In this wonderful article by create magazine from Engineers Australia, learn more about how Australia is both leading the world and utilising world-best practice in tunnelling. ATS leaders and members including Harry Asche, Rob Bertuzzi, Elena Gavazzi and Jurij Karlovšek, PhD describe how the Australian tunnelling boom looks set to continue indefinitely and why the focus is squarely set on [...]
The ATS is pleased to launch our 2023 Photography Competition Theme THE BEST OF AUSTRALASIAN TUNNELLING Please share your elegant, innovative and iconic images of tunnelling projects from Australia and New Zealand and be in with a chance to win a fantastic prize. Entry details Email your entry to: ATS@engineersaustralia.org.au Subject line: ATS Photo [...]
Wayne Bradford (Scout), a respected and well-known member of our tunnelling and mining community sadly passed away on 17th June 2023 at the age of 63 after a hard-fought battle with pancreatic cancer. Wayne started his career in 1981 after he completed his Associate Diploma of Surveying and joined Mount Isa Mines as a Surveyor. [...]
The much anticipated "Building Around Existing Tunnels" seminar last week in Sydney was a great success judging by some of the feedback from the 70+ people who attended. In the words of event organiser Ted Nye: "Thirteen papers were submitted, so a big thank you goes out to the authors who took the time [...]
On Thursday April 27, Dr Charles MacDonald was officially recognised by Roads Australia for his contribution to many of Australian road tunnel mega projects by winning the prestigious John Shaw Medal. Charles, who is widely recognised as a leading figure in the Australian civil construction industry in both the private and public sectors has [...]
ATS beginnings Today’s Australian Tunnelling Society (ATS) can trace its roots back to the 1948 establishment of the National Committee on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering by the Institution of Engineers Australia (IEAust). This was subsequently restructured and renamed as the National Committee on Geomechanics in 1968, to reflect the growing involvement of rock [...]
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Proudly run by the ATS Diversity in Tunnelling group and generously sponsored by Bouygues Construction Australia, the ATS is thrilled to announce that nominations for the Women in Tunnelling Achievement Award are now open. Designed to celebrate the leadership and achievements of women making a difference in the tunnelling industry, the Women in Tunnelling [...]
On March 16, the ATS Tunnel Systems subgroup held the highly successful event: Water mist suppression for road tunnels. Attended by almost 300 people, in person in multiple locations across Australia as well as globally online, it was the first of what the Tunnel Systems team hopes will be many successful hybrid information sharing [...]
