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 [...]