Following the success of last December in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the recent training course in Vancouver, Canada, preceding the WTC 2010 was again a great success with 195 registered attendees. This last success proves that the vocation of the Foundation concerns the training of future specialists not only in countries not having a long experience in underground works but also in those countries with matured technology for and experience in tunnelling and underground space development as well mining.

As a matter of fact, a series of more than 5 training courses have been requested and also planned by the Foundation for the coming 12 months (see the relevant section of the website), in various ITA member countries, both new (e.g., Argentina) and old.

SIX NEW PROGRAMMES ARE AVAILABLE

The ITA-CET committee sanctioned six news courses during the last WTC in Vancouver:

• Immersed Tunnels
• Planning, Construction and Operation of Common Utility Tunnels
• Innovations in Tunnelling
• Monitoring and Control in Tunnelling
• Principles for Tunnel Design
• Underground Space Use

We've updated our portfolio which now includes thirteen courses.

Follow this link to read the tentative courses and get more details about these new programmes>>

We are very pleased to announce that Professor In-Mo Lee from South-Korea has been elected President of ITA-AITES during the WTC 2010 in Vancouver.

From now on, Professor In-Mo Lee  will be the new ITA-AITES delegate to the  ITACET Council of Foundation.
 

During the ITA-AITES General assembly in Vancouver, André Assis, Chairman of the Executive Board of the Foundation,  presented an updated activities report of the Foundation for the period 10.2009 - 06.2010.

Abstract of the presentation is available here>>

The slideshow used for the presentation is available for download (Adobe Pdf File) >>

With 195 participants from 32 countries including 85 from Canada and 45 from USA, the seminar held during the WTC10 in Vancouver (14-15  May 2010) was a great success.

The 2-day course, organized by the Foundation ITACET and the Tunnelling Association of Canada  (TAC), allowed  21 speakers of the academic an industrial world to provide 17 hours of  courses on General Tunneling.

Next seminar "Training Session on Immersed Tunnels" will be held in Abu Dhabi – October 2010.

Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)  – October 2010: Training Session on “Immersed Tunnels”

Buenos Aires (Argentina) – October 2010: Training Session on "Construction Methods”

Bangkok (Thailand)  – November 2010: Training Session on “Tunnel design, instrumentation and risk management”

Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) – 27-28 February 2011: Training Session on “Design for Tunnelling”

Helsinki (Finland) – 20-21 May 2011: Training session on “Holistic Approach for use of wet sprayed concrete for rock support” during WTC 2011

4th Foundation Council in Lausanne
The council of the ITACET Foundation met for the fourth time in Lausanne, on June 22, 2010. 

At this occasion, the council approved the minutes of the 3rd Council of the Foundation held in December 2009.
To read these minutes and acknowledge the main decision taken follow this link (Adobe Pdf) >>

To know more about the main decisions taken or discussed follow this link>>

The Foundation followed with interest the Training course "Planning and Design of Tunnels” organized by  the Tunnelling and Underground Construction Society (Singapore) TUCSS on June 9th, 2010, in Singapore.

This event was a great success and the Foundation is looking forward for further collaboration with TUCSS.

Training and continued education is critically important to engineers and allied professionals working in the construction industry. This is particularly so in the field of tunnelling, which is fast-changing and operating in a high-risk environment. With this in mind, the Tunnelling and Underground Construction Society (Singapore) (TUCSS) is organising a series of training courses, workshops and seminars to meet the professional development needs of its members and the industry.