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Digital Engineering Short Course and Site Visit – 21 January 2026

A rare collaboration between academia, industry, and professional associations brings together a one-day workshop focused on the timely topic of automation and digitalisation in underground space. The event features research, industry expertise, and interpretations of emerging guidelines. This Site Visit and Short Course in Digital Engineering (DE) is designed to provide hands-on experience and expert insights into advanced digital technologies for tunnelling and underground construction.

This course is endorsed by the Australian Tunnelling Society (ATS) and Engineers Australia (EA) and delivered by a team of experienced facilitators from academia and industry.

Engineers Australia: 6.5 CPD hours

Registration for the Conference is now open! Click the button below to secure your place.

The short courses and VTC site visit are not included in Full or Student Registration and must be purchased separately for attendance.

Short Course Overview

Morning Session: Visit & Scan-to-BIM at Victorian Tunnelling Centre (VTC)
Afternoon Session: Workshops at Monash University

Time	Activity and Workshop
8.30 – 9.00 AM	Registration and bus departing to Victorian Tunnelling Centre (VTC)
9.00 – 10.30 AM	Session 1: VTC Visit and Data Collection Segmental lined tunnel, Mined tunnel, TBM cutterhead
10.30 – 11.30 AM	Session 2: Sensing Technologies and Demo IoT-enhanced real-time monitoring and asset management
11.30 – 11.45 AM	Bus transfer back to Monash University
11.45 – 1.00 PM	Light lunch and break
1.00 – 2.00 PM	Session 3: BIM Digital Modelling Digital workflow including Scan-to-BIM and as-built BIM
2.00 – 3.00 PM	Session 4: ITA Working Groups WG 22 - Digitalisation and Automation TAtech Activity Group: Low Carbon Concrete Linings
3.00 – 3.15 PM	Coffee break
3.15 – 4.15 PM	Session 5: Structural Analysis Automation and evaluation for structural analysis
4.15 – 5.15 PM	Session 6: Sustainability Evaluation Monash Open-source TunCO₂ Digital Toolbox: hands-on practices
5.15 – 5.30 PM	Certificate presentation and acknowledgements
5.30 – 6.00 PM	End-of-Workshop Networking

Amanda Huang

Allen Chen

Jelena Ninic

Ross Digby

Jurij Karlovsek

Martin White

Georg Erharter

Philip Tsang

Qian-Bing Zhang

Amanda Huang: Lecturer, Swinburne / Member of ISSMGE TC222
Allen Chen: Assistant Lecturer, Monash University
Jurij Karlovsek: Senior Lecturer, UQ / Vice President at ATS
Jelena Ninic: Professor, Durham University / President of UKACM
Ross Digby: Associate Director, Centre for Energy and Infrastructure, Holmesglen
Martin White: State Manager VIC/SA/TAS, Geomotion
Georg Erharter: Senior Engineer, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Norway
Philip Tsang: Design Coordinator - Tunnels, Suburban Connect / Chair at ATS Young Member
Qian-Bing Zhang: Associate Professor, Monash University

Victorian Tunnelling Centre (VTC) Visit

The Victorian Tunnelling Centre (VTC) trains and upskills local workers in underground construction and tunnelling at the Australian-first training facility. Training up to 5000 students annually, the centre ensures Victorians are leaders at tunnel boring machine operation, innovation and underground construction.

The VTC training facilities have been purpose-built and include:

a replica mined road tunnel (3 lanes wide)
a replica tunnel boring machine tunnel
a 7.2m-tall tunnel boring machine cutterhead
2 multipurpose engineering workrooms
virtual reality training programs
tunnel shaft and concrete lining spray simulators
working refuge chamber.