ITA Lecture – EPB tunnelling: environmental aspects and re-use opportunities of the conditioned muck

Online

The rapid development of mechanised tunnelling in the last decades has increased the tunnelling community’s focus on the environmental aspects of tunnel construction. The excavation carried out by using EPB (Earth Pressure Balance) machines often requires the use of foaming agents, specific products that are added to the medium intended to be excavated, in order [...]

Hobsons Bay main Yarra crossing duplication project

Melbourne Engineers Australia office

The Hobsons Bay Main Sewer (HBMS), constructed in the 1960s, transfers approximately 30 per cent of Melbourne’s wastewater to the Western Treatment Plan at Werribee. The sewer alignment has a single sewer crossing under the Yarra River, which has deteriorated to a point where it requires rehabilitation and/or replacement. The Hobson Bay main Yarra [...]

ATS-SOM Workshop

Victorian Tunnelling Centre 41 Drummond St, Chadstone, Victoria

Let's focus on tunnel Systems! Join suppliers and peers in a two-day event at the Victorian Tunnelling Centre (VTC) in Melbourne, packed with visits, presentations and hands on demonstrations of tunnel systems products. Express your interest in attending now. Free of charge to ATS members! About the workshop The ATS-SOM Workshop, held in collaboration [...]

ATS QLD Networking and Charity Golf Day 2024

Golf Central Brisbane 40 The Circuit, Skygate Brisbane Airport, Queensland

Overview Join ATS QLD members for an exceptional afternoon of networking and golf at the stunning Brisbane Central Golf Course! Experience two exciting formats: Australia’s pioneering Toptracer Driving Range and a meticulously crafted putt-putt course. Enjoy the expansive space and vibrant atmosphere as you take in breathtaking views of Brisbane Airport and the CBD [...]

ATS technical session: Design of large underground caverns for pumped hydro projects

Online and in person at: Level 9, 340 Adelaide Street, Brisbane

Overview This webinar will be focused on the design of large underground caverns, a crucial topic with the current development of multiple Pumped Hydro schemes. The main speaker will be Mousa Hazrati Aghchai, who has a PhD in rock mechanics and a solid background in geotechnics/rock mechanics in Tunnelling, Hydropower, and Dam engineering with [...]

ATS Short Course 2024

Engineers Australia QLD Level 9, 340 Adelaide St, Brisbane, QLD

The ATS Short Course 2024 is a multi-day event, designed to provide an introduction to the world of tunnels. Event content will closely align with the latest edition of the ATS Tunnel Design Guideline and is a must for tunnelling professionals. Register Now! Run every two years since 2007, the event provides an established [...]

ATS QLD – St Barbara’s Day Dinner

Rose and Crown 271 Grey Street, South Brisbane

Join us for the ATS QLD Chapter's St Barbara's Day end-of-year celebration and get together. This informal networking-focused event - one of the most highly regarding events on the tunnelling calendar - will involve welcome drinks, followed by a meal, speeches by the committee and sponsors, and the lucky door prize draw. The QLD [...]

Mount Coot-tha Quarry site visit and workshop

Join us for the ATS’s annual Mount Coot-tha Quarry Day, one of the most anticipated events on our calendar. Learn about new technologies, make connections with exhibitors and participants and see cutting edge demonstrations at this fantastic and inspiring event. Quarry Day will feature: Quarry demonstrations:  Exhibitor Displays: Active displays will be carried out [...]

SAVE THE DATE – 5 December 2024, St Barbara’s Day Celebration Victoria

John Holland Offices Level 9, 180 Flinders Street, Melbourne, Victoria

Join the Feast of St Barbara in Melbourne – Thursday 5th December 2024 The Victorian Chapter of the ATS invites members to attend an in-person celebration for the Feast Day of St. Barbara, the patron saint of tunnellers and miners, at an end of year social gathering on Thursday, 5th December. This networking-focused event is [...]