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ATS 2020+1 New Zealand hub

ATS 2020+1 New Zealand hub

ATS 2020+1 New Zealand hub The Australasian Tunnelling Conference (ATS2020+1) is the premier tunnelling industry conference in Australasia. The organising committee are celebrating 50 years of tunnelling conferences in the region with a theme of innovation to continue the knowledge sharing and peer-to-peer networking tradition…

The Hallandsås Tunnel Project (Sweden)

The Hallandsås Tunnel Project (Sweden)

The Hallandsås Tunnel Project was a major railway infrastructural project in Sweden associated to a long history. It was opened to the public end of 2015. In 2004, the third attempt to complete the construction of the two tunnels started, based on an alternative technical…

The Health and Safety Hazards of Tunnels

The Health and Safety Hazards of Tunnels

The NZTS is pleased to facilitate a 3 day short course presented by Dr Donald Lamont, a leading authority in the world of tunnelling health and safety; advocate and practitioner. The course is aimed at senior practitioners with responsibility for health and safety risk management of…

Worksafe Tunnelling Update on High Hazards Unit Activities and CPD

Worksafe Tunnelling Update on High Hazards Unit Activities and CPD

The New Zealand Tunnelling Society would like to invite you to the above presentation being delivered in Auckland on Thursday, 20 June 2019. Worksafe is responsible for assessing competency of personnel engaged in the extractive industries through the New Zealand Mining Board of Examiners. The…

Rail Tunnel Refurbishment Following the November 2016 Kaikoura Earthquake

Rail Tunnel Refurbishment Following the November 2016 Kaikoura Earthquake

Our presenter: Rafael Sierra Ballen has worked as a construction manager for over thirty years in South America, the Middle East, Asia, Australia and New Zealand for major civil engineering projects as a tunnel design manager and a tunnel construction manager. Topics Covered During this…