II Polish Tunnel Forum

Program:

January 21 (Tuesday)

12:00 Session I New tunnel projects in Poland

Opening remarks - Zbigniew Kotlarek, President of Polish Road Congress, Lidia Markowska, director of the GDDKiA Branch in Wrocław

Speeches by invited guests

Results of the work of the PIARC Road Tunnels Operations Technical Committee in 2016-2019 - Rafael Lopez Guarga, chief engineer of the State Highways Board in Aragon, secretary of TCD5

Current problems of tunnel housing design in southern Poland - prof. Marek Cała, prof. Antoni Tajdus, dr Agnieszka Stopkowicz, AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow

Tunnels along the S-19 expressway in Podkarpacie - prof. Tomasz Siwowski, Rzeszow University of Technology, Krzysztof Czarnik, Promost Consulting

Questions and Answers, discussion

13:45 lunch

14:30 session II TS26 tunnel: a challenge for the investor, designer and contractor

Tunnel projects in the area of operation of the GDDKiA Branch in Wrocław - Lidia Markowska, director of the GDDKiA branch in Wrocław

NATM: Principles in design and construction - prof. Robert Galler, University of Montan in Leoben, Austria

Experience in the implementation of NATM/TBM tunnels withinin the context of the construction of the TS26 road tunnel along the Bolków - Kamienna Góra Północ S3 expressroad " - Arthur Geobl PORR Tunnelbau

Challenges in the design of the TS26 road tunnel along the Bolków - Kamienna Góra Północ section of the S3 expressroad - Michael Proprenter, IC-Consulanten, chief designer

Questions and Answers, discussion

16:15 coffee break

16:45 session III Tunnels safe for people and the environment

Life Cycle Costs in tunnels and comparison of ventilation systems in European countries - Gerd Holzer, Dieter Pejrimovsky, Bernhard Hoeppberger

Fires of fuel spills, lithium-ion batteries and technical gases and their spread on various road surfaces - prof. Jerzy Ejsmont, Gdańsk University of Technology

Selection of ventilation system in fire conditions in a road tunnel – prof. Marek Borowski, AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow

Environmental protection against vibration in the case of communication tunnels - prof. Krzysztof Stypuła, Cracow University of Technology

Questions and Answers, discussion

19:30 gala dinner

January 22 (Wednesday)

10:00 session IV Tunnel and a city

Design and formal and legal aspects of building drainage on the example of urban communication tunnels - dr Rafał Kuszyk, prof. Anna Siemińska-Lewandowska, Warsaw University of Technology

Road tunnel in the urban area on the example of a tunnel project along the S-2 express road on the section of the Warsaw Southern Bypass - Maciej Kieniewicz, Director of Pracownia Mostów Transprojejekt Warszawa

Possibility of constructing a metro in the Krakow AGH area - Krzysztof Ostrowski, Cracow University of Technology

Questions and Answers, discussion

11:30 coffee break, check out

12:00 session V Tunnel and water

Underwater tunnel in Świnoujście: design and implementation challenges - Julita Borkowska, GDDKiA Branch in Szczecin

Construction of the tunnel in Świnoujście from the contractor's point of view - a representative of the Gülermak Agir Sanayi Insaat ve Taahhüt AS (Turkey) company

Selection of waterproofing in tunnel objects in the context of tightness and durability - Krzysztof Śleszycki, Wojciech Buczek, SIKA Poland

13:30 lunch, closing of the meeting

Terms of participation:

The fee for participation in the Forum depends on the option of accomodation you choose:

With one overnight stay:

PLN 1,200 – one bed in a twin room, for members of the Polish Road Congress Association the fee reduced to PLN 1,100

PLN 1,350 - in a single room

These fees include:

• one night at the Novotel Wrocław City**** (21/22.01.2020) with breakfast,
• participation in the Forum on 21-22.01.2020,
• conference materials,
• coffee service, lunch and a gala dinner on 21.01.2020,
• coffee service and lunch on 22.01.2020.

C. No accommodation:

PLN 1,000 including VAT

This fee includes:

• participation in the Forum on 21-22.01.2020,
• conference materials,
• coffee service, lunch and a gala dinner on 21.01.2020,
• coffee service and lunch on 22.01.2020.

The number of single rooms is limited, first pay, first served rule. The check-in time at the hotel begins at 16:00 and check out time ends at 12:00 the next day. The rooms will be made available to the guests as soon as possible.

If you wish to particpate In the Forum, you are requested to send a completed online application form and make a payment to the bank account of the PRC at Alior Bank S.A. 77 2490 0005 0000 4520 9168 6331 no later than January 14th, 2020. Failure to pay is tantamount to resignation.

In the transfer title, please provide the surname (s) of the participant (s) of the Forum.

In the case of resignation later than January 17th, 2020 the Organizer will charge the participant for the full participation costs. Absence of the Participant (not reported in the above-mentioned period) does not exempt from payment of the amount due.