World Tunnel Congress 2016 in San Francisco (USA); more
than 2 200 participants; Tarcisio Celestino, new president (2016-2019) of the
International Association of Tunnels and Underground Space ITA-AITES
San Francisco, California, May 2016.- The International Association of Tunnels and
Underground Space (ITA-AITES) held from 22 to 28 April 2016, its 42nd General
Assembly on the occasion of World Tunnel Congress (WTC) in San Francisco (U.S).
The International
Association of Tunnels and Underground Space (ITA) is a non-profit and
international non-governmental organization, which aims to promote the use of
underground space as a solution for sustainable development. It was founded in
1974 and operates from Lausanne, Switzerland, ITA currently associates 73
Member States, 300 affiliated members, Prime Sponsors 17 and 60 supporters.
The most anticipated
tunnels international industry event was organized with the Underground
Construction Association, the Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration
(SME UCA) and the Conference North Tunnel (NAT) America.
UCA is an interactive
information SME community, engineers, contractors, owners and government agents
with a professional interest in the underground construction industry. Society
of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, SME, is a professional non-profit
association with over 15,000 members representing all professions serving the
mineral industry in more than 100 member countries of the SME. They are
engineers, geologists, metallurgists, educators, students and researchers.
The WTC 2016
presented the latest innovations in urban planning and underground construction
projects in the United States and around the world, in an environment where
states show a compelling need for tunnels and underground spaces for public
transport exchangers subway, hydropower infrastructure, etc.,
It highlighted the
sustainable and economic impact of tunnels and underground spaces within each
country as well as the importance of digitization and connectivity, through
different kind of technical sessions
about lessons learned in tunnel projects highlights.
Tarcisio Celestino, new President (2016-2019) of the
International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association.
Tarcisio Celestino, from
Brazil, was elected during the General Assembly of the association and revealed
some points of its strategic plan for the ITA for the next three years.
Tarcisio Barreto Celestino. He graduated in Civil
Engineering from the Polytechnic School of the University of Sao Paulo (1972),
a master's degree in Civil Engineering - University of California, Berkeley
(1978) and Doctor of Civil Engineering - University of California, Berkeley
(1981).
Professor PhD from
the University of Sao Paulo and manager of civil engineering - Engineering
Themag, President of the Brazilian Tunnel Committee, Coordinator of the Working
Group concrete designed the International Tunnelling Association and consultant
to the Research Foundation of the State of Sao Paul .
Professor of the
Master of Underground Works IHE-Delft, The Netherlands. He has experience in
Civil Engineering with emphasis on the mechanical properties of the rocks,
which acts on the following topics: Tunnels, rock mechanics, shotcrete, dams
and applications of numerical methods. He has published numerous books and
articles on the subject.
Awards and
recognitions.
Manuel Rocha Award
2012, Brazilian Association of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering -
ABMS.
2008 Tribute in
recognition of the contribution to growth ABGE and Environmental Engineering
and Geology in Brazil, the Brazilian Association of Engineering and
Environmental Geology.
“This is a big congress, as we all know at this moment the biggest
congress in ninety history and of course it could expect that beign in the United States, but on the other
hand we did not see this in 1996 the congress also hear it was not so
significant as it is now so. One good
thing about this many good things about this congress but one of them is
that being so big it how loud the number of technical sessions also to be large
number and I cannot think of any important subjet in tunneling
that wich has not been covered in at least one technical session.
I‘d say the major, our major role, is
to increase the talon market it has been increasing but on the other hand we
still see that there is a lot of demand
for underground works things wich are still constructed on surface wich
should not and this is what we should influence most; in other words the activity of why go underground
use of underground space if we can improve that.
I´m very sure that all the other
activities will come also with their improvements it will be a consequence good
role that. I had in this sense is to influence the member
nations to start because we cannot just go to a constant that directly to the
government, it´s much easier if we do
that throuh the member nations their role of member nations to approach
government and in each country and influence and show how underground solutions
are much better in some situations.
I´m very sure that the benefits of
this congress will take longer to take some time to digest and have a good
sense and that the results will do very good and will not feel them next month,
it will something wich for the next 12 months we´re coming up“.
According to
available figures, in 2014 and 2015, relative rise of global economic growth (increase
of 3.1% of GDP in 2015) was presented. The trend is confirmed particularly in
the United States, which last year recorded an expansion of 2.4%.
The American Society
of Civil Engineers emphasized the poor state of US infrastructure in 2013, but
currently is producing a positive change
favored by the public authorities to promote major transport projects, networks
of water distribution and telecommunications, high-speed rail or renewable
energy in hydroelectric power plants reversible or across the country.
Because of the
increasing scarcity of surface space, especially in urban areas, most of these
facilities are built underground. Tunnels and underground spaces are of vital
importance to develop energy programs and public transportation, prevent
flooding or expand urban facilities.
With 250 exhibitors and
more than 300 innovation sessions and presentations, the World Tunnel Congress
held for the first time in 20 years, it has been the most strategic meeting of
civil engineers, public authorities, suppliers and design firms related tunnels
and underground space worldwide.
The WTC 2016 met once
more to this matter professionals around the world and promoted the exchange of
experiences and project ideas of past, present and future tunnels.
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