During the last week of the Master course, Nicola della Valle (Tunnel Consult) held a very interesting lecture on the logistics and organisation of job sites in urban areas where the efficient use of the available spaces is a key for the tunnel excavation productivity. He presented some case studies from his vast professional experience of well and not so well organised job sites and the direct consequences in the overall quality of the tunnelling process.
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| Nicola della Valle and the students of the master after his lecture on Jobsites in Urban area |
Going on during this week, Roberto Crova presented the case study of Torino Metro Line 1 Extension, a jobsite that we had the opportunity to visit during the last day of the course, where the space available was minimum to launch the machine in a telescopic way with the back up completely installed at the surface.
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| Cutterhead of the EPB machine to be used for the extension of Torino Metro line 1 |
Mario Patrucco from Politecnico di Torino held a fantastic lecture on safety in underground spaces, risk management and ventilation design. This was part of a five days module fully dedicated to the safety control.
Finally to close with the Master Course, Ray Sterling from Louisiana Tech University held a fantastic intensive course of three days concentrated on Microtunnelling and trenchless excavation techniques.
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