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 [...]

Ground freezing below a river estuary – Save the date

EA Brisbane Office Level 9, 340 Adelaide St (EA Office), Brisbane, Queensland

SAVE THE DATE - Registration details coming soon Overview A new 1.48km road tunnel has been excavated beneath the Świna straits in northwest Poland using a 13.46m slurry TBM. To overcome the challenges posed by low overburden and complex geology, artificial ground freezing was implemented to enable safe excavation for the emergency egress structures [...]