NZTS Short Course | Tunnelling in Aotearoa

State of the Art, Trends and Future Challenges
May 2022, Aotea Centre Auckland

The NZTS is pleased to announce their one day short course, Tunnelling in Aotearoa – state of the art, trends and future challenges. Once again, we have assembled a broad agenda including in-depth interactive presentations on matters that affect our industry now and into the future that includes global suppliers, major project case histories and lessons learned from leading subject matter experts.  

The short course is always an invigorating social event and attending will offer you the opportunity to extend your network with the key players in the vibrant and growing New Zealand Tunnelling industry.  It is worth 8 hours of CPD, is fully catered and represents extremely good value.  Presentations will be made available to attendees, and a CPD certificate will be provided post event.     

When: 31 May 2022, 8.30am – 5pm
Where: Aotea Centre, Auckland

Welcome & AGM Matters 0900-0915

Session 1: Planning and Procurement

0915 to 1015

• Climate Change and Transition Engineering Professor Susan Krumdieck (30 minutes)
• Auckland Light Rail the Next Steps (Tommy Parker) (35 mins)

1015 – 1035  Tea & Coffee

1035 – 1225

• Ground Risk Management for Tunnelling Using GeoStatistics Dr Jacob Grasmick (30 mins)
• The Past, Present, and the Future State of BIM in Tunnelling (Dr Jurij Karlovsek University of Queensland)
• Assessing and Mitigating the Risk of Erionite in Auckland an Update (Dr Jennifer Salmond Auckland University (30 mins)

12.25 – 1:15pm Lunch

Part 2:  Delivery and Case Histories

1.15– 2.45pm

• MATES in Construction (Blackie/Richie) (30 mins)
• Ground Behaviour from Central Interceptor Shaft Construction Andy Dodds ARUP (30 mins)
• Lyon Metro Line B Extension: A variable density TBM for remarkably diverse geology Dr Karen Bappler Herrenknecht (30mins)

2.45 – 3.15pm Tea & Coffee

3.15 – 4.45pm

• City Rail Link performance of the first TBM drive and other achievements (Link Alliance)
• Australian Tunnelling Challenges (Dr Harry Asche) (30mins)
• Lessons Learned from the Athens Metro (Dimitrios Goudelis and Michel Petris Ghella SPA)

4.45pm – Closing Remarks

We hope to
see you there,

Kind regards, 
Bill Newns 
New Zealand Tunnelling
Society Chair