Korean Activity Report PDF
Major activities and events held in 2012 were as follows:
The 2013 KTA General Assembly and Annual Conference was held in Seoul on April 25th. At the Annual Conference.
The KTA hosted an international symposium, TU-Seoul 2013 in March, 2013. A total of 240 participants from 22 countries presented 159 papers in 10 technical sessions.
The Fall KTA Conference was held in November 1st and 148 members attended.
2013 KTA General Assembly
The KTA has been very active in the year 2013 having two national conferences together with one international symposium to disseminate up-to-date tunnelling and underground construction technology. The KTA is also working closely with the Korean government in terms of tunnel-related policies and technologies, and plays a major role in revision of the tunnel specification and standards.
Total 6 working groups regarding standard & specification, mechanized tunnelling, tunnelling & support, geotechnical survey & IT, urban tunnelling and disaster prevention & environment are currently enrolled in KTA and various activities such as technical advice in the format of memorandum have been carried out this year.
Technical tour of the various tunnel sites were also made to reduce the accidents and enhance the maintenance activities of the various tunnels.
TU-Seoul 2013