Toward better training and education actions

PORTFOLIO

The ITA-CET committee prepared and validated the following portfolio of activities to be produced by the Foundation

For now, they are of two types: information seminars (1-2 days) or training sessions (5 days).
Other format will be prepared for specific purposes on request.

The following topics can be presented as seminars or training sessions:

Conventional Tunnelling:
Information for Tunnellers on the main principles of Conventional Tunnelling, including necessary site investigation, design, construction, monitoring and contractual aspects.
Tentative programme (Adobe Pdf)>>

Health and Safety during construction:
to provide an introduction to Health and Safety (H&S) in tunnel construction. The seminar would provide a general overview to be followed by more in-depth sessions on the hazards and risk associated with specific tunnelling techniques, generic safety issues affecting all tunnels and generic health issues arising from tunnelling activity. The seminar is aimed at Clients, Designers and Contractors.
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Immersed Tunnels (2-day programme)
Design and Construction of Immersed Tunnels.
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Innovations in Tunnelling
The seminar is intended to give a fairly detailed overview of some important innovative technologies developed in the European project TUNCONSTRUCT (www.tunconstruct.org). This four-year integrated project, which finished in November 2009, involved 36 partners from industry and academia and had a budget € 25 Million. More intensive workshops may be offered on specific topics of interest. The seminar is of interest to owners, designers construction engineers, supervisors, managers and operators.
Tentative programme (Adobe Pdf)>>

Maintenance and operation in Tunnelling.
Seminar Objective: Introduction to the process throughout a project cycle from planning, designing, construction and implementation of a road tunnel with specific focus for Owners and Decision Makers, Consulting Engineers, Contractors and others with an interest in Maintenance and Operation activities Tentative programme is available for download>>

Management of (User) Safety in Underground Facilities:
to provide an introduction to the safe use and operation of underground infrastructures and space with an emphasis on rail, road and metro tunnels. The seminar will provide a general overview to be followed by more in-depth sessions on the management of operational safety during the life of underground facilities, risk associated with the specific of use of the facility, generic safety issues in the use of tunnels. The seminar is aimed at Clients, Designers, Consultants and Contractors.
Tentative programme (Adoba Pdf)>>

Mechanized Tunnelling:
Information for Tunnellers on Mechanized Tunnelling
Tentative programme (Adobe Pdf)>>

Monitoring and Control in Tunnelling
Due to the great variability in the ground conditions, monitoring has an essential role in Tunnelling. It is the only effective mean to allow the tunnel design and construction procedures to be adjusted and validated. The course is of interest for owner, designer and construction engineers, supervisors and managers.
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Principles for Tunnel Design (2-day programme)
To provide design and construction elements to young professionals related to the best practice of tunnel design.
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Principles for Maintenance and Repair of Tunnels. - New Topic
Seminar Objective: Introduction to the Maintenance and Repair process throughout a project cycle from planning, designing, construction and implementation of  tunnel with specific focus for Owners and Decision Makers, Consulting Engineers, Contractors and others with an interest in Maintenance and Repair activities Tentative programme is available for download >>

Underground Space Use
Introduction for engineers, architects, planners and public administrators to the use of underground space to increase liveability and sustainability in urban areas and in other key public resource regions. The seminar will identify key issues that need to be considered when using underground space and will show how these key issues are dealt with on a worldwide basis.
Tentative programme (Adobe Pdf)>>

Risk Management:
Introduction to the Risk Management process throughout a project cycle from planning, designing, construction and implementation of a tunnel or underground project with specific focus for Owners and Decision Makers, Consulting Engineers, Contractors and others with an interest in risk management activities
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Site investigation. - New Topic
Tentative programme is available for download>>

Software application in Tunnelling.
Seminar Objective: a short course for  Tunnel Engineers focusing on the present state-of-the-art Software-controlled Methods in virtually all fields of Tunnel Engineering and Construction. Tentative programme is available for download>>

Sprayed Concrete:
Technical and Practical Aspects on Sprayed Concrete for Underground Structures.
Tentative programme (Adobe Pdf)>>

Planning, Construction and Operation of Common Utility Tunnels
Information for engineers, architects, planners and public administrators on the benefits and logistics involved in the use of common utility tunnels (users) in urban areas..
Tentative programme (Adobe Pdf)>>

Waterproofing:
Information for Engineers and Decision makers on the Waterproofing for Tunnels and, in particular, for the long undersea tunnels.
Tentative programme (Adobe Pdf)>>

Other topics are under preparation, namely repair and maintenance, floating tunnels...