Naslov
Sustainable Underground Engineering Centre (SUNEC)

Autori
Kovačević, Meho Saša ; Martinović, Karlo ; Librić, Lovorka

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Advances in underground space development / Zhou, Yingxin ; Cai, Jungang ; Sterling, Raymond - Singapur : Research Publishing, 2012, 372-374

ISBN
981-07-3756-4

Skup
13th International Conference of Associated Research Centers for the Urban Underground Space ACUUS 2012

Mjesto i datum
Singapur, 07.11.2012. - 09.11.2012

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
sustainability; underground engineering; innovative methodology; interdisciplinarity

Sažetak
Underground engineering projects are currently being designed and implemented as one-off efforts fragmented between various project participants without any significant integration occurring across the boundaries of the contributing disciplines. This leads to a fragmented and incongruent decision-making, which is a serious barrier for the implementation of complex design goals, most notably, the concept of sustainability. Even though the awareness of sustainability at the overall level of the project through an interdisciplinary design and engineering organization has reached the traditional building sector, this is only recently being explored in the area of underground engineering (Sterling et al., 2012 ; Hunt et al., 2012). As the area of underground engineering is rapidly evolving into a multidisciplinary field with a large R&D and implementation potential, the challenges of sustainability and multidisciplinary integration still remain to be improved. Croatia is European country where the preservation of natural resources has been considered as national priority. Currently, a considerable number of large-scale infrastructure projects (like Zagreb Metro project and Rijeka-Budapest railway corridor) in the area of underground engineering is under development, which provides an opportunity to implement the most recent sustainability standards into the engineering processes of those projects. So far, the thematic of sustainable engineering has been touched through work of ITA Croatia, including organization of two conferences on underground space. Hosting of World Tunnel Congress in Croatia in a few years shows determination in dealing with sustainability issues. This paper presents the recently established Sustainable UNderground Engineering Centre (SUNEC) at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Zagreb (UNIZG-FCE). The aim is to integrate the sustainable underground engineering process through the following research modules within the institution of UNIZG-FCE: sustainable ground improvement using waste materials, water management, renewable energy utilization and storage, underground fire safety, transportation engineering, monitoring of underground structures and process-driven risk management.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Građevinarstvo

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