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EA Webinar Event – Genoa-Milan high-capacity railway line – Italy’s largest engineering projecty

April 20, 2022 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm UTC+10

About the event
Involving the excavation of 15 million cubic metres of material, the Genoa-Milan High-Speed, High-Capacity Railway Line, also known as Terzo Valico dei Giovi (Terzo Valico) is one of Italy’s largest engineering projects, consisting of a 37km tunnel through steep mountainous terrain. The project has created thousands of jobs for local economies while putting sustainability at its core.

Led by the Webuild Group, this large infrastructure will reduce travel time and carbon emissions – allowing trains to travel at a maximum speed of 250 km/h, crossing the Genoa and Alessandria provinces, and 12 municipalities, with Milan as the final destination.

Join us as experts from the project discuss the challenges faced and innovations that took place during the design and construction of the tunnel and how this will change the approach for future projects addressing the sustainable benefits.

Who should attend
This webinar is relevant for civil engineers, tunnelling engineers, rail and road engineers, transportation engineering and design consultants, as well as those working in the construction industry.

You do not need to be a RTSA Member or  Engineers Australia member to attend.  Click on the link below to register

 

Speakers:

Leonardo Di Gati,Responsible for the Design of Underground Works, Terzo Valico dei Giovi – Genova Junction – One Project, Webuild
Leonardo Di Gati has earned a master’s degree in civil engineering from University of Illinois in 2000, and, since then, he has been actively working in tunnelling and geotechnical projects in Italy, Europe and USA. Starting as field engineer and ending up as Project Manager, during the years he has developed a deep knowledge of all the problems connected with the design and construction of Underground Projects, dealing also with different specific activities, like tendering, feasibility studies, preliminary and final design, monitoring and construction. He has been involved in the design and construction of several tunnels, including the High Speed/Capacity railway line Bologna to Florence, TBM tunnelling projects in Turkey, the Autostrada Pedemontana Lombarda highway system, and the SA-RC highway. His key experience applies to conventional tunnelling in different geotechnical situations, from weak soil, to mixed soil, to hard rock, with both conventional and TBM method. Since 2014 he has been working in Terzo Valico jobsites, and currently he is responsible for the Design of Underground Works, for Webuild, in the Terzo Valico dei Giovi – Genova Junction – One Project.

Remo Grandori, Responsible for TBM, Plant & Equipment, Webuild
Since 1984 Remo has been working in the field of mechanized tunneling, starting as a TBM site engineer, and ending up as Technical Director, for some of the most important tunnel projects executed worldwide. During its career has been involved in the execution of over 130 TBM tunnel projects, for about 1100 km of tunnels bored in the most different geologies and conditions. Furthermore, since 1987, he has participated in the development of several innovations in tunnel and TBMs design acting as Consultant to Clients, Contractors and TBM manufactures. Its cooperation with Webuild group goes back to the late eighties and continued until today, having been involved in the study and execution of several major TBM projects in North and South America, China, Europe, Africa and lately in Australia. From 1996 to 2007 Mr. Grandori taught a course at the Sapienza University of Rome as a contract professor on mechanized tunnel excavations.

Carmine D’Auria, Health and Safety Manager, Terzo Valico dei Giovi – Genova Junction – One Project, Webuild

Since 1997 Carmine has been working for Webuild in the field of construction of large railway and road infrastructures and has gained considerable experience in the construction of very long and complex tunnels. Graduated in Environmental and Territorial Engineering, since the beginning of his career he has been involved in the health and safety of workers in difficult environments, in tunnels built both in traditional and mechanized excavation, addressing various complex problems such as grisou, asbestos and emergency management in hard places to reach. Among the projects in which he has worked, we can mention the Bologna-Florence High Speed Rail Section, the Salerno-Reggio Calabria Motorway 5th and 6th Macrolotto, the reconstruction of the Polcevera Viaduct (Genova San Giorgio Bridge) in Genoa and the Milan-Genoa High Speed/Capacity line called Terzo Valico dei Giovi – Genova Junction – One Project.

Q&A Panelists:

Richard Graham, Project Director di Forrestfield Airport Link, Webuild – NRW JV
Richard Graham graduated in Civil Engineering from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, UK. He has over 40 years’ experience of working in heavy international construction, primarily in the hydropower, tunneling and metro sectors. Currently he is the Project Director for the Salini Impregilo – NRW JV undertaking the 2 x 8km long Forrestfield Airport Link in Perth, Australia. Immediately prior to this he was responsible for the Design & Construction of the 42 km long Orange Metro Line in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the Red Line North Metro in Doha, Qatar, and the 25km long STEP deep sewer tunnel in Abu Dhabi.

Jacob Latter Construction Director- Rail, Webuild
Jacob is an experienced rail industry expert able to act in Delivery Leadership or precontract capacity, both Technical and commercial. In addition to this Jacob has significant strategic development experience in both large-scale rail project delivery and business development. He joined Webuild 2021 with over 20 years engineering, construction & maintenance experience in the Rail industry in Australia. Key areas of expertise include Project delivery across key client portfolios including ARTC, MTM, RTIO, extensive experience in resources, freight, urban, metro and light rail environments, development of Systems & Engineering Assurance Strategies & Teams for complex infrastructure projects. Jacob has worked across the nation on the broadest ranges of rail industry projects from delivery to review and oversight. Managing the Australian inclusion of European standards into areas such as light rail construction and maintenance in addition to the development of some of the largest rail resources projects in the world.