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SUMMARY:Incident sensing and fire safety in Heysen Tunnels
DESCRIPTION:Matthew Taylor and Conrad Stacey\, Stacey Agnew Pty Ltd\n21st August 2025\,  5 pm AEST\nThe eVENT Space\, Darra\, Brisbane\, and online.\nREGISTER HERE \n  \nJoin Matt and Conrad as they address questions from the ATS Systems\, Operations\, and Maintenance Group\, focusing on the surety of Fixed Fire-Fighting System (FFFS) activation in the Heysen Tunnels. \nGiven that the Heysen Tunnels Safety Upgrade and Refurbishment Project was brownfield exercise with unique challenges\, South Australia’s DIT recognised that a bespoke engineering approach was required rather than recycling a prior tunnel design. \nThis presentation will offer insights into their philosophical approach for brownfield tunnel refurbishment\, specifically detailing the innovative design of the flame-sensing camera supervision and explaining the absence of (traditional) linear heat detectors in the Heysen Tunnels. \nWhile the misting system installation was a significant undertaking in the Heysen Tunnels\, that topic was comprehensively covered in the previous ATS seminar in Adelaide back in February 2025 and will not be treated in detail here.  This presentation focuses on topics distinct from the paper planned for the Australasian Tunnelling Conference 2025 (ATC2025) in Perth this November. \nThe Presenters\nMatthew Taylor\nAs a Chartered Electrical Engineer\, Matthew has over 35 years of experience within the electrical\, mechanical\, control and communications systems engineering fields within underground transport infrastructure project delivery environment within the UK\, Australia and New Zealand. \nA recognised innovator in the design\, installation\, testing\, commissioning and the ongoing operation and maintenance of the technology that drives modern transportation systems\, Matthew has played pivotal roles in the delivery of several of Australia’s largest projects since his migration from the UK in July 1997. \nConrad Stacey\nDr Conrad Stacey is a Director of leading underground ventilation and fire safety consultants Stacey Agnew.  Conrad’s credits include seminal reports on livestock shipping heat stress risk\, and co-authorship of a paper on the gravitational energy drivers for the geodynamo. He has worked on hypersonic upper atmospheric flight and river and flood plain hydraulics.  A common thread through Conrad’s work in varied areas is a core focus on the fundamental physics and the engineering thought involved\, all within the big picture of the community interest.  He will talk about the fire engineering basis for decisions during tunnel refurbishments. \nChair Diane Mather\nDiane Mather is Senior Design Manager at Queensland Hydro\, with over 25 years of experience on major projects\, including Clem7 (NSBT)\, Airport Link\, City Rail Link\, WestConnex M5 East\, West Gate\, Sydney Metro\, Melbourne Metro\, Brisbane Cross River Rail\, Inland Rail\, and now Borumba Pumped Hydro. \nIn 2021\, Diane was honoured as the inaugural winner of the Women in Tunnelling Outstanding Achievement Award by the Australian Tunnelling Society. Diane is a dedicated role model\, mentor\, and advocate for attracting and retaining women in engineering. \nThe eVENT Space\nThe seminar will be onsite at the eVENT Space in Stacey Agnew’s offices\, and online.  Catering for those networking onsite after the eVENT will be by Yim Thai restaurant Middle Park\, which is why registration includes dietary requirements.
URL:https://staceyagnew.com/events/incident-sensing-and-fire-safety-in-heysen-tunnels/
LOCATION:eVENT Space\, Unit 4 / 35 Limestone Street\, Darra\, Queensland\, 4076\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Achieving\, Demonstrating and Accepting Appropriate Fire Safety in Australian Tunnels
DESCRIPTION:Summary: \nThe ATS has established a diverse\, representative Working Group to progress an updated revision of Australia’s tunnel fire safety standard AS4825. It is proposed to be titled “Fire in Tunnels”\, covering fire safety and asset resilience. The governance around how an appropriate level of fire safety is demonstrated and accepted for a tunnel is an extremely important topic to be covered by such a standard. Australia has unique legal and political requirements\, and Australian fire engineering practice has a diverse set of approaches\, there is a need to ‘ventilate’ and share views on the approaches applied\, and learn what we can from other jurisdictions.\nThis workshop will provide a forum for working group members\, industry stakeholders and fire engineering practitioners to engage on the issue. It is not primarily a training session\, although it will certainly be informative\, and worth attending for that purpose alone. It will be a wide-ranging discussion / debate\, presenting and challenging ideas\, with an outcome of consensus as to how\, out of the options\, a standard should give guidance on this matter for the Australian context. A position paper will be produced\, that will also inform the drafting of the new standard.\nThe panellists\, who bring leading experience in tunnel fire engineering in Australia and internationally\, will each make short presentations\, curated with the goal of eliciting technical discussions\, and suggestions topics for inclusion or exclusion for the updated draft standard.\nOverseas panellists will join online. Australian participants are strongly encouraged to attend in person. \nModerator\, Nigel Casey.  Nigel is a careful\, accurate thinker\, whose career has seen him ponder the issues on fire risk acceptance in major underground road and rail projects\, from a government perspective. He has been active on the Austroads Tunnel Taskforce\, and in raising and prosecuting risk-related development projects. \nRapporteur\, Diane Mather\, the driving force of AS4825 revision\, taking on the task of capturing the outcomes. \nThe panelists: \nBernhard Kohl\, foremost practitioner in tunnel safety and risk analysis\, based in Austria but practicing globally\, including on the Australasian DG method with Conrad Stacey. \nMichael Beecroft\, leading the contributions to AS4825 from fire brigades (AFAC)\, a fire safety engineer working for the Queensland Fire Department\, with experience working in private industry and consulting. \nCraig Hiscock\, a tunnel fire safety and tunnel systems technical director with design delivery and design review experience. \nAmer Magrabi\, Society of Fire Safety Representative and former AS 4825:2011 committee member. \nDavid Radcliffe\, Rail industry ‘wise elder’ and Strategic Adviser to Suburban Rail Loop\, representing owners and operators. \nIngo Riess\, a leading Zurich-based tunnel ventilation and safety consultant\, with experience in Australia and many other countries. \nConrad Stacey\, Chair of the AS4825 Working Group\, well known in the underground ventilation and fire engineering industry internationally. \nArnold Dix\, Australia’s celebrity tunneller\, barrister and International Tunnelling Association President\, keeping us on a sound legal basis. \nThe participants: \nYou (we very much hope)\, particularly if you want to contribute. \n  \nEvent details \nDate:        October 11th 2024 \nTime:       Session: 1 pm to 5 pm\, with breaks\, followed by refreshments and erudite discussion till late. \nCost:        Free in person\, also free on-line\, but you don’t get any post-event refreshments or erudite discussion that way. \nLocation: eVENT Space\, 4/35 Limestone St\, Darra\, Queensland\, 4076.  On-street parking is available.  eVENT Space is a 10 to 15 minute walk from the Darra train station\, which has direct services from the city and indirect services from Brisbane airport\, with transfer at one city station.  Pickup and drop-off at the station will also be arranged for anyone requesting it. \nWebsite:  https://www.ats.org.au/ats-event/workshop-achieving-demonstrating-and-accepting-appropriate-fire-safety-in-australian-tunnels/ \nRegister:  https://www.australiantunnellingsociety.org/fire-safety-in-australian-tunnels  \n  \nThe session is supported by the Australian Tunnelling Society and by the Society of Fire Safety.  It is sponsored by Stacey Agnew through their eVENT Space.
URL:https://staceyagnew.com/events/achieving-demonstrating-and-accepting-appropriate-fire-safety-in-australian-tunnels/
LOCATION:eVENT Space\, Unit 4 / 35 Limestone Street\, Darra\, Queensland\, 4076\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Dr Ricky Carvel's Tunnel Fire Safety short course
DESCRIPTION:  \nWorld renowned fire science researcher and educator\, Dr Ricky Carvel presented a one-day course intended as a primer for engineers or fire professionals entering\, or wanting more erudite exposure to\, the field of tunnel fire safety. It covered basic fire concepts for non-fire people and basic tunnel concepts for non-tunnel people\, and then put these together to explain how fires behave in the tunnel environment. Real tunnel fire behaviour is explored through case studies\, and topics such as fire suppression\, fire fighting\, egress and rescue. The course enabled staff members of tunnel owners\, operators and responders to better understand the design\, operational and emergency response issues around fire-safe tunnels and systems and encouraged designers and contractors to think more deeply than the standard answers. \n 
URL:https://staceyagnew.com/events/dr-ricky-carvels-tunnel-fire-safety-short-course/
LOCATION:Queensland
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SUMMARY:ATS Webinar: Water mist suppression for road tunnels
DESCRIPTION:  \nWater mist suppression systems are an established and approved technology in many high-risk and/or special hazard applications and are increasingly being used in road tunnels. This presentation discussed differences between water mist and deluge and considered implementation and interaction with other systems and structural design. \nSee the webinar\nhttps://www.ats.org.au/2023/03/28/huge-response-to-first-ats-tunnel-systems-subgroup-event-highlights-great-thirst-for-information/ \n 
URL:https://staceyagnew.com/events/ats-webinar-water-mist-suppression-for-road-tunnels/
LOCATION:Queensland
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SUMMARY:ATS Webinar: Tunnel lighting functionality
DESCRIPTION:  \nThis presentation discussed the various types of tunnel lighting and the development of tunnel lighting in Australia using case studies from various tunnel projects in Australia will describe the types and functionality of tunnel lighting systems. Tunnel lighting functionalities include: – Normal lighting that provides appropriate visibility for users\, both day and night – Safety lighting that provides minimum visibility for users\, to enable them to leave the tunnel in their vehicles in case of power outage. – Egress lighting to guide tunnel users on foot in the event of an emergency. \n 
URL:https://staceyagnew.com/events/ats-webinar-tunnel-lighting-functionality/
LOCATION:Queensland
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220319
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SUMMARY:Sohatsu Systems Laboratory Inc. jet-fan inverter panel exhibition
DESCRIPTION:  \nPresident of Sohatsu\, Dr Ichiro Nakahori\, Executive Vice President Dr Toshi Sakaguchi\, and Hardware Engineer Mr Hibiki Sako explained the technology behind their innovative inverter panel and drive filter system\, and the use case for their inverters\, being clean waveforms\, no zero phase current\, and the ability to drive loads on long (2\,000 m) unshielded cables.  In our adjacent workshop\, Sohatsu explained their inverter panel and demonstrated the lack of zero-phase current while driving a fan.  The explanation was assisted by Nick Hamilton\, whose company Hamilton Instrument & Electrical Pty Ltd built the demonstration panel in Queensland to Australian standards. \n 
URL:https://staceyagnew.com/events/sohatsu-systems-laboratory-inc-jet-fan-inverter-panel-exhibition/
LOCATION:Queensland
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SUMMARY:ATS NSW – Snowy 2.0 underground project overview and update
DESCRIPTION:  \nThis event provided a Snowy 2.0 project update and some insights into the current construction activities. Key learning outcomes and takeaways relate to project knowledge\, risk sharing mechanism\, TBM measurements\, progress and performance tracking tools as well as ground characterisation. Snowy 2.0 is a pumped hydro scheme linking two existing reservoirs\, characterised through 27km of waterway tunnels\, with a total of 40km of tunnelling works and an power station located 800m underground. \n 
URL:https://staceyagnew.com/events/ats-nsw-snowy-2-0-underground-project-overview-and-update/
LOCATION:Queensland
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