PREVIEW | WTC 2025


Tunnellers are set to gather in Stockholm - the ‘Venice of the North’ - for the world’s major conference on underground construction, with Sweden as this year’s host nation. The latest edition of the World Tunnel Congress


(WTC) is organised by Svenska Bergteknikforeningen (Swedish Rock Engineering Association) and the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA-AITES), respectively. WTC 2025, as conference and exhibition, runs over


9-15 May in a few sections: pre-congress training; main conference; and, technical tours.


TRAINING Before the main congress and technical conference, a two-day training course is on offer from ITACET over 9-10 May. The training course offers a variety of interesting


areas of focus under the umbrella theme of ‘Managing Risks, Sustainability, and Innovation’. The course is taught by industry leaders. The planned sessions over the two days are as follows:


DAY 1 (9 MAY) Session 1: Advanced Risk Management in Tunnel


Construction ● Introduction by ITACET Foundation ● Specifics of underground works - geological and hydrogeological uncertainties


● Risk management approach and assessment principles


● Application in conventional tunnelling - case studies ● Contractual management of risks - reference documents


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