Control and Monitoring of Tunnels and Underground Space

Control and Monitoring of Tunnels and Underground Space

The ITACET Foundation and the Druk Green Power Corporation Limited (DGPC) collaborated to conduct a training session on the “Control and Monitoring of the Construction of Tunnels and Underground Space” on November 27th & 28th 2017 in Thimphu, Bhutan. Six...
Flood Control and Tunnelling

Flood Control and Tunnelling

The change in climate and the spread of urbanization are leaving populations increasingly at risk from flooding. Tunnels are an effective means of diverting flood water and over recent years, numerous cities around the world have built flood control tunnels in order...
Risk Management in tunnelling Chile

Risk Management in tunnelling Chile

Underground works are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, which must be sufficiently taken into account by all stakeholders if a project is to meet with success. Over recent years, growing awareness of the importance of risk management has led to an...
Sustainability and eco-friendly tunnelling

Sustainability and eco-friendly tunnelling

The magnificent “Palacio de las Aguas Corrientes” was the stunning venue for this training session on sustainability and eco-friendly tunnelling, which was organized on 6th September in collaboration with the Argentinian Tunnelling and Underground Space...
WTC 2017: Excavation and Support in Soft Ground Conditions

WTC 2017: Excavation and Support in Soft Ground Conditions

There has been an incredible worldwide development in soft ground tunnelling over recent years and many major ongoing tunnel projects involve difficult soft ground excavation. With this in mind, the 2017 WTC training course focussed on the topic of “Excavation...