Several important future events will take place in 2008-2009. The following ones will be sponsored by ITA
(for details go to the page future events):
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22-27 September 2008, Agra, India. WTC'08 and ITA-AITES General Assembly
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23-26 September 2008, Berlin, Germany. InnoTrans 2008
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6-8 October 2008, Monaco. Building Underground for the Future.
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22-24 October 2008, Wroclaw, X International Conference - Underground Urban Infrastructure 2008
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10-12 November 2008,Singapore. ICDE 2008
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23-28 May 2009, Budapest, World Tunnel Congress & 35th ITA General Assembly
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22-25 June 2009, Trondheim, 5th Symposium of Strait Crossings
WTC'08 AGRA, India |
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In less than one month from now will take place the WTC'08 in Agra (India) and the 34th ITA General Assembly. All information is available on the web site and we are glad to inform you that the online registration and payment facility have been activated on the World Tunnel Congress 2008 website www.wtc2008.org .Please note that the payment of registration fee by credit card will incur a bank transaction charges @ 2.6% + service tax (statutory) which have to be paid along with the registration fee.We request you to pay online on the congress website. Do not forget to register for... |
Tribune 2008 is available |
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The issue n°32 of Tribune can be dowloaded from the website. It contains a focus on India as well as ITA Member Nations reports for the year 2007 and reports from ITA Prime Sponsors and supporters. more |
WG recommendations presented as didactic material |
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The following recommendations produced by the ITA WG2, WG6 and WG16 are now available as didactic material: WG2 : Settlement induced by tunnelling in soft ground WG6 : Guidelines for structural fire resistance for road tunnels WG16 : Technical features for quality procedures in tunnelling |
Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology (TUST) online |
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TUST online is now available for ITA Members. Interested members should go in the private area of the web site. |
WG 13 General report |
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A general report summarizing the activities of the WG 13 "Direct and Indirect Advantages of Underground Structures" has been prepared by Jean-Paul Godard,John Reilly and Raymond L. Sterling Download the report |
Kazakhstan future ITA Member Nation |
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The launching seminar of the Kazakhstan Tunnelling Association (KTA) took place in Astana on May the 15th. The seminar has been chaired by Baibol UTEPBAYEV, President of KTA. More than 80 persons representing companies and public services of Kazakhstan took part in the seminar.ITA has been invited to participate and was represented by its General Secretary, Claude Berenguier.The formal adhesion of Kazakhstan inside ITA through KTA will be done during the 34th ITA General Assembly in Agra. Kazakhstan will become the 53rd ITA Member Nation. |
ITACUS Press release |
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The Steering Board of the ITA Committee on Underground Space – ITACUS, met in Sao Paulo on 27 and 28 June 2008 on occasion of the 2nd Brazilian Tunnelling Conference 2008. During the meeting the work programme for the committee was finalised and approved by the Steering Board. The work programme will now be presented to the ITA General Assembly 2008 in Agra, India, for approval, making it possible for ITACUS to continue its already started activities. The Steering Board of ITACUS will actively pursue making contact with other international organisations, especially in the field of Regional... |
News from Australia and New Zealand (Summer 2008) |
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Tunnelling in Australia and New Zealand Over the past few years tunnelling has really taken off in Australia although recently the focus has moved away from Sydney to Brisbane. The recent 13th Tunnelling Conference held by the Australasian Tunnelling Society in Melbourne attracted over 350 attendees and papers were presented on a variety of road, rail and service tunnel projects planned and under construction. Tunnelling in New Zealand has begun to expand in recent years as well and the Australasian Tunnelling Society (previously known as the Australian Underground Construction and... |
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News from Austria (Summer 2008) |
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Cut-through ceremony on the Tauern Tunnel Second Tube project Only a few days ago, the final cut-through was celebrated on the Tauern Tunnel Second Tube project, on the A10 Motorway south of Salzburg. This was achieved after a construction time of only 22 months. Many guests and VIPs from politics, the media and the construction industry had the opportunity to get an idea of this extraordinary tunnelling feat at the cut-through ceremony last Friday. Thus, Alfred Sebl, Chief Executive Officer of Porr Technobau und Umwelt AG, emphasised in his welcome address: "This is indeed a historic... |
Brazilian- Japanese exchange cooperation year |
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The Brazilian Government instituted the year of 2008 as the Brazilian and Japanese Exchange Cooperation Year, when the Centennial of the Japanese Immigration in Brazil is commemorated. Therefore, during the June of 2008, a series of commemorative activities were being programmed by the Japanese and Brazilian Authorities and the Nikkey Community in Brazil. Representatives of the Imperial Family of the Japan also appeared for the festivities. As part of this great programming, the Brazilian Japanese Researchers Society – SBPN organized the... |
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News from Brazil - 2nd Brazilian Tunneling Congress and South American Tunneling – 2008 |
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Congress and Symposium join 550 engineers from 22 countries in São Paulo
São Paulo, the main Brazilian metropolis, was the center of the international tunneling community in July 2008. Two important technical meetings were held between June 23rd and 26th. The first event was the 2nd Brazilian Tunneling and Underground Structures Congress. The second was the International Seminary South American Tunneling – 2008 (SAT’2008). About 550 engineers and experts in underground works from 22 countries around the world joined both events. The meetings were promoted by the Brazilian Tunneling... |
News from ACTOS (Colombia) |
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Our Corporate Member ACTOS is organizing the 3rd Andin Seminar on Tunnels and Underground works. This seminar will take place in Bogota on the 24 and 25 November 2008. More information on their website More on the leaflet |
News from the Czech Tunnelling Association (CzTA) - August 2008 |
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Meetings of the new CTuC (CzTA) Board: Meetings of the new board which took place on 24th January 2008 and 30th April 2008. At the beginning of the first meeting, the Board assessed the results of the previous term. Then they elected two vice-chairmen, namely Prof. Jiří Barták (the Czech Technical University in Prague) and Mr. Stanislav Sikora (VOKD a.s.). In addition, the members of the Board distributed responsibilities for individual fields of the Committee activities among themselves as follows:
- Tunel magazine and the edition of CTuC (CzTA) Documents – Prof. Jiří... |
News from Portugal (Summer 2008) |
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CPT Seminar on Tunnels and Underground Works in Portugal The Portuguese Tunnelling Commission-CPT-the ITA national group, organized in Lisbon, on the 29 and 30 of May,2008 , a Seminar on the above theme, as a starting point to a future edition of a book on the same subject , to be carried out by CPT in a next future. ITA sponsered the event and Dr. François Vuilleumier, from ITA Executive Council, delivered 2 lectures. The Seminar was a success, with 198 participants, 24 sponsors , 12 exibitors, and 20 technical presentations on the most important road, ... |
News from Russia (Summer 2008) |
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Underground City 2008 The 5-th international exhibition “Underground City-2008” will take place in Moscow (Russia) from 10-th to 13-th of November’08. Experience of underground space development, solution of urgent issues will be demonstrated. At the suggestion of the Russian Tunneling Association, the international scientific conference “Developing features of underground space and urbanization in large cities” will be held under the direction of the Department of town-planning policy, development and Moscow city renewal. The object of the conference is to discuss the forming and... |
News from Singapore (Summer 2008) |
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TUCSS 2 day short course TUCSS jointly with the Land Transport Academy (LTA) Academy organised a two-day short course on “Planning and Design of Tunnels” on 5th and 6th March 2008 at the Hotel Swissotel Merchant Court. Fifteen industry eminent experts have presented their lectures on various topics including planning, investigations, designs, risk assessment and management and regulatory requirements. It was well attended by slightly more than 100 participants from contractors, consultants, developers and authorities.
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News from Sweden - ISTSS 2008 |
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We would like to inform you that pdf versions of the presentations made during the symposium ISTSS 2008 in Stockholm in March this year are available at the webpage of the symposium. There you can also find some photos from the symposium. The next symposium in the series, ISTSS 2010, will take place 17-19 March 2010 in Frankfurt, Germany. You can already now find some information on the internet . More information, including call for papers, will be available after the summer. |
News from Switzerland (summer 2008) |
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Training course „Sprayed concrete“ at Hagerbach Test Gallery On demand of MC-Bauchemie and the Centre for Concrete Technologies in St. Petersburg, Russia, Hagerbach Test Gallery trained Russian contractors and authorities in production, application and testing of sprayed concrete. Aim of the course was to give an overview on aspects design on application and quality control of high quality sprayed concrete. During intensive discussions open questions of the participants concerning their jobsites could be answered. The main aspects to design an appropriate mix for high quality concrete have... |
News from Gibraltar |
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Morocco and Spain are working to finalise the studies for a railway tunnel under the Strait of Gibraltar. According to the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Miguel Angel Moratinos, the project will be presented to the European Union October the 13th. The goal of this meeting is to obtain a preliminary green light for a project which now estimated to 18 billion euros, more than 3 times the previous estimation of 5.4 billion. The two public companies SEGEC-SA (Spain) and SNED (Morocco) were established in 1996 to be responsible for the project. The tunnel will be approximately 42km, with... |
WTC'09 Budapest - Hungary |
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The ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress 2009 "Safe Tunnelling for the City and Environment" will take place in Budapest/Hungary on 23-28. May, 2009.
The second bulletin including call for papers and registration information as well as Call for sponsorship and exhibition have been released; you can download them on the website.
Please don’t forget to deliver your abstract for lecture until 30th September 2008, about new technique and share experience, knowledge and skills in planning, construction and operation in favor of the safe tunnelling for the city and for... |
WTC'10 - Vancouver Canada |
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The World Tunnel Congress 2010 and 36th ITA general Assembly will take place inVancouver CAnada; 14-20 May 2010. More on the web site |
Tunnelling 2008 |
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16 October 2008, London UK |
1st International Conference on the railroad crossings through the Central Pyrenees |
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29-31 October 2008, Zaragoza, Spain |
Study day on geological drillings |
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16 December 2008, Brussels, Belgium |
OneMine.org Library |
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The OneMine.org library is a world wide initiative that is attempting to create a centralized repository of all information related to the mining and minerals industry. With thousands of documents (and growing) that spans from 1873 to the present day, OneMine is already positioned to be the ‘must have’ product for those doing any kind of research on any aspects of within this industry. On behalf of the OneMine.org Board of Directors, we would like to extend an invitation to you and your organization to attend the OneMine Launch that is happening at MinExpo. Please click the link to... |
First Regional and 8th Iranian Conference on Tunneling and Underground Spaces
Tunnels & Underground Spaces for Transportation & Urban Development
may 2009 Tehran, Iran
First Circular
ORGANIZED BY
Iranian Tunneling Association (ITA Member), Unit 41, Building No. 467, Corner of 2nd Street, North Karegar Ave., Tehran, Iran
Invitation
Dear Colleagues
Greetings from Iranian Tunneling Association
On behalf of the Organizing Committee of the First Regional and 10th Iranian Conference on Tunneling and Underground Spaces-2009 – Tunnels & Underground Spaces for Transportation and Urban Development, I take great pleasure in extending a cordial invitation to individuals, Regulatory Bodies, Government Departments, Public undertakings, Tunnel Building Contractors and Consultants, Equipment Manufacturers, Technical Research Institutes, Universities and Funding Agencies, who are actively involved in the tunnel and other underground construction, to participate in the various events in conjunction with the Conference from 2009 at Tehran, Iran.
All the agencies involved in tunnel construction including planners, designers, construction firms, consultants and equipment manufacturers are also cordially invited to participate in the exhibition being organized in conjunction with the Conference at Tehran, Iran. In view of the large scale tunneling works to be undertaken for Metro rail, Roads and the development of Water Resources/ Hydropower Projects in the near future and other underground structures being planned in this country, there is vast scope for agencies within as well as outside the country, to demonstrate their capability either in providing services or equipment by taking part in the exhibition.
I look forward to welcome you all at Tehran, Iran, and hope that your stay and experience here will be memorable.
H. Kanani-Moghadam
Chairman, Board of Directors of Iranian Tunneling Association
Call for papers
Abstracts of 500 words are welcome on the conference topics. Please ensure that your abstract is submitted before
December 29, 2008. The abstracts can also be submitted through Congress website (http://www.irta.ir) or e-mail at info@irta.ir. Upon the completion of abstracts review by Technical Committee, authors of the accepted ones will be notified by the end of
February 2009. Full length paper is to be submitted not later than
April 30, 2009.
SECRETARY
Iranian Tunneling Association
Unit 41, Building No. 467, North Karegar Ave., Tehran, Iran
Tel : 98-21-88630495/88630496
Fax : 98-21-88008754
E-mail : info@irta.ir
Website : www.irta.ir
Paper should contain:
A descriptive title, the name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s)
The address for correspondence (including telephone, fax and e-mail) and preferred mode of presentation (oral or poster)
The text must include introduction (objective), methods, result and conclusion .
Official Language
The official languages of the Conference are English and Persian.
Themes
Congress Themes:
Main Theme: " Tunnels & Underground Spaces for Transportation & Urban Development"
Themes:
- Geological-Geotechnical Hazards in Tunneling
- Planning, Investigation and Design of Tunnel, Cavern & Underground Projects
- Tunnel & Cavern Construction Technologies and Equipment
- Tunneling and Risk Management
- Safety Issues – Standards and Policies
- Contract Management and Financing of Underground Construction Projects
- Research & Development
SECRETARY
Iranian Tunneling Association
Unit 41, Building No. 467, North Karegar Ave., Tehran, Iran
Tel : 98-21-88630495/88630496
Fax : 98-21-88008754
E-mail : info@irta.ir
Website : www.irta.ir
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International
Trade Fair for Transport Technology
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Brief Description |
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With a large number of reference projects and over 220 transport technology firms, Berlin is the main focus of Germany's transport engineering industry and an ideal venue for InnoTrans, an international platform for buyers and sellers of passenger and freight transport technology. InnoTrans has become established as an international industry showplace focusing on railway technology. A full range of rail vehicles are presented in static displays on the Messe Berlin tracks located outside the exhibition halls. Other key InnoTrans features include Railway Infrastructure, Interiors, Public Transport (Transport IT, Services) and Tunnel Construction
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The InnoTrans Convention taking place in conjunction with the trade show includes a special Dialogue Forum sponsored by the Deutsches Verkehrsforum (German Transport Forum), Verband Deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen (VDV, Association of German Transport Companies), the Verband der europäischen Schienenverkehrsindustrie (UNIFE, European Rail Transport Industry Association), and the Verbande der Bahnindustrie in Deutschland (VDB, German Rail Industry Association). Initiated and organized by the Deutsche Bahn AG, the European and Asian Rail Summit (EARS) offers excellent dialogue opportunities for transport ministries and general managers of central European and Asian rail transport companies.
Accompanying the Tunnel Construction segment, the Studiengesellschaft für unterirdische Verkehrsanlagen e.V. (STUVA, Incorporated Association for Underground Transport Systems) will lead round-table discussions titled "International Tunnel Forum" at the InnoTrans Convention.
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Railway Technology
Rail vehicles for passenger and freight transport / subassemblies and components (drives, gearings, couplings, brakes, etc.) / vehicle maintenance -
Interiors
Interior fittings -
Infrastructure
Infrastructure / route technology -
Public Transport (Transport IT,
Services)
Fixed facilities / passenger information systems / fare management Information technologies / traffic management / communications / data processing / freight traffic logistics - Consulting, financing, passenger and freight transport firms, associations, science and research
- Tunnel Construction Construction machinery, components and accessories / communications and safety engineering / ventilation systems / energy supply systems and illumination / interior finishing / maintenance / construction products and materials / services / consulting
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International visitors, including public and private transport enterprises and operators; manufacturers and suppliers of transport technology; public administrators and government officials; construction companies; geologists; engineers; miners; consultants; trade associations and institutions; scientists, researchers and developer; the freight shipping industry; media.
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Messe
Berlin GmbH
Information:
Phone: +49 / (0)30 / 3038-2036
Fax: +49 / (0)30 / 3038-2190
E-Mail:
innotrans@messe-berlin.de
Further the interview with
Mr.Hossein Kanani Moghaddam, Chairman of Board
of Directors of Iranian Tunneling Association, the
report of performed activities during 2006 (1385,
Iranian calendar) and visions for 2007 plan (1386,
Iranian calendar) is as following:
Report of
Activates During 2006 and Strategic Planning for
2007
• To carry on Seventh Anniversary of Iranian
Tunneling Association Establishment with Attendance
of Establishers and Legal Entity Members of
Association on April of 2006.
• Publishing the Inter Publication of Association in
Three Number with Following Articles (Heading):
1- Publication of Seventh Tunneling Conference
2- Publication of Seventh Anniversary of Iranian
Tunneling Association Establishment
3- Tunnel (Publication of Iranian Tunneling
Association)
• Holding of Seventh Tunneling Conference on June of
2006.
• Holding of Forth Expert Exhibition of Tunneling
Industry on June of 2006.
• Holding of Tunneling Mechanized Executional
Workshop
• New Design of Iranian Tunneling Association Site
• Purchasing of Iran Tunnel House Building with the
Address of:
Add: No.41, 5th Floor, Building 467, after 2nd
Street, North Karegar Ave., Tehran-Iran
• Office Mobilization of Iran Tunnel House
• Participation in Seventh Exhibition of
Technological and Researching Achievements
• Issuance of Membership Card for Legal Entity and
Individual Members
- Legal Members: 59 Companies
- Permanent Members: 250 Members
- Affiliated Members: 70 Members
- College/University Members: 165 Members
• Publishing of News of Tunneling Industry of Iran
and Through the World Via Site
• Holding the Meetings of Board Directors
• Making Various Correspondence with Institutions,
Organizations, Departments and Legal Entity and
Independent Members
• Getting License from Ministry of Islamic Guidance
for Scientific and Researching Publication Under the
Name of Tunnel
• Establishment of Expert Symposiums
• Establishment of Engineering Books Bank of Iran
Tunneling House and Purchasing 250 Books and 125
Volumes of Professional Publications
• Collection of Strategic Vision Draft of Iran
Tunneling Industry
• Presence of Iranian Tunneling Association in
Tunneling Worldwide Conference and Infrastructural
Spaces
Strategic
Planning of 2007 (1386, Iranian Calendar)
• Providing of Strategic Vision Document of Iran
Tunneling Industry and Submission to the Government
• Completion of Library and Specialized Softwares
• Programming (Planning) of Tunneling Regional
Conference
• Providing of Tunneling Standards in Iran
• Providing of Especial Bill of Quantities on the
Basis of EPC
• Collection and Compiling of Tunneling Engineering
(Expert) Book (Application)
• providing and Publication of Specialty Magazine of
Tunneling Association
• Holding Monthly expert Conferences
• Development of Local (National) and International
Admitting of Legal Entity and Individual Members
• Participation in National and International
Conferences
• Putting More Information in the Site of
Association and Linking with Expert National and
International Sites
• Expert and Training Services for Supplying of
Financial Resources for Association
• Complete the Personnel of Association’s Office in
Tehran
• Collection and Compiling of Safety, Protection and
Healthy Standards Book in Tunneling Industry
• Participation in Tunneling General International
Association
• Selection of Board Directors of Iran Tunneling
Association in 2007
• Carrying Out the Accounting Affairs of Iran
Tunneling Association through Past Years. /B
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