The Austroads Road Tunnels Task Force coordinates updates to the Austroads Guide to Road Tunnels, and coordinates the development of technical research projects considering all aspects of road tunnel planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance. The Australian Tunnelling Society is a representative on the Task Force. The evening will feature an interactive presentation from Aurecon’s [...]

This presentation provides an overview of the Westconnex projects the current status and the challenges ahead. At around 30 kilometres in length, the WestConnex project comprises the widening and extension of the New M4; duplication of the New M5; and connection of the two motorways to provide a long overdue underground link to create a [...]

Join Young Members of the Australian Tunnelling Society for an evening of informative presentations from the top three papers of the 2018 David Sugden Award. Proudly provided by the Australian Tunnelling Society Young Members, the authors of the top three David Sugden Writing Award winning entries will present a summary of their paper and provide [...]

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The Queensland Branch of the Australian Tunnelling Society invites members and guests to join us for a one-day Tunnel Systems workshop. The speakers will present industry experience in the areas of Safety, Design, Construction and operations and maintenance for tunnel systems from recent projects. Proposed Program: 8.30 Registration 8.50 Welcome from Workshop Chair Opening Address [...]

Join Dr. Ir. Ooi Lean Hock and Gusztav (Gus) Klados for an informed discussion the innovative Kuala Lumpur SMART tunnel and MRT TBM tunnels. A much-needed solution to mitigate flooding in Malaysia’s capital city has led to the innovation of the dual-purpose SMART tunnel, which diverts storm water and doubles as a tolled motorway tunnel. [...]

Joint the ATS and ASTT in a joint technical presentation on real-world lessons learned on Australian micro-tunnelling projects. Delivered by Abergeldie’s Technical Director for Tunnelling, Grant Schultz, attendees will learn of the key takeaways from two local projects from end-to-end. In his current role, Grant oversees all underground projects across Australia and New Zealand. Throughout [...]

Delivered by experienced international Civil Engineer Erik Neun, you will partake in an evening of discussion on the learnings from the Oberau Bypass Tunnel: A 3km-long project that underpasses various buildings, and traverses alpine rock formations and grainy soil in Gießenbach Valley. Due to the possibility of a sudden rise of groundwater levels above the [...]

Join industry professionals for an informative technical presentation on the NBAQ4 project design to supply water to the people of Manila. You’ll hear from GHD’s Tunnel Practice Leader and NBAQ4 Project Manager, Brendan Henry, for an insight into the NBAQ4 project and its design, implementation, considerations, and execution. Based in the Philippines, the NBAQ4 project [...]

Australia is fortunate to have built some of the driest tunnels in the World over the past 20 years with a very strong track record in achieving the highest specification requirement of ‘no damp patches’ over many hundreds of kilometres of tunnel construction.  However, this hasn’t always been the case.  In fact, early tunnels built [...]

Funds raised by the ATS will be donated to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (RBWH) Foundation who’s efforts ensure the hospital’s doctors, nurses, researchers and allied health professionals are able to achieve optimal patient outcomes by providing them with the knowledge, skills and technology which may not otherwise be afforded to them due to budgetary constraints. [...]

The 15km headrace tunnel for the Uma Oya project in Sri Lanka was excavated by double shield TBM and intersected large quantities of water. The study of this project with regards to better understanding the effects of the tunnel on the hydrogeology of the area, identifying relevant in-tunnel investigation techniques, and developing better pre-excavation and [...]

Click here for event flyer Snowy 2.0 will supercharge the Snowy Scheme’s existing hydro-electric generation and large-scale storage capabilities. The fast-start, on-demand generation of pumped-hydro and Snowy 2.0’s massive storage capacity will be vital as more intermittent, renewable energy sources such as wind and solar come online and coal-fired power stations retire. Snowy 2.0 will [...]

Click here to see the flyer Following the success of the Mount Cootha Quarry site visit as part of the 2015 ATS Design and Construction Workshop, ATS Queensland invites members to another site visit to the Mt Cootha Quarry. In 2020 the Brisbane City Council and Quarry Manager Robert Bell have again kindly allowed access [...]

Click here to see flyer The M4-M5 Link Tunnels project is the final and most critical component of WestConnex, featuring twin tunnels between the New M4 at Haberfield and the New M5 at St Peters. Each tunnel will be approximately 7.5 kilometres long and will be able to accommodate up to four lanes of traffic [...]

The Queensland Chapter of the  Australian Tunnelling invites members and guest to attend the National Tunnelling Day Celebratory Dinner on Friday 4 December the Feast Day of St. Barbara at the Waterloo Hotel. This networking-focused event will recognise the achievements of tunnelling projects and their engineers around the country, and will promote the industry We [...]

ATS QLD Chapter Young Members will host a networking event with a Q&A session featuring Matt Lennon (Tunnel Construction Director), Ulrike Pelz (TSD Project Design Director), and Adrian Smith (PSM Design Director) Throughout this interactive session you'll find out about their careers, achievements and how they got to where they are professionally. This will be [...]

Please join us for a special young members tunnelling event! We have two amazing talks lined up. The event will be a great networking opportunity and will conclude with a couple of drinks at the pub. The event will also be streamed live online for young members located outside Queensland. Presenters: Alena Conrads Presentation: Maintenance [...]

Dear ATS members The BrisBIM group is hosting a live event in Brisbane about infrastructure and assessment management.   Catch up for some beers and talk about BIM. Get some new insights from leading BIM presenters. About this event Arrive from 5:00pm 5:30pm – Event Start – Introductions & Announcements 5:40pm – Sponsor Address [...]

This event will be held in Australian Standard Time (AEST). This means minus one hour from AEDT time shown on this listing.  This is the yearly celebration and get together for the Queensland Chapter of the ATS, with a selected charity and raffle being held on the night. We will, per usual, seek sponsors for [...]

Ground support design for underground rock engineering projects often adopts empirical methods, which were mostly developed in 1960s and 1970s. While these methods have provided a useful tool to aid design, they have typically been based on a limited database of project experience and so their results need to be interpreted in the context [...]

REGISTER NOW – Limited Places Following the success of the Mt Coot-tha Quarry site visit in 2020, ATS Queensland is again excited to invite members to Quarry Day 2023 on 31 August 2023 proudly supported and sponsored by our prime sponsor DESOI. The day is aimed at graduate and early career professionals and will [...]

Overview Join the Queensland Chapter of the ATS for our annual end-of-year celebration and get together. This informal networking-focused event will provide the opportunity for tunnelling professionals and friends to celebrate St Barbara's Day. We are also delighted to announce that we will also be presenting the award to the winner of the David [...]

Join the ATS and Transurban in an immersive exploration into the nerve centre of tunnel systems with a site visit to a road tunnel control room in Brisbane. Overview Transurban control rooms are the pulsating brain behind the seamless operation of tunnels. These control rooms stand as the guardians of safety, efficiency, and operations [...]

The ATS invites all members, non-members, young engineers and students to join us for the site visit at the Cross River Rail Roma Street station. You will have the opportunity to see all the mechanical and electrical equipment (electrical rooms, fan rooms, fire control centres, etc) that support operating the underground station and have [...]