Light up the underground for World Tunnel Day 2023 – 4 December

World Tunnel Day 2023 On Monday December 4th the ITA celebrate the incredible engineering marvels that lie beneath our feet, connecting communities, improving transportation, and enabling access to resources. As we mark World Tunnel Day 2023 #WorldTunnelDay, let's reflect on the profound impact tunnels have on our daily lives. We're calling on all tunnel [...]

Learning and innovation at Mt Coot-tha Quarry in Brisbane

A remarkable gathering of seasoned and young engineers at the Mt Coot-tha Quarry, kindly supported by the ATS, brought together over 60 engineers from diverse backgrounds for learning and innovation in late August 2023. The uniqueness of this annual event is that it allows industry bodies to showcase their products and services in a [...]

Women in Tunnelling Outstanding Achievement Award Winner Hosts Networking Event

Diane Mather hosted "Collaboration Junction" on 24 August in Brisbane’s Waterloo Hotel, generously reinvesting her Women in Tunnelling Outstanding Achievement Award prize money in the tunnelling community. Forty five senior leaders from various areas and disciplines in the industry responded to Diane’s invitation journeying from near and far to not only celebrate but engage in [...]

Call for nominations: ATS Young Members sub-Committee

The Australian Tunnelling Society (ATS) is calling for Expressions of Interest (EOIs) for the ATS Young Members sub-Committee for the 2024/25 term (1 January 2024 to 31 December 2025). Please note: successful committee members will be elected for the 2024/2025 term, however they will be invited to commence the role as soon as elected, for [...]

ATC Conference – early bird registrations close on Friday 15 September

The dates are set, and the countdown is on for the 18th Australasian Tunnelling Conference which will take place 5 – 8 November, 2023 in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, New Zealand. It’s been nearly 15 years since the bi-annual conference was last held in New Zealand in 2011 and we are delighted to welcome national [...]

Tunnel fire safety in the spotlight

Fifty people gathered at Stacey Agnew’s eVENT Space in early August to hear Dr Ricky Carvel deliver his short course on Tunnel Fire Safety.  Discussion during the sessions benefitted from the wide diversity of participants who covered all aspects of tunnel fire safety from design through construction, operation, emergency response and investigation. Delivering nearly [...]

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 [...]

Q&A with ATS Young Members Chair – Brodie Aitchison

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’ (ATSym) Representative who sits on the National Executive Committee. Brodie Aitchison was appointed as the third ATSym representative in 2021. Brodie is a chartered civil engineer specialising in [...]

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