Brodie Aitchison Brodie is a Chartered Civil Engineer specialising in delivering tunnelling projects. His expertise spans civil, structural, and geotechnical engineering disciplines for underground infrastructure projects, including tunnels, caverns, adits and portals. He has successfully designed, coordinated and led tunnelling work on projects throughout Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Hong Kong. Brodie is the [...]
Dr Gitte Goffin Bio Dr Gitte Goffin is a senior civil materials engineer at Aurecon with over 12 years’ experience in academic research and consulting. She has extensive experience in asset integrity and durability design of civil structures as well as expertise in non-destructive testing and corrosion science. She specialises in the durability design, [...]
Anthony Harding Bio Anthony is Jacobs Technical Director for Tunnels, Asia-Pacific. He gained a degree and PhD from Edinburgh University and joined Halcrow (now part of Jacobs) in London in 2000. He has worked on a wide range of tunnel projects, across the road, rail, power and water industries. His experience covers TBM and [...]
Tom Roper Bio Tom Roper is a Geotechnical and Tunnel Engineer with 13 years of experience in underground design and construction. Starting his career in a boutique design consultancy for the mining industry, he now serves as a Technical Manager at Acciona, contributing to major tunnelling projects such as NorthConnex, WestConnex 3a, and Sydney [...]
On June 27, the ATS Diversity in Tunnelling (DiT) group hosted the online event, Bridging the Gap: Addressing Gender Pay Disparities in Engineering. The forum, which was the ATS’s contribution to International Women in Engineering Day 2024 and co-hosted with the Engineers Australia’s Women in Engineering (WiE) group, attracted over 100 registrants interested in [...]
Announcing the key results from and winner of our lucky prize draw for completing the ATS Communications - Member Survey: Arjun Raja Shivasami. Arjun won $200, but immediately decided to donate his winnings to the ATS Diversity in Tunnelling subgroup and the ATS Young Members. Arjun won $200, but immediately decided to donate his [...]
Sue Poo Bio Sue Poo is a seasoned geotechnical engineer with over 15 years of experience in tunnelling projects. She has played a crucial role in major underground road, railway and wastewater infrastructure projects in Singapore, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Australia. Sue's experience in ground movement impact assessment includes assessing existing buildings, utilities, [...]
Tony Peglas Bio Tony Peglas is a Principal at Aurecon with over 26 years of experience in the tunnelling industry. He has contributed to numerous large-scale tunnelling and infrastructure projects, including more recently the Western Harbour Tunnel, West Gate Tunnel Project, WestConnex M8 and the M4-M8 Link. Additionally, Tony is the ATS representative on [...]
Scheduled for 27 – 29 November in Brisbane, this two-day intensive course, plus the Quarry Day, will provide an unparalleled opportunity to learn from industry experts and network with Australian tunnelling professionals. Are you ready to dive into one of the most dynamic and challenging fields in engineering? The Australian Tunnelling Society (ATS) invites [...]
