October tech talk: Road and rail tunnels that crisscross our cities – Exploring the crossover with underground mining development

Join the Sydney Branch for their October tech talk: Road and rail tunnels that crisscross our cities – Exploring the crossover with underground mining development.

About this event

For the past decade, Australia has had a love affair with civil infrastructure tunnels.  Road and rail tunnels crisscross our cities.

Unsurprisingly, the performance criteria for tunnels are much tighter than those typically specified for mining. This leads to tunnel designs which tend to be more detailed and more critiqued than usually found in mining. Given that, it may surprise some to learn that several mining solutions have been introduced as innovations to tunnelling. The crossover between the two fields offers great opportunities to both.

Our speaker, Dr Robert Bertuzzi’s engaging presentation will explore this crossover theme using his 30 years’ experience in the two overlapping industries.

This event is free for all Students, and they are encouraged to attend.

Program:
5.00pm - 5.40pm: Registration and networking
5.40pm - 5.45pm: Welcome 
5.45pm - 6.30pm: Presentation
6.30pm - 6.45pm: Q&A
6.45pm - 8.00pm: Networking    

Speaker/s

Dr Robert Bertuzzi

MAusIMM

Principal, PSM

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Robert graduated from the University of Sydney in 1985 with a bachelor’s degree in mining engineering and the University Medal. He completed a masters in rock mechanics (subsidence) at the University of Sydney in 1989 while working in underground and open pit coal mining (Coal & Allied, ACIRL, Mae Moh (Thailand)). He then lost his way and became a tunnelling engineer on the English Channel Tunnel. He joined PSM in January 1994, and is now the Chair of its Board, he splits his work between mining and tunnelling.

Robert completed his PhD in 2017 at University of New South Wales with the thesis “Rock mass properties for tunnelling”. He is fortunate in having worked on many mining and tunnelling projects in Australia with some outstanding people within the consulting, mining and civil contracting professions.