ITA-AITES

Founded in 1974 by the initiative of nineteen Nations, the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA) which aims are: - to encourage the use of the subsurface for the benefit of public, environment and sustainable development and - to promote advances in planning, design, construction, maintenance and safety of tunnels and underground space, by bringing together information thereon and by studying questions related thereto. To reach its objectives, ITA has set up international working groups (WG) to study and report on specific topics. To date, 15 working groups are active. The association is also composed of 4 committees: - ITA-COSUF, Committee on Operational Safety in Underground Facilities whith the cooperation of the World Road Association PIARC and the major European fire research organizations. - ITA-CET, Committee on Education & Training, nicknamed University Network - ITA-CUS, Committee on Underground Space - ITA-tech, Committee on New Technologies IT...