2019 South Australia/Northern Territory Symposium Proceedings

Tunnelling Under Adelaide

The North–South Corridor, when completed, will be a dual-carriageway expressway extending from the Barossa Valley, north of Adelaide to Old Noarlunga, south of Adelaide, a distance in excess of 100km. Construction of the North-South Corridor has proceeded over the last 12 years, however an 11km section from the River Torrens to Darlington is unfunded. This section is on the western side of Adelaide runs and through suburbs with much commercial activity. A planning study is underway for this section. Some options being considered in this study include tunnels.

Australia is in front of a massive infrastructure boom. Most of the future infrastructure projects are entirely or partially tunnelling projects. The South Australia/Northern Territory Chapter of the Australian Geomechanics Society and the Australian Tunnelling Society decided to organise a tunnelling symposium featuring presentations by international and Australian experts to provide local engineers with up-to-date information. This is part of our on-going commitment to provide useful and relevant events and services to the geotechnical engineering community.

We are delighted at the level of interest shown by experienced engineers from interstate and overseas who are offering to present papers, as well as local engineers who’ve registered to attend. The Minister for Planning, Transport and Infrastructure is opening the afternoon session.

We’ve chosen the National Wine Centre as the venue for this symposium. It’s a lovely place, so we’ve extended the opening hours and are providing canapes after the symposium so you can relax and catch up with your colleagues.

This symposium promises to be one of our most successful. We look forward to meeting you at our seminar and all of us to learn more about tunnelling.

Michael Crisp Chair AGS SA/NT

Dr Abbas Taheri Chair Symposium Organising Committee