Jean-Paul Godard, civil engineer, graduate of the « Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées » in France. Honorary Senior Executive of the « Paris Transportation Authority » (RATP) He has been working for 36 years in this company in different positions: construction of new metro lines and stations, study department, foreign metros, and project management.He has been in-volved in the French and International Tunnelling and Underground Space Associations activities as soon as the 70’s. He has been Vice President of these two associations from 1995 to 2004. Currently Member of the Steering Boards of the French and International Committees on Underground Space (AFTES-COMES and ITACUS).