Shortlisted for ITA Awards

I am very honoured to be shortlisted for the International Tunnelling Associations' ITA Awards (under the category "Young Tunneller of the Year"), in what is considered as the Oscars of the tunnelling industry. A total of 33 finalists (projects and engineers) are selected out of 98 entries from 25 countries in 9 categories. The complete list of finalists is available here. 

ITA Awards Trophy - Bronze bust of Isambard Kingdom Brunel (Sculpted by Sebastien Langloÿs)

All the finalists for the category "Young tunneller of the year" are shown below (in alphabetical order). Link: https://awards.ita-aites.org/finalists/young-tunneller-of-the-year.html?tmpl=component

Join me for the two-day ceremony (with 8 high profile keynote lectures, finalists presentation and awards ceremony) at the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

References:
[1] ITA Awards website and newsletter
[2] Tunnel-Online Info website
[3] Tunnel Talk newsletter
[4] Tunnel Builder newsstream
[5] Argentinian tunnelling society newsletter 

Invited Talk on "Impact assessment on existing tunnels due to TBM tunnelling in close proximity"

With the growing population, the need for TBM tunnels in urban environment has continuously increased in the last decade. The need for TBM tunnels is not only limited to urban transportation but is also constantly increasing for other key infrastructure elements, which results in new tunnels constructed close to existing tunnels / other infrastructure. During this presentation, I presented problems/risks associated with tunnels driven in close proximity and how to assess/quantify the impact. A case study was considered to illustrate the impact assessment and risk evaluation.

A copy of the presentation slides could be accessed here. Details of the conference program below.

3rd Annual Underground Space Engineering, Singapore