maintainable, resilient infrastructure for his clients. He also is highly experienced in technical design review, construction supervision and asset management. Patrick is a chartered professional engineer in civil and geotechnical engineering in Australia and the UK, RPEQ and a Fellow with Engineers Australia. Patrick has been fortunate to have worked on many large-scale multidisciplinary projects for a wide variety of infrastructure in several countries and environments.

 

Ulrike Pelz

Presentation: Urlike will present the design of the precast tunnel segments for the running tunnels and other associated tunnel design works.

Ulrike is a Chartered Engineer and RPEQ, currently working for GHD as Senior Technical Director, Tunnels & Major Projects. Over the last 27 years, Ulrike has gathered substantial experience working on major infrastructure tunnelling projects in Europe, Asia and Australia. Her experience covers all aspects of project delivery including design, design management and construction management. She has been fortunate to work with diverse teams in different cultures and is focussed on building good relationships with all parties to work together to achieve optimal solutions and project outcomes.

 

Tai Luong

Cross River Rail—Brisbane

Presentation: Currently the largest infrastructure project in Queensland, Tai is the Stations and Development Delivery Manager for Tunnels and will present an overview of the planning and construction of the Woolloongabba station as well as the delivery of the 5.9km twin tunnels from Boggo Road to Normanby.

Prior to joining the Cross River Rail Delivery Authority in 2018, Tai has gained more than 25 years of experience in the design and construction of major infrastructure projects, both locally and internationally.

 

Roger Ness-Wilson

Kings Engineering

Presentation: Roger discusses Kings Engineering approach to their work — quality, timely and cost effective roadheader rebuilds to support major tunnelling projects.

Roger is the Operations Manager at Kings Engineering, a leading NSW Engineering business that works in tunnelling and infrastructure, along with other sectors. He has more than 20 years of experience in mining, transport and major infrastructure projects.

 

Harry Asche

Brisbane Rail Tunnels and S1 Sewer

Presentation: 2022 marks thirty years since the construction of the Brisbane Rail Tunnels commenced, and twenty years since the construction of the S1 Sewer was completed. The presentation will describe some of the tunnelling details of both projects. The Brisbane Rail Tunnels were the first major tunnels in Brisbane for many years, the first use of roadheader technology in Brisbane, and they kick-started the tunnelling work which has followed. The S1 tunnel was one of the projects which followed and was the longest TBM drive in Brisbane until CRR. The S1 project overcame some significant challenges in its construction. The presentation will also reflect on improvements to technology since.

Harry Asche is the President of the ATS and the Design Director – Tunnels at Aurecon. He was closely involved in, and learned so much from, both projects.

 

Andrew Scarr, Thierry Candito, Felipe Villafrade, Stephen Harding

Breakfast Creek Trunk Sewer Augmentation Project – Brisbane

Presentation: The Breakfast Creek Trunk Sewer has a sagged section where it passes under the Inner-City Bypass (ICB) and Airport Link on-ramp. This sagged section of sewer has an unclearable blockage and is at risk of collapse. The section consists a 98-year-old unreinforced concrete pipe, which due to poor ground conditions, has experienced a vertical settlement in the alignment. Urban Utilities proposes to construct a 1050 metre long OD2150 sewer main between Perry Park, Bowen Hills and Lutwyche Road, Windsor using micro-tunnelling trenchless technology.

Andrew has more than 20 years’ experience in the water and wastewater industry as a seasoned Senior Project Manager who has progress to Construction Manager in recent years.  His intimate knowledge of trenchless techniques, and his extensive experience with water and waste water infrastructure construction from the front end to hands-on management of procedures and process improvement has allowed him to successfully deliver increasingly complex utility infrastructure projects including construction of gravity and pressure sewer mains, various civil structures (including deep shafts and concrete caissons) throughout Australia. As Construction Manager, Andrew provides ongoing and consistent guidance to his construction teams to ensure the success of multiple projects. Andrew has strong technical capability covering many areas of civil construction including but not limited to conventional open trench excavation, trenchless tunnelling methods such as micro-tunnelling, deep shaft excavation, construction of concrete structures and caissons as well as detailed mechanical and electrical work for water and wastewater infrastructure.

Thierry has more than 20 years’ experience in the tunnelling industry leading technically complex engineering projects. His expertise of mechanised excavation using tunnel boring machine and his experience of tunnel construction has allowed him to successfully deliver technically challenging projects. Starting his career as a Plant Engineering in Hong Kong on the KCRC Lok Ma Chau rail line in 2002, he has since contributed to high profile tunnel projects within Australia and New Zealand. These includes the Brisbane Clem 7 project, the Brisbane Legacy Way project, the Perth Forrestfield Airport Link project, the Auckland Waterview Connection project and more recently the Brisbane Cross River Rail project as the Underground Tunnel Plant Manager. Thierry’s passion for tunnelling and project management has now led him to the next stage of his career in project managing tunnel construction from the design phase through to construction and delivery.

Felipe is Fulton Hogan Utilities’ Project Manager for the Breakfast Creek Trunk Sewer augmentation project; Felipe has 14 years of experience delivering projects in Australia and over the last 2 years he has been working under the Urban Utilities Wastewater Metropolitan and Metropolitan Treatment Plants programs.

Stephen is Urban Utilities’ Project Manager for the Breakfast Creek Trunk Sewer Augmentation Project who has over 20 years’ experience as a Project Manager with 10 years at Urban Utilities delivering wastewater projects with a number of trenchless projects successfully completed throughout Brisbane.

 

Colin Ginger General Manager Precast Concrete Group

Presentation: Case study on the manufacture of 21,000 tunnel segments for the Gold Coast Desalination Tunnels. The presentation will cover the process from shop drawings, building moulds, concrete mix design, casting, curing, gasket fit, storage, delivery and installation.

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