12th Iranian & 3rd Regional Tunnelling Conference

Conference Themes

- Special themes: Tunnelling and Climate Change

• Introducing underground space projects and clarifying their role on limiting climate change impacts
• Presenting international experiences and long and medium term programs

- Research and development

• Tunneling education
• Recent tunneling technologies
• Value Engineering in Underground Spaces

-Identification and design criteria

• Importance of geological, geophysical and geotechnical studies and investigations
• Analysis and design; criteria and approaches
• Support systems
• Monitoring and Instrumentation
• Environmental impacts
• Risk Analysis

-Underground space construction technologies

• Tunneling methods (Mechanized, Drill and Blast, Cut and Cover)
• Specific underground spaces (Oil and Gas industries, Underground mines)
• Urban Underground Spaces
• Trenchless Technologies (Micro-tunnels and, Pipe-Jacking, HDD)

-Financial, contractual and managerial issues in underground projects

• Contractual issues and risk management
• Design, Construction, and operation management
• Providing financial resources and investments

-Other topics

• Underground space regulations and standards
• Social and environmental considerations
• Safety issues
• Architecture in underground space
• Underground space utilities
• Underground space maintenance issues