ABSTRACTS AND PAPERS

Important Dates

The Organising Committee of the WTC 2020 cordially invites you to submit abstract(s) of not more than 200 words for the Congress.

Important Dates

Call for papers : 01 January 2018
Latest submission of abstracts : 30 June 2019
Acceptance of abstracts :30 June 2019

Submission of papers : 30 September 2019
Acceptance of papers : 30 November 2019
Notification to speakers : 15 January 2020

The Congress language shall be English.

Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit upgraded versions of their papers for publication as full journal papers in Geotechnical Engineering Journal of the SEAGS & AGSSEA (which is an EI, ESCI and Scopus indexed journal).

Session Topics

Growing numbers of underground innovations claimed to hold the key to unlock the door to a ‘smarter urban connectivity’. More often than not, these innovations were being embedded into highly complex underground projects that aim to minimise environmental hazards, to save energy, to increase the functional diversity of the urban structure, to reduce the need of local transportation, to make services more easily accessible to residents, and to protect the urban landscape as well as culture for sustainable urban development.

This Congress aims at providing a forum for practising professionals – engineers, consultants, contractors, technologists, researchers, academicians, manufacturers and suppliers to share their experiences, research, studies and views so as to contribute to the advancement of Innovation and Sustainable Underground Serving Global Connectivity. A wide range of high quality scientific and technical papers of international or regional significance on tunnelling and underground space development is expected on, but not limited to, the following topics.

Innovation in tunnels and tunnelling technology
Innovation in rock support and water proofing technology
Sustainable and strategic use of underground space
Environment sustainability in underground construction
Urban dewatering and flood control with underground tunnels
Planning, design and construction of tunnels and underground structures
Risk, health and safety, contractual practices and project management of underground construction
Instrumentation and monitoring in underground construction
Conventional tunnelling, sprayed concrete use, drill and blast excavation
Mechanised tunnelling and excavation (hard rock, soft rock and soil)
Site investigation and ground characterisation
Geological and geotechnical aspects in underground construction
Stability assessment and ground stabilisation in underground construction
Operation, repair and maintenance of tunnels and underground structures
Design and installation of mechanical and electrical systems for underground structures
Information modelling in tunnelling and underground space development
Projects and case histories
Others (e.g. economics of tunnels and use of underground space, life cycle asset management, etc.)

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