Andrew Banks is the Caverns Director, CBD Stations working on Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel Project. He will detail construction of the project’s CBD-based station caverns, discussing strategies for the design and construction of the caverns and underground spaces below significant existing infrastructure. Andrew will outline cavern support practices, including staging for excavation and cavern support, as well as concrete elements for the cavern structures.

Andreas Mindt is Construction Manager for the Metro Tunnel Project’s East Precinct. Responsible for managing all aspects of TBM tunnelling from South Yarra through to the new Town Hall Station in the CBD, Andreas will discuss all aspects of cross passage construction, from initial ground improvement considerations and related preparatory works, through to excavation and construction.

The joint presentation will cover challenges faced during the construction of the Metro Tunnel Project and will shed light on how complex underground works were tackled in densely urbanised and geotechnically challenging areas.

Program:
5.30 pm – 6.00 pm Networking (catering provided)
6.00 pm – 7.00 pm Presentation
7.30 pm – Event concludes

Speaker

Andrew Banks MIEAust CPEng NER APEC Engineer IntPE(Aus)
Caverns Director, CBD Stations CYP Design & Construction Joint Venture

Andrew Banks is currently working as Caverns Director, CBD Stations on Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel Project. He is an accomplished civil engineer with a deep knowledge of the Australian and international tunnelling and micro tunnelling sectors and is proficient in all aspects of business development, tendering and project delivery.

Andrew has delivered projects across civil sectors including road and bridge construction, sewer, water and stormwater installation, tunnelling, earthworks, concrete and steel structures.

Andreas Mindt
Construction Manager, CBD Stations CYP Design & Construction Joint Venture

Andreas Mindt has 18 years’ experience in working on projects with pressurised tunnel boring machines (TBMs). He started his working career as a graduate engineer on the SMART tunnel project in Malaysia which, at the time, employed the fourth largest TBM ever used. After moving to Australia in 2006, further work sent him to Singapore where he worked on metro tunnel projects in very challenging ground conditions.

Andreas returned to Australia in late 2017 to help build the first TBM tunnels under Sydney Harbour and has recently completed TBM tunnelling of the eastern section of the Metro Tunnel Project, including successfully tunnelling under the Yarra River