Since 2011, the SFB 837 has established a continuous collaboration „Recent Advances in Tunneling and Underground Space Research“ with various international academic partners. Among other research institutions, this includes the IKC Cambridge, UK; the Tongji University Shanghai,China; the ACTUE-Group, Austria; the Colorado School of Mines, USA; the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy and the University of Cork, Ireland.

In 2016, 2018 and 2019, a workshop has been organized by SFB 837 combined with the Technical Committee 204 “Underground Construction in Soft Ground” of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) the weekend before the World Tunneling Congresses in San Francisco (USA), Dubai (UAE) and Naples (ITALY). This workshop is the 4th in that line and will be held at the Impiana Hotel, 13 Jalan Pinang, 50450 Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, 12th of September, prior to the WTC 2020 venue.

The workshop is organized by Prof. Dr. Adam Bezuijen, Ghent University, Belgium/Deltares, the Netherlands, Dr.-Ing. Britta Schößer, SFB 837 sub-project manager, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany and Dr. Daniela Garroux G. de Oliveira, Tunnelsoft, Germany.

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