Schedule

Networking – 5:30 to 6:00 pm

Annual Special Meeting –  6:00 to 6:30 pm

Technical Presentation on West Gate Tunnel Project – 6:30 and 7:30 pm

Annual Special Meeting

Notice is hereby given that the Annual Special Meeting (ASM) of the Australian Tunnelling Society Victorian Chapter will be held at Engineers Australia, Level 31, 600 Bourke Street, Melbourne VIC 3000, as an in-person meeting on Thursday, 17 November at 6:00 pm AEDT. Pre-meeting networking will run from 5:30 to 6:00 pm.

Please join us for the ATS Victorian Chapter ASM, which will be followed by a technical presentation providing an update on the West Gate Tunnel Project in Melbourne.
ATS Victoria holds a meeting annually for the Victorian-based members to attend and hear how the Chapter performed over the last year and what is planned for the following year. The ASM agenda will include:

• Apologies
• Minutes of 2021 ASM
• Matters Arising
• Chairman’s Report
• Financial Report
• Election of Committee for 2023
• Other Business

Technical Presentation

Following the ASM, three speakers from Transurban and CPBJHJV will give a technical presentation. This joint technical presentation will cover the progress of the TBM tunnelling on the West Gate Tunnel Project to date and introduce the back-end works activities that are presently underway. There will be a networking session from 5:30 to 6:00 pm immediately prior to the ASM, so please come along and catch up with your industry colleagues this Thursday evening.

Speaker bios

Zoe Taylor – Project Director – Transurban

With more than 15 years in operations and construction, Zoe Taylor is an accomplished professional, well-versed in leading and delivering large-scale and complex projects. Her experience is especially focused on tenders, planning and construction in roads, mega-structures and underground infrastructure.

Drawing on her extensive delivery experience, Zoe is a strategic, forward-thinker, renowned for finding opportunities during construction to prepare for day one of operations.

Supporting her broad understanding of state, contractor and PPP arrangements, Zoe has begun a Masters in Project Leadership at University of Sydney and completed the PPP Leadership Program at University of Melbourne.

Gwyn Jones – Senior Tunnel Manager CPBJH

Gwyn Jones is the Senior Tunnel Manager on the West Gate Tunnel project, responsible for project management of all the works that are between the portals, including the TBM tunnelling, the civil fit out / back end works and the various interconnecting tunnels for cross passages, low point sump, smoke extraction, service crossings etc.

Gwyn is a member of Engineers Australia and the AusIMM and since graduating from the world-famous Camborne School of Mines he has gained more than thirty years of tunnelling experience. These projects include rail tunnels such as the UK-France Channel Tunnel and High-Speed Rail project in Taiwan, MRT tunnels in London, Singapore and Taipei, hydro-electric schemes in China and Nepal, water and sewer tunnels in the UK, China, Egypt, New Zealand and Australia and highway tunnels in UK, Egypt and now Melbourne.

James Campbell – Tunnel and Buildings Manager – Transurban

James Campbell has 22 years’ experience in working on major infrastructure projects across Australia and New Zealand. He started his working career with Downers NZ working on earthworks and infrastructure project before moving to Australia in 2006 to build the tunnels for the Gold Coast desalination project.

James has worked on the Airport Link project in Brisbane, Gladstone harbour crossing, and two stages of the WestConnex Project in Sydney. James joined Transurban in January 2022 to oversee the Tunnel and Buildings work on the Westgate Project.