ATS WA – Santos GLNG Tunnel and Pipeline
Design and construction of the Santos GLNG tunnel and pipeline across the Curtis Island strait
ATS WA – TBM Tunnelling
@ Mantra on Murray Hotel Dr Karin Bappler of Herrenknecht presenting on the latest developments in mechanised tunnelling, focusing on worldwide case studies.
ATS WA – The David Sugden Award 2018 Roadshow
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 from 2018 will present a summary of their paper [...]
ATS WA – ATS Tunnel Design and Construction Short Course
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ATS WA – Engineering Planning, Design & Construction Challenges On Recent Perth Tunnel Projects
Join the Australian Tunnelling Society for an evening technical presentation on Engineering Planning, Design & Construction Challenges On Recent Perth Tunnel Projects Overview This presentation outlines two recent rail tunnel projects in Perth - the New MetroRail City and Perth CityLink Rail Projects. It focuses on the technical issues that had to be addressed in [...]
ATS WA – Epping Main Sewer Pipejack – Challenges and Resolutions
PTA Lecture Theatre Public Transport Centre, West Parade, Perth, WAEpping Main Sewer Pipejack - Challenges and Resolutions Overview The Epping/Kalkallo Main Sewer project comprises 3.5 km of 1600mm and 1800mm internal diameter sewer at depths ranging from 15m to 42m. Five manholes were installed after the completion of the tunnel drives. The alignment connects the Epping Branch Sewer to the Merri Creek Main Sewer, [...]
Forrestfield Airport Link—Dundas Road tunnel incident and reconstruction using SGI segmental lining
In person (Western Australia) and webinar Speaker: Alvin Francis has 11 years of tunnelling experience working on a wide range of tunnel projects in challenging geology, from Berapit Twin Tunnels- Electrified Double Track Project (Malaysia), Klang Valley MRT (Malaysia)- where the world’s first Variable Density TBMs specifically designed to handle the complex limestone karst zones [...]
BHP South Flank project presentation
999 Hay Street, PerthThe Institution of Civil Engineers has invited ATS members to an evening of knowledge sharing, Q&A and networking. Overview Join Project Engineering Lead Andrew McMillan for a presentation on the recently completed South Flank Project. In May 2021, BHP achieved first ore targets on the US$3.6 billion South Flank project in the central Pilbara region [...]
Construction of the Forrestfield-Airport Link trackslab
Public Transport Centre, 116 West Parade, East PerthOverview The $1.86 billion Forrestfield-Airport Link project jointly funded by the Australian and WA governments comprises twin bored tunnels adding 8.5km to the rail network with three new stations—Redcliffe, Airport Central and High Wycombe, two of them underground. In April 2016 the PTA awarded the design, construct and maintenance contract to Salini Impregilo – NRW [...]
ATS WA & ICE – Desalination The Sustainable Solution
Little Shoe 1st Floor, Yangan Square, Perth, Western AustraliaOverview The Australian Tunnelling Society and Institution of Civil Engineers invite you to an evening of knowledge sharing, Q&A, and networking. Event Synopsis Living in the world’s driest continent, we need to understand how climate change is impacting us and how we can live more sustainably. Major water shortages are being encountered around the [...]
Glen Iris to Cockburn Blockade – The successful reconstruction of 3.5km of the Mandurah rail line over Christmas and New Year 2021/22
Little Shoe 1st Floor, Yangan Square, Perth, Western AustraliaThe Australian Tunnelling Society and the Institution of Civil Engineers invite you to an evening of knowledge sharing, Q&A, and networking. For 20 days between 26 December 2021 and 14 January 2022 the Mandurah rail line was blockaded (closed) between Glen Iris and Cockburn to reconstruct the Mandurah line tracks on a new alignment to [...]
Thornlie Cockburn Link – BP KWOL Relocation Project
NEWest Alliance Tom Bateman Reserve site officeBP KWOL (Kewdale White Oil Line) relocation project forms part of the service relocation works for the Thornlie Cockburn Link project where an existing rail reserve running between the Thornlie Railway Station and the Kwinana Freeway will be used to extend the passenger rail network currently used for freight services only. The relocation works involves [...]
ATS & ICE – 3D Reality Capture Systems
Little Shoe 1st Floor, Yangan Square, Perth, Western AustraliaOverview The Australian Tunnelling Society and Institution of Civil Engineers invite you to an evening of knowledge sharing, Q&A, and networking. New Era of Tunnel Inspection In the past, tunnel inspection and documentation was a “camera and clipboard” manual process to document geology, tunnel lining conditions, or assets within tunnel networks. It was time-consuming [...]
ATS 50th anniversary celebration – Perth event
Coode Street Jetty, Coode Street, South Perth, WA, 6151 Coode Street Jetty, South Perth, WAOverview The ATS are proud to celebrate five decades of tunnelling excellence and invite members and guests to engage with the past and future of the ATS. The Australian tunnelling industry existed long before 1972, but this was the year the ATS was founded. This event will celebrate the last 50 years of the society and [...]
Tunnelling Risk Management on the Forrestfield Airport Link Project (FAL), Perth
Hybrid - online and in person at Little Shoe, 1st Floor, Yagan Square, PerthOverview The Australian Tunnelling Society and Institution of Civil Engineers invite you to an evening of knowledge sharing, Q&A, and networking. Synopsis The talk will briefly describe the successful soft ground tunnelling project and lessons learnt, including strategies used to manage geotechnical risk, ground conditions, TBM tunnelling and cross passage construction. Some of the [...]
BP KWOL Pipeline Relocation – Largest Brownfield Trenchless Relocation in Australia
ATS/AGS/ICE/ASTT jointly presents this in person and online Hybrid Technical Event. Overview Thornlie Cockburn Link (TCL) project consists of a new railway line between the Armadale and Mandurah lines via the Thornlie and Cockburn Stations. The track extension from Thornlie to Cockburn is approximately 14.50 km. To make way for the major construction works, [...]
New Developments in Mechanised Tunnelling and Shaft Sinking in Mining
Level 10, Allendale Square 77 St Georges Street, Perth, WAOverview Recent advancements in mechanized tunnelling and shaft sinking have revolutionized underground construction by enhancing efficiency, safety, and scalability. Innovations such as advanced tunnel boring machines (TBMs) equipped with real-time monitoring and control systems have significantly accelerated excavation rates while minimizing human intervention. Additionally, the integration of robotic systems and automated processes has improved [...]