Seminar Chair, Ted Nye, a specialist in major underground infrastructure design and construction, explains why it is very important that approval authorities, urban planners, developers, architects, geotechnical and structural engineers, understand that the proximity of an existing tunnel can impact on the development potential of a site nearby. My experience with this increasingly important [...]
1 February 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Summary Australian Professor Arnold Dix has been elected President of the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA) for his ambitious Many Peoples, One World sustainability agenda. ITA is the peak scientific and engineering body overseeing the annual estimated US$1 trillion global underground industry. Dix is one of [...]
To recognise the NSW Chapter for their decade of generosity, the Garvan Institute for Medical Research hosted ATS members to a tour of their facilities and installed a special plaque on their Honour Board. “The Garvan Institute got in touch with me recently to say they wanted to officially recognise the ATS’s ‘outstanding fundraising [...]
ATS Chapters get together to celebrate the Feast Day of Saint Barbara in style In December, ATS members from the NSW, Victorian and Queensland Chapters got together to pay tribute to St Barbara, the Patron Saint of Tunnellers. Melbourne The Victorian Chapter threw the net wide in their invitation to all local members to [...]
With a theme of Trends and Transitions in Tunnelling - the 18th Australasian Tunnelling Conference in New Zealand is already shaping up to be the most anticipated event on the 2023 calendar The New Zealand Tunnelling Society (NZTS) has now released the details of the 18th Australasian Tunnelling Conference (ATC) and invites professionals from [...]
With the shotcrete industry experiencing unprecedented growth and demand in Australia, particularly in civil tunnels, this two-day event was designed to appeal to beginners and experts alike. The atmosphere was buzzing at the Novotel Sydney Central Hotel on November 16-17 as many of the nation’s foremost shotcrete experts got together to speak, one after [...]
St Barbara’s Day Dinners are a regular fixture on the ATS annual calendar, but what are we celebrating and why exactly is St Barbara the Patron Saint of Tunnellers? Well, the answer is actually pretty gruesome... St Barbara is thought to have been born in the mid-third century close to present-day Lebanon. Legend has [...]
ATS members and friends get together to celebrate the auspicious anniversary in style On Thursday 13 October, over 400 ATS members and friends of the Society got together at events in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane to officially celebrate the Society’s 50th Anniversary. These events were livestreamed across the country to enable a whole society [...]
Towards the end of her commission to write and curate the 50th Anniversary Special Edition Journal, ATS Young Member's Chair, Brodie Aitchison, put a question to Penny, “How would you feel about helping us out with ATS communications on a regular basis?” Having explored every angle of the ATS over its history, Penny felt [...]
His winning paper is entitled: Discrete Fracture Network Approach in Ground Support Design Optimisation for Large Span Cavern in Jointed Rock Mass Ivan Haryono was thrilled to receive the David Sugden Award on 13 October 2022 at the auspicious occasion of the ATS50 Anniversary Celebration and Dinner. Ivan received his award in Brisbane, but it [...]
