Wayne Bradford (Scout), a respected and well-known member of our tunnelling and mining community sadly passed away on 17th June 2023 at the age of 63 after a hard-fought battle with pancreatic cancer. Wayne started his career in 1981 after he completed his Associate Diploma of Surveying and joined Mount Isa Mines as a Surveyor. [...]
Please click on the bullet point links below to download the presentations at the Building around existing tunnels seminar on the 27 April 2023 Full seminar proceedings Barangaroo South protecting a future rail corridor Preliminary Impact Assessment for New Building Applications over existing Tunnels Design of the Cross River Rail station caverns for future [...]
The much anticipated "Building Around Existing Tunnels" seminar last week in Sydney was a great success judging by some of the feedback from the 70+ people who attended. In the words of event organiser Ted Nye: "Thirteen papers were submitted, so a big thank you goes out to the authors who took the time [...]
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Proudly run by the ATS Diversity in Tunnelling group and generously sponsored by Bouygues Construction Australia, the ATS is thrilled to announce that nominations for the Women in Tunnelling Achievement Award are now open. Designed to celebrate the leadership and achievements of women making a difference in the tunnelling industry, the Women in Tunnelling [...]
Are you interested in sponsoring the much-anticipated Australasian Tunnelling Conference in New Zealand in November? If so, please explore out the Sponsorship and Exhibition Prospectus, below. Held over four days, the organisers expect over 800 delegates to attend. Many of these industry professionals will be decision-makers in their respective organisations. As a result, the [...]
The ATS’s Diversity in Tunnelling team were thrilled with the support of the industry for their event to mark International Women’s Day last week. The audience was diverse with an equal mix of genders, ages and many different cultures represented. In his opening address, Derek Pennington from the ATS Diversity in Tunnelling sub-group, said [...]
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 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 [...]
