Lunchtime lecture series

Thanks to the contribution of the ITA’s working groups and committees, training sessions are organised every month to report on new developments and best practices on a wide range of topics relating to the design and construction of underground structures.

Forthcoming sessions

Lunchtime lecture series#48

Unlocking the Underground: Powering Urban Growth and Climate Resilience
This instalment of the Lunchtime lecture series will focus on ‘Unlocking the Underground: Powering Urban Growth and Climate Resilience’  in collaboration with ITA AITES ITACUS. The episode will feature three lectures and will finish with a Q&A with all speakers. It will begin at 13:00 CET
2025-09-09

Lunchtime lecture series#47

Design of fibre reinforced segments
This instalment of the Lunchtime lecture series will focus on ‘Design of fibre reinforced segments’  in collaboration with ITA AITES ITAtech. The episode will feature three lectures and will finish with a Q&A with all speakers. It will begin at 13:00 CET
2025-07-08

Lunchtime lecture series#46

Challenges and new frontiers of tunnelling refurbishment
This instalment of the Lunchtime lecture series will focus on ‘Challenges and new frontiers of tunnelling refurbishment’  in collaboration with ITA AITES WG6. The episode will feature three lectures and will finish with a Q&A with all speakers. It will begin at 13:00 CET
2025-06-10

Past sessions

Lunchtime lecture series #45

Sustainable Tunnelling
2025-04-08

Lunchtime lecture series #43

Contractual tools for a good project management
2025-02-11

Lunchtime lecture series #42

The seismic design of tunnels and underground structures
2025-01-14

Lunchtime lecture series #41

Towards BIM-based tunnel operation & maintenance
2024-10-12

Lunchtime lecture series #44

Mechanised rehabilitation works in tunnelling
2025-03-11

Lunchtime lecture series #40

Face stability issues
2024-11-12
to 2024-12-29

Lunchtime lecture series #39

Practical Aspects of Segmental Tunnel Lining Design
2024-11-25
to 2024-11-29

Lunchtime lecture series #38

EPB tunnelling: environmental aspects and re-use opportunities of the conditioned muck
2024-09-10

Lunchtime lecture series #37

H&S lessons from recent projects
2024-07-09

Lunchtime lecture series #36

Low carbon tunnelling
2024-06-11

Lunchtime lecture series #35

Logistics in long and deep tunnels
2024-05-15

Lunchtime lecture series #34

New developments in BIM
2024-04-09

Lunchtime lecture series #33

Sprayed concrete use
2024-02-13

Lunchtime lecture series #32

Latest innovations in immersed tube tunnels
2024-01-09

Lunchtime lecture series #31

Conventional tunnelling in an urban setting : design and construction considerations
2024-03-12

Lunchtime lecture series#30

Conventional tunnelling in highly deformable rocks
2023-11-14

Lunchtime lecture series #29

TBM driving main parameters
2023-10-10

Lunchtime lecture series #28

Planning for the subsurface and underground space use
2023-09-12

Lunchtime lecture series #27

Occupational health in tunneling
2023-07-11

Lunchtime lecture series #26

Life cycle analysis in tunnelling activities
2023-06-13

Lunchtime lecture series #25

Service of machinery in mechanized tunnelling
2023-04-11

Lunchtime lecture series #24

Risk Management
2023-03-14

Lunchtime lecture series #23

3 spotlights | From procurement to execution of a contract
2023-02-14

Lunchtime lecture series #22

Sustainability issues - The future of underground
2023-01-10

Lunchtime lecture series #21

Carbone neutral underground
2022-12-13

Lunchtime lecture series #20

H&S during design
2022-11-08

Lunchtime Lecture Series #19

Risks related to new energy carriers in tunnels
2022-10-11

Lunchtime Lecture Series #18

Tunnels and Earthquakes
2022-12-22

Lunchtime lecture series #17

Build sustainable Precast Segment Lining with Fibre Reinforced Concrete
2022-12-07

Lunchtime Lecture Series #16

Robots & data processing
2022-06-14

Lunchtime lecture series #15

BIM
2022-05-10

Lunchtime lecture series #14

Immersed and floating tunnels
2022-04-12

Lunchtime Lecture Series #13

Site Investigations in underground projects: background and case histories
2022-03-08

Lunchtime Lecture Series #12

Modelling and use of the subsurface | Planning
2022-02-08

Lunchtime lecture series #11

Fires in tunnels - lessons learnt and structural design
2022-01-11

Lunchtime Lecture series #10

Mechanized Tunnelling
2021-12-14

Lunchtime lecture series #9

Specificity and Challenges of long tunnels at great depth
2021-11-09

Lunchtime lecture series #8

Structural use of Permanent fibre Sprayed Concrete linings
2021-10-12

Lunchtime lecture series #7

Tunnel Refurbishment
2021-09-21

Lunchtime lecture series #6

Into the Future
2021-07-13