Üsküdar-Ümraniye-Çekmeköy Metro Project became one of the world’s most attention-drawing reference projects discussed at “TBM DİGs 2016” organized by Turkish Tunneling Society between November 16-18, 2016 at Steigenberger Hotel Istanbul Maslak. The conference aims to be an international conference series to provide a specialized technological forum to discuss and exchange knowledge related to TBM works in difficult grounds by taking some projects as reference.
In the conference which aims to increase the know-how on TBM works in difficult grounds, Doğuş Construction with the article themed “Üsküdar-Ümraniye-Çekmeköy Metro Project - Üsküdar Square TBM Transition” covered a wide range of topics such as the characterization of difficult grounds, field observations and case studies, numerical modelling and techniques, physical and laboratory tests, planning, design and monitoring-surveying, TBM design and installation, tunnel support design and risk management.
The 1st one of the series had taken place in Singapore between November 18-20, 2015 while Wuhan (the capital of Hubei province in China) will host the 3rd one.