After two successful editions in Switzerland and in Singapore, the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association is getting prepared for the third edition of the ITA Tunnelling Awards, that will take place on the 15th of November, 2017, in Paris. Indeed, two months after the reward of the 2016 nominees, ITA is now calling new [...]
On the 9th of February the NSW ATS Committee presented Garvan Medical Research Foundation with the donation raised from the ATS Golf Day held on October 13 2016. The presentation was made to A/Prof Maija Kohonen-Corish, Lab Head of Colon and Lung Cancer Research division. The cheque value from the 2016 golf day was $7590.27, goes [...]
The competition is open to all Australasian Tunnelling Society Members and University students under 35 (as at 31 August 2017). The best paper will be judged by the ATS Executive Committee. The prize includes complimentary conference registration fees and $2,000 towards personal travel and accommodation costs at the ITA World Tunnel Congress to be held [...]
The ATS2017 Conference Organising Committee are proud to launch the conference website including the call for papers and sponsorship prospectus. Dear Colleagues in Tunnelling, The 16th Australasian Tunnelling Society (ATS) Conference, the triennial industry event, will be held in Sydney in late 2017. The conference is a great opportunity for individuals to take time out [...]
The ATS Young Members (ATSym) are looking to pick up on an initiative started by the British Tunnelling Society Young Members (BTSym) in 2015, namely a National Tunnel Day. The day is proposed to be in line with the current UK date (the 1st Thursday in December) which is closely aligns with the official date [...]
he New South Wales ATS hosted the third Charity Golf day at Ryde Parramatta Golf Course on October 13 with 65+ players on course. The day was a great success with 67 players from the tunnelling community enjoying the opportunity to meet in a relaxing atmosphere. The previous two ATS Golf Days have raised in [...]
The executive committee of ATS is pleased to advise that we will be bidding to hold the ITA World Tunnelling Congress in Melbourne in 2020. This is the most prestigious event in the tunnelling industry calendar and is the outstanding event to showcase our Australasian tunnelling projects, learn from our international peers and network with [...]
After a one-day technical conference, held in Singapore, dealing with innovation and productivity in tunnelling, followed by a one-day awards conference, the ITA Tunnelling Awards’ judges revealed their choices and awarded 8 outstanding projects and also the Young Tunneller of the Year and a Life Time Achievement Award. The winners are: The major project of [...]
The ATSym held the first Sydney Young Member social evenings on the 23rd of August to help foster the professional network between these projects and in the greater Sydney area. This first social meeting forms part of the wider strategy from ATS and ATSym to increase the visibility of the ATS brand and the broader [...]
