2015 ITA MN Reports

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PRESENTATION
ARGENTINA
NAME: Asociación Argentina de Túneles y
ACTIVITY REPORT 2015 Espacios Subterráneos (AATES)
TYPE OF STRUCTURE: Non Profit
Professional Association, acc. private law
NUMBER OF MEMBERS: 45 affiliate
(individuals), 8 corporate members
(collective)
2015 – ACTIVITIES (1) 2015 – ACTIVITIES (2)

Main activities: •  WG: Shotcrete, with preparation of a
•  Regular (montly) ExCo Meetings theoretical-practical Workshop
(Deminar)
•  Yearly Tunnelling Congress
•  Preparation of an « online » Tunnelling
•  Auspice at other Congresses in
Course (streaming), as a part of the
Argentina (Transportation and Road
Yearly Training Program of the
Congress, Geotechnical Congress)
Argentine Construction Chamber
TUNNELS – UNDER- TUNNELS – UNDER-

GROUND WORKS GROUND WORKS
Extension of Metro Line H

North section: 4 new stations constructed with the
NATM method, featuring single large caverns of
approx. 18 m width and approx. 2 km single tube
double track running tunnels. 2 Stations were
opened in 2015, the remaining 2 in 2016.
South Section; 2 new stations and associated

running tunnel section, to be constructed with
diaphragm walls. 2 parallel twin caverns, one
for the train depot and the other for a
workshop, constructed with NATM Method,
which will enter in operation in 2017. Both
stations were postponed.
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Trans-Andean Tunnels
Relief Tunnel for Underground River 1) Agua Negra Road Tunnel -14 km (North):
« Vega » – Buenos Aires
Currently, this is the project of the highest priority for both
This project comprises the construction of 1 EPB relief countries. Its financing would be provided by the IDB. A
tunnel for the existing underground “Vega River”, new pre-qualification process for contractors would be
with a total length of 8,4 km (6 km with EPB machine, launched in 2016. Construction may start in 2017.
iD 5,0 m, and the rest in NATM construction).
2) Corredor Bioceánico del Aconcagua - 52 km Railway Tunnel (Centre):
This private initiative, which is developed in a depth of a
The tender process of this project was launched in Preliminary Design, was still not finally approved by both
2013 and awarded end of 2015. countries. Within 2016 further decisions are expected.
Presently, the site inspection tender is in progress.
3) Las Leñas Road Tunnel – 11,6 km (South):
It is expected that the construction works will start
This project is the one with the lowest level of development.
in May 2016. Currently, a Feasibility Study was developed in Chile in 2015.
Further decisions by both governments are not known.
FUTURE ACTIVITIES
•  WG: Tunnel Drainage and
AUSTRALIA
Waterproofing ACTIVITY REPORT 2015
•  Tunneling Course, to be held directly by
AATES in different provincial capitals
•  Activation of the Young Member Group
of the AATES
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PRESENTATION 2015 – ACTIVITIES
NAME – Australasian Tunnelling Society MAIN ACTIVITIES – Monthly technical sessions across 4
Australian Regional Groups, 1 NZ Group plus Shotcrete society
TYPE OF STRUCTURE – The ATS is an Industry based
Technical Society of Engineers Australia (EA) and affiliated with WGs – 1 Animater, 1 Vice A, 7 Participating members and 8
AusIMM and IPENZ Corresponding members
NUMBER OF MEMBERS – TRAINING – 3 day Tunnelling design & construction Short
549 individual members / 50 corporate Gold and Silver supporting Course, including field workshop
members and 5 Platinum sponsors
PUBLICATIONS – ATS journal published twice per calendar
year in conjunction with Tunnelling Journal International.
TUNNELS – UNDERGROUND WORKS TUNNELS – UNDERGROUND WORKS
The 5 km long Legacy Way road LendLease/Bouygues JV has

tunnels constructed by Transcity in started construction for Transurban
Brisbane opened for traffic at 9pm on the $A2.65B NorthConnex in
on 25th June 2015 Sydney, twin 9 km long road
tunnels linking the M1 to the M2
and M7 motorways
CPB/Dragados/John Holland JV has completed excavation of the Work on Perth’s

twin 15.5 km long tunnels for Sydney Metro Stage 1 (North West Busport is well
Rail Link) advanced, with
excavation 70%
complete
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The Waterview road A Robbins TBM

tunnels in Auckland recently completed
(NZ) are due to be tunnel excavation for
completed by the the Grosvenor Mine
WellConnected Access Drifts
Alliance in early 2017
FUTURE ACTIVITIES FUTURE ACTIVITIES
WestConnex Road Tunnels – Sydney •  Forrestfield Airport Link, Perth, Twin 7 km long rail tunnels, 3 stations
•  Stage 1B (M4 East) 2 x 3 lane tunnels, 5.5 km long, CPB/Samsung/ •  Sydney Metro Stage 2 – Twin 15 km long rail tunnels, 7 stations
John Holland JV to commence in 2016 •  Melbourne Metro – Twin 9 km long rail tunnels, 5 stations
•  Stage 2 (M5 East) 2 x 2/3 lane tunnels, 10 km long, CPB/Dragados/ •  Western Distributor, Melbourne – Twin 3 lane tunnels, 2 km long
Samsung JV to commence in 2016
•  Western Harbour Tunnel, Sydney – Twin 3 lane tunnels, 5.5 km long
•  Stage 3 (M4 South) 2 x 3 lane tunnels, 8.5 km long to commence
•  Cross River Rail Link, Brisbane – Twin rail tunnels, ~ 5 km long
construction in 2018
•  Central Rail Link, Auckland – Twin rail tunnels, 3.5 km long, 3 stations
•  Central Interceptor Sewer, Auckland – 4.5 m sewer tunnel, 12 km long
AUSTRIA ITA-AUSTRIA Annual Report

ACTIVITY REPORT 2015 2015
Austrian National Committee of ITA
Robert Galler
ITA-Austria representing the Austrian
Organisations working in the field of
tunnelling, namely ÖGG, ÖIAV, ÖBV, ATA
and FSV
NUMBER OF MEMBERS: 1.500
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2015 - ACTIVITIES
Main activities
WGs: Robert Galler Chairman of the ITACET Steering
Committee and Vice Animateur of WG19 –
Conventional Tunnelling TUNNELS – UNDERGROUND
Trainings were given during the EUROCK 2015 in WORKS
October in Salzburg and the Southern Railway Link
Conference, focussing on Semmering and Koralm
Base Tunnels in Graz in November.
Publications were done respectively
Focus on High Speed Railway Tunnels: Semmering Base Tunnel

Tunnel works at portal Gloggnitz have
•  Major railway tunnel constructions: already started
- Construction lot Gloggnitz was
-  Semmering Base Tunnel (2x27km)
awarded to the ARGE Implenia-
-  Koralm Tunnel (2x33km) Hochtief
-  Brenner Base Tunnel (3x57km + several km of access and connection Shaft sinking machinery at Fröschnitzgraben [picture by
tunnels) SWIETELSKY]
•  Altogether about 240km of tunnel under construction right now.

Shaft sinking works for both 400 m deep shafts at construction lot
•  Good progress already achieved at the Austrian section of the Baltic- Fröschnitzgraben were completed end of 2015, so tunnel works
Adriatic trans-European railway – called the „Southern Railway link“ can start at the beginning of 2016.
Construction lot Grautschenhof was tendered end of 2015; tunnel
works are intended to start there in May 2016.
Koralmtunnel Brenner Base Tunnel

Establishing a powerful north-south connection from Germany via Austria to Italy
with a length of about 55 km
KAT 2: Twin tunnel tube system, constucted by a joint-venture of In 2015 tunnel works for the 38 km long construction lot Tulfes-Pfons were started
Strabag-Jäger. 70% of the 19 km long construction lot have already by JV STRABAG-Salini-Impregilio.
been bored by 2 TBMs.
In the western section KAT 3 (built by PORR), NATM is used in the In September 2015: first open
south tube and an EPB-shield is used in the north tube. EPB started in
gripper TBM was started.
October 2015 and is running with good progress.
Tunnel Granitztal (built by a Joint Venture of Hochtief-Implenia) is
Construction works for one of the
following the Koralmtunnel. It consists of two single tubes with a largest lots (Wolf) have been
length of approx. 6 km each. Tunnel works started in autumn 2015. tendered; the decision following
the best bid is awaited for
autumn 2016. Schematic layout of the Brenner Base Tunnel [picture by BBT SE]
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Focus on motorway tunnels: Based on safety requirements several motorway tunnels

•  Reconstruction of the motorway Linz to Budweis: 2 double are updated and renovated:
tube tunnels built: Tunnel Götschka (4.4 km, constructed by
- Tunnel Perjen is getting a second tube
PORR) and Tunnel Neumarkt (1.0 km, constructed by due to high volume of traffic.
Swietelsky) - The Arlbergtunnel (length 14 km) the
Bosruck Tunnel, Tunnel Bruck and
•  Tunnel chain KLAUS: 4 second tube
Tunnel St. Ruprecht are right now
tunnels with a total length of about 4
under renovation.
km, built by the JV BEMO-Wayss &
Freytag.
•  Gleinalm Tunnel: Second tube with a
length of 8.4 km is under construction. Arlbergtunnel [picuture by Joint Venture JÄGER-BEMO-
HINTEREGGER]
Tunnel Götschka [picture by PORR]
Focus on hydropower projects:

The Austrian alpine regions are perfectly suitable for hydropower plants:
Vorarlberg: Obervermuntwerk II (pumped-storage hydropower plant)
including a cavern with dimensions of 120m x 25m x 39m and tunnel
systems with a length of approx. 7 km. Built under very strict
environmental regulations at 2000 m above sea level by JV Jäger-Porr-
Hinteregger.
Tirol: Grenzkraftwerk Inn power plant under construction; core section is
the 23 km long tunnel using a TBM (Hochtief).
Hydro Power Plant Obervermunt II [picture by Wolfgang Weber, JÄGER]
Research, development, training and education

Focus on Metro construction:
in tunneling:
Vienna Metro extension line 1: The creation of sustainable infrastructure is increasingly
Shows an alignment with very low overburden and was developed in underground facilities → greater challenges
constructed by STRABAG; for construction-, transport- and energy-providing
Due to the urban surrounding and the difficult ground companies and emergency organizations → Project:
conditions this construction site was a big challenge "Research@ZaB - Zentrum am Berg”
for everyone involved. - Underground facility for research, development, education
and training purposes
- Meets the requirements of public institutions and
represents a "development factory" for private companies
as well as concerned universities.
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Research@ZaB – Zentrum am Berg

Tunnelling Conferences in Austria in 2015
•  Together with the 64th Geomechanics Colloquium,

EUROCK 2015 was successfully organized in Salzburg.
1400 participants from over 30 countries, discussing
newest developments in rock mechanics.
•  The SOUTHERN RAILWAY LINK conference was
organized at the Graz University of Technology. 250
participants followed the presentations focusing on the
challenging projects Semmering Base Tunnel and
Research@ZaB - underground facility for research, development, education and training [picture Koralm Tunnel.
by SE]
FUTURE ACTIVITIES
•  Mönchsberg garage BELGIUM
•  S7 tunnel Rudersdorf ACTIVITY REPORT 2015
•  A11 Karawankel tunnel 2nd tube
•  S1 Lobau Tunnel
•  Power plant Tauernmoos
•  TIWAG pumped storage plant Sellrain (Kühtai)
•  A26 Westring
•  Limberg III
•  Power plant Spullersee
•  Brannenburg/Kundl
2015 – ACTIVITIES 1
•  TYPE OF STRUCTURE :
•  MAIN NATIONAL ACTIVITIES :
•  Open non-profit association
•  Conferences :
•  « Alternative energies from the subsurface »
•  NUMBER OF MEMBERS (01.01.2016) :
•  Yearly studyday :
•  Collective members : 54
•  « Renovation of road- and rail tunnels »
•  Individual members : 15
•  Technical visits
ITA – AITES 42nd General Assembly San Francisco, April 24 – 27, 2016 ITA – AITES 42nd General Assembly San Francisco, April 24 – 27, 2016
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•  MAIN INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : 2014-2015 TUNNELS & UNDERGROUND

WORKS
•  Participation in :
•  WTC and General Assembly of ITA
•  AFTES studydays and workshops
•  Swiss Tunnel Congress
•  STUVA Tagung
•  ITA-COSUF meetings
•  Annual 6 partner countries meeting
2014 : opening Diabolo-tunnel (Brussels airport)
•  2015 : opening Liefkenshoektunnel rail

(Antwerp) •  December
2015 :
expected
opening
Schuman-
Josaphat,
but …
FUTURE ACTIVITIES
•  Metro North in Brussels :
-  New section 4 km, 5 stations, all underground
-  Transformation of existing section of
tramwaytunnel and stations in full metro
•  Closing South motorway Ring in Brussels :
•  - Tunnel possibly 7 km, private, tollway
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Oosterweelverbinding
•  Closing North motorway Ring in Antwerp :
-  New section 4 km, including tunnels under river
Scheldt and former dock
-  New connexion to existing Ring and possibly
partial or total light cover of the Ring
ITA – AITES 42nd General Assembly San Francisco, April 24 – 27, 2016
Logo of your MN Logo of your MN
BHUTAN 2015 - ACTIVITIES

ACTIVITY REPORT 2015 1.  Construction of Punatsangchhu-I (1,200 MW), Punatsangchhu-
II (1,020 MW) and Mangdechhu (720 MW) Hydropower
Projects.
2.  Training on Conventional Tunnelling was conducted in

September 12 & 13, 2014 in Thimphu, Bhutan.
1. Punatsangchhu – I Hydropower Project (1,200 MW)
• Work Done
• Total UG
excavation =
67,487.30 m3
• Total length of
TUNNELS – UNDERGROUND WORKS Desilting chamber tunnels &
10 m dia. HRT galleries =
116m
24.5 m dia. Surge Shaft Underground Power House

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2. Punatsangchhu –II Hydropower Project (1020 MW)

• Power House &
Work Done
Transformer Caverns
•  Total UG •  Power house cavern (236 m x 23
excavation = m x 51 m) – excavation of
565,906.00 m3 machine hall
•  Transformer cavern (215.4 m x
Desilting chamber
•  Total length of 14 m x 26.5 m) - excavation
Pressure Shaft
tunnels and
galleries = 1174.79
m
Head Race Tunnel Surge Shaft

3. Mangdechhu Hydropower Project (720 MW) Work Done
•  Total underground
excavation =
883,234.01 m3
•  Total length of
tunnels and
galleries =
Desilting chamber Head Race Tunnel
5159.15 m FUTURE ACTIVITIES
Surge Shaft Power House

1. Kholongchhu Hydropower Project 2. Nikachhu Hydropower Project

•  Run-of the river hydropower •  Run-of the river hydropower
project of 600 MW capacity. project of 118 MW capacity.
•  Total tunnel system = 27 km. •  Total tunnel system = 21.50
•  2 nos. underground desilting km
chambers of 350m x 13m x 17.5m •  2 nos. underground desilting
•  Underground Power house and chambers of 175 m x 11m x
transformer caverns of 132m x 7.5 m each
21m x 42.5 m and 130m x 16m x •  Underground Power house of
24m 67m x 19m x 41m
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BRAZIL – BRAZILIAN TUNNELLING COMMITTEE

– CBT – COMITÊ BRASILEIRO DE TÚNEIS
ACTIVITY REPORT 2015
–  - Corporate Affiliate Members: 29 (increase of 20%)
–  - Individual Affiliate Members: 437 (increase of 5%)
2015 - ACTIVITIES
• T he principal event was the II SIMES –
•  In 2015 the Brazilian Tunnelling Committee – CBT International Symposium of Underground
•  continued working for showing society the benefits Waterproofing, in December, with more than 140
•  of the underground environment, both through the participants.
•  implementation of technical events, as the • More than 10 Lectures were presented by CBT
•  dissemination of materials in technical and social along the year, and other 5 Lectures to the Young
•  media. Members Group.
TUNNELS – UNDERGROUND WORKS
•  São Paulo Metro Line 5 •  Rio de Janeiro Metro Line 4
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FUTURE ACTIVITIES
• For 2016, an award is planned to the best

Monography of graduation. The idea is promote the
underground works among students.
• Yet, is it planned to continue to organize a book
about tunnels, in portuguese.
•  Tamoios Road Belt
• In november, CBT will promote the first CANADA

Symposium on Safety, Maintenance & ACTIVITY REPORT 2015
Operational Systems of Underground works.
Tunnelling Association of Canada

Association canadienne des tunnels
ORGANIZATION ORGANIZATION
•  Tunnelling Association of Canada • 

• 
Tunnelling Association of Canada
STRUCTURE (cont’d)
•  STRUCTURE •  The TAC organizational structure consists of the following 6 Officers and 10 Directors:
• The Tunnelling Associa?on of Canada (TAC) was established in 1980 as a na?onal •  Officers: Directors:
•  Erik Eberhardt, President, Serge Moalli, Director, British
associa?on supported by several regions: Bri?sh Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and the Columbia
Prairies, Ontario, Quebec, and the Mari?mes. Key objec?ves of TAC include: •  Rick Lovat, Immediate Past President Heinrich Heinz, Director, Alberta
Ø  Promote the development and use of underground space to decision makers and the •  Steve Skelhorn, Vice President, East Jason Mann , Director, Manitoba & Prairies
•  Bruce Downing, Vice President, West Walter Trisi, Director, Ontario
public; •  Michelle Richards, Treasurer André Rancourt, Director, Québec and
Ø  Exchange and inform the use of Canadian underground design, excava?on and Maritimes
construc?on technologies; •  Derek Zoldy, Secretary Nichole Boultbee, Director
• 
Ø  Facilitate the exchange of informa?on on related ac?vi?es and technical Boro Lukajic, Director
developments; • 
Ø  Represent the interests of the tunnelling and underground excava?on community in Lara Reggin, Director
• 
maZers of technical and public concerns; Rick Staples, Director
Ø  Act as an intermediary body between ITA and those individuals and organiza?ons in •  Seamus Tynan,
Canada who are interested in tunnels and underground excava?ons; Director
Ø  Disseminate throughout Canada the news of the ac?vi?es of ITA and the technical • TAC engages the services of Gibson Group Management Inc. (GGMI) to manage the administration of the association through
GGMI’s offices in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada.
informa?on available as a result of those ac?vi?es; provide support for the TAC Young
Members division;
Ø  Organize the annual Canadian Tunnelling Awards and bi-annual TAC Conference; and
ITA
Ø 
–Provide student scholarships..
AITES 42nd General Assembly San Francisco, April 24 – 27, 2016 ITA – AITES 42nd General Assembly San Francisco, April 24 – 27, 2016
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2015 - ACTIVITIES 2015 - ACTIVITIES
•  Tunnelling Association of Canada •  Tunnelling Association of Canada

•  Main Ac?vi?es in 2015 •  Working Groups
• TAC 2015 Workshop – Challenges and Innova9ons in Tunnelling •  Four TAC members were nominated in 2015 to serve on various ITA Working Groups
• In non-conference years, TAC organizes an industry workshop to coincide with the AGM including:
and the Awards Dinner. The October 4-6, 2015 event at Queen’s University in Kingston,
•  Dr. Jinyuan Liu, Ryerson University - ITA WG 2: Research
Ontario, Canada was a tremendous success aZrac?ng over 135 par?cipants. A successful
•  Gary Kramer, Hatch MoZ MacDonald - ITA WG9: Seismic Effects
pre-workshop recep?on on the 4th was well aZended, as was the op?onal technical tour to
•  Hamid Javady, MMM Group Limited - ITA WG 17: Long Tunnels at Great Depth
the Brockville Tunnel on the 6th.
•  Dr. Heinrich Heinz, Thurber Engineering - ITA WG 19: Conven?onal Tunnelling
• TAC 2015 Awards Dinner •  TAC members look forward to represen?ng Canada on the WGs.
• 2015 was the fourth year that the Tunnelling Associa?on of Canada (TAC) presented
achievement awards to recognize deserving individuals and projects in the Canadian •  Publica?ons
tunnelling industry. In 2015, the awards were modified to present the Innova?ve Project of
• TAC is coordina?ng the development of a commemora?ve “coffee table” book on
the Year as well as the Infrastructure Project of the Year. Added in 2015 was the Photo of
Canadian Tunnelling. A drak should be available in the fall of 2016 with final prin?ng
the Year Award. Full 2015 TAC Achievement Awards details are available on the TAC
expected in 2017. In addi?on, TAC collaborates with Tunnels & Tunnelling on their North
website at hZp://www.tunnelcanada.ca/achievement_awards.html.
American edi?on to publish ar?cles on Canadian tunnelling projects.
PROJECTS PROJECTS
Toronto‐York Spadina Subway Extension Twin Tunnels Project, Toronto,

Ontario The Toronto-York Spadina Subway ECLRT – Eglinton Cross Town Light Rail Transit, Toronto,
Extension (TYSSE) project is an 8.6 km Ontario
extension of the exis?ng City of The ECLRT project is broken up
Toronto subway system. The subway into two contracts. The first
extension includes 6.7 km of bored
contract, currently being
twin tunnels, a 280 m long hand
mined sec?on of triple tunnel and six
constructed by the joint venture
new sta?ons. The project includes the of Obayashi / Kenaidan / Kenny,
first use in Ontario of trailing shield has completed their first two
annulus grou?ng, and first use in tunnel drives between Keele St.
Canada of RFID chips installed within and Allen Rd., u?lizing two CAT
each precast concrete tunnel lining EPB TBMs. The two TBMs were
segment used for quality control and removed, reposi?oned,
future inspec?on and quality
commissioned and have resumed
management.
mining once again on the balance
of the tunnels between Allen Rd.
and Laird Dr.
PROJECTS PROJECTS
OLRT – Ottawa Light Rail Transit, Ottawa, Ontario

Valley Line LRT Extension – Edmonton, Alberta
In Edmonton, work con?nues on

the $1.8 Billion low-floor line to
Mill Woods from City Centre,
which includes an approximately
400 m long twin tunnel sec?on in
the North Saskatchewan River
valley sec?on.

Final proposals are expected in
The OLRT project is 12.5 km of LRT line, with a 2.5 km tunnel and four the fall of 2015 with the
underground sta?ons in the downtown core. The P3 contract was awarded successful team selected by the
to the Rideau Transit Group made up of Ellis Don, SNC Lavalin, and Dragados end of 2015. Major construc?on
Canada. Construc?on is well underway; the tunnel is currently being is expected to begin in 2016, with
excavated by SEM and Road-header methods and is scheduled to be expected comple?on in 2020.
completed in 2016.
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PROJECTS PROJECTS
Upper Lillooet/Boulder Creek Hydroelectric Facilities – Evergreen Line, Vancouver, BC

Pemberton, BC
The Upper Lillooet HEF is an 81.4 MW
plant consis?ng of an approximately
2500m long inverted D tunnel shaped
6m wide and 5.5m high: to date, a
total of approximately 420m of tunnel
has been excavated in difficult ground.

The Boulder Creek HEF is a 25.3 MW
plant comprising a 2900m long
inverted D shaped tunnel 3.6m wide x
4.5m high to be mainly excavated from The Evergreen Line Rapid Transit Project is an 11 km extension to Greater
the downstream portal: in addi?on, Vancouver’s rapid transit system. The project includes a 2 km long , 10 m
approximately 2km of that tunnel is to diameter bored tunnel. The design-build-finance contract was awarded to
be excavated with a 13% uphill grade. EGRT Construc?on and the tunneling work is being conducted by SNC-SELI
So far, 979m of the Boulder Creek Joint Venture. The tunnel was excavated with a CAT EPB TBM – boring was
tunnel has been excavated. completed in November 2015.
.
PROJECTS FUTURE ACTIVITIES
•  Tunnelling Association of Canada

Port Mann Water Supply Tunnel , Vancouver, BC
• 2016 Ac?vi?es Planned
• The BC and Ontario Chapters are very ac?ve and expect to hold 6-8 monthly mee?ngs,
Tunnelling on Metro Vancouver’s each, in 2016. These mee?ngs feature invited speakers on regional tunnelling projects, or
Port Mann Water Supply Tunnel technical tours.
Project was completed in July • TAC’s 2016 Annual Conference will take place in OZawa, Canada from October 16-18,
2015. The project consisted of 2016. Over 250 delegates are expected, as well as in excess of 25 exhibitors. Full details of
two slurry wall shaks, each the conference are available at www.tac2016.ca. The 2016 conference will also feature
approximately 60 m deep and TAC’s Annual Awards Dinner where individuals and projects will be recognized for their
located on either side of the outstanding contribu?on s to tunnelling and underground space. Award nomina?ons will
close on June 1, 2016.
Fraser River, connected with a 1
• The Tunnelling Associa?on of Canada presents the Dan Eisenstein Memorial Scholarship
km long, 3.5 m diameter tunnel.
each year to a post-graduate student planning to undertake or currently undertaking post-
Excava?on of the tunnel was graduate studies in the field of tunnelling at a recognized university in Canada.
carried out using a CAT EPB TBM; • Finally, efforts to increase TAC’s student membership are paying off with over 10% of the
construc?on was undertaken total membership expected to be in the student category in 2016. Our chapters are
by the McNally-Aecon Joint working directly with a number of the universi?es to run events on campus and student-
Venture. focused tours.
PRESENTATION
•  NAME: Chilean Commitee for Tunnelling and Underground Space
(of the CDT of the Chilean Construction Chamber)
•  TYPE OF STRUCTURE:
CHILE
Board of Directors CTES-CHILE
President: Mr.Alexandre Gomes
Vice Presidents: Mr Giorgio Piaggio and Mr Hartmut Claussen
ACTIVITY REPORT 2015 Execu?ve Secretariat CDT

Execu?ve Secretary: Mauricio Álvarez
Technical secretariat Technical working

Support and Promo?on work groups Groups Coordinators
•  NUMBER OF MEMBERS: 84 Members

Corporate Members: 8 Category Premium, 32 Category Gold, 29 Category
Associated and 15 Individual members.
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Main Activities 2015 Main Activities

1. Seminars and Conferences 2. Technical Lectures
•  Second version Latin American Congress of Tunnels and Underground •  Efficient lighting in tunnels, Company Schreder.
Space. •  Underground Mining in Chile - Company Atlas Copco
•  second version of the seminar “Materials and Products for Tunnels“ •  Evolution of Construction Methods Tunnels and subway stations of
•  Seminar "Generating Innovation in Tunnels" Santiago - Company Metro de Santiago
•  Seminar "Productivity in Major Construction Projects Miners •  Fundamentals of Geological Engineering for the Design of Underground
•  International Seminar "Practices and contractual aspects in Underground Works in rock masses - Giorgio Piaggio
Works" •  Fire protection in tunnels - Company Promat
•  Forum with Universities "Tunnels and Underground Space" •  Solutions for precise positioning in tunnels -Company Geocom
•  Seminar: Engineering Challenges in Tunnelling and Underground Space
2015 - ACTIVITIES
Work Groups
Main Activities •  Four work groups in operation
3. Others •  Average attendance of 15 people per group.
•  Architecture Contest for the use of the underground space •  Design, Planning, Construction and Risk Prevention, Materials and
•  Technological Mission: Norway / Sweden / Denmark Products
Publications
Training •  3rd version "Guide for materials and products for tunnelling"
•  International Course on TBM, ITACET. •  Directory with Companies members of CTES-CHILE.
•  Antofagasta Regional Technical Conference •  Document translation of ITA-AITES “Code of practice for risk
management in the construction of tunnels“.
•  New Tunnelling Projects Catalog
•  Survey of Tunnels and Underground Spaces in Chile
•  Mining Construction Magazin (Revista “Construcción Minera”)
PROJECT PIPELINE
Project Pipeline: Project Pipeline:

N° Sector Project Status Oct 2015
Infrastructure Tunnel Chamisero de Autopista Nor- Construc?on to start in 2016
Oriente: 1600m star?ng April/2016
1 Infrastructure New lines 3 and 6 of the Metro San?ago Under construc?on
(about 37 km of underground works, Infrastrucutre Tunnel La Dormida 2 x 3500m : star?ng Construc?on to start in 2017
with 28 underground sta?ons) 2017
Energy Hydropower plant Alto Maipo (over 70 Under Construc?on
2 Infrastructure Américo Vespucio Oriente Highway (14 2 lots under construc?on. 1 km of tunnels, shaks and caverns).
km of 3-lanes tunnels. Sec?ons with 2/3 remainder lot to be
Energy Hydropower Los Cóndores (150MW) Under Construc?on
of the length with C&C double deck tendered in 2016
(TBM tunnel)
solu?on and 1/3 of the length with
Energy HPP Valhalla, Pump Storage Power Engineering stage
double tube mined tunnels.
plant
3 Infrastructure Urban Tunnel Kennedy. 4 lanes, (1,3km) Under construc?on Energy HPP Mediterraneo, 7,3k of tunnels: Construc?on to start in 2016
Energy Punilla Dam, Chillan: 2,3km devia?on Construc?on to start in 2016
4 Infrastructure Trans-andean Tunnel Agua Negra (14 km Bina?onal commiZee
tunnel
of double road tunnels) established. Call for bidders
expected in 2016
5 Infrastructure Bi-ocean Corridor Aconcagua (52 km of Bina?onal commiZee
double tube railway tunnels). established. Call for bidders
possible in the upcoming
years
6 Infrastructure Trans-andean Tunnel Las Leñas (12 km) Bina?onal commiZee
established. Tender design
could start in 2016
7 Infrastructure Second Tube Melon Tunnel (2,7km) Bid for concession ongoing
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Project Pipeline: Project Pipeline 2016 - Comments:

Energy HPP Ñuble (136 MW) Under construc?on
Energy HPP Neltume (390MW) Tunnel 11 km, Exploratory gallery (1000m)
•  The last commodities boom period has pushed forward a large number of massive
6,3 m diameter under construc?on underground infra-structure projects for the mining sector, together with the
Energy HPP Cuervo (640 MW), tunnel 11km, Environmental approval
development of new power plants, new expansions of Metro Santiago network and
discharge tunnel 5km
Energy HPP Nido de Aguila and Arandanos Engineering stage road tunnels. An important portion of Projects listed in the given project pipeline has
(500MW) been so far developed to a certain extend, however with the current economic
Mining New Mine Level - Access Tunnels Under Construc?on
(8,9km 2 tube tunnels), Inner facili?es
slowdown experienced in the country, several projects have been cancelled,
Mining Chuquicamata Underground Mine – Under Construc?on postponed and/or re-structured.
Access Tunnels, Ven?la?on tunnels,
Deep shaks and inner facili?es •  Anyhow, it is expected that these large mining projects shall continue to be
Mining Andina 244 – Transfer Tunnel Under construc?on
developed, even if at a slower pace. Additionally, the country has an increasing
demand of energy, which cannot only be covered by the construction of new hydro-
power plants. Public investment in infra-structure, mainly from the Railway
Authority (EFE) and the Ministry of Public Works (MOP) are expected as anti-cyclic
measures to counteract the economic depression generated by the end of the mining
boom.
ACTIVITIES 2016
Activities already scheduled for 2016:

•  ITACET Course on Waterproofing, (March 2016).
•  ITACET Workshop: "Risk Management in Tunnelling“, (September 2016). ¡Thank You!
•  Technological Mission: San Francisco, United States (WTC2016).
•  Third version of the seminar “Materials and Products for Tunnels“ www.ctes.cl
•  National Congress of Tunnels and Underground Space
•  Second version Forum with Universities "Tunnels and Underground Space“
[email protected]
•  Technical talks (talks by Empresas CTES all year)
PRESENTATION
CHINA
NAME:
China Civil Engineering Society(CCES)
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2015 - ACTIVITIES
TYPE OF STRUCTURE:
NUMBER OF MEMBERS
Group members: 615
Individual members: 43251
Main Activities No. Meeting Name Time Venue

Number of
Participants
Shanghai-
1 Technical Seminar on TBM Cutters 26th January 2015 More than 30 participants
1.  jointly organized two international academic conferences and six Tongji University
Operation Safety and Energy Saving
domestic academic conferences; Tunnel and Underground Space ——The
2 6th National Academic Symposium on 25-26 July 2015 Chuzhou, Anhui Province More than 180 participants
Transportation Infrastructure Construction
2.  organized compilation of CCES standards; 2015 Construction and Management Forum
on Green-ecological Tunnel and 2015
3.  organized preliminary review of Jeme Tien-yow Award for Annual Conference of Specialized
3 Committee of Construction Management & 17-18 October 2015 Changsha Xiangcheng Hotel More than 150 participants
Tunnelling; Youth Work of Tunnel and Underground
Works Branch of China Civil Engineering
Society
4.  upgraded CCES-TUWB website; The 17th Academic Communication

Conference of Waterproofing and Drainage More than 160 participants
4 Professional Committee of Tunnel and 11-13 November 2015 Zhuhai
5.  reelected the CCES-TUWB council; Underground Works Branch of China Civil
Engineering Society
6.  won Engineering Awards awarded by ITA; The 14th cross-strait academic and technical
5 seminar on tunnelling and underground 5-6 November 2015 Yilan, Taiwan
160 participants, and 20
works participants from CCES
7.  published the official journal “Modern Tunnelling Technology” in 6
issues.
1. The 17th Academic Communication Conference of Waterproofing

2015 China International
Exhibition on Tunnel and and Drainage Professional Committee
Underground Engineering
More than 120
6 Te c h n o l o g y & 2 0 1 5 8-10, April 2015 Shanghai
Shanghai Symposium on
participants The 17th academic communication conference of waterproofing and
Tunnel and Underground
Engineering Technology drainage professional committee was held in Zhuhai from
“One Belt and One Road”
International Forum on
11th~13thNovember, 2015. And more than 160 people from the fields of
More than 140
20th November 2015 Beijing
7 Civil Engineering (The
Parallel Session of
participants railway, transportation, national defense, municipal engineering,
Transportation and Tunnel)
construction industry, hydropower and colleges and universities attended
The Fourth International
Bridge and Tunnel More than 800
this meeting.
8 Technology Conference 28th April 2015 Shanghai
participants
2015
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2. The 14th Cross-Strait Academic and Technical Seminar on

Tunnelling and Underground Works 3. Interconnection and Win-Win Cooperation ——“The Belt and Road”
International Forum on Civil Engineering
The 14th cross-strait academic and technical seminar on tunnelling and underground
works, hosted by Taiwan Tunnelling Association and co-organized by Tunnel and The parallel session for traffic and tunnelling engineering, hosted jointly by the
Underground Works Branch of CCES, was held in Yilan, Taiwan from 5th~6th Tunnel and Underground Works Branch of CCES, Municipal Engineering Branch,
November, 2015. And 167 people attended this meeting, of which 106 people come Urban Public Transportation Branch and Rail Transit Engineering Branch, was held
from Taiwan and 61 people from mainland China ( 29 people are the members of in 19th~20th November, 2015. More than 140 people attended this meeting and 7
Tunnel and Underground Works Branch of CCES). experts from both home and aboard made relevant academic reports.
TUNNELS –
UNDERGROUND WORKS
Training
The training course for new constructioontechniques of tunnelling and
underground works, hosted by the design and education professional
committee of Tunnel and Underground Works Branch, CCES, was held in
Beijing from 23rd~26th July, 2015, aiming at improving the overall technical the main works for the year
level in tunneelling industry and mastering the current advanced techniques in
time. And about 100 people attended this meeting. 2014-2015 in China
Publications
The editorial office of Modern Tunnelling Technology has completed the
edition of 6 issues (180 articles in total), including the columns of discussion
and review, theoretical research, analytical calculation, planning and design,
construction technique, construction equipment, etc. , and focusing on current
key and difficult topics regarding tunnelling at home and aboard.
New Guanjiao Tunnel on the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, about 32, 645 LPG Underground Storage Cavern in Wanhua Industrial Park of Yantai
km long, is the longest railway tunnel in China and is also the
longest tunnel in high-altitude area in the world.
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The construction site of shield-driven The underground space of Zoo station

tunnel of metro line 5 along the metro line 5 of Guangzhou
PRESENTATION
NAME:
Comité Colombiano de Túneles (Colombian
COLOMBIA Tunneling Committee)
ACTIVITY REPORT 2015 TYPE OF STRUCTURE:
Non-profit Organization (“Asociación Sin
Ánimo de Lucro” in Colombia)
NUMBER OF MEMBERS: Nine (9) members
Main activities: WGs

Members of the Colombian Tunneling Committee participated in the WTC 2015 in Croatia, as members The Colombian Tunneling Committee does not have domestic working groups
of working group number 2 (Research) and number 3 (Contractual Practices).
Andrés Marulanda:
Mr. Marulanda was actively involved in activities within work group 3 – Contractual Practices and Training:
attended WTC 2015. Moreover, Mr. Marulanda is member of a joint task Group (TG 10) currently
undertaking an evaluation of FIDIC forms of contracts in order to produce a FIDIC Standard Form of The Committee organized a graduate course on tunnels in rock and soil, taught
Contract for Underground Construction Projects. at the Escuela Colombiana de Ingenieros (Colombian School of Engineering),
including topics on design, construction, contractual aspects and risks. The
Camilo Marulanda: course took take place from May 29 to August 8, 2015. Among the lecturers were
Mr. Marulanda was actively involved in activities within work group 2 – Research, specifically for site several experts who were invited to participate, including Tarcisio Celestino, to
investigations, and attended WTC 2015. lecture on soft soil tunnels and shafts.
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Training: The Committee organized a graduate course on tunnels in rock Training: The Committee organized a graduate course on tunnels in rock and soil.
and soil.
Part of the CCT organizing staff One of the lectures of the course.
and lecturers.
Visit to the underground works of Chivor Hydroelectric Project.
TUNNELS – TUNNELS –
UNDERGROUND WORKS UNDERGROUND WORKS
Main works for the year 2014-2015 in Colombia Main works for the year 2014-2015 in Colombia
Colombia is currently undergoing a massive program The pilot tunnel for the Tunnel of La Linea, an 8.6
for the project organization, design and construction of km long milestone tunnel in Colombia, was
a series of last generation highways (called fourth completed in 2008, and the tunnel’s expected
generation highways) which are intended to enhance completion and opening is expected to take place
the country’s economy by reducing travel and on November 2016.
transportation costs. These projects, which are going to
be built within the next 10 years, include more than
Under construction also are 22 tunnels on the
125 km of tunnels (out of which approximately 96 km
road between Buga and Buenaventura (with 8.8
are more than 2 km long).
km of total length) and 19 tunnels on the road
A tunnel worth mentioning is the Toyo Tunnel, which between Bogotá and Villavicencio.
will be located on the State of Antioquia and will begin
construction on early 2016. The highway project
features a 9.7 km long tunnel (the longest and most Besides, most of the fourth-generation highways
expensive highway tunnel in Colombia) and 4.37 km El Toyo Tunnel. Taken from Antioquia State Government involving tunnels are currently under tender for
of shorter tunnels. - <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA_I4CdxeTs> the final design and construction; and should be
La Línea Tunnel. Taken from National Highway Institute (INVIAS) - beginning in works in the next couple of years.
<http://www.reporterosasociados.com.co>
Main works for the year 2014-2015 in Colombia Main works for the year 2014-2015 in Colombia
The electric industry has been working on the
development of a series of projects which require El Quimbo Hydroelectric Project, involving
underground works to be located on the geologically
approximately 4 km of tunnels, has been
complex Andes mountain range.
completed recently
At present the Ituango Hydroelectric Project is being
built, featuring approximately 10 km of tunnels and
2400 MW of installed capacity. Likewise, small hydropower stations are also
under development (ranging from 20 MW to 60
MW installed power), including large tunnels
and underground caverns. Approximately 10
km of tunnels of hydropower stations are
currently under construction. Moreover, 3 deep
underground caverns are under construction.
Ituango Hydroelectric Project - Underground cavern. Taken El Quimbo Hydroelectric Project – Underground diversion
from <https://medellin.gov.co/> tunnel. Taken from <http://www.panoramio.com/photo/
63300782>
Final Phase of the excavation of a tunnel on the replacement roads of Ituango
Hydroelectric Project. Taken From >http://www.elcolombiano.com>
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TUNNELS –
FUTURE ACTIVITIES
UNDERGROUND WORKS
Main works for the year 2014-2015 in Colombia

Regarding urban infrastructure, an underground
subway system is being considered to be built in the
following years in Bogotá, as a response to the Activities planned for 2016
demanding situation in terms of public transportation
in this city. In consequence, a first critical 24 km long
subway line is under study (to be excavated using
EPB method), along with its second-phase expansion
The Committee will organize the 2nd edition of the graduate course on
up to 76 km
tunnels in rock and soil, taught at the Escuela Colombiana de Ingenieros
Finally, a series of sewer system projects are currently
being developed, which use the latest trenchless (Colombian School of Engineering).
technology systems and specifically micro-tunneling
(Pipe jacking). The northern interceptor of the
Bogota Subway. Taken from <http://www.bogota.gov.co/>
Medellin River, which is under construction as
applies this technology, is around 8 km long and has
diameters between 2.2 m and 2.4 m
PRESENTATION
COSTA RICA
ASOCIACIÓN COSTARRICENSE DE
OBRAS SUBTERRÁNEAS
Private Non-profit Association
Members: 27 individuals and 4 companies

2015 - ACTIVITIES Reventazón Hydro Power Project: Discharge tunnel.
Tunnel for sediment management and control of the
Main activities: level of the reservoir.
1 Course on conventional tunneling (60 L=600m, Diameter=7,5m.
participants) Excavated by conventional method. During 2015:
2 Seminars on TBM tunneling construction of the final lining.
6 meetings of Board of Directors
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Reventazón Hydro Power Project: Discharge tunnel.
Reventazón Hydro Power Project: Gates gallery.
Vertical shaft, Depth= 70m, Diameter=14m
Reinforced concrete lining.

Reventazón Hydro Power Project: Gates gallery.
FUTURE ACTIVITIES
ü  Central America Regional Course on
Tunneling Planning and Financing.
ü  Round Table on Road Tunneling
ü  Technical tour to a local hydro project
PRESENTATION
NAME: Czech Tunnelling Association

CZECH REPUBLIC (CzTA)
ACTIVITY REPORT 2015 TYPE OF STRUCTURE: open association
NUMBER OF MEMBERS:
companies: 45
individual members: 53
total: 98 members
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Main activities: WGs:

•  publishing of the magazine TUNEL •  Working group shotcrete
•  holding of technical lectures called •  Working group for conventional tunnelling
Tunnelling Afternoons •  Working Group on designing and structural
analysis of underground structures
•  organisation of technical trips to abroad
•  Working Group on Technical Education
•  Working Group for Mechanised Tunnelling
Training:
Training:
CzTA organised three technical lectures
CzTA organised a technical trip to tunnel
called Tunnelling afternoons in 2015:
construction sites in Slovakia:
•  Slovak Tunnels under Construction
•  Považský Chlmec tunnel
•  Historic Underground Workings
•  Žilina tunnel
•  Ejpovice Tunnels (with the exkursion to
•  Ovčiarsko Tunnel
the Ejpovice tunnels)
TUNNELS –
2015 - ACTIVITIES UNDERGROUND WORKS
Publications: 1. THE CITY CIRCLE ROAD (BLANKA TUNNELS)

•  the largest underground construction project in the Czech
CzTA pubishes the magazine „TUNEL“ Republic
•  since 1992 •  this extensive construction was built within the
framework of the development of the north-western part
•  4 issues per year of the City Circle Road (the inner circle), in the Malovanka
•  it is possible to download it on the CzTA – Pelc Tyrolka section
website: www.ita-aites.cz •  the total length of this section is 6.382km; the aggregate
length of tunnels in this section reaches 5.5km
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The city circle road was opened on 19th September 2015.

2. METRO LINE V.A EXTENSION
•  the operating section (the 5th A extension) of the
metro line is 6.12km long
•  most of the length was built with TBM
•  it contains three mined stations (Bořislavka,
Veleslavín and Petřiny) and one cut-and-cover
station (Nemocnice Motol)
Initial minutes of traffic in the Blanka complex of tunnels (photo by
Jakub Karlíček)
The metro line V.A extension was opened on the 6th 3. MODERNISATION OF ROKYCANY – PLZEŇ RAILWAY
April 2015. TRACK SECTION
•  it is a part of the national

transit railway corridor No.
3 and a part of the Trans-
European transport
networks
•  it is built with TBM, now
are completed 3 km of
Nemocnice Motol station (photo Josef Husák) southern tunnel tube
FUTURE ACTIVITIES
Some activities planned:

•  CzTA organizes 13th International Conference
Underground Construction Prague 2016
•  it will be held in Prague from 23rd to 25th May 2016
•  it is connected with the 3rd Eastern European
Tunnelling Conference (EETC 2016)
•  for further information see www.ucprague.com
We are looking forward to seeing you again in Prague
2016!
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PRESENTATION
EGYPT Egyptian Tunnelling Society – ETS

Non Governmental Organization - NGO
•  385 Individual members
•  12 Corporate members
2015 - ACTIVITIES
ETS held 7 lectures & presentations on the following subjects:

1- Seismic Performance of Deep bored tunnels with isolation
protection.
2- Master builder solutions for underground construction ETS publishes a periodical
conventional tunnel excavation. newsletter every 6 months in Arabic
3- High Speed Train.
4- What is Quality.
5- Tahrir Garage.
6- Tunnel Codes.
7- Floating Tunnels
TUNNELS –
FUTURE ACTIVITIES
UNDERGROUND WORKS
• The Greater Cairo Metro Line 3 is 47 Km length of which nearly 29 Km are underground together
with 38 stations. The route extends from Cairo Airport to Imbaba. Additional branch to
Mohandeseen of 6 Km, is added which shall be also constructed in underground. The line crosses the
River Nile twice. The planned capacity of the line when completed is 2.1 million passengers / day.
The works on of the Cairo metro line 3 phase I, had already operation in February 2012, the phase
includes 4.5km in deep tunneling & 5 underground stations. Also, Phase 2 had already started in
July 2009 parallel with phase 1& includes 6.5km. & 4 stations all underground. Hoping to finish this
phase by May 2014. The tender documents for phase 3A, 3B & 3C are under preparation and it is
planed to start April 2016. Also, phase 4A & 4B are under construction and it is planned to operation
in February 2018. Phase 4C to the airport is under study.
• The Line 4, phase I of Cairo Metro is already tendered and planned to start at December of 2016. The
Study Area is defined by: a Phase 1 of the proposed Metro Line 4, running from a depot/workshop
via the Grand Egyptian Museum to El Malek El Saleh Station with a length of about 16km; and a
Phase 2 route between El Malek El Saleh via El Sawaha Square and direct to Ring Road Exit #18 with
a length of about 18km, namely “Northern Route”. In addition, an alternative Phase 2 route, starting
from El Malek El Saleh to Nasr City with a length of about 23.5km, namely “Eastern Route” was
evaluated and compared with the originally proposed northern route.
• The transportation study for Greater Cairo Area had been finished proposing 6 lines of metro till
2025. Three further metro lines are recommended in this study in addition to the already 3 basic lines
[lines 1 & 2 being finished , line 3, and line 4 are now under construction].
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PRESENTATION
FRANCE
ASSOCIATION FRANÇAISE DES TUNNELS
ACTIVITY REPORT 2015 ET DE L’ESPACE SOUTERRAIN
FRENCH TUNNELLING
AND UNDERGROUND SPACE ASSOCIATION
Association registered under the 1901 Act

804 members (collective 132- individual 672)
2015 – FUNCTIONING 2015 - ACTIVITIES

Work groups :
COMMUNICATION COMMITTEE
Bimonthly technical magazine, technical recommendations, website GT3 : Use of explosives
EDUCATION COMMITTEE GT4 : Mechanized tunneling
Post-graduate specialised Master’ degree GT6 : Rock bolting technology
TECHNICAL COMMITTEE GT6A : Concrete projection
24 active working groups - 320 active members GT8 : Grouting works for soils and rocks
UNDERGROUND SPACE COMMITTEE GT9 : Waterproofing
National Research Project Ville10D - Base documentary GT12 : Rescue service organization and associated means
GT14 : Method to assist in asset management for underground structures
CONGRESS ORGANISATION COMMITTEE
GT16 : Consideration of excavating effects on the neighboring constructions
LYON October 13-15th, 2014 – PARIS November 13-15th, 2017
GT24 : Forward probing for tunnel boring machines
PLANT-EQUIPEMENT-PRODUCTS COMMITTEE
GT25 : Economic control and contractualization
Know-how abroad - WTC 2015 in Dubrovnik GT26 : Environment of the construction site in rural areas
REGIONAL DELEGATES GT27 : Ventilation of underground works during construction
Conferences and visites : 16 conferences - 1470 present subscribers
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Work groups : Training :
- Post-graduate specialised Master’ degree
GT30 : Bolting design
GT32 : Geological and geotechnical uncertainties and risks TUNNELS AND UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES from design to operation
GT35 : Management and re-use of excavation materials
90 professional speakers and professors
GT36 : Geometry, concrete, formwork and concreting of tunnel linings
GT37 : Fire resistance of railway tunnels One semester of coursework (October to February) - One semester of internship (March to
GT38 : Design, dimensioning and execution of precast steel fibre reinforced concrete arch July)
GT40 : Rail tracks and track beds in tunnels
. 4th Promotion 2014-2015 : 11 graduates of 6 nations
GT41 : Underground works and sustainable development
GT42 : Consideration of the radon in the conception . 5th Promotion 2015-2016 : 9 students of 4 nations
GT43 : Application of the new geotechnical engineering standard to the underground . 6th Promotion 2016-2017 : https://www.insa-lyon.fr/fr/mastere-ouvrages-souterrains#0
GT44 : Asbestos bearing rocks
- Short intermediate training courses in the Master's degree

POST-GRADUATE
SPECIALISED Publications :
MASTER’ DEGREE
- Bimonthly technical magazine : ‘Tunnels et Espace Souterrain’ T.E.S.
N°247-248-249-250-251-252
(More than 30 technical articles - 70 pages by TES)
http://www.aftes.asso.fr/publications_revue-tunnels.html
- Technical recommendations
GT 25 : Economic control and contractualization
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5th P
romo
GT 43 : Application of the new geotechnical engineering standard to the
on 2014-20 ti
4th Promoti on 20
15-20 underground structures
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THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL TRAINING IN GEOLOGY

AFTES IN DUBROVNIK WTC2015
6 ‘Tunnels et Espace Souterrain’ T.E.S. – 2 ‘Recommendations’
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GRAND PARIS EXPRESS TELT (Tunnel Euralpin Lyon Turin)
[2 x 57 km]
On the horizon 2030:
- 200 km of automatic metro will be created

- 68 new stations will connect the poles of Paris, 3 airports and TGV stations
- 2 million travelers will borrow every day this new network
TUNNELS – OTHER UNDERGROUND WORKS TUNNELS – UNDERGROUND WORKS PROJECTS

SAFETY GALLERIES IN THE "SAVOIE" REGION CIGEO/ANDRA PROJECT, BURE, FRANCE
Fréjus tunnel Siaix Tunnel Le Chat Tunnel INDUSTRIAL AREA FOR GEOLOGICAL STORAGE OF NUCLEAR WASTE
12 km 1,5 km 1 km
2 above-ground installations
Underground installations at 500 m of depth
SOME FUTURE ACTIVITIES http://www.aftes.asso.fr/evenements.html FUTURE CONGRESS

- Forecast of conferences and construction site visits in 2016
Dates Lieux Organisateurs Thèmes
14 janvier 2016 Paris CNAM CFGI - AFTES Amiante naturelle
2 février 2016 Paris FNTP AFTES Comes ITA CUS - PN Ville 10D - Canopée
10 mars 2016 Paris Chantier AFTES IdF M14 lot 1 de la gare Saint-Lazare à la Porte de Clichy
17 mars Paris CNAM CFMR - AFTES Mécanique des roches dans les laboratoires de recherche souterrains
8 avril 2016 Lyon CETU AFTES Sud Est Equipements des ouvrages souterrains
20 avril 2016 Schwanau Herrenknecht AFTES IdF Construction tunneliers - Usine Herrenknecht
23 au 28 avril 2016 San Francisco WTC 2016 AITES Congres Mondial des Tunnels
mai 2016 Modane TELT Chantier AFTES Sud est Tunnelier - Accès - Premiers travaux
14 juin 2016 Paris FNTP AFTES Mardis Recommandation
novembre 2016 Nice Tram Chantier AFTES Sud Est Travaux
4 octobre 2016 Paris FNTP AFTES Mardis Conférence technique
14 octobre 2016 Lyon Mercure AFTES Sud Est Conférences Management des plateformes souterraines
3 novembre Paris CNAM CFGI - AFTES Stockage d'énergie en souterrain
24 novembre Paris FNTP AFTES Mardis Recommandation
décembre 2016 Moutiers Chantier AFTES Sud Est Travaux de la galerie de sécurité du tunnel du Siaix
décembre 2016 Paris FNTP AFTES Assemblée générale + Conférence + Remise des diplômes mastere
AFTES TRIENNIAL CONGRESS
-  Participation at numerous congresses of the member nations PARIS 2017 NOVEMBER 13-15
-  Publication of recommendations and technical magazines
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PRESENTATION
GERMANY
ACTIVITY REPORT
German Tunneling Committee
Registered non-profit, restricted association
(limited to 30 individual members)
2015 – ACTIVITIES 2015 – ACTIVITIES

•  Recommendation for contracts with low Working groups (1/2):
potential for conflicts has been published •  Financing of tunnels via PPP/BOT-projects
(only German, see website for download)
•  Technical evaluation of bids during
•  DACH-meeting (German, Austrian, Swiss tendering procedure
Tunnelling Comittees) in Austria (½ day
•  Recommendations for contracts with low
technical seminar and site visit)
potential for conflicts
•  Requirements for refuge chambers
2015 – ACTIVITIES 2015 – ACTIVITIES

Working groups (2/2): Publications of DAUB can be found in/on
•  Strategic development of design offices •  Journal “tunnel” (www.tunnel-online.info)
•  Face support pressure calculation in shield •  “German Handbook of Tunnelling” (pub-
tunnelling lished annually, Taschenbuch Tunnelbau)
•  Life-cycle costs calculation •  Recommendations are available for down-
•  External communication of DAUB load from website (www.daub-ita.de); the
majority are bi-lingual (German/English)
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2015 – ACTIVITIES TUNNELS – UNDERGROUND WORKS

STUVA-Conference in Dortmund U5 Metro Berlin, Town hall – Brandenburg gate
•  more than 1850 participants hydroshield drive
•  165 exhibitors on 6,000 m² display area
(Ø = 6.7 m),
•  2 days of high-level lectures on tunnelling and
tunnel operation 2 single track tubes,
2.2 km, 3 stations
(ground freezing)
Photo: Michael F. Mehnert, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Boßler tunnel, High-Speed-Railway-Line Karlsruhe Combined Solution, inner-city
Wendlingen–Ulm, tram tunnel
near Stuttgart, below
8.8 km, Kaiserstrasse,
TBM (Ø = 11.38 m), TBM
shotcreting method (Ø = 9.32 m),
length 2.4 km
Photo: Arnim Kilgus

Regular meetings Sealing of buildings by injections
with Austrian and Swiss colleagues 9–10 November 2016,
Munich Tunnel Symposium useful information on
3 June 2016 •  afterwards sealing of concrete structures

•  geotechnical sealing injections
InnoTrans
Tunnel Forum, 20–23 September 2016
Leading int. trade fair for transport technology
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FUTURE ACTIVITIES
GREECE
STUVA-Conference 2017
•  6–8 December 2017 in Stuttgart ACTIVITY REPORT 2015
•  Topics on tunnelling and tunnel operation
•  Even more growth expected
PRESENTATION 2015 - ACTIVITIES

NAME:
Main activities:
GREEK TUNNELLING SOCIETY (Ε.Ε.Σ.Υ.Ε.)
•  The ITA Executive Council has unanimously accepted to recognize the ancient
Member Nation of the International Tunnelling Association
“Eupalinos Aqueduct Tunnel” in Samos Island as a tunnelling landmark. This event
22 Panormou Str., ΤΚ.11523 Athens, Greece.
was celebrated during the opening ceremony of the WTC in 2015, on May 25th in
e-mail: [email protected] & [email protected] - URL: www.eesye.gr Dubrovnik, Croatia. The Greek Tunnelling Society developed and maintain a special
web site for Eupalinos Tunnel: www.eupalinos-tunnel.gr
TYPE OF STRUCTURE: •  During the opening ceremony of the WTC 2015, Prof. Tassios delivered the heritage
Independent society operating according to the Greek Law for scientific non profit organisations. lecture titled “The trend towards large scale public – works in ancient Greece”
NUMBER OF MEMBERS:
425 members
Prof. T.P. Tassios during his presentation.

Main activities:
Main activities:
•  At the end of September 2015, as agreed at the General Assembly of Eastern European
countries held in Athens on 28 September 2014, the Tunneling Association of Belarus •  On the 30th of November 2015, a special lecture was delivered by Dr. Julia Viggiani,
organized and conducted a technical excursion in the facilities of the underground Professor at the TOR VERGATA Polytechnic of Rome, Italy titled: «Evaluating the effects
infrastructures of Minsk. The event was held between 23rd and 24th September of tunnelling on historical buildings: the example of Line C of Roma underground» for the
2015. Minsk was visited by the representatives from Greece, Hungary and the Czech celebration of Saint Barbara’s feast Day. The lecture is available in the following link:
Republic. The GTS was represented by its vice-president Mrs V. Giouta-Mitra. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiuMFPQFWhQ
•  On the 19-12-2015 a site visit in tunnels under construction along the Korinthos – Patra
highway concession project was organized by the GTS. The site visit was attended by
approximately 30 members who had the chance to experience “from inside ” various
construction stages of 4 tunnels.
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WGs: Publications:
•  The Young Members Group, established in September 2014, counts already 30
Tunnel Bulletin (in Greek): Three (3) issues during 2015.
members.
•  A WG was established having as scope of work to re-construct the web site of the
Greek Tunnelling Society. Moreover, it is planned to develop a database with all
underground structures all over Greece.
•  The WG on final lining design and unreinforced concrete linings has suspended its
work due to the course of some arbitration procedures in concession projects in Greece
on this subject. As the findings of the arbitration have been finalized the WG is
reactivated for the new cycle.

•  Athens Metro: The works for new Metro Line 3 Aghia Marina to Piraeus, including 7.6 km long
tunnels, with 6 modern Metro Stations (and 8 ventilation shafts), are in full progress, both for TBM/ •  Thessaloniki Metro.
EPB driven running tunnels (tunnel boring works have been completed by 51%) and construction of i.  Main Line: Works for the Thessaloniki metro main line [involving 13 stations, 9.5 km of tunnels (7.7 km to be bored
Stations. by two TBM/EPB and the rest using cut & cover and NATM techniques) and a depot], have been restarted by
January 2016, after a 1 year suspension due to contractual disputes. Progress rate (as per January 2016): Civil works:
55% completed, Tunnel boring works: 73% completed, Supply and installation of escalators in various Stations of
the Project: in progress.
ii. Extension to Kalamaria: This underground extension shall be 4.78 km long with 5 new Stations. Works for the
construction of 5 Stations and of the TBM/EPB start shaft, are in full progress.
Thessaloniki Metro (main line). Thessaloniki Metro (Extension to Kalamaria).

Athens Metro/Line 3, from Agia Marina to Piraeus.

• 
The works in the three twin bore highway tunnels (T1: ~2km, T2: ~6km and T3: ~3km) with a total single tube
FUTURE ACTIVITIES
length of ~22 km, at the Tempi gorge along the Maliakos – Kleidi concession project are under completion. In tunnels
T1 and T2 civil works have been fully completed and E/M works have been completed by 85%. In tunnel T3 civil
works have been completed by 98% and E/M works by 75%
•  Works for nine (9) highway tunnels of the Elefsis – Corinth – Patras – Pyrgos concession project (J/V Olympia Odos)
are in full progress. These are the tunnels at Derveni, Mavra Litharia, Akrata, Platanos, Aghios Georgios, Koliri, Elia,
Panagopoula and Xylokastro. Six tunnels are of single tube unidirectional traffic type and three tunnels are twin tube •  On the 18th of March 2016 a half day seminar is organized by the
unidirectional. Total length of single tube: 16 Km. Greek Tunnelling Society and its Young Members Group which is
•  Along the Ionian Highway four (4) twin bore tunnels with a total single tube length of 13.6km (Kalydona 1200m long
each branch, Makyneia 500m long each branch, Klokova 2900m long each branch and Ampelia 1000m long each
referred to “Mechanized Tunneling”. The seminar is sponsored by
branch) are in full progress. As far as the progress of the works is concerned Kalydona tunnel has been completed by HERRENKNECHT AG.
95% (E/M works remain), Makyneia tunnel has been completed by 80%, Klokova tunnel has been completed by 40%
and Ampelia tunnel has been completed by 60%.
•  Highway tunnels for Stylida by-pass are completed and already operational.
•  Excavation and final lining at the 9Km long single track twin tube Kallidromo rail tunnel
(total length 18 km single tube) have been completed. Remaining civil works and
E/M works are in progress.
•  Along the Lianokladi – Domokos rail section: Civil works for 3 small double track tunnels with a total length of
1.62km, and the 6.4Km long single track twin bore tunnel of Mt Orthrys (13km single tube length), including one
access tunnel (1Km long) are completed. Remaining civil works and E/M works are in progress.
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PRESENTATION
HUNGARY
ACTIVITY REPORT 2015 NUMBER OF MEMBERS :
80 Members , 21 legal entities, 59 individuals
2015 - ACTIVITIES NEWS FROM BUDAPEST- HUNGARY

Main activities: PROJECTS ARE GOING ON
o  Radioactive waste repository in Bátaapáti (for low- and
Hungarian Association holds professional presentations as annual
intermediate level). Both Underground shafts were
trainings (Lecturer Days, Conferences etc.) every year according the
annual work-program finished in 2015.
o  M0-highway ring tunnell, the northern sector, the draft
Training: Professional traning days 2 times /year and social events
design
Publications: 5 publications On the WTC-2015 in Dubrovnik and
o  Southern Railway Tunnell renovation of design
On the Eurock 2015 & Geomechanics Colloquium in Salzburg
o  M85 highway section Pereszteg-Sopron, draft
design for Tunnell under the Vienna Hill

FUTURE ACTIVITIES (2016)

•  On May and September: Lecturer Days
•  On November: Tunnelling Days and Social
ICELAND
Events- Annual conference of Hungarian ACTIVITY REPORT 2015
Tunnelling Association
•  On December: St. Barbara’s Tunnelling Dinner
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Name: The Icelandic Tunnelling Society Main activities: Every year about four board
Type of structure: Independant Society of corporate meetings, one annual meeting with invited
and ordinary members, founded 1974. speakers. Occasional seminars.
Number of members: A total of 17 corporate WGs: Four corresponding members in four working
members and 45 ordinary members (individuals). groups.
Training: No training programme.
Publications: No special publications.
TUNNELS –
UNDERGROUND WORKS
Vadlaheidi Road Tunnel: Collapsed fault debris

Main works for the year 2015:
Vadlaheidi Tunnel: Excavation continued on this 7,2 km long road tunnel (66
m2) in North Iceland. At the end of year 2015 some 4,6 km had been
excavated. Problems encountered due to geothermal activity (up to 65˚C),
fault collapse and large inflow of cold water. Project delayed for at least one
year.
Nordfjördur Tunnel: Breakthrough reached in September 2015 on this 7,5 km
long road tunnel in East Iceland (54 m2). Final rock support and installations
ongoing. Will be opened for traffic in 2017.
Bakki Tunnel: Bids opened in September 2015 for this 1 km long industrial
transport tunnel in North Iceland (75 m2). Excavation expected to start in
March 2016.
Nordfjördur Tunnel: sediment rock (tuff) at face

Vadlaheidi Road Tunnel: Hot water during drilling for grouting, 65˚C.
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Nordfjördur Tunnel: sediment rock (tuff). Lattice girders and wire mesh Bakki tunnel: South portal tunnelface
FUTURE ACTIVITIES
INDIA
Some further tunnels are planned in the next future:
Bids were opened in January 2016 for the extension of the Burfell Hydroelectric
Plant in South Iceland (100 MW). This involves underground powerhouse,
access and tailrace tunnels and two shafts. Tunnel excavation will start
summer 2016.
Other hydroelectric projects involving tunnelling work are being planned.
Further road tunnels are on the horizon such as the Dyrafjordur Tunnel in NW
Iceland which will be approx. 5,6 km long. Tendering expected 2016.
Other road tunnel projects being investigated such as the Fjardarheidi Tunnel,
approximately 13 km long in East Iceland.
ACTIVITIES
Main Activity: Dissemination of information about the latest technological development in the
PRESENTATION
q 
execution of tunnel and underground projects by organizing symposia, seminars, workshops,
and training courses in liaison with national and international organizations.
q  WGs: Constituted WGs on different topics to prepare the manual/guidelines for the use of
Name: Tunnelling Association of India field engineers
q  Training: Organized the following workshops
Type of Structure: President v  Workshop on “Tunnel Design and Construction” Issues and Challenges” 13-14th April 2015,
New Delhi
Vice Presidents (2 Nos.),
q  Conferences/Seminars
Secretary General v  TUNNELLING ASIA’ 2015 – Underground Space Development for Better Environment and
Treasurer and Safety: Issues & Challenges, 15-16th April 2015, New Delhi
v  Conclave on Tunnelling in Infrastructure Development: Issues and Challenges, 29-30 October
Executive Council Members – 20 Nos. 2015 at Mumbai
No. of Members: 300
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Tunnel & underground TUNNELS –

Works – Indian Scenario UNDERGROUND WORKS
Length in KM
Sector Completed Under Planned Total Metro Network : For metro network. 31 cities of a route length of
Construction
1714 Km out of which 480 Km has been planned underground. The
Hydro Tunnels 1108 487 570 2165 metro system is currently operational in 5 cities across India. Delhi
Metro Tunnels 68 81 480 629 is leading with 190 kMs of operational length and the construction
for another 140 kMs is in progress.
Railway Tunnels 138 194 418 750
Road and Highway 11 46 120 177 Hydropower: Out of 244000 MW available hydropower potential
including Pumped Storage Development, so far about 40000 MW
Irrigation, Urban Water 183 167 242 592
Supply and Sewerage has been developed. 980 major hydropower tunnel works covering
Tunnels over 2,165 km. 496 tunnels with a length of over 1,108 km have been
Total 1508 975 1830 4313 completed and 484 tunnels with about 1,057 km length are under
implementation/planned
Underground Cavern 5.5 MMT 12.5 MMT 18.0 MMT
Railway Network: the second largest rail network in the world - executing
many projects in difficult terrain conditions – 3300 km long Dedicated Freight Irrigation, Urban Water Supply and Sewerage Tunnels: Over 72
Corridor Projects to facilitate faster movement of trains carrying goods. Out irrigation, urban water and sewerage tunnels spanning over 350 km, 60
of 453 railway tunnels covering 332 kM, about 316 tunnels covering 138 kM tunnels with a length of over 183 kM have been completed and 12
length have been completed and about 137 tunnel works covering 194 kM tunnels with about 167 km length are under implementation. World
are underway on various rail line projects, biggest project being the 124-kM longest TBM bored Irrigation Tunnel: Srisailam Left Bank Canal Tunnel
Jammu-Udhampur-Katra-Qazigund-Baramulla rail line Scheme in Andhra Pradesh, Length 51 kM, dia 9.20 m- 2 Nos. tunnels is
under execution.
Road Network: 3.3 million kilometres road network - the second largest in
the world. About 30 roads and highway tunnels covering over 120 kM are Underground Cavern: To create energy security which shall go a long
planned to be awarded and implemented in next ten years. way in creating economic stability in the country, first crude oil storage
cavern at Vizag was constructed recently. In phase-I of the Indian
strategic crude oil reserve programme involves construction of the
storage units of 5.33 MMT and in Phase-II involves stocking of strategic
reserves involve storage units of 12.5 MMT.
DMRTS Phase -III Salient Features
Construction of Underground Metro works by tunneling in v  Total 45 Earth Pressure Balancing Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) have been
deployed by the contractors. 26 TBMs had been working simultaneously at the peak
DMRTS Phase-III period. 20 TBMs are still working.
v  Cranes up to 800 metric ton capacity were used for lowering of Tunnel Boring
Corridor Route length of Length of No. of No. of Under- Machines. Some contractors used 125 metric ton capacity gantry cranes for lowering
Underground Tunneling TBMs ground of TBMs
Section(Km) by TBM used Stations
Geology: The geology of Delhi can broadly be divided into two types of ground.
(Km)
Central Secretariat –Kashmere v  Firstly, the zone in the vicinity of the River Yamuna basin comprises alluvium, made
9.370 13.991 09 07
Gate (Red Line) up of fine to medium sands, silts, clay and gravel plus kankar. This geology is

normally described as ‘Delhi Silt’, which is cohesive in nature and is an ideal medium
Majlis Park to Shiv Vihar (Pink 19.117 26.031 13 12 for bored tunneling.
Line)
v  Secondly, there is the Precambrian formation comprising quartzite rock inter bedded
Janakpuri West to Kalindi Kunj 23.807 33.659 22 15 with mica schist, varying from intact to highly weathered in nature and often in the
(Magenta Line) form of loose boulders. This geology is a very abrasive tough rock which presents
Dwarka -Najafgarh 1.541 1.272 01 01 extreme challenges for tunneling. It is often found in combination with loose
boulders, which further makes the tunneling difficult and extremely slow.
Total 53.835 74.953 45 35
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Salient Features Salient Features
v  Water Table : The water level varies from 2 meters below ground level in v  For the first time in Delhi Metro, two of the tunnels drives have been
the Yamuna floodplain to 30 m below in the areas on the west and south of completed by dragging the TBMs through station. Naraina station box was
Delhi. completed with a temporary base slab on which both the TBMs were
v  There are total 74 tunnel drives out of which 57 drives have been completed dragged through the station for completing small length of tunnel on the
and remaining 17 are in progress. Thus, overall present progress of other side of the station.
tunneling is 91%. v  Two stage grouting after erection of inner lining segments has been used for
v  The internal finished dia. of all the tunnels is 5.7 to 5.8 meter. minimizing the ground settlement.
v  Precast segmental lining has been used. Each ring comprises of 6 segments v  Total quantity of earth excavation by TBMs is approximately 21 lakhs cubic
including one key segment. Length of ring varies from 1200 mm to 1500 meter. This earth is being used to fill low lying areas of various government
mm. departments in Delhi.
v  The precast tunnel lining segments are with M-50 concrete with use of mero v  Proper arrangement of fresh air for workers has always been made using
silica. These have been cast in 13 state of the art segment casting yards tunnel ventilation systems.
developed by different contractors with steam curing facilities to reduce the v  Only controlled access to tunnels during tunneling has been allowed so that
de-molding time and increase the production capacity. only the authorized persons could go inside.
v  Total 53725 no. of lining rings have been used in Phase-III.
Salient Features Delhi Metros
v  Underground lines in Phase-III have crossed below the existing

operational underground metro line at two locations (Yellow line at Hauz
Khas and INA) and crossed below the operational elevated metro lines at
8 locations (Kashmere Gate, Pragati Maidan, Azadpur, Netaji Subhash
Place, Lajpat Nagar, ramp of Airport Line, Kalkaji and Janakpuri West).
Tunnel drives have crossed operating Indian Railway Tracks at 4 Tunnel by TBM Malviya Nagar to Hauz Khas, Delhi
Underground Sta9on at Chawdi Bazar, Delhi
locations.
v  All such crossings involved very meticulous planning and execution to
avoid excessive settlements and damage to the operating lines.
v  Tunnel drives below old buildings have been completed with minimum
effect on a structures.
v  Tunneling in line No. 6 has been successfully completed through an area
having many heritage buildings.
Twin Tunnel using NATM at Saket New Delhi Udyog Bhawan Sta9on, Delhi
Completed Tunnel MUMBAI METRO

Segment Erection LINE 3
33.5 kM underground
Stations: 27 (26 U/G+1)
Completion cost : Rs. 23,136 Cr.
Soft loan (JICA) : 57.2 %
Contribution by GoI/GoM/
Others : 42.8%
EIRR : 17.89%
FIRR: 3.2%
Implementation : 2015-2020
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Chennai Metro Chennai Metro Rail

Rail Project Project
Description Under Ground Elevated Total

(Km) (Km) (Km)
Corridor I 13.8 11.8 25.26
Corridor II 9.9 11.4 21.3
Total 23.7 23.2 46.91
Description Under Ground Elevated Total

•  Chennai Metropolis is the 4th largest in the country, (Nos) (Nos) (Nos)
encompassing an area of 1189 sq.km and having an Corridor I 11 6 17
estimated population of over 8.3million as of the year 2008.
•  It is an important administrative center and serves as the Corridor II 9 7 15
capital to the state of Tamil Nadu. It is also the center for Total 19 13 32
Bharatnatyam and Classical music.
•  Chennai city’s modern image as a buzzing industrial and
commercial hub coexists with its cultural personality.
Chennai Metro Rail

Project - Overview GEOLOGY
•  The Chennai Metro Rail Project Soil: Thickness of overburden soil is average at about 7m.
•  Underground Stations Composition: Fill, Residual soil(Marine Clay, Sandy Silty
•  Tunnels
•  Cross passages Clay, Clayey Silty Sand)
•Rock : Highly to moderately weathered Rock: Volcanic in
•  Challenges in Construction
nature (Basalt, Breccia, Tuff)
•  Land acquisition
•  Site constraints th traffic •Ground Water: Ground water Level : 1.0 m to 3.0 m below
•  Sub-soil conditions
ground level
•  Working in residential areas
•  Working near arterial roads wi
•  Working near sensitive buildings
•  Interface with other departments
•  Multi-modal integration & Ensuring connectivity
TAI Conferences
TAI Periodical
Proceedings
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TAI FUTURE
Publications ACTIVITIES
To organise:
v  Training Programmes for the Young engineers
v  Workshops
v  Symposium
v  International Conférences
Publications
Manual on Rock Mechanics
Periodical
TAI Journal
TAI Forthcoming
Events
v  Best practices in cross passage construction: Investigation, design

and execution, May 2016 New Delhi
v  Training programme on tunnel design and construction for
MMRCL engineers
v  Workshop on Tunnel design and construction: Issues and
challenges, Bangalore/Chennai
v  Conclave on Tunnelling in Infrastructure development: Issues and
Thank you
Challenges at Kolkatta
v  Tunnelling in Himalayan geology, October Jammu & Kashmir
v  Tunnelling Asia, February 2017 at New Delhi
v  Workshop on Software application in tunnelling at New delhi
PRESENTATION
Iranian Tunnelling Association (IRTA)

IRAN Tehran, North Karegar Ave., after 2nd St., Building 467 (new No. 1839), 5th Floor,
Unit 41 - Postcode: 1413693155
Tel.: +98-21-88630495 / +98-21-88630496
ACTIVITY REPORT 2015 Fax: +98-21-88008754 - Web: www.irta.ir / Email: [email protected]
Independent Association (approved as a scientific

association by the Ministry of Science,Reaserch and
Technology of Iran and active following regulations of
Iran Scientific Associations Commission)
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Main activities
•  Holding monthly technical presentations and seminars
Individual (non-student) Members : 705 •  Publishing the Quarterly "Tunnel" Magazine
•  Publishing the bi-annual "Tunnelling and Underground Space Engineering"
Student Members : 410 Journal together with Shahrood Technical University
Corporate Members : 155 •  Holding Tunnelling Conferences at national and international levels every
two years (holding the 2nd Regional and 11th Iranian Tunnelling Conference in
November 2015)
•  Publishing books on tunnelling subjects
•  Consulting firms and companies on technical matters
•  Keeping records of tunnelling activities in Iran
The Working Groups of IRTA include:

Training
WORKING GROUP of RESEARCH (previously Training and Planning)
WORKING GROUP of CONTRACTUAL PRACTICES
•  Holding monthly technical presentations and seminars
WORKING GROUP of HEALTH AND SAFETY IN WORKS •  Holding technical courses and workshops (eg. at 2nd Regional and 11th Iranian
WORKING GROUP of MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR Tunnelling Conference) presented by national and international experts
WORKING GROUP of SEISMIC EFFECTS
Publications
WORKING GROUP of IMMERSED AND FLOATING TUNNELS
WORKING GROUP of SPRAYED CONCRETE USE
•  Publishing the Quarterly "Tunnel" Magazine
WORKING GROUP of MECHANIZATION OF EXCAVATION •  Publishing the bi-annual "Tunnelling and Underground Space Engineering"
WORKING GROUP of UNDERGROUND AND ENVIRONMENT Journal together with Shahrood Technical University
WORKING GROUP of LONG TUNNELS AT GREAT DEPTH •  Publishing books on tunnelling subjects
WORKING GROUP of CONVENTIONAL TUNNELLING
WORKING GROUP of URBAN PROBLEMS, UNDERGROUND SOLUTIONS
WORKING GROUP of LIFE CYCLE ASSET MANAGEMENT
Qom Metro Mechanized Tunnel Achievements A ?ght control of all parts of mechanized tunneling is being carried out in order to assure quality of
segment manufacturing, installa?on and tunnel performance. The steps of quality control include:
Qom lies approximately 130 kilometers southwest of Tehran. Qom’s Metro Line A consist
1- Manufacturing and pre-installa?on controls
of a length of about 14 km and 14 stations. The project is of EPC type and is currently
2- Installa?on controls
under construction.
3- Post-installa?on controls
The route is constructed by mechanized tunneling (about 10.2 km) and conventional
4- Special Controls (when tunneling influences other buildings and u?li?es)
tunneling (about 3.8 km). The construction of about 6 km of mechanized part has been
completed (January 2016). Some great results and records has been achieved in this project as follows
Mechanized Tunnel
-  Max. daily progress: 33 m (26 Dec 2015)

-  Max. monthly progress: 555 m (Feb 2015)

-  Avg. monthly progress 472 m
-  Surface seZlement: less than 10mm
Mechanized Tunnel
-  Fully control of cracks in segments
-  Modify segment transporta?on using an op?mum combina?on of tracks and MSV machines
-  Installing a precise risk assessment process for all buildings and u?li?es adjacent to the tunnel rout
Conven?onal
Tunnel
Conven?onal Tunnel sec?on Mechanized Tunnel -  Tunneling adjacent to important buildings and u?li?es with minimum side-effects
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FUTURE ACTIVITIES
•  Continue different publications, holding monthly

seminars, and organizing workshops
•  Expanding Iranian Tunnel Database by collecting
data from projects during design and
construction phases
•  Collaborating with research activities of
universities and organizations
PRESENTATION
ITALIAN TUNNELLING SOCIETY

ITALY
ACTIVITY REPORT 2015 TYPE OF STRUCTURE
SIG is a scientific, not-for-profit association, founded in 1974; its function is to
promote, coordinate and spread studies and research in the field of tunnelling
and underground construction works. SIG is a founding nation of ITA
NUMBER OF MEMBERS
The association currently counts 600 members, which represent public
companies and organization, general contractors, manufactures, engineering
firm and consultants, universities, construction companies.
At present, 80% of SIG members are individulas and the remaining 20% are
corporate members.
2014-2015 ─ ACTIVITIES 2014-2015 ─ ACTIVITIES
Main activities 2014-2015: WGs

•  SIG International Conference – Samoter 2014 – Verona, 8 May 2014 – The association takes part in the ITA-
AITES working group (WGs).
Excavation ground and rocks in underground works: problem or opportunity? Our experts proactively collaborate with
•  SIG Internation Conference – Expotunnel – Bologna, 23 and 24 October 2014 their international colleagues in order to
exchange expertise and experience, hence
Innovation in underground construction
divulging technical, scientific and business
•  SIG Conference for Santa Barbara 2014 – Turin, 3 December know how in underground construction.
40 years in SIG: Past Presidents meet next generation Moreover, the SIG board has also
established 2 working groups within the
•  SIG International Conference – Expotunnel – Milano, 8 and 9 October 2015 association: WG1 on Tunnelling and
Using ground and underground waisely to avoid enviromental disarray Underground Works Design that will
update the design guideline in accordance
•  SIG Conference for Santa Barbara 2015 – Rome, 3 December 2015 with the actual European standards and
Muir Wood’s Spirit – Prof. Pietro Lunardi Lecture regulations, and WG2 that deals with
environmental aspects about managing of
•  Technical Visit on job-site: 5 one day visits on main italian tunnel jobsites excavated material from tunnels.
(2015)
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2014-2015 ─ ACTIVITIES 2014-2015 ─ ACTIVITIES
Training Publications
•  Training Course SIG & ITACET Foundation – Turin, 15 and 16 January 2014 •  Periodical “Gallerie e Grandi Opere in Sotterraneo” (Tunnels and
Conventional Tunnelling and Ground Reinforcing Techniques Undeground Structures) – (4 pubblications/year)
•  Politecnico di Torino 2nd
level Specializing Master – Turin, 2015-2016 Since 1976, the periodical ”Gallerie e Grandi Opere Sotterranee” is SIG’s pride and glory. It is
Tunnelling and Tunnel Boring Machines currently published once every three months and it reached issue 116 in dicember 2015.
This Master Course, that has now reached its 10th edition, is endorsed by the Italian The periodical presents technical and scientific articles, as well as Editor's opinion, news about
Tunnelling Society SIG and the International Tunnelling Society ITA. construction works and tenders around the world, bulletin from the Italian tunnelling market,
reports on technical visits, scheduled training courses and international congress.
•  University “La Sapienza” 2nd level Specializing Master – Rome, 2015-2016 •  The Italian Art of Tunnelling 2014 – Handbook on underground projects
It is endorsed by the Italian Tunnelling Society SIG. involving italian companies on going in Italy and abroad
Geotechnical Works, Design and Construction
•  The Italian Art of Tunnelling 2016 – Handbook on underground works
•  Several SIG members involved as lecturers in the ITACET Foundation Training Course
•  SIG Conferences Proceedings (publication of all the papers presented during
Riyadh, 25 – 27 January 2016
Landslides and Tunnelling & Rock falls and protection techniques the Association’s Conferences).
2015 - ACTIVITIES 2014 – 2015 - TUNNELS -

SIG MEMBERS AWARDS UNDERGROUND WORKS
2015 ITA Tunnelling Awards Main Projects:

Innovative Use of Underground Space – Toledo Metro Metro
Station on Line 1 in Naples
•  Naples metro line 1 and line 6
The Toledo Station is a unique example of a decentralised
•  Rome metro line C
museum, offering dynamic fruition of the artists’ creations,
as the citizens have the possibility to travel an open artistic •  Milan metro line 4 and line 5
itinerary.
Highways
Contractor of the Year – •  Motorway A1 Bologna – Florence
Salini Impregilo
•  Motorway Italy-France: Freyus Safety Tunnel
Life Time Achievement – Prof. Sebastiano Pelizza Railways

Muir Wood Lecture 2015 – Prof. Pietro Lunardi •  Milano – Genova High Speed Railway line
•  Florence Underground railway pass for HS line
•  Brenner Base Tunnel - Periadriatic fault exploratory tunnel
•  Torino-Lyon railway line – Maddalena exploratory tunnel
2014 – 2015 - TUNNELS – 2014 – 2015 - TUNNELS –

Metro Projects Highway Projects

Variante di Valico (A1 Bologna – Florence)
Naples metro line 1 and 6
Expansion of the Appennine section of the A1 motorway, between
The Naples Metro Lines 1 and 6 are included into an integrated metro
Bologna and Florence, that is a strategic stretch which links northern
system serving the whole city that today embodies six underground
railway lines and four funiculars. This is one of the largest infrastructure and southern Italy and also plays a major role in the movement of
projects currently under construction in Italy and it will see, at last, the people and goods between Europe and the Mediterranean. The project
service expanded with two rail lines, 93 km of track and a further 30 km consist of 66,6 km with about 50% of the alignment excavated by TBM
of new light rail connecting 114 stations together. and conventional tunnelling.
Freyus Safety Tunnel
Rome metro line C
Line C is the third Metro Line in Rome. It is The Frejus road tunnel is a
the most important of strategic double tube tunnel one
infrastructure in Italy and it is one of the way each direction, which
biggest European construction projects: the links France with Italy and
overall investment is about 3.800 billion runs parallel to the Frejus
euro. Line C is the first metro line in Italy to railway tunnel.
be fully automated. Line C crosses the entire The second tube will enter
city of Rome like a backbone, from the east into service in 2019, The project involves the construction of a
to the north-west. It extends for about 25,5 making the Frejus tunnel safety tunnel and passageways connecting
km (18 km underground), with 30 new the longest double tube with the existing road tunnel along which Sparvo Tunnel (Variante valico)
stations (20 underground). road tunnel in Europe. new emergency shelters can be built. EPB-TBM Martina
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2014 – 2015 - TUNNELS –

2016 - FUTURE ACTIVITIES
UNDERGROUND WORKS
Railway Projects Planned Activities

Brenner Base Tunnel
The BBT runs for 55 km between Tulfes/Innsbruck and •  SIG International Conference – Expotunnel – Bologna, 20
Fortezza and, considering the Innsbruck by-pass, it runs and 21 October 2016 - Challenging and demanding
for a total of 64 km, making it the longest underground tunnelling projects: design, construction and managing
railway stretch in the world. The works include the
construction of two single track tunnel (9 m dia.) with •  BEFIPS Meeting (planned): Bologna 21 october 2016
underground safety area every 20 km and an
exploratory/service tunnel (6 m dia). •  SIG Conference for Santa Barbara 2016 – Rome, 2 December
In 2016 all the civil works Italian side will be in 2016
construction.
•  Technical Visit on job-site: 5 one day visits on main italian
Milano – Genova High Speed Railway tunnel jobsites (2016)
27 km base tunnel, consisting of 2 single track tunnel with 1 underground safe area and the Serravalle tunnel (2
single track tunnels) that is 6km long. •  Permanent conferences on main underground projects:
Brennero base tunnel – Milano Genova HS railway line
2016 - FUTURE ACTIVITIES 2019 - FUTURE ACTIVITIES
Naples Future Projects

Naples Undeground Line1 and Line 6 Extension
Line 1 Ext: 2 twin tunnels of 6.7 m in diameter (tot of 3km) with four new stations
Line 6 Ext: single tube tunnel of 8.3 m in diameter (tot of 7km) with 4+3 new stations.
Naples- Bari High Speed Railway Line

The new Naples-Bari high speed/high capacity
railway line is an important and strategic work for
both national and international connections with the
South of Italy. It has been included in Corridor 5
‘Scandinavia– Mediterranean’ of the Trans-European
Railway Network (TEN-T) that sees in Naples the
division of Corridor in both south direction, with the
stretch Naples-Palermo, and south-east direction with
the Naples-Bari line.
2019 - FUTURE ACTIVITIES
ITALIAN TUNNELLING SOCIETY CANDIDATE TO HOST WORLD

TUNNEL CONGRESS 2019 IN NAPLES
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HOST YOU IN NAPLES!
JAPAN

JAPAN TUNNELLING ASSOCIATION
Toward 50th Anniversary
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PRESENTATION
2015 - ACTIVITIES
Main activities
Japan Tunnelling Association
　The goal of JTA is to promote advances in
Non-Profit Organization construction and underground space by
Affiliate : 205 studying questions related thereto.
Individual : 1126 (as of February, 2016)
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WGs: JTA consists of four committees and each committee has WGs and task forces.
Technology/International Communication/Events/Public Relation Training
Each main activities are :
The following training courses organised by Events
・Investigation, research and information interchanges on general technique and on
subjects of specific projects. committee to engineers of middle standing
・Meetings such as lectures, symposiums, workshops and site visits ・Two-days seminars
・Publication of reports and documents
・Site Visits
・International cooperation
・Publicity activities ・Lectures on topics of the year
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2015 - ACTIVITIES
【Hokuriku Shinkansen 】
Publications Project of further extension from Nagano to Tsuruga has started since
Monthly journal: Tunnelling and 2012.
Shin-Hokuriku Tunnel is 19.5 km, the longest in this extention.
Underground(Japanese edition)
Biyearly journal : Tunnelling Activities in
Japan 2016(English edition)
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【Underground Facility】
TUNNELS – UNDERGROUND WORKS The project for construction of Large-scale
【Road Tunnel】
Cryogenic Gravitaional Wave Telescope facilities.
For the Tokyo Port Tunnels, EPB type machine with an outer diameter of
12.2m in 1470m route including a construction segment under the The total excavation length of 7,697m.
seafloor.
The construction work adoped long-hole blasting
The westbound lane is in service and the eastbound lane will be in
service in 2018. and eclipse the national record for excavation
speed by NATM method.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Photo Long-hole blasting status
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FUTURE ACTIVITIES
Chuo Shinkansen Line with Maglev System KOREA
The construction planning of urban tunnel, the total of 60km from Shinagawa to Nagoya
under the Act of Special Measures concerning Public Use of Deep Underground. ACTIVITY REPORT 2015
The section of mountain tunnels, each exceeding 20km.
PRESENTATION PRESENTATION
KTA (Korean Tunnelling and
Underground Space Association) TYPE OF STRUCTURE
Established in 1992 as a non-profit incorporated association,
KTA is the tunnel-oriented national organization to comply with the
international aims of ITA. Most of the KTA members are tunnel
engineers, but not limited to the civil engineering field and recent
expansion into the field of fire, disaster prevention and ventilation
within tunnels, among others, are noteworthy.
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2015 - ACTIVITIES
Main activities
NUMBER OF MEMBERS KTA hosted;
The total number of members as of 2015 is 2015 KTA General Assembly &
2,653 with 60 corporate members Annual Conference
Seoul, April 23th
(194 Domestic participants)

Main activities Main activities
KTA hosted; KTA hosted;
International Forum on Subsea Tunnelling 2015 Fall KTA Annual Conference
(TU-SEOUL 2015) Seoul, November 5th
Seoul, September 2-3 (133 Domestic participants)
(178 International participants)

Main activities
WGs
KTA participated;
A total 8 working groups in KTA:
ITA Tunnelling awards 2015
standard & specification, mechanized tunnelling,
Hagerbach, Switzerland, November 19th
Awarded tunnelling & support, geotechnical survey & IT,
“Tunnel Project of The Year 50-500 Million €” urban tunneling, disaster prevention & environment,
1st Phase of Low and Intermediate Level Radioactive utility tunnels, special underground structures
Waste Disposal Facility Construction in Korea
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WGs Publications
Technical seminar on support design and maintenance
Domestic technical journal “Tunnelling Technology”
(hosted by WG of tunnelling & support)
(6 issues 59 papers in 2015)
Technical tour on The 2nd Tunnel Quarterly magazine “Nature, Human Being and Tunnel”
(hosted by WG of special underground structures)

Wonju-Gangneung Railway Tunnel Construction Wonju-Gangneung Railway Tunnel Construction
Dia. 8.1m Slurry Shield TBM Dia. 8.1m Slurry Shield TBM
Main Infra for The Winter Games in PyeongChang Main Infra for The Winter Games in PyeongChang
PRESENTATION
MEXICO AMITOS
ASOCIACION MEXICANA DE INGENIERIA EN TUNELES Y OBRAS
ACTIVITY REPORT 2015 SUBTERRANEAS, A.C.
CIVIL ASSOCIATION
INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS 142
CORPORATE MEMBERS 25
YMG MEXICO 21 (IN PROGRES)
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MASTER IN ENGINEERING WITH ORIENTATION TO TUNNELS AND UNDERGROUND WORKS
2015 - ACTIVITIES Continuation of the Master Course sponsored by our three institutions, the National Autonomous
University of México (UNAM), together with AMITOS and the Alliance FIIDEM, are carrying out the
3er generation of the Master in Tunnels and Underground Works. Moreover, it just been launched the
call for the 4th generation, for the 2016 program.
3rd INTERNATIONAL COURSE OF TUNNELS AND UNDERGROUND WORKS
It was carried out from 29 to 30 of June, of 2015. COURSE IN DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND TUNNEL MAINTENANCE
THIS EVENT WAS DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH ITACET FOUNDATION AMITOS were asked to present a 40 hr Tunneling Course to the technical personnel of CONAGUA,
AND AMITOS the Mexico Water Commission held in combination with the CAPIT which is the Actualization Office
of the CICM Mexico Civil Engineers College. This was held on CONAGUA facilities on the 5th to 16th
Venue: Hotel Riu Plaza Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico of October 2015.
Participants: 188
DIALOG WITH STUDENTS OF THE UNAM NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MEXICO
Members 52
AMITOS has been called in to generate interest on the students of last year to become civil
Non members 90 engineers and try to induce them into the tunneling experience. This event is done on a Saturday
with the presence of our colleges and 65 students which express their interest and they are looking
Students with scholarship 12 to work in the near future.
CERTIFICATION FOR PROFESSIONAL LEGAL EXPERTS IN TUNNELS AND UNDERGROUND

WORKS DONATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF DESIGN
AMITOS represented by its XIV Council of Directors, has come to the first certification, for the first SOFTWARE FOR THE UNAM NATIONAL
group of Professional Legal Experts, among its associates, for 2015.
UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMOUS OF MEXICO
TUNNELING WORKS INDUCTION FOR THE BENEMERITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE PUEBLA
COMPUTATIONAL LABORATORY
AMITOS with the help of it’s colleges has participated on a conference directed to the students of AMITOS was proud to be part of the means, thru three of
final year of engineering to induce and give information on tunnel work, with different underground
applications. it’s members to donate the PRAXIS Software specialized
in Tunnel Design to the Computer Laboratory of the
FORMATION OF THE YMG MEXICO IN AMITOS
Master Course in Tunneling.
AMITOS had open the students chapter, but to make it compatible with ITA, we had modified it to
become the YMG MEXICO, for this chapter we have registered all the young engineers that were on
the previous Master Course generations and the one being in the process this year 2016. Also we
are the process to register the interested students of the Mexico Polithecnical Institute
PUBLICATIONS
TEO TUNEL EMISOR ORIENTE
AMITOS MAGAZINE: Lenght: 62 Km
OBRAS SUBTERRANEAS, has been our continuing publication Finish Diameter: 7 m
which is publish every 3 months with the help of our Editing Shafts: 24
Committee formed by interested colleges and ex presidents. It has

become to be a reference magazine of the industry.
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TEP II TUNEL EMISOR PONIENTE II ACATUNEL

Lenght: 5.6 Km Length: 3.3 Km
Finish Diameter: 7.0 m
Finish Diameter: 14.02 m. / 17.52 m.
Shafts: 1
Shafts: None
TUNEL CANAL GENERAL

Length: 7.9 Km
Finish Diameter: 5.0 m
Shafts: 4
FUTURE ACTIVITIES
4TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON TUNNELS & SHAFTS
NEPAL
AMITOS in coordination with SMIG Geothecnical Engineering Mexican Society is organizing the
next, 4th International Symposium to be held the days 26 & 27 of May, 2016 on the facilities of the ACTIVITY REPORT 2015
CICM, Mexico Civil Engineers College
4th INTERNATIONAL COURSE OF TUNNELS AND UNDERGROUND WORKS

To be carried out with the help and participation of ITA CET FOUNDATION to be program on the 20
& 21, October 2016.
In this occasion the program will be directed on Soft Ground Tunnels, Pipe jacking and Micro
tunneling, all of this due to the construction of the new Mexico City Airport, which is planned to
install it on the most difficult ground of the ancient lakes in Mexico City.
Venue: To be determined
2015 - ACTIVITIES
PRESENTATION
No activities due to
NEPAL TUNNELLING ASSOCIATION M 7.8 Earthquake
in 25 April 2015
NON PROFITABLE ORGANIZATION
(EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE) and M 7.3
aftershocks in 12
82 MEMBERS
May 2015
Photo: Kantipur
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•  Mostly hydro tunnels •  40 M USD contract mainly hydro tunnels

•  Total 16 km tunnels (2 to 7m) excavated in projects for the year 2015
year 2015 •  More than 15 Hydro tunnel projects under
ü  by conventional: drill and blast method bidding process
•  12 km long tunnel by TBM contract awarded
and under preparation

FUTURE ACTIVITIES
•  One day Nepal Tunnelling Congress on
September 2016
•  One day Training on « Contract and Risk
sharing » on September 2016
PRESENTATION
NETHERLANDS
ACTIVITY REPORT 2015 •  The Royal Institution of Engineers in the Netherlands is an
association with individual members who are also member of the
various departments of the association.
•  The Department of Tunnelling and Underground Space is with 600
members one of the larger departments within the association.
Dutch Royal Institute of Engineers
Department of Tunnelling and Underground Space TTOW
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2015 – Participation in working groups

Corresponding
Working Group Participant
2015 - ACTIVITIES 2 Research
member
Adam Bezuijen
Jan Jonker
6 Maintenance & Repair
Main activities 9 Seismic Effects

René van den Bosch
Eelco van Putten
•  New developments seminar ( 2015: Land tunnels ) Hans deWit

Hans Hjelde
•  Excursions to various projects: 11
Immersed &
Eelco van Putten
Peter van
Floating Tunnels Westendorp
Oscar Koster
Andre de Graaf
Mechanization of
14 Frank Kaalberg
Excavation
Urban Problems,
20 Wout Broere (Animator)
Underground Solutions
Life Cycle Asset
21 Merten Hinsenveld
Management
2015 – Participation in Committees TUNNELS – UNDERGROUND WORKS

A4 Midden Delfland Sunkenroad and cut and cover road
Committee Participant
tunnel project (Opened to public December 2015)
ITACUS Han Admiraal (president)
ITA-COSUF Johan Bosch (SB-member & WG4-chair)

ITA-CET Various teachers

Delft Spoorzone project: A2 highway: Two storey road tunnel under the inner city of
Cut and cover rail tunnel through the inner city; first 2 rail tracks and Maastricht (civil work completed in 2015, without delays)
underground station opened in 2015
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Sluiskil (bored) tunnel finished & opened in 2015 Large projects in preparation:
•  Blankenberg Immersed road tunnel, Rotterdam area.
(Start construction 2017)
•  Amsterdam Zuidas dok large cut and cover road tunnel.
•  Rotterdamse Baan, large bored road tunnel, Den Haag area,
•  Several smaller tunnels
PRESENTATION
Norwegian Tunnelling Society NFF

Street address: Vestfjordgaten 4, 1338 Sandvika, Norway
Postal address: P.O. Box 626, 1303 Sandvika, Norway
NORWAY Web (English) - www.tunnel.no
Web (Norwegian) - www.nff.no
ACTIVITY REPORT 2015 E-mail - [email protected]
Type of structure
Association of individual as well as company members related to rock excavation in general
and tunnelling in particular.
Number of members
1200 individual members
100 company members
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Main activities Training

The Society has the moto « Surface problems – Underground solutions ». The main activities are : Different courses in rock blasting techniques, grouting, rock support and many others.
Strengthen the Norwegian underground technology
Publications
Utilization of the underground
Get more people into the underground business •  Publication no. 24 - "Health, Safety and Environment in Norwegian Tunnelling" (English language)
Health and Safety in underground works •  Handbook in "Underground Working Environment" (Norwegian language)
Create interesting meeting places for professionals and networking
•  Short introduction to the use of TBM (Norwegian language)
WGs
The work is organized in different committees:
•  The International Committee

WTC 2017
•  The Research and development Committee The organizing committee for the World Tunnel Congress 2017 to be held in Bergen, Norway is
•  Committee for Training and Education very active in the preparations for this event.
•  The Rock Blasting Committee
•  The Public Relations Committee
TUNNELS –
UNDERGROUND WORKS
FUTURE ACTIVITIES
Volume of excavated rock from underground tunnels and caverns (solid m3)Volume of
Railway Highway Underground/Metro During the WTC in Dubrovnik the Norwegian Tunnelling Society
Water supply Hydropower Sewage made promotion for the WTC 2017 as well as for Norwegian
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Storage caverns Others Estimated 1974 company members.
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Other main activities: Some activities planned for 2016:

•  The Rock Blasting day - 850 participants •  Participation at the WTC in San Francisco
•  The International Forum - 60 participants •  New publication in the English language series, title "Rock Caverns in
•  The Tunnelling days - 150 participants Norwegian tunnelling"
•  Various cources in rock blasting, sprayed concrete and grouting •  Rock Blasting Day and several other cources and seminars
techniques •  Continue the preparations for the WTC 2017 in Bergen, call for papers
•  Several activities for the Young Members network out 1st of March
•  New strategic plan for the work inside the Society
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PRESENTATION
POLAND
NAME:
ACTIVITY REPORT 2015 Subcommittee of Underground Construction
of Polish Committee on Geotechnics
TYPE OF STRUCTURE - association open to public
NUMBER OF MEMBERS - 67 Individual Members
8 Corporate Supporting Members
Organization and Participation in

2015 - ACTIVITIES
1st Conference Underground Structures 2015,

8-9.09.2015 Kraków
The conference endorsed by ITA
Participation of members in ITA activities: Participation in WTC 2015 in Dubrovnik:
Anna Siemińska-Lewandowska - Member of Monika Mitew-Czajewska – president

Executive Council, Tutor of WG15 Jerzy Lejk – vice president
Emilia Roguska - Member of the Steering Board Anna Siemińska-Lewandowska - secretary
of ITA Young Members Group Emilia Roguska – member
Władysław Kluczewski - member
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Journals Journals
•  Budownictwo Górnicze i Tunelowe - •  Inżynieria i Budownictwo – Engineering and

Mine and Tunnel Engineering, ISSN 1234-5342 Construction, ISSN 0021-0315
•  Geoinżynieria- drogi, mosty, tunele - •  Górnictwo i Geoinżynieria – Mining and
Geoengineering- roads, bridges, tunnels Geoengineering, ISSN 1732-6702
ISSN 1895-0426
Publications Publications
Siemińska-Lewandowska, A., Construction of metro station underneath the Mitew-Czajewska, M., Geotechnical investigation and static analysis of deep
existing road tunnel; Underground Infrastructure of Urban Areas 3. Madryas excavation walls – a case study of metro station construction in Warsaw; Annals
et al. Publisher, Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-02652-0 of Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW. Land Reclamation No 47 (2),
CRC Press, p. 245-252. 2015, p. 163-170.
Mitew-Czajewska, M., Evaluation of deep excavation impact on surrounding Roguska, E., Lejk, J., Fuzzy risk matrix as a risk assessment method - a case study;
structures – a case study; Underground Infrastructure of Urban Areas 3. See tunnel. Promoting Tunnelling in SER / Kolić D. ( red. ), 2015, ITA AITES,
Madryas et al. Publisher, Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN ISBN 978-953-55728-5-5, p. 796-797
978-1-138-02652-0 CRC Press, p. 161-172. Józefiak, K., Zbiciak, A., Maślakowski, M., [et all], Numerical Modelling and
Lejk, J., The technical and economic conditions for the construction of the central Bearing Capacity Analysis of Pile Foundation; Procedia Engineering, Elsevier
section of Metro Line II in Warsaw; Underground Infrastructure of Urban BV, vol. 111, 2015, p. 356-363.
Areas 3. Madryas et al. Publisher, Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN
978-1-138-02652-0 CRC Press, p. 85-96.
Publications
Madryas, C., et al., Microtunneling as an alternative for crossing rivers during the
execution of urban network infrastructure; Underground Infrastructure of Urban
Areas 3. Madryas et al. Publisher, Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN
978-1-138-02652-0 CRC Press, p. 105-111.
Kolonko, A., & Kolonko, A., Variable-diameter conduits for water grids;
Underground Infrastructure of Urban Areas 3. Madryas et al. Publisher, Taylor &
Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-02652-0 CRC Press, p. 47-62.
Petrow-Ganew, D., Zur Linde, L., Abel, T., Trenchless installation technologies of
sea outfalls, intakes and landfalls; Underground Infrastructure of Urban Areas 3.
Madryas et al. Publisher, Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN
978-1-138-02652-0 CRC Press, p. 1-12.
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Road tunnel under the Martwa Wisła Road tunnel under the Martwa Wisła river in
Gdańsk will be open to public on 22 April 2016
The total length of the passage will be 1970 m

(approach ramps - 340 m, cut and cover
tunnels – 680 m, two 1076 m long tunnels
executed using 12,56 diameter Mixshield TBM)
Road tunnel under the Martwa Wisła Road tunnel under the Martwa Wisła
Road tunnel in Warsaw - a part of south city ring

Road tunnel in Warsaw - a part of south city ring
The tunnel will be 2.700 m long, 3 lanes in each

direction; construction method - cut and cover.
Design works in progress. Due date March 2019.
Contractor: Astaldi S.p.A.
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Road tunnel in Warsaw - a part of south city ring 2nd metro line in Warsaw
Contractors for the Design and Build contract
for the extension of this line were choosen in:
•  east (3 stations, 3.1 km) - Astaldi S.p.A.

•  west direction (3 stations, 3.4 km) – Gülermak
Ağir Sanayi İnşaat ve Taahhüt A.Ş.
2nd metro line in Warsaw

Tunnel under Luboń Mały - south Poland
- extension east and west
Over 2 km bored tunnel on the S7 motorway from

1st metro line Kraków to Zakopane (polish skiing resort)
2nd metro line
Extension of 2nd metro line The tender procedure is in final stage, the contract
Planned
should be signed in 2016.
Due date 2021-2022.
Tunnel under Luboń Mały - south Poland Tunnel under Luboń Mały - south Poland
(2016-2021) (2016-2021)
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Organization and Participation in

FUTURE ACTIVITIES
2nd Conference Underground Structures 2016,
14-15.09.2016 Kraków
PRESENTATION
Comissão Portuguesa de Túneis e Espaço

PORTUGAL Subterrâneo (CPT)
ACTIVITY REPORT 2015 A Committee of Sociedade Portuguesa de

Geotecnia
120 individual members, 14 colective members
Website http://www.spgeotecnia.pt/cptuneis/
Current office Main activities

President : Dr João Bilé Serra ([email protected]) Local Working groups
Vice-President : Dr Raúl Sarra Pistone ([email protected]) and Eng
Frederico Melâneo ([email protected])
Organization of Workshop and International
Treasurer : Professor Ricardo Resende ([email protected]) Seminar
Secretary : Eng Luís Miranda ([email protected]) Participation in ITA-AITES Working Groups
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WGs Training
WG1 « Tunnelling in Portugal » editorial WG Workshop « New Structural Solutions in
WG2 « Contractual practices in public Underground Works», Lisboa, May 21st 2015,
works » 80 participants
WG3 « Health and safety in underground Workshop «Contractual Risks in Complex
works» Underground Works », Lisboa, December 2nd
2015, 100 participants
WG4 «Immersed Tunnels »
TUNNELS –
Túnel do Marão (IP)

Publications Tunnel constructed under a design/
build contract, being the owner
Book « Tunnelling in Portugal », available at Infraestruturas de Portugal, SA
and the contractors Teixeira
CPT website Duarte, S.A. and EPOS, S.A. A
twin tube tunnel 5,6 km long with
a 107 m2 cross section. Total cost of
88 million euros with a 17 months
deadline for the final phase of the
works, now under completion. The
tunnel is part of the E82 connection
from Porto to Vila Real and
Bragança, and then to Tordesillas http://www.infraestruturasdeportugal.pt/node/625
(Spain)
Laúca Hydropower Plant, Hydraulic Circuit

(GAMEK – Gabinete de Aproveitamento do Médio Kwanza, Angola) Venda Nova III (EDP)
Completion of the sub-contract of the excavation and primary support of the hydraulic circuit. It The new powerhouse consists of a large cavern, about 150 m in
integrates a total of 8 km of pressurized galleries with a cross section area of 112 m2 and 8 m length, 27 m span and nearly 60 m high, located at an
diameter shafts with a total height of 480 m. The sub-contract value is 60 million USD.The general intermediate position of the hydraulic circuit with two main
contractor is Odebrecht Angola Construção e Projectos de Engenharia, Lda and the sub-contractor chambers. Venda Nova III Powerhouse complex scheme and the
is Portuguese EPOS SA. powerhouse cavern
The hydraulic circuit consists mainly of an unlined headrace tunnel
Construction Management and Supervision undertaken by COBA - Consultores de Engenharia e 2840 m long, with a 12.0 m in diameter modified circular shape
Ambiente, SA and 13.8% slope, and an unlined tailrace tunnel, almost
horizontal, 1380 m long, with the same cross section as the
headrace tunnel. An upper surge tank, located roughly 390 m
upstream from the powerhouse, consisting of a 78 m height
concrete lined surge shaft with a 13 m diameter, a lower /
feeding chamber and an expansion reservoir at the surface and
two unlined vertical shafts (360 m deep and 5.4 m diameter)
connecting the surge tank to the headrace tunnel.
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UNDERGROUND WORKS
Caracas (Venezuela)
Design/Build contract awarded to Teixeira
QATAR
Duarte SA and EPOS SA for a twin tube
road tunnel with a total length of 2x2820 m
and a cross section area of 106 m2. Total
value of the contract 435 million USD with a
total completion time of 42 months.
Geological and Geotechnical Assessment,
Preliminary and Final Design of Structures,
Geotechnics and Drainage and Technical
Qatar
Advisory by Portuguese CENOR Consulting
Engineers

•  21 TBMs active for a total planned tunnel
length of 111,280 m.
Qatar Rail
•  2 TBMs completed their planned drives and
Tunnel for Urban Metro network are getting currently disassembled.
•  Guiness World Record for the highest number of tunnel boring

machines working simultaneously in one project.
Currently bored tunnel

Red Line South
Total bored tunnel length: 20,510 m
RED LINE
GREEN LINE Tunneling Period From 25. Nov 2014 Until 31.
Oct 2016
GOLD LINE
Built in rate of Tunnel Rings (1 TBM)

GOLD LINE Average:9.8 rings/day
RED LINE
Max.: 31 rings/day
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Red Line North Green Line

Total bored tunnel length: 24,474 m Total bored tunnel length: 32,999 m
Tunneling Period From Aug 2014 Until Mar 2016 Tunneling Period From 16. Nov 2014 Until 12.
Apr 2016
Built in rate of Tunnel Rings (1 TBM) Built in rate of Tunnel Rings (1 TBM)
Average: 15.5 rings/day Average: 19 rings/day
Max.: 19 rings/day Max.: 40 rings/day
Gold Line
Total bored tunnel length: 18,750 m
FUTURE ACTIVITIES
TBMs will complete their tunnel drives in 2016 and will be
transported to the logistics sites for dismantling while Track
Works will commence
Tunneling Period From March 2015 Until May
2016
PRESENTATION
ROMANIA
Romanian Tunneling Association – ART
National Association
- 8 corporate members
- 88 individual members
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2015 - ACTIVITIES
Main activities: TUNNELS – UNDERGROUND WORKS
•  Working Group « Research » :
Metro Line 5
- implemetation of Eurocodes (1, 2, 3, 7 and 8) in Romanian tunneling works; Lot 1.2 - Valea Ialomitei Sector (cut and cover tunnel, station
and depot) awarded to Max Bögl.
- reviewing norms for seismic response and waterproofing in tunneling.
Lot 1.1 – Raul Doamnei – Eroilor (6 km), TBM method tunnels,
§  Relationship with MN from: Poland, Hungary, Croatia, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria (see EETC and 9 stations cut and cover method awarded to ASTALDI-
SETC). FCC-DELTA ACM -AB CONSTRUCT JV.
§  Constructii subterane (Underground constructions) Magazine (special issue). Tunnel: TBM 1 (started on 21 September 2013) and TBM 2
(started on 22 November 2013) total length 6065 m.
“Works on Metro Line 5. Special conditions on Eroilor 2 station.” Tunnel TBM today: 92% performed (100% between Raul
Doamnei – Academia Militara; 50% between Academia
“TBM launching on Line 4: geotechnical aspects.
Militara – Eroilor 2).
•  Electornic News Bulletin. Stations: Academia Militara : all stations 100% structure
performed.
•  Website under construction.
Under works: 5 % for railway, finishing, installations awarded
•  General Assembly of ART to be held in October 2016. to a JV formed by: Astaldi SpA, Alstom Romania, TIAB
Sa, Aktor & Schindler.
Metro Line 4
Section 3, Bazilescu – Straulesti: 2 stations, 1 depot, 2.7
km in length.
Stations performing: Laminorului: 100%; Straulesti:

100%; depot: 100%; cut and cover works: 85%.
TBM tunnels: 92%
Metro Line 5 Metro Line 5
Preliminary works for TBM breaking through TBM breaking through in Eroilor 2 station.
from Academia Militara station to Eroilor 2
station.
TUNNELS – UNDERGROUND WORKS FUTURE ACTIVITIES
Metro Line 4 Metro Line 4 Preparing tender for Metro Line 6. Metro Link between Central Railway station “Gara de Nord” and “Henry
Preliminary works for TBM breaking through in Straulesti Tunnel 2 between Straulesti station and Laminorului station. R Feasibility study and Preliminary Design performed
Coanda” (Otopeni) International Airport. Tender Documents,
station. by a JV from Padeco (Japan), Metroul SA (Romania) and Oriental Consult (Japan).
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PRESENTATION
RUSSIA NAME: Russian Tunnelling Association
ACTIVITY REPORT 2015 TYPE OF STRUCTURE: Russian Public Organization
NUMBER OF MEMBERS: 86
2015 - ACTIVITIES
2015 - ACTIVITIES
WGs: 7
Main activities: WG 2: “RESEARCH”
Public activities aimed at improving methods of
WG 9: “SEISMIC EFFECTS”
planning, designing, construction and operation of
WG 14: “MECHANIZED TUNNELLING”
tunnels and underground facilities, as well as at
WG 15: “UNDERGROUND AND ENVIRONMENT”
forming a comprehensive approach to underground
WG 17: “LONG TUNNELS AT GREAT DEPTH”
space development within professional community.
WG 19: “CONVENTIONAL TUNNELLING”
WG 21: “LIFE CYCLE ASSET MANAGEMENT”

2015 - ACTIVITIES
Mansky railway tunnel
Training: In August 2014, the new Mansky railway tunnel was put into operational
Tunneling Association of Russia and Moscow State University of Railway use on the Abakan – Taishet section of the Krasnoyarsk Railway.
Engineering (MIIT) created by joint decision the department "Transport New tunnel total length – 2,464.868 m.
tunnels and subways" at the University, the main task of which is training Service / drainage gallery length – 2,470.934 m.
of technical staff of design and construction companies engaged in field
The service / drainage gallery was built using the shield tunneling and
of underground construction.
drilling and blasting driving techniques. The tunnel section of 300.74
Publications: meters was driven using the drilling and blasting technique, and the
Lovat RME-139SE 21100 Tunnel Boring Machine with a cutting
• Articles about metro and tunnel construction (tunneling) in magazines diameter of 3.56 meters was used to bore 2,166.2 meters of the gallery
“Metro and Tunnels”, “Engineering Works”, “Underground horizons”. by the shield tunneling.
After driving of the cap part of the tunnel through the 120-meter-long
• Abstracts from scientific and technical conferences on issues of metro and section by the tunnel-boring machine assembly, the tunneling was done
tunnel construction (tunneling). using the Lovat-RME375SE Tunnel Boring Machine with a cutting
diameter of 9.54 m.
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Rocksky Motorway Tunnel Long-term Growth Plan for Moscow Metro
On November 5, 2014, after reconstruction, the Rocksky motorway tunnel
driven through the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range and connecting the
Northern and Southern Osetia was put into operational use. In accordance with the decree of the Government of the city
Main tunnel total length – 3730 m. of Moscow, in the period from 2012 to 2020, the metro
The service gallery length – 3805 m. long-term growth plan is being implemented in Moscow.
The reconstruction was done in two stages.
At the first stage (2010-2012), the reconstruction of the service gallery was It provides for the construction of more than 157 kilometers
completed. It included removal of the gallery existing reinforced concrete of new metro lines and 78 new metro stations until 2020.
lining, gallery re-driving to enlarge the cross-sectional area from 13 to 26 Within the frames of the plan, in 2012-2013, 8 metro
square meters, installation of temporary lining and utility lines, and putting in stations (22 kilometers of running tunnels in the single-track
place tunnel entry facility areas. After that, the traffic from the main tunnel valuation) were put into operational use, the “Mar’ina
was shifted into the reconstructed gallery. Roshcha” station second entrance chamber was constructed,
At the second stage (2012-2014), the main tunnel cross-sectional area was and the “Pechatniki” Electric Depot reconstructed as well.
enlarged from 65 to 75 square meters, tunnel waterproofing and permanent
lining as well as utility lines were installed and road paving operations done.

Long-term Growth Plan for Moscow Metro Long-term Growth Plan for Moscow Metro
In 2014-2015, 4 metro stations were put into operational use. In 2016, 2 metro stations were already put into operational use :
2014 – stations: “Rumyantsevo” and “Salariyevo” .
•  “Spartak” of the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line; The length of running tunnels in the single-track valuation from station
•  “Troparevo” of the Sokolnicheskaya line (2.72 kilometers of running “Troparevo” to station “Salariyevo” is 4.2 kilometers.
tunnels in the single-track valuation). “Rumyantsevo” station is located near the Kievskoye federal highway and
2015 – stations: is the first Moscow metro station constructed beyond the Moscow
•  “Kotelniki” of the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line (1.7 kilometers of Automobile Ring Road. Stained-glass panels inspired by paintings of
“Spartak” station entrance chamber (2014) running tunnels in the single-track valuation); “Rumyantsevo” station (2016) Dutch artist Piet Mondrian are the station’s main decorations.
•  “Tekhnopark” of the Zamoskvoretskaya line. The station is two-storied. The first one consists of the 162 meter long
platform, whereas the second is designed for the ticket hall and service
rooms.
The metro station of “Salariyevo” has become the 200th in the Moscow
subway rapid transit system and the second one constructed in the “New
Moscow”. It is located between the Kievskoye federal highway and the
village of Salariyevo. Its design is of the constructivism style. The walls,
ceiling and floor of the station are broken into squares of different colors.
“Troparevo” station (2014) “Kotelniki” station (2015) “Tekhnopark” station (2015) “Salariyevo” station (2016)
FUTURE ACTIVITIES SAUDI ARABIA

Long-term Growth Plan for Moscow Metro
By the end of 2016, 27 kilometers of metro lines in the single-track valuation and 12 new stations are
planned to be put into service including the following:
7 stations, being the continuation of existing metro lines (“Khovrino” of the Zamoskvoretskaya line,
“Butyrskaya”, “Fonvizinskaya” and Petrovsko-Razumovskaya of the Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line,
“Lomonosovskiy prospect”, “Minskaya” and “Ramenki” of the Kalininsko-Solntsevskaya line) and
5 stations of the Third interchange circuit (“Delovoi Tsentr”, “Petrovsky Park”, “Khodynskoye Pole”,
“Khoroshyovskaya”, “Shelepikha”). LOGO of your MN
Design of Khovrino station Design of Minskaya station Design of “Shelepikha” station
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2015 - ACTIVITIES
PRESENTATION
Main activities
NAME : Ministry of Transport
WGs: Road construction and Railways
TYPE OF STRUCTURE : Transportation
Training: Transportation ,tunnelling, bridge and
activities and Road constructions
structures,pavements,landslides and rockfalls
NUMBER OF MEMBERS: Ministry of
Transport Publications:Transportation &communication
magazine
TUNNELS – UNDERGROUND WORKS 3- The total numbers of mountainous tunnel in

1- Ministry of transport is one of the membres in Saudi Arabia105 with total length 42km and more
than 6000 bridges.
ITA, it has been very active one and has
4- MOT.was chosen by ITA & IRF to organize many
participated in several conferences and activities international conferences, workshops and
training sessions in different fields such as: safety
held by ITA and other international agencies.
in tunnels, tunnelling, excavation, roads,
2- MOT. has exceuted a modern network of roads railways, transportation, operations, utilities and
protection techniques
totaling 65000 km at the end of 2015.
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FUTURE ACTIVITIES
The East-West Railway:
This railway Will connect (Jubail-Dammam-Riyadh-
Jiddah),14 tunnel with total length 20km Will be
exceuted in this project. In addition to the
construction of tunnels, this project includes the
construction of: road over and under bridges,
retaining walls, protection and diversion Works
for utilities, And level crossing etc.
The track is to be constructed as double line
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design of tunnel assumes twin single track

tunnels which will carry double container
wagons on single track section.
-  Walkways have been provided to allow an
emergency egress of railway personnel and
passengers.
-  Tunnel alignments have been designed to allow
gravity drainage.
-  The average external and internal areas of
tunnels are 90.026m2 and 67.661m2 respectively
PRESENTATION
SLOVENIA NAME: Slovenian Society for Underground

Structures
ACTIVITY REPORT 2015 TYPE OF STRUCTURE: Non-profit association
NUMBER OF MEMBERS: 83 (+8 YM)
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TUNNELS –
-  WGs: Our members participate in WG 17 and WG 5 Karavanke Tunnel

Preliminary design for upgrading the
-  Publications: ACTA GEOTECHNICA existing single bidirectional
SLOVENICA; RMZ, MATERIALS and transalpine base tunnel with a second
GEOENVIRONMENT tube to form a twin highway tunnel
tube system. Total tunnel length is 8
-  Establisment of the SSUS Young Members Group km and has more than 1000 m of
overburden. The tunnel passes
-  Participation at WTC 2015 in Dubrovnik through very heterogeneous rock
material from perm, carbon to triassic
formations, squeezing ground and
difficult hydrogeological conditions.
Tunnel Valeta Tunnel Lucan

Tunnel Valeta is a single tube Lucan tunnel is a twin tube, two and
bidirectional tunnel connecting three lane highway tunnel with an
highway H6 and national local roads approximate length of 1070 m on the
leading to Piran. Tunnel is 880 m long highway H6, section Jagodje - Lucija.
and accompanied with an escape The tunnel has three cross passages,
tunnel of smaller cross section which two of them are designed for
allows unidirectional single lane pedestrians and one for the rescue
transport of rescue vehicles. Both vehicles. Overburden rises up to
tubes are connected with two cross about 85 m.
passages for rescue vehicles and one
pedestrian cross passage.
Šentilj Tunnel Construction works were completed at

Preliminary design for the rehabilitation of
the one tube - one lane railway tunnel into
Markovec and Sten Tunel
a two lane one. 250 m long tunnel was
built in several steps, with different
materials, partially destroyed and rebuilt.
The project consists of comparing two
solutions, first one with a central pillar
followed by an enlargement, second one
using the ‟Tunnel-in-Tunnel System”
method that allows smooth operation of
the railway under the protection portal.
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FUTURE ACTIVITIES
-  11th International Symposium on Tunnel SOUTH AFRICA

Construction and Underground Structures ACTIVITY REPORT 2015
(Slovenija)
-  Participation at WTC 2016 in San Francisco
-  Cooperation in new Working Groups
2015 - ACTIVITIES
PRESENTATION
Main activities
SANCOT a)  Progress of local Working Groups:
Functions as a Committee within SAIMM •  Shaft Sinking / Vertical Tunnelling (Jean Walls/D Vogt) – in progress.
•  Geotechnical Investigations (Ron Tluczek) – substantially complete.
(South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy) •  Contractual Practice (Andy Griffiths) – in progress.
•  Sprayed Concrete Durability (Chris Viljoen) – in progress.
NUMBER OF MEMBERS: •  Life Cycle Asset Management (Monique Wainstein) – in progress.
Company Affiliates = 107 b)  Participation in ITA Working Groups:
•  WG2 Research (Ron Tluczek)
Individual = 4638
•  WG12 Sprayed Concrete Use (Chris Viljoen)
•  WG21 Life Cycle Asset Management (Monique Wainstein)

Main activities (continued) Main activities (continued)
c)  Development of Young Professional Forum and f)  Membership expansion drive.
participation in ITA-YM (Lucky Nene). g)  Continued support of Lesotho Tunnelling Society
d)  Training: Conferences, Technical Talks. through Montso Lebitsa.
e)  Publications:
•  Articles in SAIMM Journal (Sprayed Concrete Status Report).
•  Articles/newsletter on Website focussing on projects.
•  South African Tunnels Database (being updated).
•  Alec Wilson Award was not awarded this year.
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1.  Projects in Planning Stage. 2.  Projects under Construction.
•  Huguenot Tunnel •  Commissioning of Ingula
•  Lesotho Highlands Water Project Phase 2 Pumped Storage Scheme in
progress. Target completion is
•  Two major Department of Water & Sanitation water transfer schemes:
2017.
Mkomazi (Dams with 30 km tunnel) and Mzimvubu (Dam with 8 km tunnel).
•  Gautrain Metro Tunnels Phase 2: Some 15km metro tunnel to expand the
present network toward the North-West of Johannesburg.
•  A number of sea outfalls for desalination projects in Durban and Cape Town.
•  Use of micro tunnelling techniques in sewer collector applications.
FUTURE ACTIVITIES
•  Follow-up to our SANCOT 2015 Conference on SPAIN
Mechanised Underground Excavation in Mining and Civil
Engineering planned for November 2016.
•  Planning a conference on Asset Management in support
of the local WG 21 work.
•  Continuing expansion of SANCOT visibility with
publications, conferences, website.
•  Development of Young Professional Forum and
participation in ITA-YM
2015 - ACTIVITIES
PRESENTATION The AETOS General Assembly took place on June the 24th, 2015.
NAME: AETOS, SPANISH TUNNELLING AND Four Technical Guides were presented:
UNDERGROUND SPACE ASSOCIATION -  Safety Recommendations in the execution of tunnel and underground works.
(Medidas de Seguridad en la ejecución de túneles y obras subterráneas)
-  Characterization of geological, hydrogeological and geotechnical risks and
uncertainties. (Caracterización de las incertidumbres y los riesgos geológicos,
TYPE OF STRUCTURE: SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION hidrogeológicos y geotécnicos)
-  Guide for the design, manufacture and commissioning work of the shotcrete in
underground works. (Guía para el Diseño, Fabricación y Puesta en Obra del
Hormigón Proyectado en Obras Subterráneas)
NUMBER OF MEMBERS: 282 -  Recommendations for Instrumentation and monitoring in the project and
construction of urban tunnels. (Guía sobre Instrumentación y Auscultación en
el Proyecto y Construcción de Túneles Urbanos)
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2015 - WGs
11th Edition Master in Tunnels and Underground Works
January – October 2016
The following AETOS WGs have been active in 2015:
-  WG1-5. RISK PREVENTION AND SAFETY AT WORK
-  WG 2. RESEARCH
-  WG6-12. MAINTENANCE, REPAIR
-  WG 9-15. UNDERGROUND AND ENVIRONMENT
-  WG11-20. URBAN PROBLEMS, UNDERGROUND SOLUTIONS AND SHOTCRETE

USE
Tunnels and Underground Works
ORawa Light Rail Transit (OLRT) – (CANADA)

(UNDER CONSTRUCTION)
This Project includes 2.106 m of running tunnel and three sta?ons (Lyon,
Parliament and Rideau) of 120 m in length each one. The rest of the line
is above-ground. The whole underground stretch is being excavated with
SEM (Sequen?al Excava?on Method) by road headers.
Main Figures:
Total length: 2.466 m
Sta?ons: 3 (120 m in length each one)
Tunnel Sec?on: 61 m2
Sta?on Sec?on: 355 m2
Excava?on volume: 446.500 m3
Comple?on year: 2016

CHUQUICAMATA AIR INJECTION TUNNELS, ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE
•  Construction of 2 twin tunnels of 4,3 km

•  The excavation section is 10,74 m width and 8,00m high
•  -15% of excavation slope
• The photo shows the lining execution of one of the tunnels
City of Panama Metro Line 1, Panama

CROSSRAIL (LONDON):
WESTERN TUNNEL AND 6 STATIONS
• Budget: 1,500 M euro

• Description:
•  Line 1 of Metro
•  Record on time: 3 years
•  15,9 Km plus 14 underground
stations
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TUNNEL ENGINEERING: METROS

FUTURE ACTIVITIES
TECHNICAL DATA
RIYADH METRO (SAUDI ARABIA)
SCOPE
SECTION: Lines 4, 5 y 6 Riyadh metro. Mechanized tunnels and conventional methods
CLIENT: FCC, SAMSUNG, ALSTOM, STRUKTON, FREYSSINET.

64.43 km in Total: Tunnels (26.44 km) and Viaducts
(29.73 km). 25 Stations, 2 Depot facilities, 7 Park & The next General Assembly will be held on
Ride facilities.
SECTION June the 22th, 2016. The AETOS WGs are
9.5 m diameter TBM excavation, 8.5 m width NATM
excavation. actively preparing new Technical Guides
SCOPE OF WORK
Detailed Design. Geotechnical engineering, tunnels to be distributed
and stations.
August 2012 – To Date
CONSTRUCTION PROCESS
EPB TBM and New Austrian Tunneling Method
(NATM)
CONSTRUCTION VALUE
7,800 million EUR; 9,000 million USD
LOCATION In the second semester of 2016 a
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Conference on HST (AVE) tunnels in
the Basque Country will be held
PRESENTATION
NAME
SWEDEN Swedish Rock Construction Committee, Bergsprängningskommittén (BK)
ACTIVITY REPORT 2015 TYPE OF STRUCTURE

A non-profit national organization.
NUMBER OF MEMBERS
92 corporate members from public and private clients, contractors, suppliers,
mining companies, consulting firms, institutions and research organizations.
Main activities WGs

The main activity is to arrange an annual Swedish congress. In BK is represented in 12 WGs.
addition international conferences are arranged (not annually).
WG2 Per Tengborg, BeFo
An important purpose is to create a platform for networking within WG3 Thomas Dalmalm, Trafikverket
WG5 Peter Dime, Jensen Ventilation
the Swedish and international underground space industry.
WG6 Hans Hargelius, Trafikverket
BK is also actively participating in research and development projects WG11 Rickard Torpö, NCC
with the purpose of developing the underground space industry. WG12 Tommy Ellisson, Besab
WG14 Gunnar Nord, Atlas Copco
WG15 Donald Jonson, Nitro Consult
WG17 Daniel Morfeldt, Mineconsult
WG19 Bengt Niklasson, Gesosigma
WG20 Beatrice Lindström, Trafikverket/Bengt Ludvig, Petroteam
WG21 Mattias Roslin, Trafikverket
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Training Publications
Swedish contributions to ITA-WTC 2015:
Nothing to report Andersson, C., Olofsson, O.: Rock Mechanics analyses in early design phases
Andersson, A., Roslin, M.: Load capacity of inner lining systems due to impact from
falling rocks
Books:
Stille, H.: Rock Grouting – Theories and applications. BeFo, ISBN 978-91-637-7638-0
Norsborg Metro Depot completed E4 Stockholm By-Pass (Förbifart Stockholm)

New above ground workshop connected to a 320 000 m3 underground depot. This mega project includes an 18 km long road tunnel with an excavation volume
Total tunnel length is 2.7 km. The project won the Outstanding Project Award at of 6 500 000 m3. The major underground contracts have been signed and
Hagerbach in November 2015. construction has started.
Photographer: Mikael Ullén
Strängnäs-Härad Railtunnel Relocation of the city of Kiruna

The railway through the city of Strängnäs is being upgraded from single to LKAB is developing the Kiruna mine with a new main level at 1365 m below
double track over a section of 8.5 km. The Design and Built contract includes ground. This has implications for the city of Kiruna due to deformations on the
nine bridges, a new 3.5 km long rock tunnel (total volume of 243 000 m3) and rail ground level. A huge relocation plan, affecting 25 % of the city, has started and
technical installations. will continue until 2035.
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TUNNELS –
UNDERGROUND WORKS
FUTURE ACTIVITIES
ITACUS u2fc Stockholm Metro Extension

ITACUS, BK and BeFo arranged an urban underground future conversation in Planning and design is ongoing for a large extension of the Stockholm metro.
Stockholm in March 2015. The meeting gathered people from the underground Construction is planned to start during 2017.
industry but also city planners who highly appreciated the potential to further
explore the subsurface space.
EFEE congress in Stockholm 2017
The European Federation of Explosive Engineers arranges the 9th World
Congress in Stockholm 10th – 12th of September 2017. This event, arranged In the
spirit of Alfred Nobel, is expected to gather up to 400 delegates.
THAILAND PRESENTATION
ACTIVITY REPORT 2015 NAME: Thailand Underground and Tunnelling Group

(TUTG), The Engineering Institute of Thailand
TYPE OF STRUCTURE : Non-profits Organization
NUMBER OF MEMBERS : 60

WGs : During 21-27 May 2015, WTC 2015 at Dubrovnik,
Main Activities : Support and disseminate all Croatia which was successfully organized, TUTG
advisory committees - Dr.Noppadol Phien-wej and
knowledges related to the use of underground space and
Dr.Harald Wagner, TUTG President - Dr.Aphichat
tunnel construction both in the metro area (urban area)
Sramoon, TUTG Vice President - Dr.Auttakit Asanprakit
and rural area.
and Mr.Preedee Ngamsantikul, TUTG Secretary -
Mr.Siripong Nakthong and others have participated in the
WG meetings.
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Participant in WG meetings
Working Groups
ITA YMG Young Member

(WTC2015)
Mr.Siripong Nakthong
Bi-monthly Tea Talk Seminar
GT 02 Research
No. Date Topic Speaker
GT 03 Contractual Practices
GT 05 Health and Safety in Works Tunnelling Best Practice – State of the Art Tunnel Design Supported ILF Consulting Engineer
1 25-2-2015
GT 06 Maintenance and Repair Dr.Auttakit Asanprakit by Modern Planning Tools (Asia) Ltd.
GT 09 Seismic Effects
GT 11 Immersed and Floating Tunnels Safety Aspects of Close Proximity of Tunnel Drive in Public
2 29-4-2015 TY Lin International
Housing Estate
GT 12 Sprayed Concrete Use Mr.Preedee Ngaamsantikul
Mr.Teeraphat Sukkasem
GT 14 Mechanization of Excavation 3 24-6-2015 Rock Tunnelling with Non-Blasting Excavation Right Tunnelling Co.,Ltd.
Dr.Aphichat Sramoon
GT 15 Underground and Environment Dr.Harald Wagner
Prof. Shahabodin Yasrobi
GT 17 Long Tunnels at Great Depth Tarbiat Modares University,
4 26-8-2015 Support Systems for Deep Urban Excavations
Faculty of Engineering,
GT 19 Conventional Tunnelling Mr.Siripong Nakthong
Tehran, Iran
GT 20 Urban Problems, Underground Solutions Dr.Harald Wagner
GT 21 Life Cycle Asset Management

Conference :
Half-Day Seminar
No. Date Topic Speaker
2nd Thai Geotechnical Conference (co-organized with EIT)
Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete Sprayed Concrete Lining Bekaert Maccaferri
1 28-9-2015
Design and Application Underground Solutions Date 14-16 October 2015, S31 Hotel, Bangkok
2 09-12-2015
Outline of Design & Construction Manual and Advanced
Technologies & Latest projects of Press-in method
Giken Ltd. Training :
Seminar : In-house Training on
Brainstorming – Designing of long water diversion tunnel “Tunnelling Concept and Construction Management for
Thai Railway Sustainable Development”
23-24 February 2016, Royal Irrigation Department Pak Kret,
Date 19-23 January 2015, SRT Engineering School, Bangkok
Bangkok

2015 - ACTIVITIES MRT Blue Line Extension Project (Hua The project is a 27 km heavy rail transit system
Lamphong – Bang Khae & Tao Poon – Tha Phra with four (4) underground stations and fifteen
Publications Sections) in Bangkok (15) elevated stations. It also contains three (3)
1. Sramoon, A. and Asanprakit, A. intervention shafts, one (1) railway bridge, one
(1) depot with operation control centre and two
“Advance and Innovation in Mechanized Tunnelling”
(2) park and ride building facilities.
Proceedings of the 5th GEOINDO 2015 International Conference
2. Jongpradist, P., Tunsakul, J., Kongkitkul, W., Fadsiri, N., Arangelovski, G. and Youwai, S. (2015): At present, the overall progress of civil works is
“High Internal Pressure Induced Fracture Patterns in Rock Masses Surrounding Caverns: around 80.3% as of February 2016.
Experimental Study Using Physical Model Tests” Engineering Geology, Vol. 197, pp. 158-171
3. Lueprasert P., Jongpradist, P., Charoenpak, K., Chaipanna, P. and Suwansawat, S. (2015): “Three
dimensional finite element analyses for preliminary establishment of tunnel influence zone due
to nearby pile loading” Maejo Int. J. of Sci. and Tech., Vol. 9(2), pp. 209-223.
4. Detkhong T, Trakoonjannak K and Jongpradist P. (2015) “Tunneling influence zones for existing
piles of bridge approach”, The 2015 World Congress on Advances in Structural Engineering and
Mechanics, Songdo Convensia,Incheon, South Korea(August 25-29, 2015)
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FUTURE ACTIVITIES
2016 Bi-monthly Tea Talk Seminar
Training on Soft Ground Tunnelling (May 2016) TURKEY
Training on Rock Tunnelling (November 2016) ACTIVITY REPORT 2015
Concrete Asia 2016 (Co-organizer)
3rd Thai Geotechnical Conference (Co-organizer)
2017 or 2018 1st ASEAN Tunnelling Conference, co-organized

with Vietname Tunneling Association (VTA)
NAME: TURKISH ROAD ASSOCIATION (TRA) - YOLLAR TÜRK MİLLİ KOMİTESİ

(YTMK)
Karayolları Genel Müdürlüğü A Blok Kat: 12
06100 Yücetepe - ANKARA / TURKEY
Main activities :
Phone : 90 312 418 79 05 - 417 24 02
1.  TUNNELLING SEMINAR (March 31 – April 1, 2015, Ankara)
Fax : 90 312 425 82 10 2.  1st IRF EUROPE & CENTRAL ASIA REGIONAL CONGRESS & EXHIBITION (September 15– 18, 2015, Istanbul)
E-Mail : [email protected] 3.  TUNNEL ENGINEER TRAINING COURSE-I (Solutions For Emerging Geological and Geotechnical Problems in
Tunnel Design and Construction) (October 5-9, 2015, İzmir)
Web : www.tra.org.tr
4.  ORGANIZATION OF 1st NATIONAL CONGRESS ON TUNNELLING AND UNDERGROUND SPACE
TYPE OF STRUCTURE: TRA is an open association. Its function is to promote, coordinate 5.  ORGANIZATION OF ROADS, BRIDGES AND TUNNELS FAIR
and spread studies and research in the field of roads, highways, motorways, tunnelling
and other underground works.
NUMBER OF MEMBERS: As of January 2016 TRA has 604 members of which 533 are
individuals and 71 are corporate members which represent Universities, Consultants,
Contractors, Manufacturers and some of the other Governmental Organizations
TRA
Turkish Road
Association
Working Groups: TRA

Tunnelling and
Underground
TRA has established Tunnelling and Underground Space Branch on Space Branch
April 24, 2014. Communication network and National Tunnelling

Working Group were formed with the participation of colleagues
National
from different tunneling sectors in Turkey. First meeting of the Tunnelling
Working
National Tunnelling Working Group was held and the main topics for Group
the sub-working groups were determined.

Energy and Mining and Other Fields
Irrigation Structures Transportation Sub-structure Sub-Working
Sub-Working Sub-Working Sub-Working Groups
Groups Groups Groups

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Tunnel Engineer Training Course-II, theoritical training
Training: TRA organized :

•  Tunnelling Seminar on March 31 – April 1, 2015 : Tunnel
Design, Specifications, Construction and Contractual
Practices with Case Studies
•  Tunnel Engineer Training Course-II (Solutions For
Emerging Geological and Geotechnical Problems in
Tunnel Design and Construction) (October 5-9, 2015,
İzmir)
TUNNELS –
UNDERGROUND WORKS
•  Tunnel Engineer Training Course-II : October 5-9, 2015, İzmir, Practical

Training
Publications:
•  TRA has publishing TRA Bulletin four times a year since January
2013. News about working groups, important events is shared with
all members by these bulletins as well as the website. The 7th bulletin
was on tunnelling in 2014.
•  In 2015, The presentations of Tunnelling Seminar were disseminated
as soft copies
•  In 2015 Tunnel Engineer Training Course notes were disseminated as
soft copies
FUTURE ACTIVITIES
Slides describing the main works for the year 1st IRF Europe & Central Asia Regional Congress
& Exhibition (September 15– 18, 2015, Istanbul)
2015 in the country with photos was co-organized by TRA & IRF Washington.
Turkish Group presented ‘Innovations in Tunnel
Constructions’
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PS4/TS1.2 Session: Innovations in Tunnel Constructions, Moderator Prof. Dr. Mahir

Vardar, Panelists: Ahmet Şirin, Tülin Solak, Ahmet İrfan Ünal,Beyhan Yaraman
Tunnelling Seminar invited speakers Prof. Dr. Wulf Schubert, Dr. Alfred Fasching, Bernard
Tunnelling Seminar Participants Kohlböck and Hanns Wagner from Austria.
Some activities planned in 2016:

Candidacy For WTC 2019
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Roads, Bridges and Tunnels Fair on May

1st National Congress on Tunnelling and
26-28, 2016, Ankara
Underground Space on May 26 - 28, 2016,
Ankara
On May 2016, A course for Engineering

Geology, Site Investigation Techniques,
Drilling and Laboratuary Tests for Tunnels. THANKS !

Danish Society for Tunnels and Underground Works Danish Society for Tunnels and Underground Works

PRESENTATION
DENMARK Danish Society for
ACTIVITY REPORT 2015 Tunnels and Underground Works
Members:

Danish Society for Tunnels and Underground Works
•  37 Company Members

•  13 Personal Members

•  12 Young Members
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-  April 2015: The 18 km
immersed tunnel was
Main activities: approved in the
Danish Parliament
Five Member Meetings / Site visits i 2015 -  March 2016: Award of
major civil works
One half-day seminar in connection with AGM contracts
-  May 2016: Signing of
civil works contracts



Copenhagen Metro – Cityringen Copenhagen Metro – Nordhavn
A 2.5 km extension of the new Cityringen metro line in Copenhagen has been
Cityringen consists of 17 underground stations in and will be completed in
designed by the Ramboll-Arup JV in association with COBE Architects.
2019.
The project consists of a twin running tunnel, 1.8 km long, from a bifurcation chamber
In collaboration with the municipal authorities of Copenhagen and
at the Cityringen Metro , running to a new underground station at Nordhavn and
Frederiksberg, the Danish government has concluded a contract to
then a short section of cut and cover tunnel and ramp leading up to a 250 m long
expand the existing Metro with a new city circle line (Cityringen).
elevated portion of the line, terminating at the new Orientkaj station. The
Cityringen is a completely new Metro line constructed on the same underground works contract has been awarded to MetNord JV (Züblin and
principles as the existing Copenhagen Metro net. The Cityringen Hochtief).
circle line will be a 15 km underground railway under downtown
The execution of the secant piles for the station box is completed ahead of schedule.
Copenhagen, the "bridge quarters" and Frederiksberg.
The station box is used as launching shaft for the TBM’s starting in March 2016.
Lord Mayor of Copenhagen Frank Jensen celebrates that 50 % of the
The elevated section and Orientkaj station was contracted to MetNord JV and
tunnel has been completed mid-December 2015.
construction works will start in April 2016.



Nordhavnsvej
TUNNELS – UNDERGROUND WORKS Client: Municipality of Copenhagen
Consultant: Ramboll, Contractor: Züblin
Copenhagen Metro – Sydhavn Nordhavnsvej (Northern Harbour Road) is under construction and will be opened end 2017. Nordhavnsvej will
be approximately 1.65 km long including a 620 m Cut & Cover tunnel. The cross section of the tunnel consists
A 5 km extension of Cityringen to the South harbour area is being designed.
The project consists of 5 new stations and 5 km of metro lines. The tunnels will be twin running of 2 road lanes in each direction.
tunnel constructed by two TBM of either EPB or slurry type. The tunnel will be located in the
Copenhagen limestone and for the Southern part in Bryozoan limestone. There is a known fault Nordhavnstunnel
zone, the Carlsberg fault, in between the two types of limestone. The stations will be cut&cover
stations following the same concept as used for the Cityringen metro line with the architectural Client: Danish Road Directorate
design adjusted to the local town conditions. The project includes two cross overs to be constructed Consultant: Ramboll
in open box or caverns structures. The South Harbour metro extension will connect to the
The Nordhavnstunnel (North Harbour Tunnel) will connect Nordhavnsvejen with Nordhavn (a new large urban
Cityringen at the Havneholmen bifurcation chamber presently being constructed as part of
devellopment).
Cityringen.
The project is now in the EIA phase. Construction is expected to start at teh earliest early 2018. The project consist
The tender process for Contractors was initiated in Dec. 2015 and the project is planned for completion
in 2023 of a 1 – 1,5 km long road cut and cover tunnel, 2 lanes in each direction.
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TP4 Urban Tunnels, Copenhagen – Ringsted Damhusledningen
Client: Banedanmark
Contractor: Per Aarsleff A/S Tunneling, Damhusåen Stream, Copenhagen
Construction period: February 2014 to April 2017. Client: HOFOR
Total project comprising 3.7 km of new railway as part of the new Contractor: Østergaard A/S
railway from Copenhagen to Ringsted.
Construction of a 3.4-km-long reservoir pipe of DN3000 mm along the
Kulbane tunnel: Damhusåen Stream, incl. structures. The tunnel is divided into 4
695 m long tunnel consisting of permanent sheet pile walls with sections of 960 m, 640 m, 740 m and 1060 m. 5 construction pits are
element deck and base slab cast in situ. The sheet pile walls and the ceiling are covered with fire insulation established with secant piles of 12-20 m in diameter and with a
which is sprayed on. The current situation is that sheet piles, concrete and fire insulation are 100% complete. depth of about 18 m. 3 start pits and 2 reception pits. Subsequently,
Installations are ongoing. structures of various designs are cast in the pits. The tunneling is carried out in the Copenhagen
Hvidovrevej tunnel: limestone of varying hardness with flint layers of different thicknesses.
560 m long tunnel consisting of secant pile walls with inner wall of concrete cast in situ, base slab cast in situ The reservoir pipe is established by tunneling with an EPB machine which has just completed section
and element deck. Walls and ceiling are covered with fire insulation. The current situation is that secant pile no. 3 of 740 m. On 7 March 2016, the EPB machine started on the last section of 1060 m, with expected
walls are 100% complete. Base slab and inner walls are being carried out. completion in August 2016. The last section crosses the railway at Hvidovre Station.

Danish Society for Tunnels and Underground Works

SWITZERLAND
FUTURE ACTIVITIES Activity Report 2015
6 – 8 member meetings / site visits will be
ararnged
Seminar in connection with ITA Board
meeting in Denmark in June
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2015 – ACTIVITIES (1) 2015 – ACTIVITIES (2)

TUNNELS – UNDER- TUNNELS – UNDER-

Extension of Metro Line H

South Section; 2 new stations and associated

TUNNELS – UNDER- TUNNELS – UNDER-

TUNNELS – UNDER- TUNNELS – UNDER-

PRESENTATION 2015 – ACTIVITIES

TUNNELS – UNDERGROUND WORKS TUNNELS – UNDERGROUND WORKS

The 5 km long Legacy Way road LendLease/Bouygues JV has

TUNNELS – UNDERGROUND WORKS TUNNELS – UNDERGROUND WORKS

CPB/Dragados/John Holland JV has completed excavation of the Work on Perth’s

TUNNELS – UNDERGROUND WORKS TUNNELS – UNDERGROUND WORKS

The Waterview road A Robbins TBM

FUTURE ACTIVITIES FUTURE ACTIVITIES

AUSTRIA ITA-AUSTRIA Annual Report

Focus on High Speed Railway Tunnels: Semmering Base Tunnel

• Altogether about 240km of tunnel under construction right now.

Koralmtunnel Brenner Base Tunnel

Focus on motorway tunnels: Based on safety requirements several motorway tunnels

Tunnel Götschka [picture by PORR]

Focus on hydropower projects:

Hydro Power Plant Obervermunt II [picture by Wolfgang Weber, JÄGER]

Research, development, training and education

Research@ZaB – Zentrum am Berg

• Together with the 64th Geomechanics Colloquium,

• MAIN INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : 2014-2015 TUNNELS & UNDERGROUND

• 2015 : opening Liefkenshoektunnel rail

Logo of your MN Logo of your MN

BHUTAN 2015 - ACTIVITIES

2. Training on Conventional Tunnelling was conducted in

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1. Punatsangchhu – I Hydropower Project (1,200 MW)

24.5 m dia. Surge Shaft Underground Power House

Logo of your MN Logo of your MN

2. Punatsangchhu –II Hydropower Project (1020 MW)

Head Race Tunnel Surge Shaft

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3. Mangdechhu Hydropower Project (720 MW) Work Done

Surge Shaft Power House

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1. Kholongchhu Hydropower Project 2. Nikachhu Hydropower Project

BRAZIL – BRAZILIAN TUNNELLING COMMITTEE

TUNNELS – UNDERGROUND WORKS

• São Paulo Metro Line 5 • Rio de Janeiro Metro Line 4

• For 2016, an award is planned to the best

• In november, CBT will promote the first CANADA

Tunnelling Association of Canada

• Tunnelling Association of Canada •

2015 - ACTIVITIES 2015 - ACTIVITIES

• Tunnelling Association of Canada • Tunnelling Association of Canada

Toronto‐York Spadina Subway Extension Twin Tunnels Project, Toronto,

OLRT – Ottawa Light Rail Transit, Ottawa, Ontario

In Edmonton, work con?nues on

Upper Lillooet/Boulder Creek Hydroelectric Facilities – Evergreen Line, Vancouver, BC

PROJECTS FUTURE ACTIVITIES

• Tunnelling Association of Canada

ACTIVITY REPORT 2015 Execu?ve Secretariat CDT

Technical secretariat Technical working

•  Altogether about 240km of tunnel under construction right now.

•  Together with the 64th Geomechanics Colloquium,

•  MAIN INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES : 2014-2015 TUNNELS & UNDERGROUND

•  2015 : opening Liefkenshoektunnel rail

2.  Training on Conventional Tunnelling was conducted in

BRAZIL – BRAZILIAN TUNNELLING COMMITTEE

•  São Paulo Metro Line 5 •  Rio de Janeiro Metro Line 4

• For 2016, an award is planned to the best

• In november, CBT will promote the first CANADA

•  Tunnelling Association of Canada • 

•  Tunnelling Association of Canada •  Tunnelling Association of Canada

•  Tunnelling Association of Canada

•  NUMBER OF MEMBERS: 84 Members

4.  upgraded CCES-TUWB website; The 17th Academic Communication

•  it is a part of the national

3 June 2016 •  afterwards sealing of concrete structures

v  Underground lines in Phase-III have crossed below the existing