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Diary Dates

October 5-7, 2010 - NO-DIG LIVE, Stoneleigh Park, Near Coventry, UK


November 8-10, 2010 - 28th ISTT INTERNATIONAL NO-DIG, Suntec, Singapore


2010, September 5 - 10

Event:
IAEG Congress 2010
Location:
New Zealand: SkyCity Convention Centre, Auckland
Convened to address the role of engineering geologists and geo-practitioners in geologically active terrain. Keynote speakers and papers will be invited to present a commentary on state-of-the-art in areas that highlight the changing and developing roles of the geo-practitioner.
www.iaeg2010.com

2010, September 16

Event:
BTS - British Tunnelling Society Meeting
Location:
London: Institution of Civil Engineers, One Great George Street, Westminster
Tunnelling in Seattle; Past, Present and Future - Anthony Pooly, Jacobs, Project Manager for the Brightwater Water Conveyance Project: How tunnels have been used in Seattle and why they are now starting to push the envelope in American tunneling. The talk will look in detail at recent projects, particularly Brightwater, and at the planned 58ft-diameter bore for the Alaskan Way viaduct replacement tunnel. The $2 billion Brightwater wastewater treatment system includes 14 miles of soft-ground bored tunnel using two EPB and two slurry TBMs boring long drives under high mining pressures. Tea at 5.30pm; Meeting starts 6.00pm; finishes 7.30pm; ICE's licensed bar open after the meeting. All are welcome.
www.britishtunnelling.org.uk/meetings.php

2010, September 21 - 24

Event:
InnoTrans 2010
Location:
Germany: Berlin Messe
World-leading trade fair focussing on railway technology, infrastructure, tunnel construction, public transport, and interiors, with nearly 2,000 exhibitors from 41 countries registered and an anticipated 86,000 trade visitors from more than 100 countries expected. The machinery, parts and accessories, safety technologies, communications equipment, repair and maintenance specialities, and consulting services needed specifically for the construction of tunnels and the operation of underground railways are concentrated in Hall 5.2 of the vast Messe complex. Accompanying the tunnel construction segment, STUVA, Germany's Incorporated Association for Underground Transport Systems, will lead round-table discussions titled 'International Tunnel Forum' at InnoTrans 2010. All are invited!
www.innotrans.com

2010, October 6 - 8

Event:
5th International Seminar on Deep and High Stress Mining
Location:
Chile: Santiago
The programme will include time for oral presentation and discussion, technical visits to deep underground and open pit mines, short courses, and tourist activities for accompanying persons.
web.ing.puc.cl/~deepmining2010/

2010, October 17 - 20

Event:
First International Symposium on Archimedes Bridge (ISAB-2010)
Location:
China: Qiandao Lake
The location of the symposium is the site of the first Archimedes Bridge (AB) Prototype, which is designed to be built in Qiandao Lake. The aim of ISAB-2010 is to provide a global forum for scientists, engineers and technicians around the world who are involved or interested in researches and developments on the innovative technologies of AB, to share their research progresses and conceptual design advances, and to discuss and improve the challenging issues of AB and submerged floating tunnels.
www.ISAB2010.com

2010, October 21

Event:
Sir Alan Muir Wood Memorial Symposium.
Location:
London: Institution of Civil Engineers, One Great George Street, Westminster
A prestigious full day programme to celebrate the contribution to Civil Engineering by Sir Alan Muir Wood who died in 2009. A distinguished panel of speakers, including Professor Robert Mair, Professor Paul Jowitt, Martin Knights, Professor John Burland, Colin Warren, John Sharp, Robert Muir Wood and Professor David Muir Wood, will present their latest work containing challenging reviews, insights and ideas. Topics to be discussed include Sir Alan’s life and contribution to the Civil Engineering profession; international issues in tunnelling - the role of the ITA; the paradox of the Gaussian subsidence trough; modelling catastrophic consequences of coastal defence failures; tunnelling and geotechnics - case histories and research developments. The day will end with a Commemorative Dinner to be attended as an option and for an additional fee. Click here to download a programme pdf and visit the website to register on-line.
www.event-logistics.co.uk/bts
www.britishtunnelling.org.uk/index.php
tunneltalk.com/images/diaryDates/BTSInvitation_brochure.pdf

2010, October 23 - 27

Event:
ISRM International Symposium 2010
Location:
India, New Delhi, India Habitat Centre (Convention Centre), Lodi Road
Themes within this event are related to the advances in rock engineering.
arms2010.org

2010, October 25 - 27

Event:
CODATU XIV
Location:
Argentina: Buenos Aires
Under the theme Sustainable Transport and the Quality of Life in the City, the sub-themes are: Policy of Urban Transport; The Offer of Services of the Sustainable Transportation; The Individual Motorized Transport; Agent of the Sustainable Urban Mobility; and How to Improve the Quality of Public Transport?
www.codatu.org/english/services/news.htm

2010, November 8 - 10

Event:
International No-Dig 2010
Location:
Singapore: Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre
The International Society for Trenchless Technology (ISTT) looks forward to welcoming exhibitors and delegates to join this important forum where the industry can look forward to a lively exchange of information with municipal utility engineers and managers in the region.
www.nodigsingapore.com
www.suntecsingapore.com/geninfo/locationmap.htm

2011, March 1 - 3

Event:
International Conference on Tunnelling and Trenchless Technology
Location:
Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur
To be organized by the Tunnelling and Underground Space Division of the IEM.
www.iem.org.my/wapi/mctweb.dll/getObject?MID=IEMWEB-MAIN2&objID=1

2011, May 21 - 26

Event:
WTC 2011
Location:
Finland: Helsinki
The Finnish Tunnelling Association (FTA) is pleased to welcome you to Helsinki, Finland for the ITA-AITES 2011 World Tunnel Congress “Underground spaces in the service of a sustainable society” and the 37th ITA-AITES General Assembly, which will be held at Finlandia Hall Conference and Exhibition Centre from 21 to 26 May, 2011.
www.wtc11.org/

2011, September 12 - 15

Event:
Sixth International Symposium on Sprayed Concrete
Location:
Norway, Tromsø
Focusing on wet mix fibre reinforced sprayed concrete for underground support with four main sessions consisting of invited and submitted papers, followed by discussions.
sprayedconcrete.no

2011, October 17 - 19

Event:
CONGRES INTERNATIONAL AFTES
Location:
France: Lyon
The 2011 Congress of AFTES is organized jointly with Associations of neighboring countries: Belgium, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Switzerland. We all want to be an encounter not only of engineers tournésvers construction and operation, but also of architects and planners anxious to encourage greater use of the underground. Subterranean structures can and should contribute to meeting the environmental challenge.
www.aftes.asso.fr