International
International
AETOS is a full member of the International Tunnelling Association (ITA), which comprises 78 countries and 266 members, including companies and professionals. The ITA currently has 23 active working groups, 4 standing committees and the Young Tunnellers group, which are responsible for fulfilling the Association's objectives of promoting the development of tunnelling and underground works worldwide.
ITA holds technical meetings through its member organisations all over the world, as well as organising a World Tunnel Congress which coincides with the General Assembly where the main lines of action of the Association are decided.
Structure of the International Tunnelling Association
Cargo | Name | Contact |
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President (2019-2022) | JINXIU (JENNY) YAN (China) | jennyyan@vip.163.com |
Outgoing President (2019-2022) | Tarsisio B. Celestino (Brazil) | tarcisio.celestino@ita-aites.org |
Vice-Presidents (2019-2022) | Lans Babendererde (Germany) | LB@babeng.com |
Arnold Dix (Australia) | arnold@alarp.com | |
Randall Essex (USA) | Randall.Essex@mottmac.com | |
Giuseppe Lunardi (ITALY) | giuseppe.lunardi@rocksoil.com | |
ITA COMMITTEES
Name | Type |
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ITATECH | Committee on technologies |
ITACUS | Committee on Underground Space |
ITACET | Committee on Education and Training, the ITA University network |
ITACOSUF | Committee on Operational Safety of Underground Facilitie |
WORKING GROUPS
Name | Type |
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Working Group 2 | Research |
Working Group 3 | Contractual Practices |
Working Group 5 | Health and Safety in Works |
Working Group 6 | Maintenance and Repair |
Working Group 9 | Seismic Effects |
Working Group 11 | Immersed and Floating Tunnels |
Working Group 12 | Sprayed and concrete use |
Working Group 14 | Mechanized Tunnelling |
Working Group 15 | Underground and Environment |
Working Group 17 | Long Tunnels at Great Depth |
Working Group 19 | Conventional Tunneling |
Working Group 20 | Urban problems, underground solutions |
Working Group 21 | Life Cycle Asset Management |
Working Group 22 | Information Modelling in Tunnelling |
Working Group 23 | Design & Construction of Shafts |
ITA-AITES
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