The magnificent "Palacio de las Aguas Corrientes" was the stunning venue for this training session on sustainability and eco-friendly tunnelling, which was organized on 6th September in collaboration with the Argentinian Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (AATES).

The course was part of the 7th Tunnelling and Underground Workshops, a successful three-day event which this year was entitled "Towards Sustainable Construction of Tunnels and Underground Space". The event was attended by Pablo Bereciartua, the Argentinian Secretary of Public Works, Eng. Germán Bussi, from the Ministry of Transport and the ITA President, Dr. Tarcisio Celestino.

The aim of the one-day ITACET session was to provide an introduction to the environmental impacts of tunnel construction and operation and the way to adopt a more eco-friendly and sustainable approach to resource consumption.

Two renowned ITA lecturers gave lively talks to an audience of over a hundred: Mr Robert Galler, (pictured below), Head of Subsurface Engineering at Montan Universität, Leoben, Austria, and member of the Executive Board of the ITACET Foundation, and Mr Michel Deffayet, Director of the Centre for Tunnel Studies, Lyon, France and Technical Director of the Foundation.