From the tunnels of the Snowy to ITA President to international tunnel rescue hero – who is Arnold Dix?

With ATS member and Allen Neyland Tunnelling Achievement Award winner Professor Arnold Dix in the news for all the best reasons, we thought we would republish the story we commissioned in 2021:"From the tunnels of the Snowy to ITA President" that details just some of the highlights from his extraordinary life and career and [...]

World Tunnel Congree 2024 – Brochure now released!

Expressions of interest are now open to participate in the upcoming WTC2024, which is scheduled to be held from April 19th to April 25th, 2024 in Shenzhen, China. As one of the most highly anticipated events in the tunnel and underground space industry, WTC2024 will be a platform for knowledge exchanging, networking, and collaboration among industry [...]

PRESS RELEASE – Charismatic Australian elected President of influential global association

1 February 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Summary Australian Professor Arnold Dix has been elected President of the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA) for his ambitious Many Peoples, One World sustainability agenda. ITA is the peak scientific and engineering body overseeing the annual estimated US$1 trillion global underground industry. Dix is one of [...]

ITA Tunnelling Week 2021 September dates confirmed

3 August 2021 With this year's scheduled World Tunnel Congress pushed to 2022, the ITA is has launched a digital week dedicated to tunnels and underground space. The ITA Tunnelling Week will be held from 20–24 September this year, with five days dedicated to conferences and debates surrounding the industry. Leaders of the profession will [...]

ITA Lunchtime Lecture Series—into the future

This month’s ITA Lunchtime Lecture Series will be held on Tuesday  13 July and will be on the subject of ‘Into the future’. The session will include an overview on ‘Resilient underground’ by Wout Broere (WG20 animateur), a presentation on ‘Climate change and pandemic resilience of the underground space’ by Giuseppe Gaspari (WG20 vice-animateur), and [...]

Nominate for the ITA Tunnelling Awards 2021

June 2021 The seventh edition of the International Tunnelling Association Tunnelling Awards will be an all-online affair to allow maximum participation from around the globe. 2020 award winners included John Holland, CPB and Ghella whose joint venture for tunnelling and station excavation works for the Sydney Metro City and Southwest Project claimed the Major Project [...]

Brodie Aitchison appointed as ATSym Representative

Since 2015 the ATS has ensured the voice of the next generation of tunnellers is heard at the national level through the appointment of an ATS young members representative who sits on the national executive committee. Brodie Aitchison has been appointed as the third ATSym representative following a selection and nomination process which concluded [...]

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