Scientific programme
The final programme can be downloaded in pdf format here.
PROGRAMME OVERVIEW
Monday, June 3, 2019
09:00–09:15 Opening Ceremony
09:15–10:25 Keynote Lectures I and II
10:25–10:50 Coffee break
10:50–12:00 Keynote Lectures III and IV
12:00–13:30 Lunch
13:30–15:30 Parallel Panel discussion and Session 5
15:30–16:00 Coffee break
16:00–18:00 Parallel Sessions 1 and 3
20:00–23:00 Conference dinner at the Břevnov Monastery
Tuesday, June 4, 2019
08:30–10:30 Parallel Sessions 2 and 7
10:30–10:50 Coffee break
10:50–12:30 Parallel Sessions 4 and 5
12:30–14:00 Lunch
14:00–16:00 Parallel Sessions 1 and 6
16:00–16:30 Coffee break
16:30–18:30 Parallel Sessions 3 and 4
Wednesday, June 5, 2019
08:00–14:00 Technical excursions
DETAILED PROGRAMME
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HALL ZENIT + NADIR |
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09:00–09:15 |
Opening Ceremony |
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09:15–10:25 |
Keynote Lectures I and IIChairs: Matouš Hilar, Alexandr Butovič |
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09:15–09:50 | ![]() |
Tunnel construction on state transport infrastructure
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09:50–10:25 | ![]() |
Tunel Ejpovice – experience from the preparation and construction of the longest Czech railway tunnel
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10:25–10:50 |
Coffee break |
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10:50–12:00 |
Keynote Lectures III and IVChairs: Matouš Hilar, Alexandr Butovič |
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10:50–11:25 | ![]() |
The longest underground structure in the world – Brenner Base Tunnel |
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11:25–12:00 | ![]() |
The Gateway Program – the Hudson River Tunnel Project in New York, New Jersey |
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12:00–13:30 |
Lunch |
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13:30–15:30 |
Parallel Panel discussion and Session 5 |
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HALL ZENIT |
Panel discussion: Preparation and construction of long railway tunnelsChairs: Heinz Ehrbar, Konrad Bergmeister, Martin Srb Construction of two high-speed railway tunnels with length exceeding 20 km is planned in the Czech Republic (tunnel Prague – Beroun on the tract Prague – Nürnberg and Ore mountain base tunnel on the tract Prague – Dresden). International experts with experience from similar projects will discuss relevant topics. |
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13:30–13:50 | ![]() |
Invited Lecture: Heinz Ehrbar (Switzerland) Selection of the optimum tunnel system for long railway tunnels with regard to the entire lifecycle |
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13:50–14:10 | Jiří Zmítko (Czech Republic) / Sabine Kulikov (Germany): Geological and geotechnical problems of the cross-border base tunnel under Ore Mountains on Dresden – Prague high speed railway | |||||
14:10–15:30 |
Panel discussion: |
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HALL NADIR |
Session 5 – Numerical modelling, BIM, research and developmentChairs: Shahab Yasrobi, Eva Hrubešová, David Mašín |
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13:30–13:50 | Robert Galler (Austria): Underground energy storage by advanced adiabatic compressed air | |||||
13:50–14:10 | Agustin Ruiz Lopez (United Kingdom): Structural assessment of a segmental grey cast iron ring under typical distortion levels caused by nearby tunnelling | |||||
14:10–14:30 | Maciej Ochmański (Poland): A numerical study of the effects of lining imperfection in EBP tunnelling | |||||
14:30–14:50 | Janosch Stascheit (Germany): Application of building information modelling in a tunnelling project and the data exchange with a process controlling software | |||||
14:50–15:10 | Jiří Platil (Czech Republic): Use of the BIM Method in Designing New Prague Metro D-line Stations | |||||
15:10–15:30 | Marko Andrejašič (Slovenia): Particularities of tunnel primary support modeling in BIM environment | |||||
15:30–16:00 |
Coffee break |
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16:00–18:00 |
Parallel Sessions 1 and 3 |
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HALL ZENIT |
Session 1 – Conventionally excavated tunnelsChairs: Davorin Kolic, Libor Mařík, Pavel Růžička |
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16:00–16:20 | ![]() |
Invited Lecture: Robert Galler (Austria) Challenges during tunnel construction of the underground research center ZAB – Zentrum am Berg |
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16:20–16:40 | ![]() |
Invited Lecture: Davorin Kolic (Croatia) New railway Divaca-Koper: project development |
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16:40–17:00 | Michele Palomba (Italy): The Aguas Santas tunnel: Design and construction aspects of the widest road tunnel in Portugal | |||||
17:00–17:20 | Aleš Gothard (Czech Republic): Underground railway tunnels and station of Espoonlahti, Finland | |||||
17:20–17:40 | Mario Golger (Austria): Granitz Valley Tunnel Chain – Longest Tunnel System of the Koralm Railway on the Carinthian Side | |||||
17:40–18:00 | Christoph Deporta (Austria): Brenner Base Tunnel: Jet grouting for Isarco river underpass | |||||
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Session 3 – Other underground structures, repositories, reconstructions and historyChairs: Martin Knights, Richard Šňupárek, Jan Pruška |
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16:00–16:20 | Jim Rozek (United States): Utilizing Tunnels to Create Green Space in US Urban Areas | |||||
16:20–16:40 | Takao Kono (Japan): Deep excavation work close to the shield tunnel | |||||
16:40–17:00 | Kamil Bednařík (Czech Republic): Underground railway on the Praha-Výstaviště – Praha-Veleslavín section | |||||
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Invited Lecture: Martin Knights (United Kingdom) Future of tunnelling: influences, enablers and needs |
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17:20–17:40 | Aristotelis Caravanas (Bangladesh): Karnaphuli road tunnel project in Bangladesh | |||||
17:40–18:00 | Özgen Kökten (Turkey): 30 m Deep Excavation Braced by Diaphragm Wall and Struts in Soft Organic Clay | |||||
Tuesday, June 4, 2019 |
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08:30–10:30 |
Parallel Sessions 2 and 7 |
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HALL ZENIT |
Session 2 – Mechanically excavated tunnelsChairs: Michael Mooney, Boris Šebesta, Karel Rössler |
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08:30–08:50 |
Invited Lecture: Martin Forster (Germany) Current Developments of Mechanized Tunnelling Technology for Variable Ground Conditions |
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Invited Lecture: Michael Mooney (United States) Artificial Intelligence and Physical Model Based Performance Prediction of EPBM Shield Tunneling |
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09:10–09:30 | Estelle Claeys (France): Singapore metro – Thomson line – contract T219: Innovations on orchard station and tunnels | |||||
09:30–09:50 | Štefan Ivor (Czech Republic): Construction of the Ejpovice tunnels | |||||
09:50–10:10 | Michael Proprenter (Austria): Semmering Base Tunnel | |||||
10:10–10:30 | Gary Peach (United Kingdom): TBMs: Meeting four challenges in Pakistan’s Lower Himalayas | |||||
HALL NADIR |
Session 7 – Risk management, contractual relationships and fundingChairs: Ioannis Bakogiannis, Martin Srb, Jaroslav Beňo |
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08:30–08:50 | Martin Knights (United Kingdom): Current Procurement of UK Tunnelling Projects | |||||
08:50–09:10 | Martin Srb (Czech Republic): Risk management during headrace tunnel reconstruction in Turkey | |||||
09:10–09:30 | Eugenio Zoppis (Italy): The ground risk under the contracts and the geotechnical baseline reports | |||||
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Invited Lecture: Ioannis Bakogiannis (Greece) Design and construction experience of road tunnels with concession contracts |
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09:50–10:10 | Peter Paločko (Slovakia): Single tube or none tunnel? Right reasoning matters | |||||
10:10–10:30 | Ivo Vykydal (Czech Republic): The future of transport construction is in collaboration and digitization – but how to choose the best construction supplier? | |||||
10:30–10:50 |
Coffee break |
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10:50–12:30 |
Parallel Sessions 4 and 5 |
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HALL ZENIT |
Session 4 – Geotechnical investigation and monitoringChairs: Wulf Schubert, Alexandr Rozsypal, Václav Veselý |
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10:50–11:10 | Lina Maria Guayacán-Carrillo (France): Time-dependent behavior of a drift over-excavated in callovo-oxfordian claystone | |||||
11:10–11:30 | Jiří Svoboda (Czech Republic): Interaction physical models at the Bukov URF | |||||
11:30–11:50 | Vladimír Nosek (Czech Republic): Tunnel Ejpovice – the automatic monitoring system for measuring deformations | |||||
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Invited Lecture: Wulf Schubert (Austria) Recent developments in face mapping and tunnel health monitoring |
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12:10–12:30 | Tobias Cordes (Austria): On the Prediction of the Longitudinal Displacement Profile of a Stretch of the Brenner Base Tunnel – Analytical, Experimental and Numerical Approaches | |||||
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Session 5 – Numerical modelling, BIM, research and developmentChairs: Bai Yun, Eva Hrubešová, David Mašín |
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10:50–11:10 | ![]() |
Invited Lecture: Bai Yun (China) Development of Deep Underground Space in Shanghai |
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11:10–11:30 | ![]() |
Invited Lecture: Shahab Yasrobi (Iran) Facing the challenges and the elaborations in the design and construction of a complex urban tunnel – case study of Arash-Esfandiar-Niayesh tunnel |
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11:30–11:50 | Franz Tschuchnigg (Austria): Rodundwerk I – Finite element analysis and design | |||||
11:50–12:10 | Janosch Stascheit (Germany): Combined analytical-numerical face stability calculations for underwater tunnels | |||||
12:10–12:30 | Pengjiao Jia (China): Study on the effect of a new pipe roofing method for a large span metro station in China | |||||
12:30–14:00 |
Lunch |
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14:00–16:00 |
Parallel Sessions 1 and 6 |
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HALL ZENIT |
Session 1 – Conventionally excavated tunnelsChairs: Vojtech Gall, Libor Mařík, Pavel Růžička |
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14:00–14:20 | Jan Korejčík (Austria): Rohtang highway tunnel, NATM experience in Himalayas | |||||
14:20–14:40 | Jiří Patzák (Germany): Tunel Spitzenberg, A44, Germany | |||||
14:40–15:00 | Jan Vesely (Switzerland): Passage under Lövstavägen at Bypass Stockholm – Tunnelling in Mixed Face Conditions | |||||
15:00–15:20 | Lukáš Krotil (Germany): Albvorland Tunnel – excavations on the edge of technical possibilities of the NATM and BIM as challenge for designers | |||||
15:20–15:40 | Ján Kušnír (Slovakia): Construction of new railway tunnels of Diel and Milochov | |||||
15:40–16:00 | Marcel Poštek (Czech Republic): Underground structures of Brno-Prerov railway upgrade, Package 2 | |||||
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Session 6 – Equipment, operational safety and maintenanceChairs: Bernhard Kohl, Hans-Peter Vetsch, Lukáš Rákosník, Miroslav Novák |
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14:00–14:20 | ![]() |
Invited Lecture: Bernhard Kohl (Austria) Prevention and mitigation of tunnel related collisions |
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14:20–14:40 | ![]() |
Invited Lecture: Hans-Peter Vetsch (Switzerland) The Gotthard Base Tunnel: safety challenges in long tunnels and consequences for operations |
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14:40–15:00 | Petr Pospisil (Switzerland): Tunnel ventilation – the key to increase safety and save time and costs | |||||
15:00–15:20 | Paola Clerici (Italy): Automatic Incident Detection software: how video analytics can improve the traffic management of roads and tunnels. Case study: Svrcinovec, Polana, Zilina and Ovciarsko tunnels | |||||
15:20–15:40 | Alexandr Butovič (Czech Republic): The Blanka Tunnel Complex – the Environmental Impact of the Construction | |||||
15:40–16:00 | František Rainer (Czech Republic): Optimization of tunnel traffic control and training of tunnel operators | |||||
16:00–16:30 |
Coffee break |
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16:30–18:30 |
Parallel Sessions 3 and 4 |
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HALL ZENIT |
Session 3 – Other underground structures, repositories, reconstructions and historyChairs: Monika Mitew-Czajewska, Richard Šňupárek, Jan Pruška |
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16:30–16:50 | David Krása (Czech Republic): Prague Metro Line D – an Important Underground Project before Starting the Implementation | |||||
16:50–17:10 | Michele Palomba (Italy): Design aspects of İçerenköy station’s main shaft along the Istanbul metro Dudullu-Bostanci | |||||
17:10–17:30 | Benoit De Rivaz (Belgie): Characteristics of steel and polymer based fibre concrete | |||||
17:30–17:50 | Jiří Barták (Czech Republic): Oldest European Metro System Originated in the 19th Century | |||||
17:50–18:10 | Václav Dohnálek (Czech Republic): Construction of the utility tunnel Hlávkův bridge | |||||
18:10–18:30 | Michal Uhrin (Czech Republic): Design of a structural box outset for a road tunnel in Pilsen | |||||
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Session 4 – Geotechnical investigation and monitoringChairs: Gerhard Harer, Alexandr Rozsypal, Václav Veselý |
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16:30–16:50 | Lubos Misak (Switzerland): Application of GPR technology in tunnels and other underground structures | |||||
16:50–17:10 | Radovan Kukutsch (Czech Republic): Possibilities of using 3D laser scanning in geotechnical practice | |||||
17:10–17:30 | Ajay Naithani (India): Rock mass characterization and support system for underground pump house cavern – a case study, India | |||||
17:30–17:50 | Milan Kössler (Czech Republic): Geotechnical monitoring during the excavation of the portals and mining of the Deboreč tunnel on the 4th railway corridor | |||||
17:50–18:10 | Peter Löwy (Slovakia): Real-time tunnel deformation monitoring using fiber-optic FBG sensing systems | |||||
18:10–18:30 | Hamed Jassim (Iraq): Portal Landslide Analysis of the New Haibat Sultan Tunnels in Koya, Kurdistan Region, Iraq | |||||
Wednesday, June 5, 2019 |
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08:00–14:00 |
Technical excursions |
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