Photo: Fábio Selleio Prado
BRAZILIAN CONGRESS OF TUNNELS AND UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES
Latin American Tunnelling Seminar
With the theme “Innovative underground works for a better future”, the 5 th Brazilian Congress on Tunnels and Underground Structures (5 th CBT) will bring together renowned persons from the tunnel industry worldwide. Twelve key themes for professionals in the underground structures area will be addressed.


THEMES
Geological Investigations, Basic Data, Hydrogeological and Geotechnical Aspects
Geological geotechnical investigations for tunnel design
For hard rock and soft ground tunnels, new mapping and testing techniques
Underground works for mining, oil & gas and other energies
Design and work practices, case studies
Túneis e galerias em rocha para situações complexas
Casos de projeto e obra, tecnologias
Tunnels in urban environments
Design and construction practices, interference with infrastructure networks, with existing underground structures and with buildings
Conventional and mechanized tunneling
In soft ground and hard rock, productivity and optimization, historical cases
Hard rock tunneling and galleries for complex situations
Design and work cases, technologies