Search Results: 'ATS'

Industry gears up for World Tunnel Day
03 November, 2023
The Australian Tunnelling Society (ATS) is gearing up to make this year’s World Tunnel Day “the most memorable yet”.

Australian Tunnelling Society
10 July, 2023
The Australian Tunnelling Society represents Australia’s vibrant tunnelling industry. ATS is a founding member of the ITA and celebrated its 50th year in 2022. ATS has branches in Victoria, NSW, Queensland and Western Australia, as well as having groups for Young Members, Tunnel Systems and Diversity in Tunnels.

Tunneling under operating highways and railways: Part 2
16 January, 2023
Keivan Rafie and Gary Kramer of Hatch present the second of their two-part look at lessons in planning and constructing tunnel crossings with shallow cover under live transport corridors

Tunnelling Under Operating Highways and Railways: Part 2
28 December, 2022
Keivan Rafie and Gary Kramer of Hatch present the second of their two-part look at lessons in planning and constructing tunnel crossings with shallow cover under live transport corridors.

Better than ever
20 January, 2020
Planners are capitalising on modern improvements to tunnelling technology in a boost to the Australian industry. Alex Conacher reports

ATS to establish design practice guidelines
09 May, 2019
Australia – Due to many developments in tunnel design in Australia over a period of many years, the Australian Tunnelling Society (ATS) has recognised the requirement to establish a guideline of tunnel design practice in Australia.

Tunnelling Down Under
16 May, 2016
Transport infrastructure is providing ample opportunity for Australia’s tunnelling industry. Keren Fallwell reports

Australasian Tunnelling Society updates on Brisbane river crossing
23 March, 2015
AUSTRALIA – The Australasian Tunnelling Society (ATS) has this month published an update on the tribulations of crossing the Brisbane River, as follows:

Lend Lease awarded NorthConnex tunnel
09 February, 2015
AUSTRALIA – Lend Lease has won the contract for the AUD 2.6bn NorthConnex motorway in Sydney. According to a report by the Australasian Tunnelling Society (ATS), this is the group’s giving the group its second controversial tunnel project in six months.

Crossrail C310
10 October, 2014
Geotechnical and tunnelling related specifics in urban tunnelling, and a river crossing with low overburden are covered in this BTS presentation on Crossrail contract C310, Thames Tunnel.

Australian National Tunnelling Code of Practice announced amidst concern
20 March, 2012
The Australasian Tunnelling Society (ATS) has criticised areas of the proposed National Tunnelling Code of Practice.

Amendments to Queensland code of practice
07 February, 2012

The 14th Australasian Tunnelling Coneference
01 February, 2011

Bright future for Australasia
23 September, 2008
ATS journal editor, David Lees, gives an overview of the booming tunnelling workload mooted for Australasia in the coming years

Protecting the end user to the end
15 June, 2007
Tunnel fire incidents in recent years have galvanised most of the tunnelling community into action to improve tunnel design, equipping and operation.Technical journalist, Maurice Jones, checks on what is being done

Both Robbins TBMs finish drives at Dulles
20 December, 2006

The evolution of Second Avenue Subway
01 July, 2003
On 22 May 2003, Joseph Siano, vice president, and Anil Parikh, program manager, of New York City Transit (NYCT), Don Phillips, deputy project manger, and Drupad Desai, chief tunnel/station engineer, for DMJM+Harris/ Arup, presented past, present and future plans for "the most famous Subway that has never been built"

Ambitious Alpine tunnel considered
21 September, 2001

On track under Shenzhen
06 January, 2001
Some six cities in China are currently considering metro construction. Among them is Shenzhen city, close to Hong Kong, where extremely rapid social and economic development has highlighted the need for a modern urban transport system. Zhang Jiashin of the Shenzhen Metro Company takes a look at phase 1 of the planning, design, equipment and recent construction of the Shenzhen metro project and at the milestones ahead.