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Proposal Document Table of Contents Page SUMMARY 5 1. Proposed City Location: Naples 6 2. Conference Centre 7 3. Accommodation 7 4. Organization 8 5. Included in Proposal Document 9 SUPPORTING THE INITIATIVE 12 Letters of Endorsement 13 Invitation letter from SIG President 18 Candidature Sponsors 21

EXTENDED APPLICATION FORM 22 1. PROPOSED CITY LOCATION 23 Why WTC 2019 in Naples 24 2. CONFERENCE CENTRE 27 Mostra d'Oltremare 28 Key Plan 29 Accessibility 30 Spaces for WTC 2019 31 Other Facilities within Mostra d'Oltremare 39 3. ACCOMMODATION 40 Naples Hotel capacity 41 Hotel Room Block 42 GETTING THERE 45 Naples by Air 46 Naples by Train 49 Naples by Car 49 Visas 50 GETTING AROUND 51 Metro System 52 Trams and Buses 52 Public Transport App 52 Bike Sharing 53 Car Sharing 53 GOOD TO KNOW 54 Climate 55 Power Outlets 55 Typical prices of some popular items in Naples 56 4. ORGANIZATION 57 SIG Experience in Organzing Congresses 58 Synergy with the national Conference 60 Professional Congress Organizer 61 Organization Chart 62 International Steering Committee 63

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Scientific Committee 63 Local Organizing Committee 64 5. INCLUDED IN PROPOSAL DOCUMENT 65 Engineering, Innovation, Archaeology, Architecture and Art 66 Engineering 67 Innovation 70 Archaeology 72 Architecture 75 Art 77 Draft Programme with Dates 82 A.A.A. On-Site Technical Visits 83 Locations for WTC 2019 Social Programme 87 Projected Fees for Delegates, Exhibitors and Sponsors 92 Draft Budget 93 The WTC's Impact on Local, National and Regional Markets 94 Naples 2019 Underground Tunnelling: History 95 Naples 2019 Underground Tunnelling: Future Perspectives 97 The Italian Context 100 6. ACCOMPANYING PEOPLE, PRE and POST TOURS 105 Fascinating Naples 106 Fascinating Surroundings 109

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SUMMARY 1. PROPOSED CITY LOCATION: NAPLES A unique location, combining a great city fully representative of the ‘Italian lifestyle' with Archaeology, Architecture, Art, touristic attractions and, of course, Tunnelling, with important underground works built recently in a unique and complex geology, giving impressive examples how important and attractive underground works are built. The Toledo Metro Station on Line 1 has just won the ITA award for the “Innovative Use of Underground Space”. It is a unique example of a decentralised museum, offering dynamic fruition of artists’ creations, as the citizens have the possibility to travel an open artistic itinerary. SIG – Società Italiana Gallerie – as bidder understands and accepts that changes of the city will not be permitted.

A DYNAMIC ITALIAN TUNNELLING SOCIETY SIG – Società Italiana Gallerie - expresses its support, enthusiasm and strong willingness to host the WTC 2019 in Naples.

ACTIVE SUPPORT FROM THE CITY OF NAPLES The city authorities would be honoured to host the WTC 2019 and will do their best to guarantee that everything meets the delegates ‘ expectations.

A CONGRESS VENUE IN THE HEART OF THE CITY The Mostra d’Oltremare is located in the heart of the city, conveniently close to several hotels and is efficiently served by public transport.

ACCOMMODATION Mr. Salvatore Naldi as President of Federalberghi, the association of the major hotels in Naples, has expressed his willingness and commitment to assure the WTC delegates the warmest welcome in its hotels.

ACCESSIBILITY The international airport of Naples Capodichino is well connected with domestic and international destinations. The city of Naples is also efficiently served by the high speed train.

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2. CONFERENCE CENTRE

 Mostra d’Oltremare - http://www.mostradoltremare.it/ Mostra d’Oltremare is one of the main Italian conference centres: its modular Exhibition and Conference areas are appropriate for any kind of event. Its size, architectural properties and services make it a top- ranking multi-purpose centre within the Italian trade show system. Located in Via John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 54, the Metro Line 6 connects it with the centre of Naples, the "Mostra" stop is right at the main entrance of the location . For details please see section 2 of this Proposal document.  Wi-fi availability Free wi-fi will be available throughout the conference centre.  Public internet point The Conference Centre will be provided with an adequate number of public workstations with internet access.  Confirmation of availability of Conference Centre The Conference Centre is available and already optioned from Thursday May 3 until Thursday , May 9 2019.

3. ACCOMMODATION

Naples offers over 5,000 hotel rooms from 3 to 5-star hotels. The Naples seafront is the best tourist area for accommodation, connected to the congress venue via the Metro Line 6 and a bus service that will be organized especially during the period of the WTC. The headquarters hotel for ITA AITES Board will be the Vesuvio, 5 stars, conveniently located in one of the best areas of Naples. A bus shuttle service will be exclusively offered to the Board members. For details please see section 3 in this Proposal document.

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4. ORGANIZATION

Experience from previous conferences SIG has organized two ITA’s General Assemblies; the first in Florence on the theme of “Large Underground Opening” and the second in Milan reflecting on “Progress in Tunnelling after 2000”.

Activities 2014/2015: • Training Course SIG & ITACET Foundation – Turin, 15 and 16 January 2014 “Conventional Tunnelling and ground reinforcing techniques “ • SIG International Conference - Samoter 2014 – Verona, 8 May – “Excavation ground and rocks in underground works: problem or opportunity? “ • SIG International Conference - Expotunnel 2014 – Bologna 23-24 October - “Innovation in underground construction“ • SIG Conference for Santa Barbara 2014 - Turin, 3 December - “40 years in SIG: Past presidents meet the next generation ” • SIG International Conference Expotunnel 2015 - Milano, 8 – 9 October 2015 - “ Using ground and underground wisely to avoid environmental disarray " • SIG Conference for Santa Barbara 2015 – Rome, 3 December - “Muir Wood’s Spirit”

Technical visits 2015: • 26/27 March - Agrigento: Doubling of the Motorway 640 – Caltanissetta tunnel • 17 April – Turin-Lyon: Maddalena exploration tunnel • 15 May – Rome: underground Metro Line C: underpassing Via Appia • 19 June – Valico dei Giovi: High-Speed Rail Tunnels for Milan-Genoa, visit to Polcevera lateral adit • 2 December – Pozzuoli, Naples: Tunnel Livio Cosenza at Campi Flegrei .

Synergy WTC 2019 in Naples will be an opportunity to organize, with the support of the major Italian universities and cultural associations, special educational sessions carried out by international opinion leaders and ITA experts attending the WTC 2019. Moreover, some WTC 2019 sessions will be broadcasted by new media to universities and cultural associations in Italy, expanding the audience that can benefit from the knowledge shared by the international experts.

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Professional Conference Organizer - PCO The organization of the event will be entrusted to a high international PCO linked to the territory and with knowledge of the historical aspects of the city of Naples. SIG has already contacted an international PCO, that has already successfully organized the two previous WTC conferences in Italy and , in case Naples is selected, capable of the highest service quality.

Organization Chart The organization of the event involves professionals, who in the past played key roles in the success of international events such as the WTC. In addition, the experience from the previous WTC organized by SIG in Italy, represents a milestone from which to coordinate a structure that, with the support of important international opinion leaders, will ensure the success of the WTC 2019 in Naples. The organizational structure conceived (please see the detailed chart in section 4 of this Proposal document) aims at providing WTC with the organization geared to deliver the highest-standard service. In particular the following committees have been identified:  International Steering Committee  Scientific Committee  Local organizing Committee and Secretariat

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Tunnels and underground cities: engineering and innovation meet archeology, architecture and art The conference will propose topics on design and construction of underground works focusing on engineering and innovation, combining some unusual topics suggested by the Neapolitan area which are true Italian trademarks: archaeology, architecture and art. There will be sessions on the development of the integrated underground and surface transport network, the environmental sustainability of operations, the innovations in methods and materials and the integrated design of underground works combining also archaeology, architecture and art.

Draft Programme with dates For detail see section 4 in this Proposal document

Technical Presentation We confirm that the technical presentations will last 20 min. each.

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Tunnelling and underground space use activities in Member Nation Due to its morphologic structure Italy is a country with many tunnels , some dating back to the Roman period.

Tunnels: NAPLES 2010 - 2015 2016 - 2025 <2009 Underground Line 1 Underground Line 1 (extension) Borbonic Tunnel Underground Line 6 Underground Line 6 (extentsion) Neapolitan Crypta Pozzuoli road tunnel High-speed railway line Naples-Bari Grotta di Seiano Cocceius Tunnel For more details see section 5 in the For more details see section 5 in the Aqua Claudia Proposal document Proposal document Mirabilis Pool (Miseno) Cumano Aqueduct Tunnel Catacombs of San Gennaro and San Gaudioso Tuff extraction Tunnels (Naples underground) Tunnels of the funiculars Montesanto, Chiaia, Posillipo …………………..

Tunnels: ITALY 2010 - 2015 2016 - 2025 <2009 Rome metro line C Rome metro line B (extension) Milan metro line 1 Milan metro line 4 and 5 Rome metro line C (extension) Milan metro line 2 Extension Catania metro line Milan metro line 5 (extension) Milan metro line 3 Palermo metro line Brescia metro line 1 Rome metro line A Extension Turin metro line (Lingotto- Brenner base tunnel Rome metro line B Bengasi) Frejus base Tunnel Turin metro line 1 Brenner base tunnel: periadriatic Milan-Verona: high speed railway Catania metro line 1 fault exploratory tunnel tunnels between Brescia and Vicenza Salerno-Reggio Calabria Frejus base tunnel: Maddalena Terzo valico : high speed railway tunnels Frejus tunnel exploratory tunnel between Genoa and Tortona Simplon tunnel Terzo valico : high speed railway Motorway SS640: Caltanissetta tunnel Colle di Tenda tunnel tunnels between Genoa and Tortona Pedemontana motorway: Sellero and Val Formazza tunnel Florence underground railway Morazzone tunnels Gran San Bernardo tunnel Palermo underground railway Motorway A1: Santa Lucia tunnel Monte Bianco tunnel Cefalù-Castelbuono railway Motorway Marche-Umbria: Pale tunnel Santa Lucia tunnel Pavoncelli tunnel (Avellino) New Colle Tenda road tunnel Milan underground railway link (The Passante) Motorway SS640: Caltanissetta Road link between A14 and Ancona San Donato tunnel tunnel harbour: Palombella and Ghettarello Santomarco tunnel Motorway A1 Bologna-Florence, new tunnels Cels tunnel alternative pass (Val di Sambro, New Aurelia Motorway: Cappuccini, San Sciliar tunnel Grizzana, Querce, Sparvo tunnels) Paolo tunnels and La Spezia by-pass Gran Sasso d'Italia tunnel Motorway Italy-France: Frejus safety tunnels Sant'Antonio-Cepina tunnel tunnel Peloritana tunnel Motorway A14:widening of existing Caponero-Capoverde tunnel tunnels …………………..

For more details see section 5 in the For more details see section 5 in the Proposal document Proposal document

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Preliminary Fees for Delegates, Exhibitors and Sponsors The fee will be :  Delegates from € 850.00 (early registration) to € 1,150.00 (standard registration), VAT included  Exhibition: € 4,000.00 for 9 sqm VAT not included  Sponsorships from € 5,000.00 (silver) to € 20,000.00 (platinum) VAT not included  Special low registration fees for young members, ITA 3 category members and students For details please see section 5 in this Proposal document.

Draft Budget RECAP K € PROVISIONAL EXPENSES (VAT not included) 1,400 PROVISIONAL REVENUES (VAT not included) 1,650 NET PROFIT 250 ITA REVENUE (50k€ + 7% PR, Gala Dinner excluded) 160

Confirmation of availability of the conference centre venue and local hotels We confirm the availability of the conference centre venue and hotel facilities as well. Please see sections 2 and 3 of this Proposal document.

Confirmation Compliance with ITA statute and By-Laws We confirm compliance with ITA statute and By-Laws

Demonstrate how the WTC will impact local, national and regional markets and how it fits ITA strategy The unique geological situation of the subsoil of Naples and the interest of the Italian market in new technological solutions are two elements that will attract stakeholders and high commercial investments to Naples. One of the main goals of the WTC 2019 will be to appraise the relationship between archaeology, architecture, art and engineering and innovation in order to improve the exploitation of the subsoil. The Congress will offer the opportunity to visit and appreciate the Neapolitan historical underground works under the guide of experts in archaeology, architecture and art beside tunneling and geology. Particular effort will be paid to meet ITA strategy, particularly on the following goals:  use of underground space  encourage further knowledge sharing through education and training also using web “2.0” technologies  develop ITA Young Members Group  consolidate/activate Member Nations - particularly newly joined Member Nations  improve functioning of Working Groups and Committees and Communication between them.

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SUPPORTING THE INITIATIVE

 LETTERS OF ENDORSEMENT

 INVITATION LETTER FROM SIG PRESIDENT

 CANDIDATURE SPONSORS

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INVITATION LETTER FROM SIG PRESIDENT

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CANDIDATURE SPONSORS ANSALDO-STS, ASTALDI, CIPA, ITALFERR, MM, METROPOLITANA DI NAPOLI, SALINI IMPREGILO, SWS

In this early stage of promotion for hosting the WTC in 2019 in Naples, SIG – Società Italiana Gallerie – has appointed a Bidding Committee that has defined the main actions to be undertaken for the success of the proposal. Sponsors are of the utmost importance to us and the choice of supporters has been made also on the basis of those that have kept working in the tunneling of the Neapolitan area. • Società M.N. Metropolitana di Napoli S.p.A. , a historical member of SIG and one of the main Italian construction companies and concessionaires for the development and construction of the Naples Underground Line 1. In recent years, this company has "collected" various awards and recognitions for its work on infrastructures (which have become a great opportunity for urban and social transformation). • Ansaldo-STS, as well, plays the same role of concessionaire for Line 6, which has an interchange with Line 1 at Municipio station and forms an important hub serving the Harbour of Naples. • Astaldi, is one of Italy’s leading General Contractors and among the world’s top 100 firms in the construction industry, where it also works as sponsor of initiatives in project financing. • CIPA, a construction company specialised in underground works which operates in Italy and internationally. Said company has in particular taken part in the construction of the Neapolitan and Milanese underground lines. • Italferr S.p.A.- the engineering company of Italian State Railway has a great expertise in conventional, high speed and underground railway transport engineering and it operates on the Italian and international markets. • MM S.p.A., an engineering company founded in 1955, has designed and supervised the construction of all the Milan Metro lines and has recently stepped up its involvement abroad, taking part in international tenders for the planning and design of urban rail transit systems. • Salini Impregilo is an industrial group specialising in the construction of major, complex projects, a dynamic Italian company able to compete with leading global players. Operating in over 50 countries, Salini Impregilo is a global player in the construction sector and the leading global infrastructure company in the water segment. In 2015 Salini Impregilo has been awarded by ITA as contractor of the year. • SWS has an impressive and demonstrable track record in the investigation, design and treatment of tunnels and underground workings, especially for: immersed, bored and cut and cover tunnels.

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1. PROPOSED CITY LOCATION WHY WTC 2019 IN NAPLES

A UNIQUE LOCATION FULLY IN LINE WITH THE ITALIAN LIFESTYLE Naples presents important underground works which were recently constructed in unique and complex geological situations, and which serve as impressive examples of the manner in which important and attractive underground works can be built.

NEAPOLITAN UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED SINCE 470 BC First transformations of the ground morphology were carried out by the Greeks in 470 BC, paving the way to the today's fascinating underground Naples. These transformations consisted in the creation of underground cisterns for the collection of rainwater. They were also used for the recovery of construction material for the Naples' buildings (Naples Yellow Tuff). During the centuries the expanding city brought about the construction of a proper aqueduct for the collection and distribution of drinking water using several reservoirs connected by a tunnel network . During the Roman domination the aqueduct was enlarged and finalized; furthermore, in the period between the civil war of Octavian and Pompei (37 BC) and the Augustan age, "new generation" tunnels were also built. Underground road engineering had innovative features when compared to previous

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operations, further developing technique consolidated in the past underground hydraulics. For example, tunnels for military use built between Portus lulius and the Cumaean Port were later converted to civilian use. The sheer number of tunnels excavated in these areas enabled almost standard design and executive methods which were only superseded by the innovations in the modern era. During the Angievin dynasty (13th century) the city expanded further and this resulted in increased quantity of tuff extracted from the ground for the construction of new buildings. This confirmed one of Naples' defining characteristics: a city born from its own soil, where buildings are built directly above the cavities where the construction material was supplied from. Delving into its underground we can admire the ancient cisterns of the Carmignano aqueduct and we can almost relive the sensations of those who sought refuge there during the WW2.

AND NOW DAYS IS BECOME TUNNELLING COMBINED WITH ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHITECTURE AND ART Building underground works in Naples, with all the complexity arising from the situation above and below the ground, the hydro-geomorphology and geotechnical behaviour of the pyroclastic ground, has always undoubtedly been both challenging and fascinating. SIG is therefore proud to showcase an experience matured over the decades and show you the details of underground works designed and built, as well as those that are still under construction which, we are sure, will leave participants astonished. The Naples Metro Line 1 has been assigned in part to the company MN (Metropolitana di Napoli SpA.). The current line extends from the Piscinola neighbourhood to piazza Garibaldi and has been

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fully operational since December 2013. At the time of writing, Municipio station has been in full revenue service since June 2, 2015 and at the Duomo station construction is underway and important archaeological findings have been made. The underground line is 18 kilometres long, with 17 stations. Line 1, once completed, will link the Capodichino airport and offer a convenient interchange with Line 6 at Municipio. Line 6 has been assigned to the company Ansaldo Trasporti STS and extends for 2.3 km from Mostra to Mergellina, with 4 stations: Mostra, Augusto, Lala and Mergellina. Construction is currently underway on the extension towards the city centre from Mergellina to Municipio, including 3 intermediate stations: Arco Mirelli, S. Pasquale and Chiaia-Monte di Dio; the line will be completely operating before 2019.

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2. CONFERENCE CENTRE MOSTRA D’OLTREMARE: A UNIQUE LOCATION ABLE TO HOST EXHIBITION AND CONGRESS ROOMS IN THE SAME AREA

Mostra d’Oltremare is the main conference hub in Southern Italy: its Exhibition and Conference areas of modular sizes may be appropriate for any kind of events. Its size, architectural properties and services provided make it a large multi-purpose centre, and place it on the top rank of the Italian trade show system. With its urban plan virtually unchanged since its first construction, enjoys significant international status. Its perimeter fencing has ensured the preservation of its urban integrity, almost intact, to this day. The significant planning and historical value of the site has prompted the Ministry of Heritage and Culture, through the competent Superintendency, to issue regulations for the protection of the entire area. This venue is the widest landmark for medium and large size conferences, conventions and so on (2,000 to 3,000 attendees daily) in Naples. For its size and prestige, it represents a unique location for organizing high level meetings, within a safe and pleasant area. Mostra d’Oltremare’s Convention Park is the largest convention centre of Southern Italy. It features the new Oltremare Conference Centre (Palacongressi Oltremare), with over 10 meeting rooms of different audience capacity, the Auditorium (1,200 seats), the Mediterraneo Theatre (Teatro Mediterraneo 815 seats) and the Italia Room (Sala Italia 380 seats) in addition to Pavilions that can accommodate up to 3,000 attendees. The conference rooms and halls of Mostra d’Oltremare host more than 100 events per year, of which roughly 25 are of national and international status, representing a total of 55,000 attendees from all over the world. The versatility of the Mostra d’Oltremare Convention Park enables the organization of any kind of conference or convention: scientific congresses, political-trade union meetings, business meetings, roadshows, educational and academic events such as seminars, workshops, training courses, competitions, as well as shooting sets for movies. Facilities dedicated to entertainment and leisure activities are located within the Mostra d’Oltremare compound.

Inside the premises of Mostra d'Oltremare there is a small but very ancient archaeological site. In particular, there is a short part of the "Via Antiniana" (a Roman road), an ancient aqueduct, public baths and a small temple for offerings. Mostra d’Oltremare provides charming locations such as “Fasilides Lake”, a faithful reconstruction of the castle of "Gondar" in Africa; the Garden of the Cedars; the Exedra Fountain, where its water, light and music shows, turn any event into a glamorous, unique and unforgettable experience. Mostra d’Oltremare spaces are provided with air conditioning/heating, compressed air, fire-protection equipment, medical aids with ambulance and heliport. It supplies exhibition rental (stands and furniture), plants and flowers, technical aids, handling/movement, loading/unloading of goods.

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KEY PLAN

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MOSTRA METRO STATION

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MOSTRA D’OLTREMARE: ACCESSIBILITY

WTC

Distances to Mostra d’Oltremare DISTANCE FACILITY minutes

Taxi/shuttle Public transportation

Metro and urban railway Stations: Mostra, Campi Flegrei 5 walking distance

Via Partenope (city centre) 10 20

Central Railway Station 20 20

Naples Harbour: Beverello dock 10 25

Pozzuoli Harbour 15 30

Capodichino Airport 20 30

Fuorigrotta and Agnano motorway exits 5

On entering the Mostra Metro Station, visitors are met by the large black and white photographs of Gabriele Basilico, in which the simple framing helps enhance the monumental elegance of the architecture of the Mostra d’Oltremare, the Congress venue compound.

The congress centre has a wide parking area for cars and buses.

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MOSTRA D’OLTREMARE: SPACES FOR WTC 2019

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Meeting rooms already booked for WTC 2019!

MEETING ROOM CAPACITY seats FLOOR

AUDITORIUM EUROPA 1,200 0 and 1 ISCHIA (the meeting room can be set up in 6 breakouts) 500 0 and 1 EOLIE (the meeting room can be divided in 2 breakouts ) 220 0 EGADI (the meeting room can be divided in 3 breakouts ) 170 0 PROCIDA 36 0 CORSICA 70 1 SICILIA 215 1 SARDEGNA 120 1 CAPRI 60 0 OFFICES 0 and 1

CONNECTION AREAS 0 and 1 CONGRESS VENUE CONGRESS

MEDITERRANEO THEATRE 815 0

ITALIA ROOM 380 0

PAVILION 9 518 m2 0 AREAS

PAVILION 10 3,700 m2 0

EXHIBITION, EXHIBITION,

CATERING & & CATERING REGISTRATION REGISTRATION

EXEDRA FOUNTAIN GARDEN

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DETAIL A: FLOORS PLAN

rooms

Registration, Exhibition and Catering Areas Pavilions 9 and 10

Ground floor

Congress to to

scale 1:750 Pathway Catering External Area Catering Exhibition Area Area

Storage Catering Exhibition Area Area

Exhibition Area

Cloak room Pathway

Storage

Registration

Registration, Exhibition and Catering areas: 4,218 sqm ENTRANCE

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DETAIL B: FLOORS PLAN

Congress venue Ground floor Auditorium Europa scale 1:600 1,000 seats

Egadi Room Connection area 170 seats Poster area

Offices

Registration area, Main entrance cloak room, offices and sponsor area

Offices

Stromboli Room 130 seats Eolie Room Connection area 220 seats Poster area Panarea Room 90 seats

Procida Room Capri Room 36 seats ITA Meetings

Ischia Room 390 seats

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DETAIL B: FLOORS PLAN

Congress venue First floor Scale 1:600

Auditorium Europa Balcony 200 seats

Internet point and slide centre

ITA offices and Press Room

Sicilia Room Connection area 215 seats Poster area

Corsica Room ITA Meetings Ischia Room Balcony 110 seats

Sardegna Room 120 seats 36 Mediterraneo Theatre

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The “Pool Restaurant” building is divided into three levels. Private lunches or dinners can be organized at the first floor in the reserved room with an adjoining terrace overlooking the swimming pool’s solarium. The restaurant on the first level has a foyer reception (with cloakroom), three sets of restrooms, a main hall with a capacity of 500 seats and a secondary hall with approximately 200 seats, with adjoining terrace with approximately 150 seats. The “WeDo-Wellness d’Oltremare” is a sports and wellness centre opened in 2005 within Mostra d’Oltremare. It has all the facilities needed for sports and fitness activities throughout the year: gym, indoor pool, Olympic swimming pool with solarium, and tennis courts. The Olympic swimming pool is an ideal for events and gala evenings.

Arena Flegrea is the most prestigious and popular location for outdoor concerts and performances in southern Italy. It is one of the most outstanding and admired buildings of Mostra d’Oltremare, and the first building of that kind in Italy. With a 6,000-seat auditorium, it was built to host opera performances, such as La Bohème, Tosca, Don Pasquale, The Barber of Seville, Madame Butterfly.

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3. ACCOMMODATION NAPLES HOTEL CAPACITY

Mostra d’Oltremare is located in the western side of Naples. The majority of the hotels of Naples is in the coastal area of Via Partenope and in the City centre.

Hotel Palazzo Esedra, 4 stars, is strategically located in the heart of Mostra d’Oltremare compound. Hotel Palazzo Esedra with its 106 rooms furnished with Italian upholstery and sober furniture occupies a building of great architectural interest designed by Arch. Marcello Canino, who in the 30s signed some of the most representative buildings in Italy. The hotel meets all the needs and expectations of most demanding customers looking for smart accommodation at very favorable conditions. Hotel guests can enjoy free wifi hotspot in public areas and free parking.

Naples has an extensive network of international hotel chains and in the city there are 11,000 beds, 670 of which in 5-star hotels, 6,300 in 4-star and more than 4,000 in 3-star ones.

Average Average Class Beds Rooms City tax** Minimum rate* Max rate*

TOTAL 5 stars 670 328 € 169 € 310 € 4

TOTAL 4 stars 6,300 3,482 € 90 € 250 € 3

TOTAL 3 stars 4,030 1,596 € 70 € 180 € 2

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HOTEL ROOM BLOCK

Hotels already selected for WTC 2019

AVAILABLE SGL DBL CAT. HOTELS ADDRESS ROOMS € € 1 ***** G. HOTEL VESUVIO (superior room) 60 230 260 Via Partenope 45 1 ***** GRAND HOTEL VESUVIO (deluxe room) 30 280 310 Via Partenope, 45 2 ***** GRAND HOTEL PARKER'S ( classic) 50 169 195 C.so Vitt. Emanuele 135 2 ***** GRAND HOTEL PARKER'S ( deluxe) 20 215 244 C.so Vitt. Emanuele, 135 3 **** EXCELSIOR (classic room) 50 199 199 Via Partenope 48 3 **** EXCELSIOR (deluxe room) 20 249 249 Via Partenope, 48 4 **** GRAND HOTEL SANTA LUCIA (classic room) 40 195 230 Via Partenope, 46 4 **** GRAND HOTEL SANTA LUCIA (deluxe room) 20 240 285 Via Partenope, 46 5 **** HOTEL CONTINENTAL + ROYAL (classic) 200 129 149 Via Partenope, 38/44 5 **** HOTEL CONTINENTAL + ROYAL (superior) 50 149 169 Via Partenope, 38/44 5 **** HOTEL CONTINENTAL + ROYAL (plus room) 50 149 169 Via Partenope, 38/44 6 **** RENAISSANCE MEDITERRANEO NAPOLI 100 230 250 Via Ponte di Tappia, 25 7 **** GH MAJESTIC 30 142 139 L.go Vasto a Chiaia, 68 8 **** PALAZZO ESEDRA (standard) 50 110 130 P.zale Tecchio 50 8 **** PALAZZO ESEDRA (superior) 20 130 160 P.zale Tecchio 50 9 **** STARHOTEL TERMINUS 100 139 159 P.zza Garibaldi, 91 10 **** UNA HOTEL NAPOLI 50 135 135 P.zza Garibaldi 9/10 11 **** PARTENOPE RELAIS (comfort) 10 150 180 Via N. Tommaseo 2 11 **** PARTENOPE RELAIS (superior) 10 200 230 Via N. Tommaseo 2 11 **** PARTENOPE RELAIS (deluxe) 10 230 280 Via N. Tommaseo 2 12 **** MGALLERY NAPOLI CARACCIOLO 60 139 149 Via Carbonara 112 13 **** NH AMBASSADOR NAPOLI 90 160 180 Via Medina, 70 14 **** IBIS STYLES NAPOLI GARIBALDI 40 84 94 Via G. Ricciardi, 33 15 **** MERCURE ANGIOINO 50 135 160 Via Depretis 123 16 **** RAMADA NAPOLI 80 145 180 Via Galileo Ferraris 40 17 **** GRAND HOTEL ORIENTE 70 160 180 Via A. Diaz, 44 18 **** VILLA CAPODIMONTE 30 125 145 Via Moiarello, 66 19 **** SERIUS HOTEL 50 105 160 Viale di Augusto, 74 20 **** LE CHEMINEE BUSINESS HOTEL 50 100 130 Via Stadera, 91 21 **** SUITES & RESIDENCE HOTEL( standard) 20 109 129 Via Antiniana, 19 21 **** SUITES & RESIDENCE HOTEL (superior) 20 119 139 Via Antiniana 19 22 **** MONTESPINA PARK HOTEL ( standard) 45 119 139 Via San Gennaro, 2 22 **** MONTESPINA PARK HOTEL (superior) 20 129 149 Via San Gennaro, 2 Via Antiniana, 15 (Agnano di 23 **** AMERICAN PARK ( standard) 65 99 120 Pozzuoli ) Via Antiniana 15 (Agnano di 23 **** AMERICAN PARK ( superior) 20 109 139 Pozzuoli) Centro direzionale isola E/6 -Via 24 **** HOLIDAY INN NAPOLI 230 110 120 D. Aulisio 25 **** BW PARADISO 50 185 185 Via Catullo, 11 26 **** BW SAN GERMANO 50 90 110 Via A. Beccadelli, 41 27 *** HOTEL LEOPARDI 20 90 120 Piazza Pilastri, 12 28 *** HOTEL REX 10 90 120 Via Palepoli, 12 29 *** HOTEL DOMITIANA 25 75 90 V.Le Kennedy, 143 30 *** HOTEL NESIS 30 130 160 Via Nuova Agnano, 5

TOTAL SELECTED ROOMS 2,095

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12 24 10 9 14 16 M M 13 6 17 15 2 7 28 M 4 M 11 1 21 5 3 23 19 M 26 8 27 22 M 25 30 1 GRAND HOTEL VESUVIO 9 STARHOTEL TERMINUS 17 GRAND HOTEL ORIENTE 25 BW PARADISO 2 GRAND HOTEL PARKER'S 10 UNA HOTEL NAPOLI 18 VILLA CAPODIMONTE 26 SAN GERMANO 3 EXCELSIOR 11 PARTENOPE RELAIS 19 SERIUS HOTEL 27 HOTEL LEOPARDI 4 GRAND HOTEL SANTA LUCIA 12 MGALLERY NAPOLI CARACCIOLO 20 LE CHEMINEE BUSINESS HOTEL 28 HOTEL REX 5 HOTEL CONTINENTAL + ROYAL 13 NH AMBASSADOR NAPOLI 21 SUITES 6 RESIDENCE HOTEL 29 HOTEL DOMITIANA 6 RENAISSANCE MEDITERRANEO NAPOLI 14 IBIS STYLES NAPOLI GARIBALDI 22 MONTESPINA PARK HOTEL 30 HOTEL NESIS 7 GH MAJESTIC 15 MERCURE ANGIOINO 23 AMERICAN PARK METRO STATION 8 PALAZZO ESEDRA 16 RAMADA NAPOLI 24 HOLIDAY INN NAPOLI MOSTRA D'OLTREMARE

GETTING THERE NAPLES. .

GETTING TO NAPLES

NAPLES BY AIR

The international airport of Naples Capodichino, just 20 minutes far away from the Congress venue, is well connected with domestic and international destinations.

Currently, 18 airlines are operating from and to Naples Airport and over 70 destinations, mainly international, are connected by direct flights. Moreover the Naples Airport is the best airport in Italy in terms of customer satisfaction (Airport Council International – Airport Service Quality 2015).

Choose your destination

Naples

More than 50 international direct flights

DOMESTIC FLIGHTS

Bergamo Palermo

Cagliari Rome

Catania Turin

Genoa Trieste

Milan Linate Venice

Milan Malpensa Verona

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INTERNATIONAL DESTINATIONS: direct flights

Amsterdam Budapest Ibiza Manchester New York

Athens Casablanca Istanbul Mykonos Santorini

Barcelona Cologne Katowice Munich Skiathos

Basel Dublin Leeds Moscow Sofia

Berlin Schönefeld Düsseldorf Lyon Nantes Stuttgart

Berlin Tegel Edinburgh Liverpool Nice Tel Aviv

Bordeaux Frankfurt London Gatwick Paris CDG Tunis

Bristol Geneva London Luton Paris Orly Vienna

Brussels Hamburg London Stansted Prague Zurich

Bucarest Hannover Madrid Saint Petersburg

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 20 world-class airline alliance members that cover almost every corner of the globe.

 Skyteam will allow WTC delegates to get discounted fares, special benefits and simplify their booking process .

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The PCO (Professional Congress Organizer) will be more than happy to assist the WTC delegates to book the easiest, more comfortable and direct solutions to reach Naples from anywhere in the world, through the Rome hub as well. 47 NAPLES. .

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NAPLES BY TRAIN

Naples is centrally located, it is in the heart of Italy and the high-speed rail network efficiently connects the city with the main national destinations.

From Naples you can reach:

 Rome in 1 hour 10 minutes  Florence in 2 hours 30 minutes  Bologna in 3 hours  Milan in 3 hours 50 minutes

The WTC delegates and their accompanying people will enjoy special discounted rates thanks to an agreement which will be signed with the Italian State Railways (Ferrovie dello

Stato Italiane) Railway network

NAPLES BY CAR

Naples is at the centre of a first class motorway and trunk road network linked to every part of Italy.

Destination Distance (km)

Rome 205

Florence 460

Bologna 565

Milan 765

Genoa 685

Venice 710

Turin 850 Motorway network

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VISAS

EU citizens require only a passport or ID card to stay in Italy for as long as they like. Nationals from the countries listed below do not need a visa to enter Italy as tourists for up to three months. The Congress Secretariat will follow the proceedings to obtain visas for nationals of other countries not included in the following list.

* SAR passport holders COUNTRIES

Burkina Andorra Fiji Kenya New Zealand Switzerland Faso

Argentina Canada Guatemala Korea (South) Nicaragua Togo

Trinidad and Australia Chile Guyana Liechtenstein Nigeria Tobago

Benin Colombia Honduras Macao* Panama United States

Bolivia Costa Rica Hong Kong* Macedonia Paraguay Uruguay

Bosnia- Côte Iceland Malaysia Samoa Venezuela Herzegovina d’Ivoire San Christopher Brazil Ecuador Israel Maldives and Nevis

Brunei El Salvador Japan Mexico Singapore

NO COSTS WILL BE CHARGED TO WTC 2019 DELEGATES for visa information (simple process, letter of request and notification) and handling of complex Visa process (countries where Visa process is much complicated and time consuming).

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GETTING AROUND NAPLES

METRO SYSTEM

Piazza Dante metro station

Naples is served by three underground lines which cross the city from one side to the other. Beneath the city excavations continue in order to extend the existing underground network and a line will soon connect the city centre with Capodichino Airport. Naples is also served by three urban railway networks: Circumvesuviana, Cumana and Circumflegrea and by four funicular railway lines (Chiaia, Centrale, Montesanto e Mergellina)

TRAMS AND BUSES

ANM, Azienda Napoletana Mobilità, provides an integrated network of surface transport based on around 105 lines including trams, trolleys, buses and Alibuses (fast bus lines).

PUBLIC TRANSPORT APP An App will help delegates to move around Naples by public transportation.

52 Bike Sharing Napoli is a research project of the CleaNap Association. The project has won the call for projects “Smart Cities and Communities and Social Innovation” of the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) – National Operative Research (NOP) and Competitiveness 2007-2013, cofinanced by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) allocated for the four Convergence Regions (Campania, Calabria, Apulia and Sicily).

Bike Sharing Napoli offers a simple, ecological and economic form of transport for both citizens and visitors, allowing everyone to fully enjoy the city as well as the pedestrian areas while helping preserving the city environment.

As easy as riding a bike!

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Bike Sharing Napoli is a research project of the CleaNap Association. The project has won the call for projects “Smart Cities and Communities and Social Innovation” of the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) – National Operative Research (NOP) and Competitiveness 2007-2013, cofinanced by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). Bike Sharing Napoli offers a simple, ecological and economic form of transport for both citizens and visitors, allowing everyone to fully enjoy the city as well as the pedestrian areas while helping preserving the city environment. As easy as riding a bike!

CAR SHARING

Moving about with Bee is simple: just sign up to be able to drive freely about the city, even in the ZTL (Limited Traffic Zones), preferential lanes and on the city's limited car access days. Reserve a car at one of numerous Bee Points: once you take it out, a by-the-minute rate starts ticking, which will stop once you bring the car to any Bee Point convenient for you (near the office, university, city centre, train station or airport).

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GOOD TO KNOW

CLIMATE

Naples has a Mediterranean climate. Here below average seasonal temperatures and rain levels.

MONTH MIN °C MAX °C RAIN mm

JANUARY 4 12 94.1

FEBRUARY 4 13 76.6

MARCH 6 15 67.3

APRIL 8 18 67.7

MAY 12 23 46.4

JUNE 16 26 32.0

JULY 18 29 16.7

AUGUST 18 30 27.0

SEPTEMBER 15 26 71.0

OCTOBER 12 22 120.0

NOVEMBER 8 17 126.6

DECEMBER 5 14 120.2

POWER OUTLETS Voltage is 230V AC, 50Hz. Different device voltage and/or plug form require adapters.

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Typical prices of some popular items in Naples

Coffee (espresso) € 1.00

bottled water (1/2 L) € 0.80

Single-run bus/Metro fare € 1.00 Daily bus /Metro fare € 3.50

Italian daily newspaper € 1.20

Ham sandwich € 3.00

Movie ticket € 7.50

Pizza € 4.50

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4. ORGANIZATION SIG EXPERIENCE IN ORGANIZING CONGRESSES

The Italian National Tunneling Association (SIG), in the person of Bruno Pigorini, SIG past president, is one of the 19 national associations that joined forces to form the ITA in 1974. From its origin, Società Italiana Gallerie (SIG) has a strong and long-lasting connection with ITA, involving its many specialists in important positions, from Prof. Sebastiano Pelizza, ITA’s past president (1995-1998) and ITA 2015 Lifetime Achievement award, to Mr. Piergiorgio Grasso, ITA’s Vice- President (2007-2010), up to today, with Mr. Daniele Peila ITA’s Vice- President (2013-2016) and Prof. Pietro Lunardi Muir Wood Lecture (2015). SIG’s main specialists have been active participants in the ITA’s Working Groups (WG) and in the ITA-CET Foundation, as Founder and Vice-President, promoting tunnelling and underground space culture. SIG has organized two ITA’s General Assemblies; the first in Florence (WTC 1986, see the picture below) on the theme of “Large Underground Opening” and the second in Milan (WTC 2001) reflecting on “Progress in Tunnelling after 2000”. The latter was joint with the Swiss Tunnelling Society that some years later (in 2013) organised the 39th General Assembly & Congress of the International Tunnelling Association.

Last but not least the second ITA-CET Foundation operational office is based in our country, in Turin and it has already organized international training courses in Turin and Rome, “Conventional tunnelling and ground reinforcing techniques` (Turin, January 2015) and “Mechanized Tunnelling in Urban Areas” (Rome, April 2012) and it has sponsored Specialized Master in Tunnelling and Tunnel Boring Machines in Turin’s Polytechnic.

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SIG also collaborates in the organization and promotion of international tunnelling exhibitions, such as ExpoTunnel in Bologna (http://www.expotunnel.it/), Intertunnel in Turin (http://www.intertunnel.com/) and Samoter in Verona (http://www.samoter.it/). SIG periodically organizes technical visits, debates, conventions and congresses 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. Through its 600 individual and corporate members and a constant collaboration with tunnelling stakeholders, SIG acts as a permanent link between public and private-sector owners, professionals working in the design, construction, maintenance and operation of underground structure, and university.

The periodical “Gallerie e Grandi Opere Sotterranee” is the pride and glory of our association. Published previously once every four months and currently once every three months, since 1976, it reached issue 116 in 2015. The periodical presents technical and scientific papers, as well as updates (Editor's opinion, news on works/tenders, news from Italy, reports on Technical Visits, etc.). Head Editor is Prof. Adolfo Colombo with the collaboration of an editorial and scientific committee. The content, layout and graphics (full colour) come together to form a special appointment for our members.

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SINERGY WITH THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE

The nomination of the city of Naples as the seat of the WTC in 2019 is part of a vision of sinergy between different cultural associations and Italian institutions, to bid Naples to host the WTC in 2019. The goal is to offer the possibility to the main Italian cities (see below) and their associations / universities to connect through digital tools and virtually attend some specific events of the WTC, such as the opening ceremony, the COSUF and ITACUS sessions.

These opportunities allow technical university students to be introduced in the ITA world, expanding the geographic boundaries of the sessions.

CITY INVOLVED CITY

Venice BARI POLICTENICO DI BARI

Bologna BOLOGNA UNIVERSITY CATANIA & UNIVERSITIES PALERMO

Bari MILAN POLITECNICO DI MILANO ROME UNIVERSITIES TURIN POLITENCICO DI TORINO VENICE UNIVERSITY Palermo

Catania

Each of these cities also organizes events / conferences / technical visits that during the approach to the WTC 2019 will sponsor the event from an advertising point of view.

SIG aims at strengthening the relationship with different branches of knowledge and for this reason and in order to improve the exploitation of the subsoil, SIG will involve associations of architecture, archaeology and geo-engineering in the congress.

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PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE ORGANIZER

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 Over 50 years of experience in Congress Management  International approach  Events of any size anywhere  Latest technology  Economical and financial soundness  Effective methodology  Offices worldwide

AIM Group International organises over 3,000 events and meetings every year. Our team of nearly 400 people, from over 25 countries, works out of 15 offices around the world: an extraordinary depth and width of experience. Despite our size AIM Group still has a "small company" approach to client partnership. WE ARE A TEAM FULLY DEDICATED TO YOU. AIM Group International, formerly AISC&MGR, is the PCO that in 1986 and 2001 successfully organized the WTC congresses in Florence and Milan. If Naples is awarded, AIM Group International will attend next WTC congresses in order to get familiar with the WTC stakeholders for a great success of the 2019 edition.

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ORGANIZATION CHART

S.I.G. Italian ITA - AITES Tunnelling Society

Local Organizing International Scientific Committee Steering Committee and Committee Secretariat

A.A.A. Training Congress Exhibition & technical events programme Sponsorship visits

PCO

Communication, Accompanying Post congress Registration Media & people programme & Hospitality Marketing programme

Legenda:

Organization

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INTERNATIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE

The Committee will overview and advise the Local Organizing Committee on the following aspects:  Establishing the WTC 2019 action plan, priorities, and related initiatives, in accordance with the terms of reference, for approval by the ITA;  Counseling and advising the Local Organizing Committee in providing the necessary strategic vision and international contributions to a high level of technical and scientific experience;  Formulating policies that facilitate and promote global acceptance of ITA Strategy and international convergence.

The Committee will be composed of prominent personalities from the tunneling world, recognized for their expertise and by the ITA Executive Director.

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

The Committee is responsible for the Congress Program in collaboration with the Local Organizing Committee, and for the Training Events.

The Committee shall:  decide and invite the keynote speaker;  send out the call for proposals and the criteria for paper evaluation to the members;  set timeline for program design and deadlines in collaboration with Local Organizing Committee;  log proposals and match them with areas of expertise of qualified reviewers;  maintain the list of accepted/rejected papers and notify authors;  follow-up with authors for confirmation of presentations and attendance;  design the conference program in collaboration with Local Organizing Committee;  collaborate with ITACET Committee and ITACET Foundation for programs of Training Events (5 people from the Scientific Committee will be dedicated to this activity);  prepare for the scientific aspect, the "Triple A" events (5 people from the Scientific Committee will be dedicated to this activity).

The Scientific Committees will work closely with the ITA Working Groups and Committees both reactively, by responding to requests for expertise on specific questions linked to the WG and Committees disciplines, and pro-actively, by taking the initiative to provide input into the work undertaken by the WG and Committees in the context of the WTC.

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The professors of the leading universities in which tunnels are studied will be active members of the Scientific Committee. Expert in Archaeology, Architecture and Underground Urbanism will be also involved in the Committee. The Scientific Committee will be also attended by all ITA Board members, by the Executive Director of the ITACET foundation and by the animators of active ITA Working Group . The leader of the Scientific Committee will be an internationally recognized scientific expert.

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

The Committee will be in charge of organizing the Congress. The Committee will communicate directly with the Scientific Committee, collecting advices from the Italian Tunneling Society Board, from the ITA Ex. Co. through Giuseppe Lunardi, SIG Vice-President appointed to the ITA Board, and from the International Steering Committee. It will be composed of tunneling specialists experienced in organization and management of conferences and congresses. A Committee Member will coordinate and optimize the management of the ITA Committee Events. One of the Young SIG Members will act as a “liaison officer” with the group of ITA Young Members. The chairman of the Local Organizing Committee will be the President of the Italian Tunneling Society.

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ENGINEERING, INNOVATION, ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHITECTURE AND ART: 5 WORDS AND THEIR MEANING APPLIED TO NAPLES UNDERGROUND WORKS

ENGINEERING THE NEAPOLITAN SUBSOIL All the natural deposits within the depths of interest are geologically recent and were formed in a relatively short period of time. The Yellow Tuff and the Pozzolanas were deposited about 12,000 years ago, as a result of the volcanic activity of the nearby Phlegrean complex. The Yellow Tuff is a soft rock characterized by the occurrence of randomly distributed subvertical fractures, locally known as “scarpine”, generated by rapid cooling of the pyroclastic mass after eruption and deposition. Following deposition, erosion of the pyroclastic formations occurred over a period of about 2,000 years, causing material to be transported and redeposited. The remoulded Pozzolanas are very well graded and not easily distinguished from the original intact pyroclastic deposits; they appear layered and sometimes interbedded with in situ Pozzolanas, or sometimes with marine sand deposits, such as encountered in the area of Municipio Station. After erosion and redeposition of the pyroclastic formations, a new explosive phase of the Phlegrean complex deposited the so- called Neapolitan Pyroclastic Pile, which consists of easily eroded alternating layers of pumices, ashes, pozzolana and lapilli and, where not eroded, has a thickness of about 15 m. The pyroclastic deposits are overlain by sands or silty sands of marine or fluvial-lacustrine origin. Most of the coastal areas of the city derive from relatively recent reclamations (1400 – 1800); this is reflected in the thickness of land-fill, which, in some areas, can reach more than 10 m. The water table is relatively close to ground surface. The pyroclastic deposits are very common in the area of Naples and have very well known physical and mechanical properties because of their granular nature, they were characterized mainly by in situ penetration tests, such as CPTs and SPTs. In many ways, the most important aspect of the geotechnical investigation is the definition of the level of the roof of the Yellow Tuff formation.

ARTIFICIAL GROUND FREEZING - AGF Because of the water table level, very often underground works have to take into account possible water inflow. Municipio, Università, and Garibaldi Metro stations were carried out with the extensive use of the AGF, to ensure stability and waterproofing during excavation below the ground water table, through loose granular soils and the fractured tuff providing a recent example of an extensive and successful application of the AGF. Here the technique was extensively used to ensure stability and control ground water flow during excavation of the station tunnel platforms and passageways and in some instances, the innovative techniques that were implemented had almost the character of full scale experiments; therefore, construction of the line was accompanied by an intense programme of monitoring designed to measure

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Application of the Artificial Ground Freezing to support the excavation of tunnel platforms and passageways of the new stations of Metro Line 1 in Naples

and/or control the construction processes and their effects on adjacent structures, which, for its extension and completeness, represented a unique opportunity to collect field data on the performance of AGF. At present, the use of AGF at Municipio is being considered again, to construct two 40 metres long tunnels connecting the main access shaft and the TBM extraction shaft of Line 6 and preserve the archaeological remnants (fortification walls built in the sixteenth century) emerged on the surface above the tunnels during the works, with a modification to the original design, which was based on dewatering and excavations with conventional methods. At Duomo, where the station develops mostly in the Yellow Tuff, AGF was used only to excavate one inclined passageway, which runs partly in the pozzolanas. The experience gained in the works of Line 1 of Napoli underground is significant mainly because of the size of the intervention: for each station, a volume of approximately 33,000 m3of ground was frozen to permit excavation of the four station tunnels, with a cross section of 87 m2 and a length of 40 to 70 m, and of the four inclined passageways, with cross section of about 40 m2 and a length of 25 m.

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THE VERTICAL SHAFT During the works for the Metro Line 1 an advanced technology was implemented to build ten ventilation shafts. It is a mechanized method to dig and simultaneously case circular shafts, recently developed and called Vertical Shaft Sinking Machine (VSM). The method allows for the safe and controlled construction of shafts with diameters ranging between 4.5 and 9.0 m . The VSM machine includes an excavation unit, a lifting/lowering unit, a separation plant and a remote control unit. The excavation unit is fixed to the bottom of the final lining while operating. It is composed by a cutting bottom and it works by reverse circulation within a floaded shaft; a submersible slurry pump, located just above the cutting drum, transports the slurry, containing in suspension the disgregated soil, to the separation plant located at the surface. The lining is made by rings of precast r.c. segments, installed at the surface and sunk within the excavation as the excavation is deepened. The precast segment lining ensures watertightness due to the seal installed on each segment. The shaft in Naples were 4.5 m dia and 34 to 44 m deep and were all located in the historical centre, in a deeply urbanized area. The average construction performance rate achieved at Naples jobsite was 3 m/d (10 working hours per day) of dug and lined shaft. Nearby buildings monitoring and ground inclinometers adjacent to installed shafts showed negligible displacements with maximum settlement values of the order of 1 mm.

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INNOVATION

ARCHITECTURE IN A HIGH-TECH UNDEGROUND STRUCTURE DESIGN During the design of a typical modern subway, engineering aspects prevail since underground structures remain hidden to most humans. Aligning the advanced architectural concepts with the engineering requirements of the Naples Metro Line 1 called for a thorough rethinking of the design process so that the engineering could be kept aligned with the architecture, integrating seamlessly the two with the construction methods, standards and technology. The preliminary design process consisted of three major phases:  geotechnical and geological issues, preselection of construction methods;  functional scenario based on engineering and construction requirements;  review and merging of the architectural concept with the functional and engineering aspects. The last phase proved the most demanding one, matching the first outline sketches with the applicable construction methods. This required continuous alignment of approaches, eventually leading to the design consistent with the original architectural vision, yet fully compliant with the engineering and construction framework.

STRATEGY OF A PROJECT FOR THE CITY RENEWAL The underground line 1 participates in an integrated system of rail transport, supplementing urban connections with a number of interchange nodes, collected in a ring system. The track meets the main modes of transport (national trains; regional trains; underground trains; port and airport) through both the central and peripheral neighborhoods. The work becomes a site of intense renewal, where the works of engineering contextualized in major redevelopment of urban scale. ln this context, Naples Metro system promotes different levels of study: engineering work alongside the projects of great architects are set up as museum galleries and the Art becomes the leitmotif of the work. The continuous discovery of artifacts in the excavation of the status has turned the work into a major relief work of the archaic stratigraphy, expanding the knowledge of the city's history from its origins to the Middle Ages, up to push for the creation of archeological museum spaces, inside of the stations. The three «A» represent the development of recent works underground; Archaeology, Architecture and Art, creating a new urban environment that affects the entire city, giving a new face to the squares in the centre and in the outskirts (dominated by degradation and carelessness ).

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This context includes the Toledo station, designed to the architect Oscar Tousquets Blanca of Barcelona. The station proved to be the most beautiful of all the underground stations of Europe, according to a survey conducted by the prestigious English newspaper "The Daily Telegraph " in major European cities. This project represents the synthesis of the design strategy of Naples underground system. This intervention is located between two opposite side of the city: an historical and poor neighborhood, the Spanish quarters, settled in 1,500 as a military camp for the Spanish soldiers, on one hand, and on the other, via Toledo (commercial and institutional headquarters of the city) that still bears the name of the viceroy (don Pedro de Toledo) that build it. The general design concept is based on the idea of the "sea" level that divides vertically the station. The interior of the station is designed as an excavation, which shows also the Aragonian wall that has been dig up during the work. Below the level of the water, the user has the impression of diving underwater accompanied by the colours and materials used by the architect. All levels are crossed by a large cone of natural light, as a periscope leaning upside down from the road surface, giving the chance to observe the immersed passage of Metro users, for a 30 metres depth, and creating a real underwater architecture. Passengers directed to trains would get attracted from the bottom into the cone of light, coated of mosaic colored in various shades of blue and lit in part by natural light coming from the surface and in part by the light artwork of Bob Wilson consisting of ledlights in various intensities of blue and white. The station is completed with the other art works of Bob Wilson consisting of panels backlighted showing sea weaves in slow motion, and with the works of William Kentridge that, in addition to the two mosaics inside, has produced a wonderful equestrian sculpture for the over ground public spaces. The opening of the second exit of the station, in Montecalvario square, completed the project connecting the Spanish quarters to Toledo with a mechanized corridor where the traveler will meet numerous portraits made by Oliviero Toscani and going toward Piazza Montecalvario the great mosaic of Francesco Clemente in the mezzanine floor.

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ARCHAEOLOGY TUNNELLING MEETS HISTORY. HISTORY MEETS TUNNELS Naples underground hides an ancient city. During the Greek and Roman periods a labyrinth of tunnels, tanks and cavities was built, providing impressive examples of underground works. In addition to this extraordinarily rich past, today Naples is still heavily involved in this area with recently constructed and ongoing works and of course with several future scenarios to be implemented in the coming years.

LINE 1 EXPERIENCE The archaeological explorations that for the last years have been accompanying the building work on the Naples Metro stations are proving a very encouraging experience, both for the way in which the work is being conducted and for the perspectives ahead.

An important excavation, still in progress, is in the area of Piazza Municipio. By great good fortune it is being done at the same time as the two other explorations nearby, in Castel Nuovo and the Istituto Navale. Together they are filling in our previously sketchy knowledge of the topography of this area situated outside the Greek and Roman city, of great interest because in ancient times it lay between the settlement of Partenope-Palaepolis, on the spur of Pizzofalcone, and Neapolis. Other excavations taking place on the sites of the new stations Duomo and Università have only been under way for a few months, but hold great promise. In the former, a stretch of the southern defensive wall of Neapolis has come to light, with evidence that can be dated to phases from Greek times to the Middle Ages. The excavation can also tell us a lot about the 19th century buildings on the north side of Piazza Nicola Amore which were demolished during the urban renovation of the Risanamento. Whereas in Piazza Bovio (Università station), the first soundings have produced evidence of urbanization from the end of the 6th century AD, becoming more intensive during the 16th and 17th centuries. This residential quarters continued to develop and evolve until the square as we know it today was laid out during the Risanamento. Naturally this field work is the most obvious link between archaeology and the new Naples Metro but we should also remember that archaeology is going to be a protagonist of the new transport system. For too long now the square known as Piazza Museo has been constantly suffocated by traffic, with traffic jams forming day and night. MN urged the company responsible far the new Metro to create an exit in front of the museum, providing direct access to visitors.

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Excavations for Municipio station

Thus MN was very pleased when the architect Gae Aulenti decided to make the Museo station into a "gateway" for the museum, setting up in the station concourse two of the most famous images from our collections: a large scale reproduction of the Farnese Hercules and the colossal Carafa head. The station will thus become a prestigious entrance hall far the museum: the citizens of Naples will reclaim part of their heritage, and they will also be encouraged to take fuller advantage of the National Museum in their midst. The Municipio station, connecting Lines 1 and 6 to the touristic harbor and facing the City Hall, is the best example to present the nature of the works in depth, as the discovery of archaeological relics in the main shaft during the works provides a good example of the relationship between underground construction works and archaeological research. From the outset, the relevance of discoveries delayed works and lead to an ongoing redesign of the spaces by the architects Alvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto de Moura. To this regard, a relevant case is the connection segment between Line 6 main shaft and Line 6 TBM extraction shaft: the twin tunnels were designed to be excavated under the ancient fortification walls from the sixteenth century. To overcome this concern of protecting the archaeological findings a double back filling system as ground reinforcement was used to improve stability in rock during the excavation phases: cement and chemical grouting was applied to the sides and inverts of tunnels where tuff was found, and ground freezing was set on top, where sands would easily collapse on the excavation. The compensation grouting technique had been chosen also to protect the historical tuff walls from damage during construction stages. These walls since the first discovery had become the main interest of the architects, who decided to integrate these ancient findings into the project.

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A GREAT ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION INSIDE A GREAT PUBLIC WORK The focus of the work is the Piazza Municipio, the site of the main metro station for the new Metro Line 1 that runs through the heart of the city. Dominated by the great Castel Nuovo, and with a view of the always teeming coastline, the crowded piazza is an unlikely place for archaeological excavation. Starting at the modern street level, through the Naples' extraordinary history, into an enormous hole dug for the Metropolitana's tracks a short distance from the castle. Here archaeologists have located the port of Roman Neapolis (Naples' ancient name). The noticeable change in the color of the soil from a medium brown to a much lighter, sandier color, coincide at a layer corresponding to the fifth century AD. At this time, the harbour began to fill with sand and mud sliding down from the hill behind it, a recurring phenomenon in Naples' history. They were found three first-century BC Roman ships, two of the ships as oneraria, or commercial vessels for medium-range trips. The third ship is a rare horeia, a kind of in-harbor shuttle. After removing the ships in a tricky operation that involved slipping huge sheets of fabric underneath and lifting them out of the thick mud, archaeologists continued excavating. In the thick layers of mud under the Roman port, they located traces of the very first harbor dredging, dating to sometime close to 326 BC At this time Neapolis became a kind of naval partner with Rome. The excavations have also added much to the knowledge of the later city of Naples, including new evidence Byzantine, Normans and Angevins, Islamic wares at several sites, testament to the enduring importance of the city as a trading port. More than 3 million artifacts have been found in the Metro excavations; many of the larger remains have been left in situ for future metro passengers to see in the museum-like spaces of the stations, and some of the smaller artifacts will go back to the sites when work is completed. In the future, tens of thousands of Neapolitans who take the metro every day will see their city's history as never before.

Three 1st century BC Roman ships - Municipio station

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ARCHITECTURE

LANDSCAPING Concerning the public open spaces, the digging of underground tunnels became step by step the conception, literally from bottom to the top, of a real revolutionary concept of the city environment: from a simple opportunity of urban redevelopment, it became so far a process of true transformation of the city. Since the first landscaping projects, with only the reuse of spaces with public access or the reorganization of car lanes and the realization of garden spots, the urban renovation started to put the emphasis to pedestrian use of squares and to give a new collective image of the city, with a monumental public space. This was breaking new frontiers. The underground project started to spread across the public domain, barely connected to station spaces. The example of Municipio Square should be considered in the dimension of its outside spaces: the visual connection, between the City Hall and the Maritime station, is a virtual imprinting of rediscovering the real heritage of the nature of this gorgeous bay: the sea. A continuous pedestrian alley bordered by parallel trees rows, determines a monumental Metaphysics Square, which allows a double fountain design scheme. Since the first opening in 2014 of the City Hall side of the square, the space has taken a life of its own and heavily used by the public. The Metro station projects, within the archaeological pattern, open a new view to another dimension of landscaping. Municipio station is not the only one revealing striking archaic traces. Toledo station works uncovered the foundation of the city of Palepolis (very first foundation of Naples) about a thousand years old. Duomo station is now a large archaeological campaign in progress to let a huge Roman temple (found during the shaft digging) to create a suggestive setting for people climbing upstairs from the platform level. Università station excavations revealed the ancient beaches with an incredible discovery: the footprint of a baby and its mother, walking in the sands. Architects were at the forefront of discovering a new face of the underground traces of our culture and finally they had to give a new aspect to the actual city: by designing the connection layout between the existing city and new realizations involving all main squares of the city, a new culture of urban renovation has sprung. The underground landscape has become the pivot from which to pursue the sustainability of the infrastructure: it is not an unconscious walking path driving users through the tube. Walking through the hallways of the new Naples Metro has become an emotional journey, to find and preserve our interior landmarks. The underground Line 1 represents an integrated project: Art staging the empty walking lanes,

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Architecture improving the quality of living in the urban setting. This theme was projected to the outside: each urban design has a different approach, the project by Dominique Perrault is one of the most ambitious of the underground stations. The so-called Five Stations Square project connects the existing stations of National rails, Regional rails to Line 1: an enormous square of 300 m length was constructed as a double level space, the northern side as a garden, with a car parking underneath and the southern side, with an underground shopping arcade covered by a geometrical iron wood, connecting at -1 floor all stations. The circle Line 1, by the end of works, will establish a continuous landscape from downstairs upward.

Municipio station exteriors rendering

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ART The five stations of the Metro line 1 (Museo, Piazza Dante, Salvator Rosa, Materdei and Piazza Quattro Giornate) have been designed by the architects Aulenti, Mendini and Orlacchio but have been integrated, both inside and outside, with works of contemporary art commissioned from artists from Campania, without imposing any requirements in terms of age or style. This experiment is without precedent in ltaly, and even internationally there have been few such initiatives. We shall witness the creation of works which can truly be described as "public art", not mere decorations or appositions to the architectonic core, but structures which interact with it, a splendid trompe l'oeil for all who pass through these premises. The result is the "stations of contemporary art''. In the words of Martin Heidegger, ''sculpture is the materialization of places which, fostering and conserving a community, gather round themselves a freedom which grants a dwelling to all things, and to men an existence in the midst of things". This provides us with the philosphical grounding far the "Erratic itineraries" installed in the Naples Metro. An art venue is created which does not have to conform to the traditional genres nor rely on reference to painting, sculpture, design or architecture pure and simple. This feature distinguishes works belonging to different styles, linked by the need to break out of the discrete disciplines in order to achieve an aesthetical peripatus associated with a process of acquiring knowledge. The erratic itinerary necessarily leads to erratic knowledge, a process that plays on dislocation and hence cannot be instantaneous. Here the work is circular and the spectator is free to advance or step back according to the dynamics of the work ìtself. Thus we see that the course of art itself is uneven, constituted by leaps forwards and backwards, great or small as the case may be, in space and time. This mobility is the product of the untrammelled movement of language embodied in form, where past, present and future are condensed.

Piazza Dante Station

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ART STATIONS SALVATOR ROSA and MATERDEI It was decided to use similar shapes, materials and construction features for the two stations of Salvator Rosa and Materdei, but to distinguish them by using different decorative elements, colours and characterization of the access points above ground. The aesthetic brief was to make the areas below ground attractive, tight and modern, heightening their elegance and dignity (using polished metal white glass and coloured rubber flooring). The two stations will be differentiated in particular by the colouring of the floor surfaces. The areas below ground (platforms, escalators, lifts and so on) will be suitably technological and futuristic in appearance, while above ground the constructions will match the context into which they are being inserted: the layout and the various materials have been chosen with an eye to enhancing the existing urban aspect.

Salvator Rosa Station Materdei Station

These two stations have been designed not just to fulfil their primary function but also to explore new possibilities of exploiting gardens, recreation, bars and play areas. They offer visitors the chance to cross- cultivate various disciplines. It was decided to enhance the aesthetic dimension of these large urban spaces by integrating some works of the visual arts into the architecture. MN invited Neapolitan artists whom the company considered representative and suitable to interact with the hypotheses and the spaces envisaged in the project.

After the first experience of installation of master pieces in the uphill stations, the Metropolitana dell’Arte became a statement in the projects that followed. The latest stations realized were designed by great architects which were demanded to work on main squares of the city centre. As well as the Museo, Dante, Materdei and Salvator Rosa, the latest openings of new stations in this decade had been upgraded by a deep art intervention, with different approaches and results.

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UNIVERSITA’ The first station finished and placed in service was Università: the renovation of the square made by Alessandro Mendini reorganized the city life above the colored design of interiors by Karim Rashid. This case had a unique issue, a designer called to create an entire art installation over the station hall, stairs, corridors and platforms: a geometrical and fully colored pattern is performing a reiteration of around vertical and horizontal surfaces of all levels, where different ambientation is found to reveal “A creative concept that communicates and embodies knowledge in the new digital age, language in the shrinking global landscape, innovation and mobility in this third technological revolution.” (as Karim Rashid described his work). The main hall is dominated by huge abstract elements: the roof is a white surface of Corian traced by a light designed net which perpetrate the concept of connected communities, the structural columns are transformed in sculptures created from rotating face black silhouette (recalling futuristic artwork of Renato Bertelli), the sculpture Synopsis dominates the space and in the back a lenticular printing shows the vibrant icons of the designer graphic alphabet. The other floors are still dominated by a full decoration of geometrical textures, from down to top with a reflective roof, with a kaleidoscope effect on the walking around. The escalators are emphasized by the same language: the scenery is conceived to lead the perception of motion: the iron roof, the glass tiles on the sidewalls enhance the curved shaped reflections of linear lights. This mixing of reflections and shapes arrives to platforms finding again the image motion of lenticular printing and the sinuous marble seats with a more resting ambiance while waiting for trains.

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TOLEDO The station was designed by Oscar Tusquets Blanca with a sensible approach to lights and materials. The sobre colors of entrance are imagined to allow the wall designed by the artist William Kentridge: the Processions represent a recall to the history of the city, within the technic of mosaics, which is found typically in the vernacular art of Romans. The language of the artist is able to connect the collective imaginary of people to the history testimonial of the city: these figures seem to belong to local tradition without contradictions.

The back of the procession is designed with maps of ancient Naples, simples objects connected to represent the most popular form of public meeting in the local history: the processions. The artist was demanded also to realize a masterpiece for the square above the station, the Toledo knight stands with its unusual shape: a nose riding a horse is the icon chose by the artist to configure this site. In the main hallway of blue colored deeper floor of the station is installed the two side work of Bob Wilson. This piece called By the sea… you and me is representing a moving sea realized with lenticular printing.

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GARIBALDI The huge project of Garibaldi square is widely merging the stations of national rail service, regional rails and subway: for this reason it is called, five stations square. Inside the Line 1 station access stairs a unique artwork is installed by artist Michelangelo Pistoletto in his second participation in Naples subway Stazioni dell'Arte. The first work was settled in Dante station, and now, the double reflecting iron panels, lead the bottom arrival of the escalators system which is making of the stairs access a real machine space.

MUNICIPIO The latest opening of Line 1 station, still in a partial configuration, is the city hall station: the huge castle is dominating a new gorgeous square, connecting two subway lines and the touristic harbor. The station was deeply conflicted by incredible findings by archaeological research, this determined the choice of Álvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto De Moura, most famous Portuguese architects, of revealing ancient walls inside of station hallways, within an exposition of naval relicts discovered by the shaft digging. A big part of the archaeological excavation is going to be left open air, decorating the west gate of the station, just beneath of the station.

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DRAFT PROGRAMME WITH DATES

Visits

Technical Technical

Thursday Thursday

visit

Press

onsite

"A.A.A."

technical

Conference

Closing Ceremony Closing

Sessions

Technical Technical

Coffee Break Coffee

Gala Dinner

Wednesday Wednesday

Lunch

Sessions

Technical

ITA

General General

Assembly

visit

onsite

"A.A.A."

technical

Session

ITA COSUF COSUF ITA

Open

Lunch

Session

Tuesday Tuesday

Coffee Break Coffee

Session

ITA Tech ITA

Technical SessionsTechnical Technical SessionsTechnical

The technical presentations will

ITACUS

Session Member Candidature Nations Cultural& Event Dinner last 20 minutes each.

visit

Press

onsite

"A.A.A."

technical

Conference

Board Board

Opening

Meetings

Monday Monday

Ceremony

WG and ITA WG ITA and

Coffee Break Coffee

Lunch

ITA TECH Dinner/Event ITA TECH

Sessions

Technical

ITA

Lunch

General General

Sunday Sunday

Meetings

Assembly

Welcome

WTC 2019 WTC 2019

Reception

Coffee Break Coffee

ITA ITA

Visit

Lunch

Course

Training Training

ITA CET ITA

Course & Course

Technical Technical

Saturday Saturday

Reception

President's President's

Coffee Break Coffee

Lunch

Course

Dinner

Training Training

Friday Friday

ITA CET ITA

ITA ITA CET

Training

Coffee Break Coffee

Evening

Morning

May 2019 Afternoon

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A.A.A. ON-SITE TECHNICAL VISITS

Thanks to its morphologic structure and its long experience in building tunnels and underground works dating back 5,000 years ago, Italy is able to offer a wide variety of A.A.A. - Archaeology, Architecture and Art - technical visits, along with more traditional technical visits.

NAPLES Naples is a city built upon ancient ruins, and below its churches and street markets are the remains of catacombs, Greek temples, Roman theatres, aqueducts and huge empty caverns. The first excavations date back the end of the prehistoric era. Later, the Greeks quarried large quantities of stone to build the city walls and temples, and the Romans continued, creating aqueducts and connecting tunnels that were used as streets. A new aqueduct built in the 1600s closed in 1884, leaving miles of empty underground tunnels and cisterns. Many of the passageways were converted into air-raid shelters during World War II, then abandoned and used as a dumping ground for building debris. Forty metres below the characteristic and lively streets of the Historic centre of Naples, you find a different world, unexplored, isolated by time, but deeply connected with the world above. It’s the heart of Naples, and the place from which the city was born. To visit it is to travel to the past, a world 2,400 years old. Every historic epic, from the foundation of Neopolis, to the bombs of WW2, has left it’s mark on the walls of the yellow tuff stone, the soul of Naples, and the stone with which the city was built.

Borbonic tunnel

Naples underground caveties map, taken from Think Deep: Planning, development and use of underground space in cities – Published by ITACUS in 2015 83 NAPLES. .

Borbonic Tunnel By the year 1853 Ferdinand II Bourbon decided the construction of an underground viaduct to connect the Royal Palace to the Royal Garden, placed on opposite side of Echia hill: it was a swift military route in defense of the king, since the uprisings of 1848. The project envisaged the realization of a tunnel articulated in two four-meters-wide lanes for the two opposite directions each with a two meters wide sidewalk and gas lighting. The works, begun in April 1853, ended in May 1855. The tunnel was rapidly constructed but as the tuff isn't a completely coherent layer: many parts are sandy and the roof of the tunnel is made of an irregular backlog of erupted material. At that time it was still not possible to determine exactly the composition of the subsoil stratification. Finally the tunnel arrives only to the church facing the royal palace. A few years later the Bourbons monarchs were deposed and this work was left incomplete.

The Greek-Roman Aqueduct Going down 136 steps, low and comfortable, at about 40 metres below ground, tuffaceous cavities were excavated in the Greek era (IV centuries BC.), and exploited as cisterns for the water supply of Naples for approximately 23 centuries.

The remains of the Roman Theatre From a typical Neapolitan house, commonly called “low”, because it is located at street level of the city, it is possible to access to the remains of the ancient theatre of Neapolis, where the emperor Nero also had his private dressing room, whenever he performed his shows in Naples.

Summa Cavea Another fraction of the Roman theatre reappears right beneath the Roman intrados of an arch - summa auditorium of the Greek Theatre - located in Cinquesanti alley behind San Gaetano square, a remote agora of Neapolis. Inside the new fragment of the Roman theatre just brought back to life, a new discovery was made. Underneath the floor, there were small running water channels which were completely clogged by the material generated by the circular saw. Once cleaned up, the channels revealed to be drain sewers from the Bourbon period, made out of “riggiole” (tiles) with blue colour designs. 84 NAPLES. .

CENTRAL ITALY Line C – the ‘Archeological’ Metro Line C is the third Metro Line in Rome’s General City plan. It is the most important of strategic infrastructure in Italy and it’s one of the biggest European construction projects: the overall investment is about 3.800 billion euro. Line C is the first metro line in Italy to be fully automated: it is based on driverless system technology. Line C crosses the entire city of Rome like a backbone, from the east to the north-west. It extends for about 25,5 km (18 km underground), with 30 new stations (20 underground). The twin single track tunnels (6,7 m diameter) run about 25-30 m below the ground level and the underground stations (platform length 120 m) are built with cut and cover method. The tender was awarded in 2006. The construction work started in 2007 in the First Strategic Phase (18,5 km and 2 stations) and in 2013 in the T3 Stretch (3 km and 2 stations). In 2015 the passenger operation started in the Strategic Phase. The start of passenger operation in T3 Stretch is scheduled in 2021. In the central stretch (T2 and T3) the Line C will run under the Colosseum/Fori Imperiali areas, the Baroque District, the S. Angelo Castle and the Vaticano areas, with considerable risks of direct or indirect impact on very important ancient structures that are part of Unesco Heritage. Construction of Line C provides the opportunity to carry out the biggest archeological investigation survey ever conducted in Rome. More than 1,0 million cubic meters of soil have been overall moved and thousands artefacts have been discovered and investigated. The most modern technologies have been utilized to bore the tunnel under the archeological layers (EPB TBM), to excavate the stations down to 40-45 m below ground level, in soft soils and with more than 3 bar of ground-water pressure (trench-cutter, jet- grouting, soil freezing), and to preserve historical and archeological Heritage (compensation grouting, structural reinforcement).

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NORTHERN ITALY A two-daylong technical visit will be organized in the northern Italy, along the Italian-Austrian border. The delegates will reach by train and reserved bus the construction sites in Italy in Fortezza (Bozen).

The Brenner Base Tunnel The BBT consists of two tubes, each 8.1 m wide, running 70 m apart from one another. These tubes are each equipped with a single track, meaning that train traffic through the tubes is one-way. The two tubes are linked every 333 m by connecting tunnels. These can be used in emergencies as escape routes. This configuration conforms to the highest security standards for tunnels. A peculiar feature of the Brenner Base Tunnel (BBT) is the exploratory tunnel running from one end to the other. This tunnel lies between the two main tunnels and about 12 m below them and with a diameter of 5 m is noticeably smaller than the main tubes. The excavations currently underway on the exploratory tunnel should provide information on the rock mass and thereby reduce construction costs and times to a minimum. The exploratory tunnel will be essential for drainage when the BBT becomes operational. The BBT runs for 55 km between Tulfes/Innsbruck and Fortezza and considering the Innsbruck by-pass it runs for a total of 64 km, making it the longest underground railway stretch in the world. In 2019 all the main tunnel civil works will be fully in construction.

Main tunnel 2

Main tunnel 1 Connecting side tunnel

Exploratory tunnel

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LOCATIONS FOR WTC 2019 SOCIAL PROGRAMME

Unique and prestigious locations will host the social WTC 2019 social dinners.

WELCOME RECEPTION The Welcome Reception will be hosted at Exedra Fountain, the most picturesque location of the Mostra d’Oltremare compound, a place of great artistic and environmental interest. Impressive in structure, the Fountain encompasses a total area of 900 sqm, it is 350 metres long and consists of a large rectangular basin and 12 cascading pools on terraces flanked by 24 fountains and an exedra consisting of 76 trapezoidal basins decorated in maiolica. The surrounding hill and a crown of 800 tall trees, including pines and oaks, form a backdrop of exceptional beauty. The water jets are of variable intensity and height and can reach 42 metres. The Welcome

Reception will offer to the WTC 2019 delegates a spectacular show of sound and lights: extraordinary special-effects of water will be created.

The Fountain, designed by L. Piccinato, dates back to 1940. A Symphony, "Fontane d’Oltremare", was composed by the maestro G. Pannain for the opening of all the fountains within Mostra d’Oltremare. The ceramic decoration was created in 1952 by G. Macedonio, a significant player in the contemporary art of the period.

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WTC 2019 GALA DINNER The WTC Gala Dinner will be held at the Pietrarsa Railway National Museum. The delegates and their accompanying people will reach the site, managed by the Fondazione FS Italiane (Italian State Railways), on board of an historical train, exclusively reserved for WTC, which will stop at the Museum. Before the dinner the guests will enjoy a fascinating journey in time amidst the locomotives and trains that have united Italy since 1839 to modern times, in 170 years of history of the Italian railway. Pietrarsa Railway National Museum is a different museum, open to the curiosity of the youth and of all visitors who see trains as an irreplaceable tool for the future of public transportation. Pietrarsa is one of the symbolic sites in the history of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (Italian State Railways) , a bridge between the past and present that perfectly blends the Bayard with the sophisticated and super fast High Speed trains. Between the sea and Vesuvius, with a spectacular view of the Naples Gulf, the Museum was set out, after some careful restoration works, in one of the most important Italian industrial archaeological sites: Reale Opificio Meccanico, Pirotecnico e per le Locomotive, founded by King Ferdinand II of Bourbon in 1840. It is a unique space for its suggestive settings and for the rich exhibits, being one of the most important railway museums in Europe. The Museum was inaugurated in 1989. It is set out over 36,000 square metres, 14,000 of which are covered. Outside, in the large yard looking over the sea, the big cast iron statue of King Ferdinand II. Over 4m tall, the statue was produced in 1852 to portrait the king while ordering the establishment of the Officine, overlooking with a satisfactory gesture its precious creature.

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FURTHER LOCATIONS FOR FURTHER EVENTS Naples and its surroundings offer a wide variety of location for marvelous events. Here are some examples that SIG suggests for ITA receptions.. The evocative setting of Pompei excavations is the ideal venue to host the ITA President’s Gala Dinner (up to 250 guests in the fascinating open space of Palestra Piccola). If this proposed location is chosen by ITA, before dinner SIG would be glad to offer to the guests a unique guided visit of the archaeological site. When Vesuvius erupted on 24 August 79 AD, engulfing the two flourishing Roman towns of Pompei and Herculaneum, as well as the many villas in the area. These have been progressively excavated and made accessible to the public since the mid-18th century.

Pompei has been a tourist destination for over 250 years. Today it has the UNESCO World Heritage Site status and is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Italy, with approximately 2.5 million visitors a year.

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The Bourbon Tunnel is the most fascinating underground route of the city of Naples, which is the pride of civil Bourbon underground engineering, inside the tunnel were found several vehicles and motorcycles of the 40s, 50s and 60s as well as statues and remnants of World War 2 that are visible during the tours. SIG strongly suggests this location for the ITA TECH dinner.

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Cenacolo Belvedere, located in a fabulous princely palace with a breathtaking panorama on the Naples Gulf.

Il Parnaso, a luxurious Villa with a magic ambiance, is located on the hill of Camaldoli. It overlooks the Gulf of Naples and showing a memorable landscape, from Capri to the Phlegrean fields and farther to the island of Ponza. An exciting atmosphere surrounded by colours fascinates the guests, enchanted by the purity and the harmony of the shapes: the clear skyline, the flowers, the trees, the gardens and the interiors frescoed with bucolic themes.

Palazzo San Teodoro is an old mansion, located at the beginning of the Riviera di Chiaia, a residential area on the sea front of the Naples bay. Today this exclusive Neapolitan aristocratic mansion, recently restored, opens up to those who wish to make it a site for cultural and artistic events and it can be a suggestive background for gala dinners.

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FEES FOR DELEGATES, EXHIBITORS AND SPONSORS

Introduction The Budget is in Euro and the costs are referred to December 31, 2016.

The budget does not include  costs and income of ITA CET Training Course  costs and income of technical visits and/or tourist tours

The budget is based on 1,300 delegates, 120 exhibitors and 16 sponsors (Platinum, Gold and Silver)

€ REGISTRATION FEES (VAT INCLUDED)

1st Early Bird Registration 850

Standard Registratiom 1,150

ITA Cat. 3 (only one voting delegate) 550

Young (<35 years) 1st Early Bird Registration 450

Young (<35 years) Standard Registration 600

One day Ticket 450

Student Free

Gala dinner 160

€ INCOME (VAT NOT INCLUDED)

Exhibition booth (3x3 m) 4,000

Sponsorship Platinum 20,000

Sponsorship Gold 10,000

Sponsorship Silver 5,000

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DRAFT BUDGET

INCOME €

REGISTRATION FEES, 1.300 delegates 935,000

SPONSORSHIPS, 16 sponsors 120,000

EXHIBITION, 120 exhibitors 480.000

GALA DINNER, 800 pax 115,000

TOTAL INCOME 1,650,000

COSTS €

CONGRESS VENUE 350,000

EXHIBITION SET-UP 25,000

A/V TECHNOLOGY 65,000

PROMOTION, MARKETING and ADVERTISING 75,000

STAFF and ON-SITE ASSISTANCE 30,000

INVITED SPEAKERS 40,000

CATERING 150,000

SOCIAL PROGRAM 120,000

MANAGEMENT FEE 100,000

MISCELLANEOUS (transports, translations, etc.) 70,000

GALA DINNER 125,000

ITA FEES 160,000

CONTINGENCY/INSURANCE 90,000

TOTAL COSTS 1,400,000

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THE WTC’s IMPACT ON LOCAL, NATIONAL AND REGIONAL MARKETS The unique geological situation of the Naples subsoil and the interest of the Italian market in new technological solutions are two major elements capable of attracting stakeholders and high investments to Naples. One of the main goals of the WTC 2019 will be to appraise the relationship between Archaeology, Architecture and Art and engineering and innovation in order to improve the exploitation of the subsoil. The Congress will offer the opportunity to visit and appreciate the Neapolitan underground works under the guidance of architecture and archeology experts.

THE ITA STRATEGY During the organization of the congress attention will be paid to the ITA strategy , in particular to the following:  Use of underground space Naples is the best case in the world where underground space is enhanced and it takes on every day new features, showing a conceptual dynamism that evolves considerations about space. In the Metro Line 1, for example, the "Metro Art" was developed by changing the urban space not only from the functional point of view, but also in terms of the reprocessing of related contexts. It is important to underline that the exhibition spaces were not "filled" after the design, but that artists have participated actively during the design phase of the structure. On these bases the Congress will develop the issues and propose new ideas for the future.

 Encourage further knowledge sharing through education and training The WTC will seek to enhance the main themes of the conference involving both during the training course and during the conference, senior figures in all fields treated by the congress, engineering, architecture, art and archeology, to provide an overview and allow all levels of the Congress (students, young members, professionals) to evaluate and exchange views on a complex and important multidisciplinary reality . Web 2.0 technologies will be used to improve communication.

 Develop an ITA Young Members’ Group Special rates have been provided for ITA Young Members, and particular attention will be paid to the articles written by young engineers looking to enhance its role in oral presentations.

 Consolidate/activate member nations - particularly the new Members Special rates have been provided for delegates belonging to ITA Cat. 3, for new-member countries and for non-member nations. On request, the opening ceremony will be made available for electronically webcast at local universities.

 Improve the functionality of Working Groups and Committees and Communication among them The WGs will be actively involved in the process of peer review of papers for the conference, working with the Committees for the identification of the most interesting topics.

CSR - Corporate Social Responsibility - Programme

Our global society is today affected by a growing social gap, a decline in natural resources and demographic and climate changes. Everyone needs to establish proactive responses. On this purpose WTC 2019 will leave a legacy on the territory and it will adhere to Food for Good programme. That means that all the food in surplus from the catering services during the World Tunnel Congress will be distributed and donated, thanks to a network of volunteers , to local soup kitchens. The intangible effect of giving back to the community gives a pleasant feeling of satisfaction that we are at least trying to make the world a better place. As successful members of the community, we have a responsibility to help those that are less fortunate and contribute to the common good. 94 NAPLES. .

NAPLES 2019 UNDERGROUND TUNNELLING: HISTORY

The geological diversity of Naples and its surrounding areas, probably has no equal in the world. Surrounded as it is by volcanoes, crater lakes, volcanic islands, fault lines and karst phenomena, its territory has been shaped and molded in a unique, hard to find in other places. By the energy given off by the activities of Vesuvius, are derived lush and luxuriant vegetation that feeds fertilizer natural terrain, a variety of mineral springs scattered across the Bay of Naples, the remains of the submarine volcanic cones, the so-called "dry ", which once proliferated coral. Clearly, human life has been strongly influenced by these situations geo morphological, by movements of the earth which the bradyseism. And as we do today we can find, starting from the genesis and soil characteristics Neapolitan, it is a result of human activities and changes, gradually developed over the last three thousand years; since antiquity the Neapolitan subsoil saw the opening of a myriad of cisterns, quarries, tunnels, catacombs and more, until you get to real roads designed and built to cross parts of the territory. The underground of Naples are thus of a horizon so vast and diverse, which is estimated to reach a volume that reaches about one million square meters of floor area, but according to some estimates, there is still much to discover. Three of the four known Roman road tunnels were built in Naples: the Grotta di Seiano, the Grotta di Cocceio and the Neapolitan Crypt and they are unique in the archeological scenery for revealing what was the incredible capacity of construction of the roman empire. It remains a puzzle how it could be possible to meet the two digging sides of Seiano tunnel, with a minimal margin of error and without modern topography, by relying only in rudimental trigonometry.

CRYPTA NEAPOLITANA In Augustan period was realized the connection between Naples and Pozzuoli through Crypta Neapolitana, 700 meters long tunnel, a road that was built for private and commercial interests. The Neapolitan Crypt continued to be used as civilian infrastructure by expanding and improving it. In 1455 the king of Naples, Alfonso V of Aragon, to make the slope less steep access from Mergellina, did lower the decking of eleven meters from the east and a few meters from the west; in 1548 the Viceroy Don Pedro of Toledo made her widen and pave; in 1748 it was necessary to consolidate, commissioned by Charles of Bourbon; in the early nineteenth century, Joseph Bonaparte ordered further consolidation and endowed the tunnel of a lighting system with oil lamps. The tunnel remained in use until the late nineteenth century, when it was closed due to problems of static, but after it had already entered into operation of the new tunnel of the Four Days

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GROTTA DI SEIANO The cave of Seiano is a 770 m long tunnel, dug into the tuff of the hill of Posillipo. This work of extraordinary value engineering, was probably built at the turn of the Christian era, perhaps even this on a draft COCCEIUS AUCTUS, to connect with Pozzuoli, the villa on the coast Posillipina. The tunnel, oriented east-west, it extends for about 770 meters, with a straight path but a variable section both in height and width; from the south wall branch three secondary passages, ending in openings, overlooking the bay, which provide light and ventilation. Fall into disuse and forgotten over the centuries, it was discovered by chance during work on a new road in 1841 and immediately brought to light and made viable by the will of Ferdinand II, becoming a destination for tourists. During the Second World War it was used as a bomb shelter for the inhabitants of Bagnoli.

GROTTA DI COCCEIO The tunnel, built at Lake Averno, was designed and built around 37 BC. The Cave Cocceio is completely dug out of tuff with trapezoidal section with a rectilinear and oriented to the east. It was wide enough to allow the comings and goings of two carts passing in opposite directions. The tunnel was lit by natural light, because of its full length was supplied from wells and chinks of light that opened up on it either vertically or obliquely. In the same tunnel he was housed also an aqueduct that supplied drinking water to the Portus Julius. Today due to bradyseism that caused the lowering of the ground, the cave is under the level of the Lake for half of its height. The work is considered of great interest for studying ancient techniques.

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NAPLES 2019 UNDERGROUND TUNNELLING: FUTURE PERSPECTIVES

The main tunnel projects under construction or in progress in the Neapolitan area are described below.

Metro Tunnels (Lines 1 and 6) The Naples Metro Lines 1 and 6 are included into an integrated metro system serving the whole city that today embodies six underground railway lines and four funiculars. However, many construction sites and projects in progress, envisaged within the Municipal Plan of Transport, will enrich even more in the near future this system with new Metro routes, new interconnections, and the renovation and integration of existing lines (Sepsa and Circumvesuviana). This is one of the largest infrastructure projects currently under construction in Italy and it will see, at last, the service expanded with to rail lines, 93 km of track and a further 30 km of new light rail connecting 114 stations together.

Naples Metro, Line 1, Garibaldi - Capodichino extension. The work concerns: • 2 twin tunnels of 6.7 m in diameter with four new stations, connecting the airport with 3 kilometres of new tunnels, to be excavated partly with cut and cover method and partly with the EPB TBM system.

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Naples Metro, Line 6, Mergellina – Municipio extension The work concerns: • a single tube tunnel of about 3.4 km to be excavated via an EPB shield of 8.30 m in diameter; • 4 stations. Works in progress.

Naples Metro, Line 6 (Campegna – Porta del Parco extension) The work concerns: • a single tube tunnel of about 3,800 m to be excavated via an EPB shield of 8.30 m in diameter; • 3 stations. Excavation works are going to start.

In 2019 the “Arco Mirelli”, “San Pasquale”, “Chiaia” and “Municipio” stations of the Line 6 extension are expected to be completed. Then the Line 6 will interchange with Line 1 at Municipio station.

Railway Tunnels (Naples-Bari high speed railway line) The new Naples-Bari high speed/high capacity railway line is an important and strategic work for both national and international connections with the South of Italy. It has been included in Corridor 5 ‘Scandinavia– Mediterranean’ of the Trans-European Railway Network (TEN-T) that sees in Naples the division of Corridor in both south direction, with the stretch Naples-Reggio-Messina-Catania-Palermo-Valletta, and south-east direction with the Naples-Bari.

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The whole stretch will have 150 km of new lines and about the 40% of these will be tunnels, under passing the Appennine chain in very difficult rock conditions.

The line will pass through the High-speed railway station Naples-Afragola (Zaha Hadid’s project). The project is under-construction by Astaldi contractor and the works are expected to finish by 2019.

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Metro Tunnels

Torino Metro, Line 1, Lingotto-Piazza Bengasi extension The line will be 1.9 km long and will include 2 stations (Italia ’61 and Bengasi) (to be excavated by TBM 7.5 m dia ). Excavation works started on July 2014.

Milan Metro, Line 4 Linate Airport-S.Cristoforo The work concerns: • a running tunnel of about 11.70 km in length, to be bored by using two EPB shield of 6.36 m in diameter; • a running tunnel of about 3.70 km in length, to be bored by using an EPB shield of 9.15 m in diameter; • 21 underground stations. Excavation works between Linate and Forlanini are nearly completed.

Typical underground station

Milan Metro, Line 5: Garibaldi-San Siro extension and San Siro- Monza extension The works of the twin tunnels (67 km in length and 6.8 m dia) and of 10 stations have been recently completed. The construction of San Siro-Monza extension is planned to start in the coming years.

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Rome Metro, Line B (Rebibbia – Casal Monastero extension) Twin tunnel of 6.7 m in diameter, approx. 3 km in length, and two underground stations. The design and build contract has been awarded.

Rome Metro, Line C (San Giovanni - Monte Compatri/Pantano section) Excavation works of line tunnels (about 10.5 km twin tunnels, 6.75 m diameter each), ventilation shafts (n. 11) and underground stations (n. 12) have been completed in 2014.

Rome Metro, Line C (Fori Imperiali/Colosseo - San Giovanni section) Excavation works of underground stations (n. 2) and deep shafts (n. 2) started in 2015. Excavation works of line tunnels (about 3 km twin tunnels, 6.75 m diameter each) will start in 2017.

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Milan-Genoa High Speed railway line 27 km base tunnel: 2 single track tunnel configuration with 1 underground safe area (about 37x2 km of underground tunnel in total and is connected to the existing line through 4 interconnections, 14 km long, at Voltri, Genova Parco Campasso, Novi Ligure and Tortona. Works started in 2013.

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Genoa railway junction upgrading The work concerns: • a double track tunnel (2.8 km in length, 13 m in diameter) • 2 single track tunnel (2 x 1.4 km in length, 8 m in diameter). Excavation works are in progress.

High Speed Milan-Naples Railway line: Florence junction underground pass The works include a 5 km EPB bored twin tunnel with an underground station designed by Architect Norman Foster.

Brenner Base tunnel 55 km base tunnel between Austria and Italy: the works include the construction of two single track tunnel (9 m dia.) with underground safety area every 20 km and an exploratory/service tunnel (6 m dia). Excavation works are in progress and 2 km line tunnels and 12 km exploratory tunnel have been realised at the date (exploitation 2026).

Brenner Base Tunnel – Isarco River Underpass Section The section will include civil works for the two main tunnels for a total length of roughly 4.3 km, as well as two interconnecting tunnels for a total length of 2.3 km that connect with the existing railway line. The detailed design is in progress. Construction will be extremely complex from a technical point of view: both the main tunnels and the interconnecting tunnels will underpass the Isarco River, the A22 motorway, the SS12 motorway and the Verona-Brenner railway line with a minimal overburden. Ground freezing technique is foreseen.

Torino-Lyon railway line – Mont d’Ambin base tunnel 57 km base tunnel between France and Italy: the works include the construction of two single track tunnels with underground safe area every 20 km. Exploratory tunnel (Maddalena Tunnel) undergoing Italy side.

The Track-doubling in the Palermo – Messina Railway: Ogliastrillo-Castelbuono stretch Work includes excavation of three tunnels (to be excavated by TBM): Cefalù (6.872 m), Sant’Ambrogio (4.15 m) e Malpertugio (179.5 m).

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Road Tunnels

Modernization of Motorway A1 Milan-Rome-Naples, Valico by-pass Four twin tunnels (Val di Sambro, Grizzana, Quercia, Sparvo), each tube about 180 sqm cross-section. Excavation of Val di Sambro tunnel (3.8x2 km in length) and Sparvo tunnel (2.5x2 km in length, 15.55 m in diameter), done by using an EPB-TBM (the world’s largest TBM) is 100% completed.

A14 motorway, widening of five existing tunnels from two to three lanes + emergency lane Works are in progress.

Frejus safety tunnel The works for the excavation of the safety tunnel of about 8 m in diameter and 12.8 km in length have been completed in 2015.

New Colle di Tenda road tunnel The project, which provides for the widening of the existing tube and the construction of a new 3,200 m long tube, has been approved and financed by CIPE. The works are under construction.

S.S. 212 “della Val Fortòre” and ex s.s.369 “Appulo Fortorina” Work includes excavation of four tunnels (15.20 m dia., 2,700 m. total length). Excavation works of Cerzone and Fuciello tunnels are over. Excavation works of San Pietro and Monte Leone tunnels (approx. 1.2 km of total length) have been completed in 2015.

S.S. 106 Jonica (Sibari – Roseto Capo Spulico) The main works involved in the project include 13 km of tunnels Two twin tunnels; total length about 5x2 km. Final design is close to be approved.

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Road link between the A14 and Ancona harbour The works involve two natural tunnels (Palombella tunnel and Ghettarello tunnel) with an overall length of around 4,200 m.

S.S. 38 – Second part of Lot I, Morbegno bypass, from the junction of Cosio at the junction of Tartano The works on SS 38 Stelvio, including Selva Piana (2,846 m/2,777 m) and Paniga (2,765 m/2,747 m) tunnels, are under construction.

Motorway SS640 Agrigento-Caltanissetta: second section The works consist of the upgrading of the SS640 motorway of Porto Empedocle, stretch Agrigento- Caltanissetta for a total length of 31.2 kilometres. Key works include three tunnels: Caltanisetta (4,053 m); San Filippo (200,0 m); Cozzo Garlatti (220,0 m) and Papazzo (760,0 m). The works are in progress.

Caltanisetta Tunnel 15.06 m diameter EPB excavation

New Aurelia road section from Albisola to Savona and La Spezia by-pass The 188 m long Grana tunnel has been completed using conventional methods. The TBM excavation of the 530 m long Basci tunnel has also been completed. The EPB will be used for other two tunnels: Cappuccini (1,125 m) and San Paolo (2,052 m) that are under construction. Also under construction are the 6 tunnels for 3,5 km total length of La Spezia by-pass driven with conventional method.

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There are so many tourist attractions in Naples and in the surroundings that a few days will never be enough to see them all. In the following pages just some proposals that we will be glad to offer to WTC delegates and accompanying people. The Congress Organizer will be happy to assist you in any request and tailor your visits. NAPLES CITY TOUR (about 4 hours) Be amazed by the panoramic coastal road climbing the hill of Posillipo, the residential area of Naples, boasting the most exciting view of the city and of the golf of Naples with its three islands such as Ischia, Procida and Capri at the horizon and the Mount Vesuvius on the background. Panoramic “photo-stop” will be made to let the guests appreciate that wonderful view. The tour will proceed toward the centre. On the way to the Royal Palace, the coach will pass along the sea front road named Via Caracciolo and through the district of Santa Lucia where the guests will be able to admire the Castel dell’Ovo, passing by the famous Piazza Plebiscito enjoying the view of the Royal Place, the San Carlo Opera House, Galleria Umberto I and the beautiful Piazza del Municipio, where the imposing Castel Nuovo is located. The tour will continue with a short walk through the old part of the town. From Piazza del Gesù the guests will walk to San Domenico Maggiore and they will have some free time for shopping or for visiting the suggestive area of San Gregorio Armeno, famous for its cribs.

NAPLES PANORAMIC TOUR! DRIVING A VESPA OR FIAT 600 VINTAGE ( about 4 hours) Through an exploration of the city views, some famous and others less well known, on a beautiful vintage Vespa or Fiat 600, with a friendly and knowledgeable guide, we shall explore those corners of paradise for which Naples is famous for around the world.

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The Santa Chiara Convent and cloister and the San Severo Chapel (about 4 hours) Once reached Piazza del Gesù Nuovo visit of the Santa Chiara Church and of the maiolica-tile cloister one of the most important Angevin monuments in Naples, originally built in the early 14th century. The interior was altered in the 18th century to the Baroque style. In 1943 the church was heavily damaged during an air raid and was later restored to its original style of Provencal Gothic. It was here that the Neapolitan royal families and nobility worshipped. The splendid 14th century tomb of Robert of Anjou can be seen behind the main altar. The adjoining monastery with its choirstalls and frescoes and the maiolica tiled cloister were restored in the 18th century by Antonio Vaccaro. Continue on foot to the square of San Domenico Maggiore where in the annex convent studied and lived Saint Tommaso d’Aquino. A few steps away the San Severo Chapel founded in 1590. In it can be found masterpieces of the 18th century including the “Veiled Christ” by Sammartino.

The Capodimonte Museum and panoramic tour of the city (about 4 hours) By bus drive through the centre of Naples, Piazza Municipio - the Town Hall Square, Via Medina, Piazza Dante and the National Museum. Before arriving in the huge Park of Capodimonte pass by the imposing Church of “Madre del Buonconsiglio” built near the famous catacombs of San Gennaro. Visit of the National tunnel the nucleus of which is composed of the Farnese Collection inherited from the Bourbons, the 19th century tunnel, the historical apartments, the porcelain collection and the armoury. After the visit continue by bus through the residential area of Naples, the Vomero, to Posillipo with a spectacular view over the bay of Naples, the island of Capri, the Vesuvius and the Sorrento Peninsula.

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The Royal Palace of Caserta (about 4 hours) Transfer by bus to Caserta. The Royal Palace, strongly wanted by Charles III of Bourbon, had to be the more sumptuous and beautiful than the Royal Palace of Versailles. The Palaces’ plan was designed by Luigi Vanvitelli. The construction was begun in 1752 to end in 1774. A very important part of the building are the gardens with the incredible waterfall at the end of the park. Visit of the Royal apartments made up of “The New Apartment” and “The Royal Apartment” which includes the Council Room, the bed room of Francis II and that of Murat. In the old Apartment, decorated with fabrics and hanging tapestry from the San Leucio manufactory, lived Ferdinand IV and Ferdinand II who died there in 1859.

The Phlegrean fields (about 4 hours) The urban portion of the “Via Domitiana” today runs along the “San Paolo Stadium” and the Trade Fair “Mostra d’Oltremare” leaving on the right the Thermae of Agnano and winds through the hills towards the “Solfatara” and Pozzuoli. Less than a mile before reaching the “Solfatara” lays the Church of San Gennaro, built in 1580 on the place where the Saint was martyred and where in a chapel is kept a stone that tradition wants to be the one stained by His blood. For the ancient Romans the “Solfatara” was the “Forum Vulcani” – the volcano Forum – where all the typical phenomenon of a quiescent volcano are present: small mud volcanoes, fumarole, salts sublimation….The visit continues on to Pozzuoli well known for the bradyseism phenomenon which has, at first, involved the “Rione Terra”. Founded in the year 194 BC this Roman colony, known with the name “Puteolis” was the bridgehead of commerce with the eastern Mediterranean and above all the gathering point of the harvest allotted to Rome.

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FASCINATING SURROUNDINGS

CAPRI ISLAND (about 8 hours) The island can be reached by a ferry or private luxury yacht from the Bay of Naples, the beautiful island of Capri awaits you on this enchanting island tour. After docking at the Marina Grande on the north side of the island, you will board a minivan or typical taxi cabrio to reach Anacapri, your first introduction to the Capri-style life. Enjoy some free time to stroll the cosy streets for shopping before visiting the splendid Villa San Michele, which was built by the Swedish physician Dr. Munthe at the turn of the 20th century, providing gorgeous views of the island and the sea beyond or the amazing view and trip with the chairlift . Usually the second step is the visit of Capri centre, to have some free time to explore the charming streets that surround the famous Piazza Umberto I and to visit Augustus Gardens offering enchanting views over the iconic Faraglioni. The excursion is over after an other taste of the Piazzetta .

BLUE GROTTO & LIMONCELLO TASTING ! CAPRI ( about 4 hours) The Blue Grotto (Grotta Azzurra) gets its name from sunlight passing through an underwater cavity and shining through the seawater to create a stunning blue reflection. You will take a 20-minute boat ride to the Grotto’s entrance where you board a small rowboat to enter the cavern. Then take another 20-minute cruise to Marina Grande where a minibus awaits your arrival. During the ascent to Anacapri you’ll discover expansive views over the bay of Naples and Sorrento. In Anacapri you may choose to visit the Villa San Michele, or ascend further up to Monte Solaro. Monte Solaro offers a breathtaking 360° panoramic view of the Gulf of Naples with the Mount Vesuvius in the background. Combined with views of the Gulf of Salerno, Anacapri Plain, the Sorrentine Peninsula, Ischia Island, the offshore faraglioni (limestone rocks), and the deep blue of the sea to provide you will have memories to last a lifetime. Following leisure time to stroll the narrow streets, you will taste the local Limoncello. Your guide will explain all the secrets about this famous liquor.

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AMALFI COAST ( about 8 hours) Travelling along the Amalfi Coast past the charming hillside town of Positano. The pastel-colored houses that dot the hillside are the subject of many postcards and photo albums. Continue a few more kilometres along the coast to the city of Amalfi. The guests will have free time to explore the village and shop for souvenirs. At some point the visitors will find themselves gazing upward at the aweinspiring Amalfi Cathedral with its 62 steps leading to an impressive entryway. Its striking facade is Arabic-influenced Romanesque with a bold mix of stripes, arches, mosaics and textures. The Bell Tower and the Cupola are decorated with green and yellow tiles. The heavenly Cloister of Paradise is home to the tombs of Amalfi's wealthy merchants and features Moorish styling in white marble. Take a stroll around the courtyard and see its lovely Mediterranean garden as well as the ancient artworks that grace the walkways. The cloister leads into the Basilica of the Crucifix where the guests can see some amazing frescoes. Re-board and drive along Ravello. This small town is situated in the heart of the Amalfi coast and it is a famous destination for tourists and couples who fancy a romantic break. The amazing sea views as well as beautiful gardens and greenery have inspired many artists over the years. A must see Villa Cimbrone and Villa Rufolo whose gardens inspired the German composer Wagner in 1880 when he stated that “The magical garden of Klingsor has been found”.

WALKING TOUR ON THE AMALFI COAST, THE PATH OF THE GODS (about 6 hours) Whether keen on hiking or not, the Path of the Gods, set in stunning natural beauty, is a must to see, at least for those who wants to deeply dig into the marvels of the Amalfi Coast. From the Path of the Gods it is possible to admire one of the most striking panoramas on Earth: halfway up the hill the path crosses, from Bomerano to Nocelle (Nocella), through the most fascinating gorges, cliffs and precipices of the Amalfi Coast. An incomparable overview of the coast from Punta Licosa, in the Cilento (part of the province of Salerno that lies to the south of the Amalfi Coast) to the Island of Capri, an ancient natural extension of Punta Campanella (watershed between the gulfs of Naples and Salerno) where the Athena loop trail, another wonderful hike, lays. The name, a little exaggerated, is due to some aerial exposed part of the path, the magnificent wide views of the sea and splendid hamlets of Vettica Maggiore (Praiano) and

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Furore located just below the path. From above you can admire, impending over the sea, the extremely steep and wild noses of “Sant’Angelo a Tre Pizzi”, the highest summit of the Sorrento Peninsula. The Path of the Gods, despite of the name, is an extraordinary monument to the boundless obstinacy and exertion of the humankind that, throughout the ages, has been able to colonize even the most impracticable places on the Amalfi Coast. Today, shepherds, woodsmen and farmers still use the path as it lays through hundreds of dry stonewalls, vegetable gardens, woods, lemon groves and old vineyards stolen to the mountain. Beside the path, you find caves and terraces dropping from the cliffs to the sea and deep valleys. The caves host pens, folds, depots and other constructions. Of the vertical faces, with a dolomitic look overlooking the path, you’ll admire their elegant glides, gulls, crows, peregrine and kestrel falcons, coming out their aeries.

MOUNT VESUVIUS (about 4 hours) Travel along the suggestive Bay of Naples before reaching by foot the stunning Mount Vesuvius, the only volcano in mainland Europe. As the guests approach the crater, the guide will begin to point out the geological features of the Somma-Vesuvius volcanic complex and will provide you with a general introduction to the characteristics of the Vesuvius National Park. Reaching an altitude of 1000 m above sea level, you will begin your climb towards the crater. Once at the summit you will be able to admire the abyss that is the crater of Vesuvius and the magnificent view over the Bay of Naples, without doubt one of the most incredible panoramas in the world.

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POMPEI (about 4 hours) Experience a fascinating look at the ancient ruins of Pompei, which is an UNESCO World Heritage Site. Be amazed by the remains of a lost city buried deep beneath the ash when Mt. Vesuvius violently erupted in 79 AD and by the beautiful architecture and frescos that have been brought to life again. Explore the grounds on this guided tour of the excavated city. Our guide will point out the remarkably preserved remains that hint at daily Roman life. Known as a vacation community for high society, Pompei had a forum, amphitheatre, gymnasium, shops and an aqueduct that delivered water for irrigation, fountains and private baths. Some of the ruins are remarkably preserved with elaborately detailed mosaics and colorful frescoes decorating the interiors of wealthy homeowners villas. The dining room was the most highly decorated room of the house. As the guests walk the dining rooms they can imagine guests reclining on large couches covered with pillows while servants brought platter after platter of food. More elaborate houses could have several courtyards with fish ponds or baths. Pompei had a lively commercial life. Most of the shops and storefronts along the Via dell’Abbondanza were open to the street, sometimes with serving windows or counters holding bins or built-in storage jars, and their business owners had living quarters behind or above their stores. While walking around the ruins, the guests will need to watch their step as many roads in Pompei are lined with sidewalks a foot or more above the street level. The eruption of Vesuvius was a monumental natural disaster that killed thousands and entombed the city, yet preserved a moment in time more than 2.000 years ago.

HERCULANEUM (about 4 hours) Herculaneum was a residential town in roman times, smaller than Pompei but better preserved. Whilst hot ashes consumed the wood of Pompei structures, Herculaneums ruin was due to a flood of hot mud which sealed and protected entire buildings. This means that there are inlaid marble floors, mosaics, paintings and carbonised woods exposed to visitors. During the site visit the guests will discover these ancient luxurious properties and villas: the House of the Mosaic, the House of Dear, the Thermae and the House of Carbonized Forniture. After the guided tour, the visitors will have some free time in the area of the excavation.

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WALKING EXPERIENCE ON THE FOOT STEPS OF THE EMPEROR TIBERIUS (about 4 hours) A walk dedicated to archaeology to discover the reasons that led the Romans to prefer the Isle of Capri as a residential place and control. You’ll be pick upped where ever you prefer, you will reach Villa Jovis on Mount Tiberio, (40 min. approx. walking uphill) which dominates the Sorrentine Peninsula and the Gulf of Naples and Salerno. Villa Jovis is the most important of the imperial villas built in the first century. BC and was the residence of the emperor Tiberius who ruled here from the Roman Empire between 14 and 37 AD. Along the way there will be stops with the stories linked to the various historic houses belonged to wacky characters who enriched the history of the island!

SHOWROOM OF HANDMADE CAMEO ( about 2 hours) Cameo is a method of carving an object such as an engraved gem, item of jewellery or vessel made in this manner. It nearly always features a raised (positive) relief image; contrast with intaglio, which has a negative image.

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RAVIOLI SCHOOL (about 2 hours) Ravioli, filled with caciotta and Parmesan cheese and marjoram, is the Island of Capri's signature dish. Prepared in all of the kitchens of Capri, according to age-old recipes handed down from generation to generation. Much loved by both adults and children, the ravioli are served with a fresh tomato sauce or tossed in melted butter and sage. When fried, they provide a delicious starter.

LIMONCELLO SCHOOL & TASTING (about 2 hours) The liquor was born at the beginning of 1900, in a small boarding house of the island Azzurra, where lady Maria Antonia Farace took care of a luxuriant garden of lemons and oranges. The nephew, during the post- war period, opened a bar near Alex Munte’s villa. The speciality of that bar was the lemon liquor made with nonna’s old recipe!

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MOZZARELLA EXPERIENCE (about 4 hours) Be amazed to live one of the most typical experience of our land , the possibility to visit a real buffalo farm and the process of how the mozzarella is made. At the end of the tour you will delighted with a taste of products as the mozzarella, ciliegine , yoghurt and ricotta cheese . On request you could have also the possibility to have a lunch in the farm.

WINE TASTING ON THE VESUVIUS (about 2 hours) Having spent the morning soaking in the natural beauty of Mt. Vesuvius and its breathtaking panoramas, treat yourself to some much deserved relaxation. Retreat into the vineyard which produces the celebrated vintage Lacryma Christi, literally “Tear of Christ” and boasts a terrific view of Mount Vesuvius. Enjoy a leisurely lunch and wine tasting and soon you too will gaze at Vesuvius, the sacred mountain of wine, as the ancient inhabitants of Pompei and Herculaneum once did.

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