Mechanized Tunnelling in Soft Soil
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On 1st - 3rd December 2016, AMITOS and the ITACET Foundation organized a two-day training session in Mexico, followed by a one-day site visit on the theme of Mechanized Tunnelling in Soft Soil.
Mechanized Tunnelling: Challenging Case Histories
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The Società Italiana Gallerie (Italian Tunnelling Society) and the ITACET Foundation organized a one-day training session in Rome on 1st December 2016. This short course, held at the Astaldi company headquarters, focused on challenging conditions experienced in mechanized tunneling. Through case studies from around the world (Turkey, Norway, Denmark, Italy, Hong Kong, Eygpt .....), the 15 lecturers highlighted the most important and challenging aspects of the projects presented.
Health & Safety & Logistics in Tunnel Construction
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More than 35 people participated in the two-day workshop on "Health, Safety and Logistics in Tunnel Construction" organized by the Chilean Tunnels and Underground Space Committee (CTES) and the ITACET Foundation on the 15th and 16th November 2016. This workshop was held at the premises of the "Mutual de Seguridad" in Santiago de Chile. The presentations will be made available at www.ctes.cl.
Risk Management in Tunnelling
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The Tunnelling and Underground Space Technical Division of the Institution of Engineers (IEM), Malaysia, organized a two-day training session on the topic of Risk Management in Tunnelling on 13th-14th November 2016. This training session, supported by the ITACET Foundation, took place at the Tan Sri Prof. Chin Fung Kee Auditorium, Wisma IEM, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.
Planning and Design in Conventional Tunnelling
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Druk Green Power Corporation Limited (DGPC) conducted a training session on “Planning & Design in Conventional Tunnelling” on October 17th & 18th 2016 in Thimphu, Bhutan, in collaboration with the ITACET Foundation and ITA-AITES.
Risk Management
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The aim of this one-day course was to provide an introduction to risk management processes with a general overview of contractual practices.
Mechanized Tunnelling in Soft Soil
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Monitoring and control in Tunnelling
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Pre WTC training session for continuing education
22-24 April 2016, San Francisco, California.
Monitoring is of crucial importance to any underground project.
Whether in the preparatory phases or during excavation, proper monitoring, data collection and data analysis are essential to insure safety of the excavation work and of the existing structures close to it.