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:
C. No accommodation:
PLN 1,000 including VAT
This fee includes:
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.
Main topics of the conference:
• winter maintenance standards
• systems and materials of winter maintenance
• climate change effect on winter maintenance (PIARC)
The aim of this event is to facilitate a constructive dialogue between researchers and practicioners in order to foster a better understanding of roads sustainability and ecoinfrastructures.
As usually the PKD conference season starts with the Forum on the construction and operation of tunnels. In 2021, the event has a new name - the 3rd International Tunneling Forum and is held online.