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Event organised by The British Tunnelling Society
Lyon in France and Turin in Italy are two major cities when it comes to European exchanges and economy. Currently, merchandises and goods are mainly carried via trucks between these two locations.
The TELT project is aimed to reduce the traffic on the existing highway by allowing a fast rail connection crossing the Alps relief with a 57,5 km long twin tube tunnel (45 km in France & 12,5 km in Italy).
The construction of this tunnel has been ongoing since October 2021. In addition to traditional methods such as explosives, 7 tunnel boring machines will be used to excavate the work sections.
This project is very challenging due to various aspects: the depth, the geology, the location, the length.
Our three speakers will introduce you to the day-to-day engineering themes encountered to achieve this gigantic milestone and deliver the project, meeting the highest standards of the construction field.
Following the lecture, there will be a networking session with food sponsored by ARX and drinks sponsored by VINCI at ICE Kendal's bar.
VINCI Construction Grands Projets put their expertise and culture of global performance at the service of their clients and communities throughout the world to design and build, in a sustainable and exemplary manner, the major infrastructure of tomorrow.
ARX is a community of talented individuals specializing in the design and management of complex engineering. With global know-how and local best practices, our multidisciplinary Teams develop smart, cost-effective, and sustainable solutions for infrastructures, city, energy and industry projects.
The BTS is a dynamic group of tunnelling professionals sharing knowledge within the industry.
TELT
director of construction
Emmanuel HUMBERT holds a Master's degree in civil engineering from the French National School for State Civil Works. He has worked in the tunnelling industry for more than two decades.
After working for nearly fifteen years at CETU (Center for Tunnel Studies), the French government's technical centre for road tunnels, he joined TELT (Owner of the Lyon-Turin tunnel) as head of the construction department, where he coordinates work on French construction sites.
His experience includes road and rail tunnel construction and has been accumulated over the course of many tunnelling projects as a project engineer or project manager. He has developed extensive professional skills in tunnel design, geotechnical engineering, and project risk and contract management.
He is also a lecturer for postgraduate courses at French universities on the subject of tunnelling and tunnel boring machines. Emmanuel is involved in ITA and is active in the French Tunnelling Association.
Pini Group
head of construction management
Adrian Fontana has been significantly involved in the construction of the longest tunnels in the world for the past 20 years: the Lötschberg Base Tunnel, the Gotthard Base Tunnel, the Ceneri Base Tunnel and the Brenner Base Tunnel.
His experience covers all phases of design, and he held all relevant functions up to project manager at the Ceneri Base Tunnel and the Euralpin Lyon-Turin Tunnel also as consultant to the client.
Adrian Fontana is an expert in contract management and processing. He contractually operated the complex major construction sites of the transalpine rail link in three languages - French, German and Italian. Thanks to his extensive knowledge in underground construction, he now has a universally recognised expertise and leadership skills.
He joined Pini Swiss in 2007. Since 2020, Adrian Fontana has been a member of the Pini Group Executive Board and Head of the Construction Management Division. Adrian Fontana studied in the USA and Fribourg and holds a degree in civil engineering ETS. He is a Swiss citizen. His main references include:
Vinci Construction Grands Projets
technical director
Benjamin Lecomte has experience working on international underground projects for the past 19 years in various technical positions with VINCI. With an extensive background in rock mechanics, geotechnical and deep underground works design, he is currently the technical director of the huge Operational Site Works CO6-7 on Tunnel Euralpin Lyon-Turin project below the Alps Mountain with 46 km to excavate.
With an underground works designer background, Benjamin has worked on more than 40 major projects involving bored and drill and blast tunnels, cryogenic and scientific experiments, sometimes from the tender phase to the end of the construction phase.
Recognised by his peers for his ability to solve complex and challenging technical and underground design issues, he is a holder of the prestigious Structures and Works Aggregation of the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, the highest teaching diploma in France.
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