Recent developpement in Rock Tunnelling
RECENT DEVELOPPEMENT IN ROCK TUNNELLING
Risk management and design, construction methods, maintenance and rehabilitation
The ITACET Foundation together with the Municipality of Riyadh organized a three-day training session on "Recent developpement in rock tunnelling. Risk management and design, construction methods, maintenance and rehabilitation." held in Riyadh, KSA, 16 to 18 November 2014.
Press release. (Edited by the Municipality of Riyadh)
Conventional Tunnelling
On 12th and 13th of September, the ITACET Foundation on behalf of ITA-AITES member Nation of Bhutan, represented by the Druk Green Power Corporation, organized a two-day training session in Thimphu (Bhutan) on the topic of “Conventional Tunnelling”.
This was the first Training session organized in Bhutan by the Foundation. The program covered the main aspects of conventional Tunnelling, and was divided in four session: Introduction and Site investigation; Design aspects; Construction and Monitoring and Management and Examples. 60 persons attended.
Mechanized Tunnelling
Tunnels for Energy
Over 140 participants attended the two-day training session held at the ITA World Tunnel Congress 2014 in Foz do Iguaçu.
Held in the Bourbon conference center in Foz do Iguaçu, the training session was co-organized by CBT (Brazilian Tunnelling Association), ITA-AITES ITA-CET Committee and the ITACET Foundation.
Risk issues and TBM Tunnelling Construction
Messer. Martin Knight and Tim Babendererde contributed to the International Bridges and Tunnels Technical Congress & Exhibition training course (IBTC2014), held in Shanghai, April 23 - 25 2014 .
M. Martin Knight lectured on "Tunnel Risk Issues" and M. Tim Bebendererde on "TBM Tunnel Construction".
Around one hundred participants followed with great interest the training session.
Tunnelling in Urban Areas
The 1st ITACET training course in Vietnam was held in Hanoi on 9-11 April 2014. This event was very well prepared by Prof. Dr. NGUYEN Quang Phich, Président of VTA (Vietnam Tunnelling Association), and Dr. LE Quang Hanh, Vice President of VTA and Director of FECON Institute. This Institute was also in charge of all the local organization.
Utility Tunnels
The training course was organized on behalf of the ITA-AITES Saudi Arabia member nation and the municipality of Riyadh. Its aim was to provide a general overview of the main types of common utility.