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The BTS is a learned society of the British Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and has a membership of almost 700 individual and over 60 corporate members. It is one of the most vibrant gatherings of professional tunnellers in the world.

Formed in 1971 to provide a forum for meetings and discussion on tunnel related matters, the Society also publishes industry guidelines and codes of practice, conducts design and construction training courses, acknowledges excellence in tunnelling and supports scholarship and disseminates information via its monthly meetings.

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Latest news and information

Posted	Event Date	Latest News
24/04/2012	2nd to 6th July 2012	BTS Tunnel Design and Construction Course 2012 This Annual Course is ideal for young consulting and contracting engineers starting out on a career in tunnelling, and for others (such as Clients and insurance professionals) who have an involvement with tunnelling. It provides an in-depth introduction to the majority of tunnelling-related subjects, presented by industry experts. The course will be held from 2nd to 6th July 2012 at the University of Warwick, Coventry, UK Booking is now open. For full details of the course programme and for booking details, please click here.
24/04/2012	17th May 2012	BTS AGM followed by Brenner Base Tunnel - Cross boarder planning and implementation of 64km of tunnels. The 2012 Annual General Meeting of the BTS will be followed by a presentation on the 64km long Brenner Base Tunnel (BBT) deep beneath the Alps, which will connect Austria and Italy and will be the longest underground railway connection in the world. In total the BBT system will include about 200km of tunnels, including the two main tubes, the exploratory tunnel, four lateral access tunnels and cross-passages. More than 20km have already been built. Completion is planned for 2025 and the start of operations for 2026. The project company, BBT SE, is the first bi-national European infrastructure company and construction will be financed by the European Union, Austria and Italy. The meeting will be held at the ICE at 6pm on Thursday 17th May 2012. For further information, please click here.
21/03/2012		High Pressure Compressed Air guidelines. The Compressed Air Working Group of the BTS and the ITA Working Group 5 (Health and Safety in Works) have recently published Guidelines for good working practices in high pressure compressed air. This document formed the subject of the March 2012 BTS lecture, and is free to download - please click here
10/02/2012	N/A	Best Practice Guide to Monitoring Underground Construction The Best Practice Guide to Monitoring Underground Construction has now been published. Copies are available from the ICE Bookshop at £30.00 each. Please click here to purchase your copy.
31/10/2011	18th to 23rd May 2012	World Tunnel Congress 2012, Bangkok WTC 2012 and the 38th General Assembly of the ITA-AITES will be held in May 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. For further information, please click here