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- Date
- 30 January 2025
- Time
- 18:00 - 19:30 GMT
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Institution of Civil Engineers One Great George Street Westminster London, SW1P 3AA United Kingdom
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World’s longest tunnel constructed by a single TBM: young engineers' stories so far
https://ice.org.uk/events/upcoming-events/worlds-longest-tunnel-constructed-by-a-single-tbm
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- Date
- 30 January 2025
- Time
- 18:00 - 19:30 GMT
- Location
- Institution of Civil Engineers
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This event provides a glimpse into the journeys of young engineers as they navigate the challenges and triumphs of the tunnelling industry, specifically through their work at The Woodsmith Project in the UK.
The talk will delve into the world record-breaking longest tunnel using a single TBM in 2023. Each speaker will share their personal experiences, reflecting on the skills they’ve developed, the obstacles they faced, and valuable lessons they learned along the way.
Following the lecture, there will be a networking session, with drinks sponsored by Strabag, at ICE Kendal's Cafe.
If you are in the Birmingham area, this event will also be broadcast live at the ARUP Birmingham Office, with networking drinks provided afterwards. Please use the main entrance to attend: Arup, One Centenary Way, Birmingham, B3 3AY.
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British Tunnelling Society
The BTS is a dynamic group of tunnelling professionals sharing knowledge within the industry.
Venue
Institution of Civil EngineersOne Great George StreetWestminsterLondonSW1P 3AAUnited Kingdom
Speakers
Aleesya Latifi
Strabag UK
design engineer
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Aleesya Latifi
Aleesya joined Strabag as a graduate design engineer on The Woodsmith Project in 2023 after completing her BEng in civil engineering at The University of Liverpool. She has been assisting in the design coordination of timber heading, SCL adit construction as well as temporary works on site, ensuring that the construction quality meets the design.
Megan Ackers
Strabag UK
surveyor
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Megan Ackers
Megan is a surveyor on the Woodsmith Project.
Recently, she has also successfully completed the STRABAG UK’s graduate scheme. She graduated with BSc in Geology and MSc in Surveying from Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter. She spends most of her time working underground in the tunnel but also works on surface doing a range of surveying from setting out to control network surveys (primary/secondary/gyro) and monitoring (manually with a total station and with installed monitoring systems).
She also recently won The Excellence in Innovative Surveying and Engineering award from SCCS for her dissertation topic “Comparisons of two different LiDAR techniques to scan large sections of an underground tunnel”.
Patrick Chow
Strabag UK
senior tunnel engineer
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Patrick Chow
Patrick Chow is a senior tunnel engineer at The Woodsmith Project.
He started his career as a graduate engineer at Central Kowloon Route – Kai Tak East (HY/2018/02) at Paul Y. Engineering Group after graduating from The University of Hong Kong in civil engineering in 2019.
He joined Strabag in 2020 as a shift engineer, working on the Woodsmith Project mineral transport system (MTS) tunnel and SCL adit construction works.
In 2023, he took up the role as a section engineer, focusing on planning, organising and programming the dual track crossings construction in the MTS tunnel and cross passage construction between the Lady Cross intermediate access and ventilation shaft and the MTS tunnel.
He also covers the shift manager (person in charge) role on site, resolving problems and challenges during daily site operations.
Justin Chow
Strabag UK
senior tunnel engineer
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Justin Chow
Justin is a senior engineer at Strabag at The Woodsmith Project. Upon graduating, Justin started his career as a civil engineer at Bachy Soletanche in Hong Kong in 2017 working as an assistant section manager at Hong Kong International Airport Third Runway Reclamation C3205 Group in 2019, involving in low headroom deep cement mixing for ground improvement and offshore construction.
He then took up the role of a site engineer at VSL Intrafor in 2020 and participated in diaphragm walls construction for TBM Launching Shaft and soil enhancement with CSM and gravity grouting at ED/2018/04 Trunk Road T2 and Infrastructure Works for Development at the Former South Apron in Hong Kong.
He joined Strabag UK in 2022, currently taking up the role of senior engineer in the tunnelling division, focusing on planning, organising and programming the dual track crossings construction in the MTS tunnel and cross passage construction between the Lady Cross intermediate access and ventilation shaft and the MTS tunnel. He also covers the shift manager (person-in-charge) role on site, resolving problems and challenges on daily site operations.
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