Wednesday 4 February 2004
08.00 Registration
09.00 Welcome coffee
Chairman: Steen Rostam, COWI A/S, DK
09.30 Welcome and Introduction
09.45 Tunnels: challenges of today and tomorrow, Alfred Haack, STUVA, D
10.15 The European research priorities of future tunnel safety and performance
10.35 DARTS, FIT and UPTUN: Ongoing European developments addressing safety and reliability of tunnels, HansGeorge Katalagarianakis, European Commission, DG Research
11.00 Coffeebreak
Session 1: Hazards in tunnels and human behaviour
11.30 Hazards and the consequences for structure and human life, Ton Vrouwenvelder, TNO Building and Construction Research, NL
12.00 Human behaviour and lessons learned, Marieke Martens, TNO Human Factors, NL
12.20 Preventive operational measures, Ulla Eilersen, Sund & Baelt Holdings A/S, DK
12.45 Lunch
Chairman: Alfred Haack, STUVA, D
14.15 Fire response management, Norman Rhodes, Mott MacDonald, UK
14.35 Structural integrity, Niels Peter Høj, COWI A/S, DK
14.55 Time for questions
15.15 PANEL DISCUSSION A
Educating
the users/drivers … or the designers?
Moderator: Gabriel Alexander Khoury, Fire Safety Design, UK
16.00 Coffeebreak
Session 2: Design fire scenarios
16.30 Present-day design fire scenarios and comparison with test results and real fires: Structures & Equipment, Kees Both, TNO Building and Construction Research, NL
17.00
Recent achievements regarding modelling of time-temperature and time-heat development,
Haukur Ingason, Swedish National Testing and Research Institute, S
17.20 Recent achievements in modelling the transport of smoke and toxic gases in tunnel fire, Suresh Kumar, Building Research Establishment, UK
17.40 Time for questions
18.00 End of technical sessions
20.00 Reception and get-together cocktail
08.30 Welcome coffee
Thursday 5 February 2004
Session 3: Guidelines for fire safe design
Chairman: Kees Both, TNO Building and Construction Research, NL
09.00 Synthesis and current harmonisation processes, Didier Lacroix, Centre d'Études des Tunnels, F
09.30 Comparison of fire safety problems for the various transport modes in tunnels, Bruno Brousse, Centre d'Études des Tunnels, F
09.50 Compared fire safety features for road tunnels, Niels Peter Høj, COWI A/S, DK
10.10 Compared fire safety features for rail tunnels, Peter Zuber, Association Européenne pour l'Interopérabilité Ferroviaire, B
10.30 Coffeebreak
11.00 Compared fire safety features for metro tunnels, Daniel Gabay, RATP, F
11.20 Databases: structured and consultable experience, Johan van Dessel, BBRI, B
11.35 Time for questions
12.00 LunchSession 4: Integrated design and management of the tunnel creation process
Chairman: Didier Lacroix, Centre d'Études des Tunnels, F
13.30 Integrated tunnel design from cradle-to-grave enhancing structural performance and owners confidence, Steen Rostam, COWI A/S, DK
14.00 Deterioration modelling - model verification through in-situ tests, Carola
Edvardsen, COWI A/S, DK
14.20 Assessment
and service life updating of existing tunnels, Peter Schiessl, Ingenieurbüro
Professor Schiessl, D
14.40 Key
elements in future tunnel designs: Environmental impacts of tunnels, Leendert
van Geldermalsen, Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management,
NL
15.00 Coffeebreak
15.30 Key
elements in future tunnel designs: Hazards as a specific design issue, Sipke
van Manen, Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, NL
15.50 Examples
from practical application of the integrated design approach, Christoph
Gehlen, Ingenieurbüro Professor Schiessl, D
16.15 PANEL DISCUSSION B
Presciptive
versus performance based tunnel designs; possibilities, limitations and liabilities
Moderator: Joël Kruppa, Centre Industriel de la Construction Métallique,
F
17.00 Intermezzo
Closing/Concluding session
17.30 PANEL DISCUSSION C, Identification of main lacunae in our knowledge as basis for future R&D, (with the participation of E-Core), Moderator: Carlos Bosch, Dragados, E
18.15 Closing remarks, George Katalagarianakis, European Commission, DG Research
18.45 Closure
20.15 Closing Dinner
Friday 6 February 2004
Technical visits
Posters session: