With the theme "Innovative underground works for a better future" the 5th Brazilian Congress on Tunnels and Underground Structures (5th CBT) will bring together renowned persons from the tunnel industry worldwide. Twelve key themes for professionals in the underground structures area will be addressed.

During the congress new technologies and trends in tunnel design, construction, maintenance and operation will be introduced. Debates, exchange of experiences and technical updates will also be part of the two events.

In addition to the technical papers from Brazil and Latin America, promising to repeat the success of the 4th Congress, which took place in 2017, conferences of renowned national and international experts will be given, debates on current issues will be held, in addition to the exhibition of products, services and equipment, and technical visits.

Watch the video produced by Geobrugg.

Topics

• Geological and geotechnical investigations for tunnel design
(for rock and soil tunnels, new mapping and testing techniques)

• Tunnels in urban environments
(design and construction practices, interference with infrastructure networks, with existing underground structures and with buildings)

• Underground works for mining, oil & gas and other energies
(design and construction practices, construction cases)

• Conventional and mechanized excavations
(in soil and rock, productivities and optimizations, case histories)

• Rock tunnels and galleries for complex situations
(project and construction cases, technologies)

• Rock mass treatment and conditioning
(new conditioning techniques, case histories)

• Archaeology and architecture in underground structures
(national and international experiences, case studies)

• Renovation and expansion of underground structures
(structural recovery, use retrofit, extensions, new uses)

• Safety and operation of underground spaces
(systems, technologies, regulations, risk analysis and maintenance)

• Non-conventional constructions
(stations by secant shafts, inverted tunnel, large sections without partialization)

• New design approaches
(use of BIM, probabilistic calculation, seismic design, current practices and necessary developments)

• Risk management
(system approach, contracting, insurance, probabilistic risk)

We are silver sponsor and on site with a booth number 27. Additionally we will host the Happy Hour of the Young Members of the Tunnel Association on the 2nd of December. Come and visit us.

Please click here to see the schedule.