Search Results: 'ITA'

Tarcisio Celestino
22 November, 2018
Paola De Pascali spoke with ITA president Tarcisio Celestino about his experience at the organisation and in which he shares some goals of the strategic plan

Under the dam
26 October, 2018
Paola De Pascali spoke with Tony Dell, lead geotechnical engineer at SNC-Lavalin to discuss the excavation of the John Hart powerhouse and tunnels, including an unexpected soft ground surprise

Results driven
05 September, 2018
A survey earlier in the year found a majority in support of updating the International Tunnelling Insurance Group’s code, T&T reports

Kia Ora, new Zealand
24 August, 2018
Alex Conacher speaks with Bill Newns, chair of the New Zealand Tunnelling Society (NZTS), as the antipodean nation breaks away from the Australasian Tunnelling Society

Initial Findings from the ITIG survey
03 July, 2018
International – In February 2018 the International Tunnelling Insurance Group (ITIG) launched a survey with the aim of reviewing the penetration and effectiveness of the Code around the world. The survey sought feedback on the application and experience of the Code (or other risk management approaches) and was targeted at all relevant parties (clients, designers, contractors and insurers) with the support of the relevant professional bodies (ITA, BTS and IMIA). The purpose of this note is to provide a summary of the initial findings from the survey and an indication of the proposed next steps.

Deutsche dip
19 June, 2018
Alex Conacher speaks to Stuva’s managing director Roland Leucker about the current challenges facing metro work in Europe’s largest economy

WTC 2018
19 June, 2018
The 2018 World Tunnel Congress was hosted by SoE UAE in Dubai

Known unknowns
19 June, 2018

World tunnel congress
25 April, 2018
The international tunnelling industry will gather in Dubai towards the end of April for the 44th ITA General Assembly and World Tunnel Congress. This should be an interesting one.

Verloop to lead ITACUS Young Talent Program
23 April, 2018
The Netherlands – Rosanne Verloop has been chosen lead the new ITA Committee for Underground Space (ITACUS) Young Talent Program. The announcement is due to be made on 24 April by ITACUS executives Han Admiraal and Antonia Cornaro.

Preserving Paradise
26 March, 2018
Whenever I hear about whatever the ITA Committee for Underground Space (ITACUS) is up to, I think about that Joni Mitchell song, Big Yellow Taxi. In it, she sings about a future world where humanity has “paved over paradise and put up a parking lot”.

Teach a lesson
07 February, 2018
A free resource to promote and educate tunnelling engineers of the future. Paola De Pascali speaks with Gerard Quigg, past chair of the BTSYM’s Schools and Universities committee to understand how the Teaching Pack works.

Review of the Tunnel Code of Practice
01 February, 2018
International - A questionnaire has been put together to collect input for a review of the Tunnel Code of Practice for Risk Management. Interested parties can participate through the following link:

School’s in
22 January, 2018
Paola De Pascali looks at an array of the education and training programmes for underground construction that are on offer around the world

Nigerian tunnelling
22 January, 2018
As Nigeria makes infrastructure investment a key political priority, Tunnelling Association Nigeria is pushing to raise the awareness of the potential for underground construction