The foundation together with STS Swiss Tunnelling Society organized the WTC training session for young engineers on "Ground Improvement, Pre-Support and Reinforcement"
The objective of the course was to present the state of the art of design and construction of auxiliary measures such as grouting, artificial ground freezing or forepoling.
The course highlighted the theoretical and practical aspects of the wide catalogue of auxiliary measures.
Beside the theoretical aspects of the adequate design also the basic principles of the execution (installation, handling and materials) and several interesting case studies from all over the world were presented.
During these two days, 19 lecturers gave a total of 16 lectures. A short presentation of all contributors is available >>