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International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association turns 50 this year !
13 March, 2024
Unprecedented Gathering of Distinguished ITA Past Presidents at WTC2024, Shenzhen, China

BTS February 2024 Meeting – TMCLK Challenges, Innovations, and Lessons Learned
25 January, 2024
When: Thursday 8th February 2024 at 18:00 hrs

China at successes and WTC 2024 preparations
22 January, 2024
The latest ITA Awards held many plaudits for tunnel projects in China, which is shortly to host the next World Tunnel Congress (WTC 2024), in Shenzhen, in mid-April, and will feature many large projects from across the country in addition to presentations by international tunnellers

Pushing on ahead
22 January, 2024
A new year brings a sense of revitalised or even new energy. So much to get moving on, to refresh or renew, to drive ahead with, hopefully.

STUVA Prize 2023 goes to Heinz Ehrbar
09 January, 2024
At the STUVA Conference 2023 in Munich, Heinz Ehrbar was awarded the prestigious STUVA Prize.

Great tasks beckon
29 December, 2023
Scale brings judgment. Bigger is better, more challenging. Difficult undertakings, possibly. Exciting, most likely. Such as with singular, eye-catching, large-scale infrastructure projects in the midst of society.

Tunnelling progress over the last three decades in China
29 December, 2023
While international tunnellers are aware of China’s many tunnel projects there is so much more to know. China can point to numerous project developments both built and under construction as well as technological innovations.

Information modelling in tunnelling
29 December, 2023
The matrix of procedures, processes and responsibilities in how to manage information in tunnelling projects in the era of BIM was the focus of guidance published last year by ITA’s Working Group 22. T&T looks at key points and recommendations

ITACET LUNCTIME LECTURE SERIES: JANUARY 2024
14 December, 2023
January 9th - 13:00 CET

ITA Tunnelling Awards winners revealed
27 November, 2023
The winners of this year’s ITA Tunnelling Awards were revealed on Friday.

Metal snag halts tunnel rescue
24 November, 2023
The rescue of the 41 men trapped in a part collapsed tunnel in India has halted after the auger hit metal objects.

Tunnel rescue operation continues on three fronts
23 November, 2023
Drilling is continuing on three fronts to reach the 41 workers trapped in the Silkyara Bend-Barkot Tunnel after a part collapse on November 12.

Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: video released of trapped workers
22 November, 2023
A video of the 21 men trapped in a tunnel in India's Uttarakhand state was released yesterday.

”Multiple options” explored to rescue trapped workers
20 November, 2023
Preparations are under way to build vertical shafts to rescue the 41 workers still trapped after a part collapse in the Silkyara Bend-Barkot Tunnel in India.

World Tunnel Congress 2024
20 November, 2023
World Tunnel Congress 2024 (WTC2024) will be held from April 19-25, 2024 in Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center, China. WTC2024 is held by international tunnelling and underground space association and association internationale des tunnels et de lespace souterrain (ITA-AITES) and organized by China Civil Engineering Society (CCES). WTC has been successfully held for 49 sessions and is the largest and most authoritative industrial event held by ITA every year.

Rescue continues to free workers trapped for six days
17 November, 2023
Rescuers have drilled about one-third of the way into the debris of the tunnel collapse in Uttarakhand in northern India to reach 40 workers trapped inside for six days, media reports have said.

India rescue race goes on; further slides feared
16 November, 2023
Tunnelling efforts to rescue trapped workers continue to test how to delicately excavate through collapse debris in northern India amidst fears there could be more ground movement in the road tunnel and around the portal.

Indian tunnel rescue enters third day
14 November, 2023
Excavators have begun drilling to fix a steel pipe to pull out 40 workers trapped in a collapsed Himalayan road tunnel in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand, according to media reports.

Tarcisio B. Celestino – Interview
31 October, 2023
Professor Tarcisio B. Celestino is a tunneller of international renown. A past President of the ITA, he combines university professorship in his native Brazil with lecturing and Ph.D. jury work abroad. He has written academic papers on sprayed concrete and on complex loading conditions in asymmetric geologies among many other topics; and, he remains a working engineer, leading Geotechnical Engineering for Themag Engenharia Ltda on projects in South America and around the world. He spoke to Julian Champkin

Shifting seasons, and sands
30 October, 2023
Shifting seasons in nature don’t disappoint; they enliven, ultimately.