International Tunneling and Underground Space Association

International Tunneling and Underground Space Association Association Internationale des Tunnels et de l'Espace Souterrain (ITA-AITES)
legal form	International organization
purpose	Association for tunnel and underground construction
Seat	Lausanne c / o EPFL ⊙ Coordinates: 46 ° 31 ′ 8.6 ″  N , 6 ° 33 ′ 52.5 ″  E ; CH1903:  532927  /  152347
founding	1974
president	Søren Degn Eskesen [obsolete]
Members	approx. 300, including 73 states
Organization type	Umbrella organization
Website	www.ita-aites.org

The International Tunneling and Underground Space Association , French Association Internationale des Tunnels et de l'Espace Souterrain (short ITA for originally International Tunneling Association , or AITES ) is the international umbrella organization for tunneling and technical underground construction .

history

In 1970 a conference was held in Washington, organized by the OECD (Economic Operation and Development) to advise UN members on tunneling issues, and in which 18 countries took part. There it was suggested that a central international organization be set up for relations between interested parties.

The International Tunneling Association was founded in 1974 on the initiative of originally 19 countries; the inauguration meeting took place in Oslo with 20 members. In 1975 the first general assembly was held in Munich. Germany and Switzerland were founding members, Austria has been involved since the 3rd General Assembly in Stockholm in 1977.

organization

In 2015 the organization had 73 participating states and a total of 300 members from science, research and business, including individuals.

The institution is based at the EPF (ETH) Lausanne , at the Faculté Environnement Naturel, Architectural et Construit (ENAC). The ITA secretariat is located there. The main organ is the annual general assembly, which takes place in a member country. The executive body is the Executive Council , the president of the company is elected for a three-year term, and the Dane Søren Degn Eskesen has been active in this function since 2013. ^[outdated]

The actual work takes place in a number of working groups and 4 committees.

Another sub-organization is the Young Members Group as a platform for young professionals and students.

Agendas

The goals of the institution are:

• Promote the use of the subsoil for the benefit of the public, the environment and sustainable development
• Progress in the planning, design, construction and maintenance of tunnels and other underground structures (such as caverns for plants or storage including disposal )

New technologies of safety play a special role in the construction phase and in the operation of tunnels, including underground systems and the like.

The committees are:

• ITA-COSUF, Committee on Operational Safety in Underground facilities - platform for operational safety , in cooperation with the World Road Association  (PIARC) and the leading European fire research organizations.
• ITA-CET, Committee on Education and Training - network for research and training (called "University Network")
• ITACUS, Committee on Underground Space - Platform for the long-term development of the urban underground
• ITAtech, Committee on New Technologies - especially for cooperation with industry, platform for designers, manufacturers, construction companies and suppliers

The working groups include research, contractual practices, and special technological and planning questions, but also an international directory of tunnels (WG Catalog of Tunnels , currently inactive; individual national organizations are continuing this, according to the Swiss tunnel database ).

The ITA organizes the World Tunnel Congress , which usually takes place over four days parallel to the General Assembly.

The organization also awards the ITA Tunneling Award (known as the "Oskar des tunneling"), which honors outstanding projects, initiatives and players in the industry.

National

There are national committees in the individual member states, represented by national institutions, including:

• German Committee for Underground Construction e. V. - DAUB
• ITA Austria (based in Vienna, under the direction of Robert Galler , Subsurface Engineering at the Montanuniversität Leoben ):

  The Austrian Geomechanics Society  (ÖGG), the Austrian Tunnel Association  (ATA), the Austrian Construction Technology Association  (ÖBV), the Austrian Road - Rail - Transport Research Association  (FSV) and the Austrian Association of Engineers and Architects  (ÖIAV) are involved; ITA Austria regularly organizes the biennial Austrian Tunnel Day in Vienna, and with the ÖGG the annual Geomechanics Colloquium in Salzburg

• STS Swiss Tunneling Society , Section for Underground Construction (FGU)

  The FGU organizes the Swiss Tunnel Congress ; it also maintains the Swiss tunnel database .

Web links

• Website (ita-aites.org , en / fr / es / ru / cn)

1. ↑ German Committee for Underground Construction DAUB-ITA (daub-ita.de)
2. ↑ ITA Austria (ita-aites.at)
3. ↑ Swiss Tunneling Society STS-FGU (swisstunnel.ch)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} ITA Austria - the development and work from 1976/1978 until today. ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Montanuniversität Leoben, ita-aites.at (accessed April 25, 2016).
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e} ITA Mission Statement. ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ita-aites.org (accessed April 25, 2016).  
3. ↑ ^{a b} Member Nations ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , ita-aites.org (accessed April 25, 2016).  
4. ↑ Affiliate members ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , ita-aites.org (accessed April 25, 2016).  
5. ↑ enac.epfl.ch
6. ↑ ^{a b c d} Organization ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , ita-aites.org (accessed April 26, 2016).  
7. ↑ General Assemblies ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , ita-aites.org (accessed April 25, 2016).  
8. ↑ Søren Degn Eskesen elected as president of ITA. cowi.com, undated (June 2013, accessed April 26, 2016).
9. ↑ “ to encourage the use of the subsurface for the benefit of public environment and sustainable development and to promote advances in planning, design, construction, maintenance and safety of tunnels and underground space, by bringing together information thereon and by studying questions related . " ITA Mission Statement. ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ita-aites.org (accessed April 25, 2016; translation Wikipedia).  
10. ↑ ITA Working Groups ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. and WG publications ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , ita-aites.org.    
11. ^ Preparing for the 36th ITA General Assembly. Shani Wallis, TunnelTalk , April 2010 (accessed April 26, 2016); on the working groups as of 2010, especially the table The ITA-AITES Working Groups - current and clompleted .
12. ↑ ^{a b} Swiss tunnel database (on swisstunnel.ch).
13. ↑ ITA Awards 2015: the Oscars of Tunneling. tunnelsandunderground.com, November 21, 2015.