TUNNELLING ASIA 2013

Challenges & Risk Management in Underground Construction

26-28 February 2013, India Habitat Centre New Delhi

PROGRAMME

Organised by:

ISO 9001: 2008

TAI

Central Board of Irrigation and Power

Tunnelling Association of India

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd.

Patronage Under the aegis of:

INTERNATIONAL TUNNELLING AND UNDERGROUND SPACE ASSOCIATION

PROGRAMME
TUESDAY, 26nd FEBRUARY 2013 08:30 09:30 hrs. Registration 10:00 11: 00 hrs. Inaugural Session 11:3011:30 hrs. Tea/Coffee Break 11:30 13:00 hrs. Technical Session I Plenary Session Chairman: Shri Mangu Singh, MD, DMRC Co-Chairman: Dr. Herald Wagner Towards accelerated development of underground works in hydropower projects A.B. Pandya, Member D&R, CWC Risk sharing on tunnel projects Martin Knight, Former President, ITA, UK Numerical simulations in underground engineering - Robert Galler, Austria 13:00 14:00 hrs. Lunch 14:00 15:30 hrs. Technical Session II Planning, Investigation and Design of Tunnels and Underground Projects Chairman: Shri A.B. Pandya, Member D&R, CWC Co-Chairman: Dr. Robert Galler
Keynote Lectures Trans-national railway under the Himalayas - Y. Bai, Z.M. Shy, Y.L. Zheng, F.F. Gu & M.R. Dhital Geological and Geotechnical investigations of tunnel and underground projects Dr. G.S. Nawani Other presentations Geological challenges at Dagachhu hydel power project - D.M. Kudtarkar, Jagdish Siddamal & Basavraj Kumbhar Coping with geological uncertainties during construction of tail race tunnel of Uri-II H.E. Project (J&K) - B.D. Patni & A.S. Walvekar

Importance of intensive geological Investigation to plan the tunnelling project - S.N. Hande & N.J. Ravkale Topographical & geotechnical challenges in planning water conductor system of Tawang HE Project, Stage I - Y.K. Yachu & A.S. Walvekar

15:30 16:00 Hrs. Tea 16:00 17:30 Hrs. Technical Session III Contract Management and Financing of Underground Construction Works

Chairman: Shri Chairman, CEA Co-Chairman: Projects, NTPC

Gurdial

Singh,

Former

Shri B.P. Singh, Director

Keynote Lectures Risk & Contract Management of Underground Works Herald Wagner Other presentation Typical Tendering System and Contracts of Delhi Metro S.K. Gupta, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited Contract Management A Key area in underground construction K.K. Gupta Contract Management of major civil and hydro mechanical works of Rampur HEP (412 MW) - R.N. Misra, V.K. Chaudhary & Chandan Gupta Financing of Delhi Metro Rail Project - S. Sivamathan Project Implementation in a Time-Bound Manner for Execution of Hydro Power Projects - D.G. Kadkade

WEDNESDAY, 27th FEBRUARY 2013

09:30 11:00 Hrs. Technical Session IV Tunnel & Cavern Construction, Technologies and Equipment

Chairman: Mr. Chairman, CWC Co-Chairman: Civil, SJVN

R.

Jeyaseelan,

Former

Mr. R.N. Misra, Director

Keynote Lecture Overview of Tunnels, Cavern Construction and environment and aspects of fast track construction in hydropower projects - R.D. Varangaonkar, Patel Engineering Ltd.

Other presentations
Effect of earthquake on rock support in tunnels Rajinder Bhasin Periodic performance evaluation of rock support: Key to preserving created underground hydropower assets A.B. Pandya, K.G. Pandit & J. Chandrashekhar Iyer Rock Support Systems for Underground Structures R.B. Shivali & Ashutosh Chandwar Large TBM Projects in Switzerland Experience and State of the Art - Michael Rebbock-Sander

11:00 11:30 Hrs. Tea 11:30 13:00 Hrs. Technical Session V Planning,

Investigation and Design of Tunnels and Underground Projects Chairman: Mr. Jitendra Tyagi, Director Works, DMRC Co-Chairman: Mr. R.K. Vishnoi, AGM, THDC
Keynote Lecture Experience of building underground hydrocarbon storages and fascinating spin offs Rajan K. Pillai, Other presentations Design, construction and risk management in underground rock caverns - Padur Cavern Project D.M. Kudtarkar, C.S. Unnikrishnan Nair; Bailapudi Eswararao; & Padiyar Pawan Blast design optimization for construction of large underground desilting chambers - A Case Study J.K. Mohnot and H.K. Verma Construction practices adopted in squeezing rock conditions during rectification works for 500 m Length in the HRT of RHEP (412 MW) - R.N. Misra, K.K. Gupta, Shiv Kumar, Arun Dhiman, Anil Goyal & R.K. Chauhan

Solution to Tunnelling Problems Faced in 10.50 M Dia Head Race Tunnel of (412 MW) Rampur Hydroelectric Project - R.N. Misra, Deepak Nakhasi, R.K. Sharma & Rakesh Sehgal Laboratory Study of Four Basalts - Hasan Abdullah & P.S. Krishna Murthy

13:00 14:00 Hrs. Lunch 14:0015:30 Hrs. Technical Session VI Planning, Investigation and Design of Tunnels and Underground Projects

Chairman: Dr. Technical, SNC Co-Chairman: Hydro, GVK

D.V.

Thareja,

Director

Shri M.M. Madan, Director

Keynote Lecture Modulus ratio concept for solutions of rock mass T. Ramamurthy, Angron Geotech Pvt. Ltd. Other presentation Behaviour of Power House Cavern with Shear Seam - K.G. Sharma & Rakesh Kumar Hydraulic and structural design of 38.0 m dia. surge shaft and multi junction ( Rampur hydroelectric project 412 MW) - R.N. Misra, Deepak Nakhasi, R.K.
Sharma and Mukesh Sharma

Diversion Tunnels in Tuirial H.E. Project (60 MW) in Mizoram - A Case Study - S. Debnath & Dr. B.C. Mandal In-Situ Tests for Investigation of rock mass characterisation - R.B. Shivali & Ashutosh Chandwar Exploratory drilling in River Valley Projects - An overview - Prasanta Mishra & Dr. Sreemati Gupta

15:30 16:00 Hrs. Tea 16:00 17:30 Hrs. Technical Session VII Industry Special aspects

Chairman: Mr. Patel Engg.

R.D. Varangaonkar,COOHydro,

Co-Chairman: Mr. Achal Engineer, Northern Railways

Jain,

Chief

Solutions for Mechanized Tunneling: - Lars Langmaack- Technical Manager TBM, Global Spray Applied Waterproof Membrane System - Tam Seal 800 - A Cost Optimized New Generation Water Proofing Technology for Faster Tunnel Construction - Ross Dimmock & Milon Mukhopadhyay Overview of Design and Testing for Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete Precast Segmental Tunnel Linings A case Study- Navneet T. Narayan & Chandan Vaidya Pre-Injection in Tunnel by Using Micro Fine Cement for Smooth Tunnel Excavation - A Complete Method Statement - Milon Mukhopadhyay & Stefan Schomberg Composite Tunnel Lining: - Matthew Ross- Head Underground Construction, Asia Pacific Smart Dynamic Concrete: - Shankar Kottur- Senior Manager UGC and Mega Projects South Asia

THURSDAY, 28th FEBRUARY 2013

09:30 11:00 Hrs. Technical Tunnelling

Session

VIII

Urban

Chairman: Prof. T. Ramamurthy Co-Chairman: Mr. P.K. Chaudhury, GGM, RITES

Keynote Lecture Challenges in Cut and Cover Tunneling in Urban Environment - Jitendra Tyagi, Other Presentations Proposed construction methodology for top down construction of road way underpass over existing twin tunnels between AIIMS and JPN APEX Trauma Centre at Delhi. - Sahadeva Singh, Navneet Gupta, and Paras Agarwal 2. Traffic Diversions along ring road corridor from Bhikaji Cama Place to Hazrat Nizammudin for construction of Line-7 of Delhi MRTS project Phase-

III: Analysis of variables and proposed scheme. Sahadeva Singh, and Vipul Jindal, 2D Finite Element Analysis of Tunnel Section of Tunnel No.T3 between Udhampur and Katra of USBRL Project in J&K, India - P.K. Choudhary Construction Underground works in urban cities: safety challenges and DMRC mitigation strategiesDevendra Gill

11:00 11:30 Hrs. Tea 11:30 13:00 Hrs. Technical Session IX Risk Management, and Environmental & Social Issues

Chairman: Dr. R.K. Goel, Chief Scientist, CIMFR Co-Chairman: Dr. Florian Klenn, MD, Geoconsult
Keynote Lecture Risks assessment and management for underground works R.K. Vishnoi, AGM Designs, THDC India Ltd. Other presentations Socio-environmental aspects in underground construction with special reference to tunnelling for hydropower projects - H.B. Sahay, O.P. Gupta, S. Swan & M. Sangtiani TBM under challenging and adverse conditions experiences, costs and time consequences, contractual implications, risk sharing and risk mitigation - R. Granderi, and M. Sposetti Rohtang Tunnel in Himachal Pradesh A case study S.P. Sharma

Highway tunnel across Razdhan Pass - M. Verman, G.Carrieri, L.Repetto, A.Riella and V.Torralba

13:00 14:00 hrs. Lunch 14:00 15:30 Hrs. Technical Session X - Innovative Techniques

Chairman: Shri Satish Electrical, DMRC

Chandra,

Director

Co-Chairman: Mr. Jaipraksh Associates

D.P.

Goyal,

Director,

Keynote Lecture Ventilation of Long Large Size Tunnels & Caverns Hitesh Khanna Director Works, IRCON Other presentations Innovative techniques used in on Kararchamwangdu Hydroelectric project - D.P. Goyal Construction of pressure tunnels in Himalayan hydropower projects - A view on unlined pressure tunnels - M.M. Madan Kishanganga hydroelectric project (J&K India) head race tunnel Tunnhelling by TBM under Himalaya mountains dealing with adverse conditions - L. Giacomini, F. Bartuniccuam, D. Rodriguez Calderon Construction of Pir Panjal railway tunnel Successful implementation of NATM in the Himalayas - M. Golger & A. Kumar Tunnel Squeezing Evaluation in Mountainous Area Vahed Ghiasi Discussions and Valedictory

15:3016:00 hrs. Tea 16:0017:00 hrs. Panel Session