ATS Victoria – In-person Technical Presentation by Martin Herrenknecht

• Date: 15^th September 2022
• Time: 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm
• Networking from 5:00 pm followed by refreshments served between 5:30 pm and 6:30 pm
• Technical presentation from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm
• Location: Engineers Australia, Level 31, 600 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Vic 3000
• Format: Face-to-face only (there will be no online option)

Presentation details

Tunnelling is, without a doubt, one of the most innovative disciplines. Focused on innovative and cooperative development, the collaboration amongst researchers, owners, designers, construction contractors, machine manufacturers and suppliers is surely one reason for this. The second factor is the market dynamics in tunnelling, driven by a globalised world and increasing urbanisation: Around the globe, emerging economies are expanding infrastructure in their urban and regional centres, promoting the interlinking of individual economic hubs by means of new traffic, supply and disposal systems. The general worldwide trend in the industry towards mechanisation and automation clearly demands a similar development in tunnelling. There are challenges ahead, and we need to improve our excavation methods to overcome them – always learning from our past tunnel experiences.

This lecture considers the past, present and future of mechanised tunnelling with a focus on the innovations developed since the 1970s and what lies ahead in mechanised tunnelling.

About the speaker

Martin Herrenknecht, Dr.-Ing. E.h., founder and CEO of Herrenknecht AG

Martin Herrenknecht is the company founder and name giver, driving force and Chairman of the Board of Management of Herrenknecht AG. After completing his degree, the graduate engineer (FH) began his career as a design engineer in Switzerland. This was followed by several positions, some lasting several years, as project and design engineering managers in Canada and Germany. From 1971 to 1975, Martin Herrenknecht worked again in Switzerland as director of the mechanical engineering service at the Seelisberg Tunnel with “Big John”, the world’s largest tunnel boring machine at the time.

In 1975 Martin founded the Martin Herrenknecht Engineering Service Company, then in 1977 the limited company Herrenknecht GmbH, whose Managing Director he remained until it became a joint stock company. Martin Herrenknecht is responsible for Group Strategy, Business Development, Group Marketing & Communications, Internal Audit and Mergers and Acquisitions. Martin Herrenknecht has received numerous prestigious awards and honours, including an honorary doctorate (Dr.-Ing. E.h.) from the Carolo-Wilhelmina Technical University of Braunschweig (Brunswick), the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, entry into the Handelsblatt Hall of Fame of German Entrepreneurship, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA) as well as the Werner von Siemens Ring for his outstanding lifetime achievement as an inventor and entrepreneur.

Networking refreshments prior to the technical presentation will kindly be provided by Herrenknecht -Country representative: Charles Howarth <Howarth.Charles@herrenknecht.com>

For more information, please contact Richard Buckingham via Richard.buckingham@wsp.com.

COST

Free