Having more than 200 tunneling and underground construction professionals in one room for twodays will always generate some lively discussion. Such was the case April 23 and 24 in Miami, FL when 238 pros from around the world gathered at the JW Marriott Hotel Miami for a new conference — Cutting Edge: Pressurized TBM Tunneling, sponsored by the North American Tunneling Journal (NATJ) and the Underground Construction Association of SME (UCA).The 25 technical papers presented during the two-day meeting were of exceptional quality. Topics covered included project-specific approaches to tunnel boring machine (TBM) selection, procurement and operation, ground control, face support, monitoring, ground conditioning and slurry systems, TBM interventions and hyperbaric safety, research and development, and tunnel lining systems and annulus grouting.
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