Search Results: 'International Tunnelling Association'

Arnold Dix – Interview
28 March, 2024
A tunneller with 100 million website hits? Unlikely, surely, but Arnold Dix is an unlikely tunneller. A tunneller is not supposed to be a successful barrister, a national icon, or be world famous. Dix has, accidentally, become the exception. He is, as well as all that, the current President of the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA-AITES); this April he is to chair ITA’s annual Member Nations General Assembly meeting at the World Tunnel Congress (WTC 2024) in Shenzhen, China. Julian Champkin spoke to him

ITA on immersed & floating tunnels
26 March, 2024
Two of the many reports from ITA in the last two years have focused on immersed tunnels and floating tunnels, respectively, through the efforts of the expert team in the area, Working Group 11 (WG11)

Bringing all together
25 March, 2024
With so much tunnelling work in China, recent issues of T&TI have carried major articles ahead of the country hosting the World Tunnel Congress (WTC 2024), in April. The articles have given a sense of the scale and variety of major project activity across the nation – and an idea of the strategic vision for rail/metro transport and use of tunnelling technology in rapidly expanding Shenzhen, the host city of WTC 2024.

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

Resilient underground design and systems
27 February, 2024
The need for subsurface spaces to be more sustainable and resilient was the focus of an ITA report published last year which, in considering ‘Urban Underground Space for Resilient Cities’, looked at need, strategies, design concepts to address the challenges

Technological Innovation Drives The High-Quality Development Of The Shenzhen Metro
27 February, 2024
Under the guidance of the innovation-driven development strategy, Shenzhen Metro is undergoing a transformation in its development model, transitioning from rapid expansion to a focus on highquality development.

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

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.

Crossrail learning legacy – ongoing impact
29 December, 2023
The knowledge pool from Crossrail will live on for education on project development and execution, including tunnel excavation and underground station construction works, after Transport for London this year decided to keep the online library of the project (now the Elizabeth line) free and available

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

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

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.

STUVA 2023
27 October, 2023
The STUVA conference takes place in Munich in early November and promises a packed programme with varied discussions plus a busy exhibition

ITA President Arnold Dix Launches Lego Technic TBM Challenge
03 October, 2023
International Tunnelling Association President Arnold Dix has launched a worldwide Lego Technic tunnel boring machine (TBM) design competition, in partnership with the Lego group, as part the ITA’s ongoing initiative to inspire the next generation of tunnellers and civil engineers.

Updated Code on Risk Management
26 September, 2023
Earlier this year, the ITA and IMIA published the updated, 3rd edition of their Code of Practice for Risk Management in Tunnel Works

Stronger for the Next 50 Years
26 September, 2023
To help deliver on the ambitious agenda that got him elected barely 12 months ago, ITA President Arnold Dix has had a whirlwind year of near non-stop global travel. As promised to the organisation’s gathering on the occasion of the World Tunnel Congress (WTC), in September 2022, in Copenhagen, Dix planned to act fast and relentlessly in pursuit of the mission that got him elected, unopposed. Since then, he has built momentum for speedy delivery, barely stopping on the way. Here, he outlines for T&T readers what has been achieved so far and what is coming next

NZ rail project "sets new industry benchmarks"
14 September, 2023
New Zealand's City Rail Link (CRL) project has been recognised for its "remarkable" efforts to protect the environment.

ITA Tunnelling Awards attract 53 entries
17 August, 2023
The ITA has received 53 entries from 15 countries for this year’s Tunnelling Awards.

ITA guide on spoil handling
24 July, 2023
Key points on working with spoil from all types of tunnelling was issued as further guidance last year from ITA’s Working Group 14 (Mechanized Tunnelling – Task Group 4), building on earlier work. A summary review is presented