AGS Queensland Symposium 2023

Date: November 23, 2023
Location: Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre

Underground Geotechnics - Deep Foundations, Piles and shored excavation and tunnels/shaft.

Confirmed speakers:

• Very deep basements (up to 7 levels) on the Gold Coast – John Wagstaff, Wagstaff Piling (Brisbane)

• PDA-DLT Advancement in high strain dynamic testing of drilled piles – Ross Evans, Pile Test (Brisbane)

• Effects of tunnelling and excavation on existing pile foundations – Harry Poulos, Tetra Tech Coffey (Sydney)

• Two Excavation Disasters – Allan McConnell (Brisbane)

• Cross River Rail Albert Street Station – deepest basement in Brisbane – Adrian Smith, PSM (Brisbane)

• Cross River Rail Roma Street Busway Foundation underpinning – David Cunliffe, EDG (Brisbane)

• Retention of deep excavation in rock – Chris Haberfield, WSP (Melbourne)

• Practical underground grouting in sandstone for deep excavation and tunnels – Iris Yim, Aurecon (Sydney)

• Beneficial use of underground space, testing possibilities of rock – Alexander Scheuermann, UQ (Brisbane)

• Axial load transfer mechanisms of rock bolts for deep excavations – Ali Mirzaghorbanali, USQ (Brisbane)

• Mine Shaft design: Discrete Fraction Network modelling (DFM) for mine ventilation shaft – Kim Base WSP (Brisbane)

• Design of large underground caverns – Mousa Hazrati Aghchai, GHD (Brisbane)

• Case studies for load reversal testing done on several micropiles in Wellington – Stephanie Cherfane, ENGEO (New Zealand)

• Challenges in Underground Space Design; from Micro to Macro Geo-Structures – Morteza Ghamgosar, ATC Williams, (Brisbane)