September 30th 2019
Chairman: Mark André Haebler – International Sales and Development OGL
E-Power Pipe®: jet pump technology for longdistance drives in small diameters
Relator: Marc Peters (Herrenknecht AG – Germany)
TUnIS Navigation E-Power Pipe – Precise guidance of small diameter tunnelling machines
Relator: Jürgen Göckel (VMT GmbH – Germany)
Stability of surrounding soil by using under pinning pipe jacking method
Relator: Hideki Shimada (Kyushu University, Department of Earth Resources Engineering – Japan)
A microtunnel with a very little radius for a big pipeline
Relator: Vittorio Petrucco (I.C.O.P. S.p.A. – Italy)
October 2nd 2019
Chairman: Claudio Mastronardi – Member of IATT Technical Microtunnelling Commission
The choice of the best technology for laying an underground pipe. A successful case: crossing the Adda river by the direct pipe method
Relator: Mara Tonelli (I.C.O.P. spa – Italy)
Short-Segment Jacking of Water Main for Realignment under Limited Space in Urban Area
Relator: Wu Shihchi (Taipei Water Departmen – Taiwan)
Microtunneling projects for power-transmission pipes- steep slopes and casing technology
Relator: Masahiro Yoshimoto (TEPCO Power Grid Inc. – Japan)
Tight curved microtunnel in Auckland; New Zealand
Relator: Estelle Clayes (Bessac, France)
Technology transfer – how dredging and shipbuilding innovations are improving (micro) tunnelling operations
Relator: Tobias Vraetz (Royal IHC, The Netherlands)