ATS QLD – Spaceproofing for tunnels
Engineers Australia QLD Level 9, 340 Adelaide St, Brisbane, QLDThis event is hosted by the ATS Tunnel Systems group and is a joint session with ITEE. Spaceproofing is a critical early activity required to inform the design and construction of tunnels and underground spaces. It is important to get the sizing for tunnels right. Too small; the tunnel may not be able to [...]
BrisBIM Gathering – June 2022
QUT Kindler Theatre 2 George Street, Gardens Point Campus, Brisbane, QLDDear 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 [...]
ATS QLD – One Day Workshop Showcase of Queensland Tunnel Projects
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 [...]
ATS QLD – St Barbara Day dinner 2022
The Charming Squire 3/133 Grey Street, Brisbane, QueenslandThis 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 [...]
Brisbane Metro Adelaide Street tunnel
Hybrid - online and in person at Little Shoe, 1st Floor, Yagan Square, PerthOverview The Adelaide Street tunnel is a critical piece of the Brisbane Metro project that provides additional capacity to Brisbane's public transport system but requires the construction of a new road only 3.5m below the existing roadway. This presentation will describe the need for the tunnel and the constraints of complex geology, buried services, [...]
ATS QLD – Discrete fracture network approach for underground support design optimisation
Engineers Australia QLD Level 9, 340 Adelaide St, Brisbane, QLDGround 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 [...]
Mt Coot-tha Quarry Site Visit – Register Now!
Mt Coot-tha Quarry site visit Brisbane, QLDREGISTER 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 [...]
Tunnel systems: planning assets today for the future
Online and in person at: Level 9, 340 Adelaide Street, BrisbaneOverview In this session, we will explore examples of tunnels that have undergone significant refurbishment, upgrade, or change to their systems, both locally and internationally. We will examine some of the lessons learned and challenges overcome. Our objective is to look at how these lessons might be applied to tunnel systems today to better [...]
ATS QLD – St Barbara’s Day dinner – 1 December
The Charming Squire 3/133 Grey Street, Brisbane, QueenslandOverview 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 [...]
Considerations for designers and constructors to deliver practical operation and maintenance outcomes
Online and in person at: Level 9, 340 Adelaide Street, BrisbaneOverview Gain insight into tunnel maintenance as the presentation contrasts key considerations for designers/constructors with maintenance regimes over tunnel operational service life. Focusing on the interface between tunnel systems is key to meeting design life requirements and ensuring a maintainable fit-for-service underground space. The presentation will look at case studies both locally and internationally, [...]
Site visit – Transurban road tunnel control room – Brisbane
APL Office and Control Room 1 Clarence Road, Kedron, BrisbaneJoin 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 [...]
Site visit – Roma Street station fitout and commissioning
Roma Street Station 171 Roma Street, Brisbane, QueenslandThe 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 [...]
High pressure water mist in tunnels – SHORT NOTICE EVENT – REGISTER NOW!
Online and in person at: Level 9, 340 Adelaide Street, BrisbaneOverview Gain insights from recent full-scale tunnel fire tests showcasing the performance of water mist systems in real-world scenarios. Explore case studies of successful installations of water mist systems in tunnels, such as the refurbishment project of the Hugh Carey Tunnel (formerly Brooklyn Battery Tunnel) in New York City and the deployment in the [...]
Bridging the Gap: Addressing Gender Pay Disparities in Engineering – REGISTER NOW!
Online and in person at: Level 9, 340 Adelaide Street, BrisbaneREGISTER NOW! Panellists consisting of industry leaders, academia experts, and engineering professionals will have an open discussion on the current state of the gender pay gap, the policies driving change, and the initiatives aimed at closing the gap in the engineering sector. The forum aims to foster dialogues on multiple perspectives from existing policies [...]
DAARWIN-GEMINI A novel tool to predict advance rate of a TBM in real-time
Online and in person at: Level 9, 340 Adelaide Street, BrisbaneOverview SAALG Geomechanics, in collaboration with ACCIONA, has developed DAARWIN-GEMINI, a software system designed to optimize the performance of tunnel boring machines (TBMs) using machine learning-based techniques. The system key features include an advanced architecture for querying and processing data from the TBM database, big data analysis and visualization in a web browser, a [...]
Workshop – Achieving, demonstrating and accepting appropriate fire safety in Australian tunnels
eVENT Space 4/35 Limestone St, Darra, QueenslandJoin us for this half-day workshop in Brisbane. Workshop summary The ATS has established a diverse, representative Working Group to progress an updated revision of Australia’s tunnel fire safety standard AS4825. It is proposed to be titled “Fire in Tunnels”, covering fire safety and asset resilience. The governance around how an appropriate level of [...]
Geological challenges of Brisbane’s Cross River Rail Project
Jacobs Office Level 7, 32 Cordelia Street, South Brisbane, QLDEvent overview The Cross River Rail project is a new 10.2 km rail line in Brisbane comprising 5.9 km of twin running tunnels and four new underground stations at Boggo Road, Woolloongabba, Albert Street and Roma Street. This presentation describes the wide range of ground conditions encountered, and how they required the consideration of [...]
ATS technical session: Design of large underground caverns for pumped hydro projects
Online and in person at: Level 9, 340 Adelaide Street, BrisbaneOverview 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
EA Brisbane Office Level 9, 340 Adelaide St (EA Office), Brisbane, QueenslandOverview 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 required for motorway operations. This presentation will focus [...]
ATS Short Course 2024
Engineers Australia QLD Level 9, 340 Adelaide St, Brisbane, QLDThe 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 BrisbaneJoin 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 [...]