ICTCD 2025: International Conference on Tunnel Construction and Design

Topics

• Mining and tunneling geophysics
• Tunnelling and underground space technology
• Tunnel safety and ventilation
• Design and construction of tunnels
• Geotechnical investigation for soft ground tunneling
• Sub surface characterization for soft ground
• Tunnel construction in soft ground
• Soils classification of soils for tunneling
• Hand excavation and simple tunnel machines
• Soft ground tunneling
• New Austrian Tunneling Method
• Excavator shields in competent ground
• Compressed air tunneling
• Soft ground slurry tunneling
• Soft ground tunneling ground support system selection
• Tunnel lining selection and design for soft ground
• One pass linings
• Two pass linings
• Jacked pipe linings
• Segmental linings
• Geotechnical site investigation for rock tunneling
• Sub surface characterization for rock
• Tunnel construction in rock
• Rock classification of rock mass for tunneling
• Rock excavation methods
• Rock tunneling
• Road headers in competent ground
• Drill and blast tunnels
• Tunnel excavation performance evaluation
• Hard rock tunneling
• Rock tunnel support system selection
• Tunnel lining selection and design for rock tunnels
• Shaft construction for tunneling
• Supports to hard rock tunnels
• Sheet piles
• Rib and lag and steel supports
• Caissons
• Jet grouting
• Ground freezing
• Slurry walls
• Pipe jacking capabilities, equipment and techniques
• Pipe jacking and microtunneling
• Jacking pipe for pipe jacking/microtunneling
• Microtunneling capabilities, equipment and techniques
• Potential problems in tunneling and shaft construction for tunneling
• Specialist techniques for microtunneling
• Groundwater control
• Ground improvement (grouting methods for ground improvement)
• Tunnel planning and minimization of risk
• Obstructions and mixed face tunneling
• Method and equipment selection
• Investigation and pre planning
• Specification preparation for tunneling
• Performance envelopes for various tunnel methods
• Risk mitigation and management techniques for tunneling
• Contract document preparation for tunneling
• Tunnel and microtunnel cost influences and costs levels
• Tunnel construction management, inspection, monitoring and control
• Tunnel design management and safety
• Tunnel management and safety
• New developments, trends and techniques
• Tunnel and shaft operation safety
• Pipe roofing techniques
• Investigation techniques
• Jacked boxes