Referred to by the Immediate Past President of the ATS, Dr Harry Asche, as “The world's most famous tunnelling journalist,” Shani Wallis has been covering the biggest stories in tunnelling since 1982. “My 40-year career has grown alongside many tunnellers who now hold senior positions, so that's why they know me so well,” she [...]
By Juan Santacruz and Sivam Thivaharan CLL Projects has constructed a 76m deep 4.2m diameter shaft for Watercare’s Central Interceptor (CI), which is unique in New Zealand for its depth and diameter. The CI project is being built by Ghella Abergeldie JV for client, Watercare, and consists of a 14.7km underground wastewater tunnel [...]
To celebrate our recent Women in Tunnelling Achievement Award winner, Helen Baxter-Crawford, we're republishing the article she wrote for our 50th Anniversary Special Edition Journal: 50 years of tunnel geotech in Australia.
On 13 December, the ATS NSW Chapter hosted the highly successful panel discussion: Tunnels and Underground Works for Pumped Storage Hydropower Projects: Challenges and Opportunities. Attended by an enthusiastic crowd of 50 in-person attendees, plus 100 people online (via Teams), organisers described the atmosphere as ‘energised’ as the participants, largely tunnellers and consultants, sought [...]
Dear ATS members and friends, As the year draws to a close, I’d like to take the opportunity to thank you all, members, committee volunteers and sponsors, for your continuing support, as with your support comes the diverse and dynamic community that we are within the ATS. I’d also like to acknowledge and thank [...]
Conference proceedings from the ATC2023 The highly successful Australasian Tunnelling Conference was held on 5-8 November 2023 in Auckland, New Zealand. The event was hosted by the NZTS (New Zealand Tunnelling Society) in partnership with the ATS (Australian Tunnelling Society). Download a pdf of the Conference Papers here: ATC (atc2023.com)
With ATS member and Allen Neyland Tunnelling Achievement Award winner Professor Arnold Dix in the news for all the best reasons, we thought we would republish the story we commissioned in 2021:"From the tunnels of the Snowy to ITA President" that details just some of the highlights from his extraordinary life and career and [...]
A highly successful St Barbara’s day dinner was held on Friday 1st December in Queensland. The fully booked event was appreciated by the organising committee and provided a valuable networking event for QLD ATS members to close out the year. We would like to thank in particular our sponsors Aurecon, Barchip and CREG who [...]
NSW Chapter Golf Day By Dave Clague The somewhat cool and wet day for the annual ATS golf day on 23 November in Parramatta didn’t dishearten the attendees in having a great time for a great cause with even better company. Battling out for the Peter Watson Trophy, 81 participants drove and chipped their [...]
The ATS is thrilled to announce that Dr Charles MacDonald is the latest recipient of our prestigious Allen Neyland Tunnelling Achievement Award. Charles is widely recognised as a leading figure in the Australian tunnelling industry in both the private and public sectors. He has worked as a chartered civil engineer for fifty years, delivering [...]
