Bernhard Kohl

Head of the Linz Branch Office - ILF Consulting Engineers Austria GmbH

AUSTRIA

Bernhard Kohl has been working with ILF Consulting Engineers for 30 years; in his current

position he is head of the ILF branch office in Linz, Austria.

He graduated in Civil Engineering at the University of Innsbruck, specializing in traffic &

transport. He completed his postgraduate studies in Risk & Safety of Technical Systems at

ETH Zürich and EPF Lausanne.

Bernhard Kohl has been involved in the management of major traffic infrastructure projects in

Austria - both road and rail - like the New Westbahn railway line between Vienna and St. Pölten,

the new Semmering Base Tunnel project, the A26 urban motorway in Linz and the S10

expressway in Upper Austria.

His professional interests are especially focused on safety management in a tunnel

environment. Bernhard Kohl is a specialist for the safety and security of underground traffic

infrastructure, focusing on the development and the application of advanced risk assessment

tools, fire safety, evacuation and rescue. At an international level he has been in charge of

numerous tunnel safety services, recent examples being the Kaisermühlen Tunnel in Vienna

(Austria), the Waterview Tunnel in Auckland (New Zealand), the La Linea Tunnel in Columbia

and the Norra Länken Tunnels in Stockholm (Sweden).

Furthermore, he is regularly involved in research and development activities, e.g. for the

Austrian Research Association for Roads, Railways and Transport (FSV), the German

Highway Research Institute (BASt) and European research projects.

Bernhard Kohl is member of PIARC TC D5 Road Tunnel Operations and Co-Leader of Working

Group 2 (Safety).

Marie-Noëlle MARSAULT

Head of the Safety Department - Centre for Tunnel Studies (CETU)

FRANCE

Marie Noëlle Marsault is currently Head of the Tunnel Safety Department at the Centre for Tunnel Studies, based in Lyon, France. After graduating as a civil engineer in 1991, she briefly worked in the field of road pavement rolling noise before joining the Centre for Tunnel Studies in 1994. With 25 years of experience in the tunnelling profession, she has gained extensive knowledge in the field of tunnel safety, working in close collaboration with both central and local government offices to ensure compliance with national and European safety regulations. Acknowledged by the French Ministry in charge of transport as an expert within her field, she is a member of the CNESOR (National Commission for the Assessment of Road Infrastructure Safety). She has been nominated the official French representative within the European Commission’s Committee on Road Tunnel Safety and is a member of the Somport tunnel bi-national safety committee as well as a technical expert for safety matters concerning the French-Monegasque Rainier III tunnel. Her additional activities include engineering, research on human factors and safety management systems within a tunnel environment, the development of training actions and information campaigns and the production of national or international guidelines on numerous tunnel safety-related issues. She is member of PIARC TC D.5 Working Group 2 (Safety).

Atsushi ICHIKAWA

General Manager of the Facilities Planning Section - Operation Division

East Nippon Expressway Company Limited.

JAPAN

Atsushi ICHIKAWA has been working for the East Nippon Expressway Company (NEXCO East) for more than 25 years and is currently general manager of the facilities planning section at the HQ. NEXCO East is in charge of the construction and operation of expressways in eastern Japan and operates approximately 3,900km. Atsushi is not only responsible for various kinds of expressway facilities, but also is highly interested in tunnel safety issues. He has experience as the head of the Trans Tokyo Bay operation office which is responsible for the 10km undersea Tokyo Wan Aqua Line tunnel. He became a corresponding member of PIARC TC D.5 Working Group 2 (Safety) in 2017. He obtained his Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering in Japan and obtained a Ph.D. from the University of Dundee, U.K. by applying genetic algorithms to on-line road tunnel ventilation control.

George MAVROYENI

Technical Director - AECOM

AUSTRALIA

George Mavroyeni leads the Independent Assurance Services business for AECOM across

Australia and New Zealand. These services primarily involve the review of designs and

construction of major transport infrastructure, including tunnels.

George graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) and immediately joined VicRoads, the

State Road Authority in Victoria, Australia where he developed his career over 38 years. He

held several senior positions at VicRoads, including Executive Director - Major Projects,

Executive Director - Metropolitan Operations and General Manager - Road Safety. George has

assisted VicRoads and the State Government to develop numerous significant road policies,

strategies, road programs as well as deliver major road projects across the Melbourne. He has

also been involved in the development of business cases to initiate numerous major road

projects across the state of Victoria.

George joined the World Road Association almost 10 years ago, beginning as a leader of a

Road Safety Work Group and then playing a significant role in the development of the World

Road Association’s first Road Safety Manual. In 2016 he joined Technical Committee D5 on

Road Tunnel Operations and is in Working Group 2 on Tunnel Safety.

George’s greatest strength is leading teams with diverse skills to successfully deliver major

road projects - he has a passion for road safety and takes great pride in developing his team

and encouraging them to achieve their professional goals. George is married and has four

children aged from 23 to 36.

Qualifications and memberships: Bachelor of Civil Engineering, Graduate Diploma in

Management, Diploma of Australian Institute of Company Directors, Fellow of Engineers,

Australia, Member of the World Road Association

Alexandre DEBS

Project Manager - Quebec Department of Transportation

CANADA

Alexandre Debs is a senior engineering and project manager of the Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine Tunnel Rehabilitation Project, working for the Quebec Department of Transportation (le ministère des Transports, de la Mobilité durable et de l’Électrification des transports du Québec). For the past 20 years, he has occupied different managerial positions as a safety engineer, tunnel manager and chief of operations responsible of the Integrated Traffic Management Center, which is responsible for monitoring the entire metropolitan highway network. Since 2013, he has been responsible for managing major public infrastructure projects, including the repair of tunnels in the Montréal metropolitan area.

In parallel with his mandates in the Ministry, Mr. Debs is strongly involved in international affairs. He sits on various standardization committees in the field of tunnels and represents Québec in various international fora. He is the author of several publications in scientific journals, conferences and seminars organized by local and international associations. He is particularly interested in fire hazards in road tunnels and measures to counter these risks. He is also a member of the Road Tunnel Operations Committee of the World Road Association (PIARC) and was the French Secretary in cycle 2008-2012.

Mathieu HERMEN

Deputy Manager - Greater Lyon Council Expressways and Tunnels Division

FRANCE

Mathieu HERMEN is currently deputy head of the expressways and tunnels division of the

Greater Lyon Council (la Métropole de Lyon). Within this division, he also manages the unit

responsible for contracting authority matters.

The expressways and tunnels division manages 48 kilometres of urban expressways and 6

urban tunnels (operation, maintenance, major maintenance works and asset management

issues). Over the last 5 years, it has conducted several major refurbishment operations, with

the aim of improving safety in the main tunnels of the Greater Lyon area.

After obtaining his engineering degree in 1995, Mathieu HERMEN worked in the field of

electrical engineering / automation before becoming the manager of several major roadway

projects (including the creation of a motorway section). He then managed an urban roadway

operation division for 9 years, before joining the expressways and tunnels division in 2013.

Ronald MANTE

Senior Advisor in Infrastructure Safety - Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management

NETHERLANDS

Ronald Mante graduated as a Civil Engineer in 1987 and as a Business Engineer in 1989. His post-graduate studies include Quality Assurance and Management, Tunnel Safety, Traffic Management and Systems Engineering. Between 1990 and 2006, he was employed by the consulting and engineering firm Grontmij (now: Sweco) in various functions (consultant, project manager, quality manager and head of the contracts and cost estimate department). During this period, he was involved in numerous schemes, projects and studies related to roads, waterways, bridges, viaducts, locks, pumping stations, road tunnels, integral safety and risk management. Since 2006, he has been employed by Rijkswaterstaat, the executive organization of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management in The Netherlands. He is currently senior advisor in infrastructure safety within the Major Projects and Maintenance division of Rijkswaterstaat. This includes the coordination of the Centre for Tunnel Safety, commissioned with the development and implementation of requirements, standards and tools to ensure the safety of tunnels during their entire life cycle. Through this work, Ronald is involved with the construction and refurbishment of various national (and international) road tunnels, as well as the development and implementation of the Dutch national tunnel standard and tunnel safety legislation. Furthermore, Ronald is a member of PIARC Technical Committee D.5 (Road Tunnel Operations). Within this committee, he is the leader of the Working Group 2 (Safety). He also represents The Netherlands in the Road Tunnel Safety Committee of the European Commission and in the Work Stream Tunnel Safety, a cooperation between Rijkswaterstaat, Highways England, the Flemish Agentschap Wegen en Verkeer and the French Centre for Tunnel Studies (CETU), focussed on the exchange of knowledge and experience to improve cost-effectiveness of tunnel management.

Christina KLUGE

Tunnel Safety Officer – Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

GERMANY

Christina Kluge is the Tunnel Safety Officer (TSO) for road tunnels on the territory of the Free

and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. In this role, she covers 15 tunnels (in operation, under

construction and in the design phase), including the Elbe Tunnel.

She graduated in Civil Engineering (Dipl.-Ing.) at the University of Applied Sciences Hamburg

in 1998 before starting her professional career as a consultant in the field of traffic management

on motorways including road tunnels.

During her work with infrastructure consultant companies in Germany and the UK she focused

on road tunnel projects, being involved as project manager and expert (e.g. Elbe Tunnel

Hamburg, Herrentunnel Lübeck, A55 tunnels in North Wales). She gained deep knowledge

regarding planning, specification and implementation of tunnel safety schemes in collaboration

with authorities, emergency services and contractors.

In 2010 Christina Kluge was appointed TSO as an employee of the Free and Hanseatic City

of Hamburg at Landesbetrieb Straßen, Brücken und Gewässer (Hamburg Agency for Roads,

Bridges and Waters).

Since 2011 she has been a member of ITA COSUF - Committee on Operational Safety of Underground Facilities - Activity Group 4, Road Tunnel Safety Officers.

Arild Petter SØVIK

CEO - Søvik Consulting

NORWAY

Arild Petter Søvik provides expert advice and services in the field of infrastructure, tunnels and underground construction.

He has gained extensive experience from key positions in the industry and as former National Tunnel Manager, for the administrative authority in Norway, working on all tunnel phases, including early studies, planning, construction and operation (+1200 tunnels). His experience includes handling several large severe tunnel fires in Norway and responsibilities for regulations and national guidelines.

Arild’s work focuses on questions of how to build, operate, maintain and manage tunnels in the future (research and development).

He has a wide experience as a speaker on various tunnel-related topics and contributes to world-wide communication and news coverage on road tunnels and technology in an operational perspective. He is active in both national and international networks.

Arthur KABUYA

Chief engineer at Bruxelles-Mobilité / Brussels Region Public Service

BELGIUM

Arthur KABUYA graduated from Liège University with a degree in electro-mechanical

engineering, and obtained a Master’s in management science at the Louvain School of

Management (Belgium). After having obtained his degree in electro-mechanical engineering

in 1987, he lectured on heat and mass transfer and machine construction at Liège University.

He was also involved in research projects in the field of contactless joints used in the

aeronautical industry and in the field of biodegradable lubricants.

Since the year 2000, he has been working for Bruxelles-Mobilité, the administration in charge

of public works and mobility policies for the region of Brussels. He is responsible for the

refurbishment of 25 cut-and-cover tunnels and has produced or undertaken the following:

An analysis of structures and safety equipment and an audit of operating conditions,

The cost estimate for the refurbishment programme,

A risk visualization tool for decision-makers,

The production of safety documentation,

The multiannual works investment plan with contracting and organizational methods,

The production of tender documents for various phases: studies, major refurbishment

works for tunnels remaining open to traffic, maintenance and tunnel operation,

The monitoring of refurbishment works, maintenance and equipment renewal.

Arthur is responsible for organising, managing and implementing the €800 million multiannual

tunnel investment plan and reports annually to the government and to the regional parliament.

Since 2006, he has been a member of the Belgian technical committee on road tunnels within

PIARC. He is also currently member of PIARC’s Technical Committee D.5 on Road Tunnel

Operations, where he represents Belgium and participates in the working group on sustainable

tunnel operation. He is a member of the board at the Belgian Road Research Centre.

Arthur is author or co-author of more than 20 scientific and technical publications in the field of

road tunnels, chemical engineering, machine construction and aeronautics.

Nam Goo KIM

Head of Mechanical Facilities - Korea Expressway Corporation

SOUTH KOREA

Nam-Goo Kim is currently Head of the Mechanical Facilities Team at the HQ of the Korea Expressway Corporation (KEC), based in Gimcheon city, South Korea. KEC is a government invested company which is entrusted with the authority to construct and manage expressways in South Korea. He has worked for KEC since 1995, and over his 24 years’ experience has gained extensive

knowledge in various stages of a tunnel safety life cycle, including planning, design,

construction and O&M. He has also participated in developing legislation, notably national

tunnel safety regulations in 2004, and continues to lead standards and R&D technology on

tunnel safety in South Korea.

He recently worked on a successful project involving 35 tunnels, the longest of which is the In-

je tunnel (11km), which opened in June 2017, and developed various new ideas such as

emergency cars, landscape lighting with new design and a pre-fire (overheated vehicle)

detection system, etc. As a team leader, he always tries to find balanced coordination between

other engineers (civil, electricity, ITS, etc), so as to maximize tunnel safety as a whole.

He studied mechanical engineering (BS), has an MBA, and is currently studying for a PhDc in business administration at Seoul National University. His PhDc research field is mainly SCRM (Supply Chain Risk Management), which from a business perspective has a similar context to tunnel safety. He has also been a member of the PIARC TC D.5 (Road Tunnel Operations) since 2008.

Les FIELDING

Tunnel Safety Officer - London Bridge Associates

UNITED KINGDOM

UNITED KINGDOM

Les Fielding (FIFireE, MCIHT, MIFSM) is the Tunnel Safety Officer (TSO) of the Hindhead tunnel which opened to traffic in July 2011, TSO for the design of the Gibraltar Airport and Frontier Access Tunnels and TSO for the design stage of the TfL Silvertown Tunnel in London.

In the last 12 months he has supported the Crossrail Systemwide fit out project, managing fire safety and incident management planning during the fit out stage.

He is a former UK Representative on the World Road Association’s Technical Committee on Road Tunnel Operations and former leader of Working Group 4 Fire Safety that developed international guidance on Fixed Fire-Fighting Systems in Road Tunnels.

He has contributed to tunnel schemes for the A303 Stonehenge Tunnel design, A3 Hindhead tunnel construction and operation, Holmesdale, Bell Common tunnels refurbishments on the M25, Hatfield tunnel on the A1, the A55 Tunnels North Wales, Transport for London Tunnels and Heathrow Airport Tunnels. He has also been involved in training tunnel operational staff and coordinating emergency exercises at the Hai Van Tunnel and has contributed to the Ca Pass Tunnel Design in Vietnam.

Les has extensive experience in leading tunnel design and safety consultation groups with emergency services and other key stakeholders, including extensive experience in leading and managing full scale emergency exercises in road tunnels.

He was formerly an Officer in the Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service where he worked at strategic level supporting local, regional and national fire safety policy.

Lim Hock TAY

Deputy Chief Communications Specialist - Land Transport Authority

SINGAPORE

Lim Hock has worked in the field of telecommunications for more than 25 years since his graduation in 1992. Lim Hock joined the Land Transport Authority of Singapore (LTA) in 1998 and is currently the Deputy Chief Specialist (Communications Systems). Prior to his current appointment, Lim Hock and his team were responsible for providing

systems specialist services to their project team counterparts in the implementation of

communications systems, which include wide area communication backbone networks, radio

communication systems, public address and telephone systems, etc. for the rapid transit

systems and road tunnel projects constructed by LTA in Singapore. Examples of these

projects include the various driverless light and mass rapid transit systems, as well as the

Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway and Marina Coastal Expressway.

In recognition of Lim Hock’s domain knowledge in communication systems, he was appointed

as the Deputy Chief Specialist (Communications Systems) in 2015. His responsibilities as

Deputy Chief Specialist include functional competence development and mentoring, providing

technical advisory services, developing, reviewing and upkeeping engineering standards and

conducting technical reviews and studies, etc. for both rail and road project communications

systems.

The survey conducted with PIARC TC D.5 committee members on the deployment of public

address systems is part of the review by Lim Hock and his colleagues on the technical

specifications for the public address system to be installed in the road tunnel of the North South

Corridor, a new integrated transport corridor project to be constructed in Singapore.

Gary CLARK

Chief Engineer - Tunnel Ventilation - Atkins

UNITED KINGDOM

Gary Clark has been working in the discipline of Tunnel Ventilation and Safety for over 20

years; of which 18 years have been with Atkins. In his current position he is head of the Atkins

UK Tunnel Ventilation Group, a specialist team with an international profile for its expertise in

the analysis and design for road, rail and metro systems worldwide.

He is a Chartered Engineer and is active in industry in the development of innovation and the

advancement of the discipline of ventilation and safety in tunnels. He is an invited expert to the

UK Tunnel Design Authority which presides over UK road tunnel projects, a Member of the UK

Road Tunnel Operators’ Association, and is a designated Tunnel Safety Officer under the EU

Directive for four major TERN Tunnels in the UK.

Gary has led the design of tunnel operational safety systems for major tunnel projects in the

UK, both road and rail - including the new Silvertown Road Tunnel in London, the A303

Stonehenge Project, the Bakerloo Line Extension Project, and refurbishment design for the

Rotherhithe and Heathrow Road Tunnels among others. At an international level he has

provided expertise and support to Atkins projects in the Middle East (Doha Metro, Riyadh

Metro), North America and Canada (Toronto Metro, I70 Road Tunnel) and the Far East.

His professional interests are especially focused on the management of safety and risk in

tunnels. He is a specialist in tunnel operational safety with expert knowledge of the

development and application of risk analysis techniques, tunnel fire safety, evacuation and

intervention strategy; as well as operational management and the development of minimum

operating requirements.

Gary is member of PIARC TC D5 Road Tunnel Operations Technical Committee as the

English-Speaking Secretary for the 2016-19 period and is Co-Leader of Working Group 4

(Ventilation).

Romano BORCHIELLINI

Full Professor - Polytechnic University of Turin

ITALY

Romano Borchiellini graduated in Mechanical Engineering in 1983 at Politecnico di Torino, Italy. Since February 2001, Romano Borchiellini has been a Full Professor at the Department of Energy of the Politecnico di Torino, where he is in charge of teaching thermodynamics, heat and mass transfer, and HVAC systems in undergraduate and graduate degree courses. In 2010 he taught a PhD course (30h) in “Ventilation and fire safety in tunnels” at the National Technical University of Mendoza (Argentina). His publications comprise more than 150 papers published in journals and international and national conferences. Most of these papers refer to the analysis and modelling of thermal systems. He is also a reviewer for international journals and conferences. Romano coordinated the research program “Transient thermo-fluid dynamic study of the Mont Blanc Tunnel in case of fire”. The Italian Ministry of Infrastructures and Transportations charged him with providing technical advice within the scope of legal action taken by the Italian lawyers in relation to the accident that occurred on March 24th 1999 in the Mont Blanc Tunnel. Since 2012, he has been vice-president of the Italian Committee for Tunnel Management of the World Road Association (PIARC) and since 2009 he has been one of the two Italian delegates appointed by Ministry of Infrastructures and Transportation in the PIARC Technical Committee “Road Tunnel Operations”. In October 2014 he was appointed an “Expert” in the Tunnel Standing Committee of the “Consiglio Superiore dei Lavori Pubblici” (Supreme Council responsible for overseeing public works). Since 2016, he has been a member of the “Commissione Sicurezza Gallerie Ferroviarie” (National Committee for railway tunnel safety and in November 2016 he was appointed as a member of the “Consiglio Superiore dei Lavori Pubblici”.

Henric MODIG

Fire Safety and Risk Management Engineer - Swedish Transport Administration

SWEDEN

Henric Modig is a fire safety and risk management engineer specialized in tunnel safety, particularly road tunnels. He has worked as a tunnel safety specialist on the E4 Stockholm bypass project since 2008, and lately on other ongoing major road tunnel projects in the Stockholm area, such as Tvärförbindelse Södertörn and Östlig förbindelse. After many years as a consultant in Australia and Sweden, he has been employed by the Swedish Road Administration’s major projects division since 2015. He has managed several research activities within the tunnel safety field, including model and full-scale fire testing of fixed fire-fighting systems, evacuation experiments, concrete spalling, suitable evacuation lighting levels, walking speed in smoke filled tunnels, fire detection methods, human factors and connected vehicles. This research has been funded both by the EU and the Swedish Transport Administration. In order to ensure commissioning and safe operation of the tunnel projects, his daily work includes close collaboration with the Swedish Transport Agency, fire rescue services and tunnel designers and contractors. His tunnel safety work includes a range of tasks e.g. handling of dangerous goods transport, passive fire protection measures, evacuation concepts, ventilation design and advising on fire protection measures for the construction phase. He is group leader of PIARC TC D.5 Working Group 3 (Human factors and ITS).

Pierre LONGTIN

President - Nyx Hemera Technologies

CANADA

Mr. Pierre Longtin, is one of the world’s pioneers in the field of intelligent control systems using power line communications. After getting his diploma in computer science and electronics in 1984, Pierre Longtin created numerous companies in the field of technology. In 1992, he has founded Domosys Corporation with consortium partners IBM, Mitel, and Hydro Québec, specialized in power line communication systems. As Vice-President of Engineering, he developed and obtained three patents for the system and method for different power line technologies.

With his long-standing expertise in power line communications and intelligent control, he founded Nyx Hemera Technologies in 2008 in order to develop an Intelligent Control System specifically for road tunnels. Since then, he has deployed his intelligent solution in some of the longest tunnels in Asia, in different tunnels in North and South America, Europe and in the Middle East.

In 2012, Mr. Longtin was nominated by the Ministry of Transport of Québec as an active member on the TC 3.3 - Road Tunnels Operations Committee of the World Road Association (PIARC). His appointment was renewed in 2016 for a 2nd term of four years, on the same Committee, now renamed PIARC D.5 Road Tunnels Operations. Mr. Longtin is also a member of the IES Roadway Lighting Subcommittee

Mr Longtin has written many papers on safety and energy saving in road tunnel lighting and

has presented papers in the following conferences:

Arabian Tunnelling Conference 2013, UAE

Quebec Road Association Conference 2013, Canada

Tunnel and ITS Conference 2013, Norway

IRF International Seminar on Sustainable Road and Green Technology, 2013, Indonesia,

ITA WTC 2015 Congress, Croatia.

Fathi TARADA

Managing Director - Mosen Ltd

UNITED KINGDOM

Dr Fathi Tarada is the founder and managing director of Mosen Ltd, an engineering consultancy based in the UK and active internationally. He is qualified in engineering, management and law and is a leading expert in fire safety engineering, tunnel ventilation and Computational Fluid Dynamics.

Dr Tarada is the inventor of the patented MoJet®, an energy-efficient method of ventilating tunnels and has submitted over a dozen patent applications in the field of mechanical engineering. He is the UK Representative of the World Road Association (PIARC) Technical Committee on Road Tunnel Operations, the Chairman of the Annual Conference on Tunnels: Construction, Maintenance and Safety, the past Chairman of BHR’s International Symposium on Aerodynamics, Ventilation and Fire in Tunnels, the past Chairman of the Fire Protection and Safety in Tunnels Conference and the past Chairman of the Middle East FireSafe Conference.

Dr Tarada has led major engineering projects including the M&E design of the New Tyne Crossing in the UK, and has served as an expert witness in major court cases including the criminal proceedings following the explosion and fire at Buncefield, UK in 2005.

Dr Tarada has authored or co-authored over 30 papers on tunnel ventilation, fire suppression, risk analysis and gas turbine design, reporting on both experimental and computational research work.

Jean-Claude MARTIN

Technical Advisor and Internal Auditor – Centre for Tunnel Studies (CETU)

FRANCE

Jean-Claude MARTIN has a degree in electrical engineering and a higher technical studies diploma. He is currently advisor and internal auditor for tunnel equipment issues at the Centre for Tunnel Studies, based in Lyon, France. With more than 30 years of experience in the tunnelling profession, he has gained extensive knowledge in the field of tunnel operation and asset management, working in close collaboration with all the national tunnel operators to optimize operation rules and costs. He has been a member of the International Commission of Illumination (CIE) and the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) for more than 15 years. Acknowledged by the French Ministry in charge of transport as an international expert within the field of tunnel equipment, he is a member of the Somport tunnel bi-national Safety Committee (Spanish and French) and the head of the French delegation within the Tende tunnel Safety Committee (Italian and French). Jean-Claude has also been an inspector for the Channel Tunnel for 18 years and a member of the bi-national Safety Committee (English and French). His additional activities include assistance and expertise for various tunnel owners, engineering and production of technical advices on future tunnel projects or tunnel refurbishment projects. He has been a member of the association for many years. Currently he is the WG1

(Sustainable Operation) leader and the French secretary of the Committee tunnel D5.

Salvatore GIUA

Tunnel Safety and MEP System Expert – Salvatore Giua Ingegneria

ITALY

Salvatore Giua is a mechanical engineer with more than 25 years of experience as project

leader and design coordinator for large underground infrastructures. He has expert knowledge

of road safety, risk management and tunnel electromechanical and automation systems such

as ventilation, lighting, firefighting and other safety systems.

He is a road safety auditor with extensive experience in the design and supervision of tunnel

safety systems. He often plays the role of "third party expert" for new tunnels or for the

refurbishment of existing tunnels along the Trans European Road Network and in several

Extra-European Countries. He has worked as an expert for significant engineering companies

worldwide.

Salvatore Giua has been involved in the Italian PIARC Technical Committee on Road Tunnels

since 1996. Currently he is the Chairman of the Italian Technical Committee on “Road Tunnel

Operations”. He is also member of the International PIARC Technical Committee D5

representing Italy and a member of the TC D.5 Working Group 1 (Sustainable Operation).

Acknowledged by the Chairman of the Superior Council of Public Works as an expert within

his field, he has been appointed as a consulting expert to the Permanent Commission on Road

Tunnels.

He is author of more than 20 scientific papers which have been published in International and

Italian journals and included in the proceedings of international and national congresses.

Bijan KHALEGHI

State Bridge Design Engineer

UNITED STATES

Bijan Khaleghi is the State Bridge Design Engineer with the Washington State Department of

Transportation (WSDOT) Bridge and Structures Office, and adjunct professor at Saint Martin’s

University.

He received his Master and Doctor of Engineering degrees from the National Institute of

Applied Sciences, Lyon, France. He is a member of the American Association of State

Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Technical Committees on Movable Bridges

T-8, Concrete Bridges T-10, Tunnels T-20, Roadway Tunnels, and member representative of

AASHTO at the Permanent International Association for Road Congress (PIARC).

Bijan is a member of Transportation Research Board (TRB) AFF10 Accelerated Bridge

Construction, AFF30 Concrete, AFF50 Seismic, and AFF60 Tunnels. He is also a member of

the American Segmental Bridge Institute (ASBI) and Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute

(PCI). Bijan is recipient of PCI Fellow Award – February 2018, T.Y. Lin Award, ASCE – March

2014, Charles C. Zollman Award, PCI Journal 2011 and 2013, T.Y. Lin Award, ASCE – SEI

May 2006, Martin P. Korn Award, PCI JOURNAL Award 2005. Bijan is a registered

Professional Civil and Structural Engineer in the States of Washington (PE, SE), and California

(PE).