Shanghai, P.R of China, 9-13 November 2012
Following the success of the 2011 Training session on Safety Operation in Metro and Road Tunnels, the Shanghai Society of Civil Engineering asked the Foundation to organize in November 2012 a new training session on the same topic.
During the three days that lasted the seminar, ten lecturers provided an introduction to the state of the art in design, construction, operation and safety management of metro and road tunnels.
The seminar, supported by Tongji University, China Civil Engineering Society and ITA-AITES, provided in-depth sessions on tunnel design principles, tunnel construction technology, tunnel operation safety, disaster prevention technology and monitoring technology.
More than 200 participants, owners, contractors, designers, consultants, operators and government supervisors attended a successfull training session.
L. to R on the picture; Messrs . Bai Yun, Niels Peter Høj and Andre Assis.
The program of the event is available to download (Pdf) >>
Second announcement of the seminar (Pdf)>>