Spotlight on Sponsors
We extend our heartfelt gratitude to our sponsors for their generous support and commitment. Your contributions will be pivotal in making ISAVFT 2024 a success, enabling us to bring together experts and innovators from across the industry. Thank you for your continued partnership and dedication to advancing the field
We shape the communities of tomorrow and help society thrive.
Sponsoring the Symposium Dinner
WSP Global Inc. is a globally recognized professional services firm providing comprehensive engineering and consulting services across a wide range of sectors. With a focus on innovation, sustainability, and technical excellence, WSP partners with clients to deliver transformative solutions that address the complexities of modern infrastructure and environmental challenges.
With operations in over 40 countries, WSP leverages global expertise to tackle complex tunnelling projects worldwide. Combining this with local knowledge enables the delivery of tailored solutions that meet specific project and community needs.
WSP Global Inc. stands at the forefront of tunnelling engineering and consulting, known for its technical excellence, innovative solutions, and commitment to sustainability. By partnering with clients on some of the most challenging tunnelling projects around the world, WSP is shaping the future of underground infrastructure, creating resilient and sustainable systems that enhance connectivity and support community development.
Engineering a more sustainable world
Sponsoring the Symposium Proceedings
Arup is a global leader in the built environment, renowned for its innovative engineering, architecture, and consulting services. Committed to shaping a better world, Arup delivers sustainable solutions across diverse sectors such as infrastructure, transportation, and energy. Our team of experts blends creativity with technical excellence to address the most complex challenges, from iconic structures to resilient urban developments. With a reputation for pushing boundaries and delivering excellence, Arup transforms visionary ideas into reality.
Our holistic approach ensures that every project, regardless of size or scope, benefits from our extensive expertise and commitment to sustainability. Trust Arup to bring your projects to life with cutting-edge solutions that meet today’s needs and anticipate tomorrow’s challenges. Choose Arup for unparalleled innovation and a dedication to making a positive impact on the world.
Meet our tunnel ventilation team
Find out more at www.arup.com
HBI Haerter – Your partner for ventilation, aerodynamics and safety of tunnels
Sponsoring the Best Paper Award
We are a firm of consulting engineers focusing on the design, planning and execution of projects in the field of tunnel ventilation. We undertake a wide range of projects related to ventilation and safety in road and rail tunnels, and underground facilities. Our competence includes risk analysis, tunnel safety, dispersion analysis, aerodynamics, thermodynamics and more. We offer the entire range of services related to tunnel ventilation, for example: feasibility studies, system design, detail studies, measurements, refurbishment, and operation optimisation.
With more than 1000 reference projects we are an internationally leading consultant within our field. Quality, innovation and reliability characterize our services.
HBI is an independent company owned by its management, originating from SHB Schindler Haerter Ltd founded in 1963. From the Swiss offices in Bern and Zurich and the German office in Heidenheim, more than 25 specialists work on projects spanning across the globe.
A complete solution to underground ventilation
Sponsoring the Delegate Bags and Monday Lunch
Howden has a long history of supplying fans for tunnel ventilation projects worldwide. Our fan technology has evolved over almost 100 years, keeping pace with the demands of the market for reliable, safe, and efficient fresh air and extraction.
The range includes axial and jet fans, which can be configured as reversible or uni-directional to meet the requirements of various tunnel ventilation systems. Whether the objective is reaching peak levels of efficiency, maximising volume flows or attaining the highest safety certifications, Howden has a fan solution to fit.
Ventsim™ Tunnel DESIGN is a software solution within Howden’s portfolio. It addresses all aspects of tunnel airflow management and emergency smoke extraction. Ventilation system designers can gain actionable insight and test scenarios to build the most optimal system.
Together Howden’s fan engineering, system design software and global service capability give tunnel designers and operators a complete solution to underground ventilation.
A global powerhouse in engineering, project management, and consultancy
Sponsoring Tuesday’s Refreshment Break
Artelia is renowned for crafting innovative and sustainable solutions. Our expertise covers a wide range of sectors, including building construction, water, energy, environment, transportation, and urban development. At Artelia, we pride ourselves on our technical excellence and close client collaboration, transforming complex challenges into triumphant successes. Our multidisciplinary teams leverage cutting-edge technology and deep industry knowledge to deliver bespoke solutions tailored to your unique needs. Committed to sustainability and quality, we ensure every project not only meets but exceeds expectations, leaving a lasting positive impact. Trust Artelia to bring your vision to life with unmatched professionalism and groundbreaking innovation. Choose Artelia for a partner dedicated to driving your project’s success and making a meaningful difference in the world.
Underground Ventilation Systems
Sponsoring Early Registration Reception, Lanyards and Badges
Since its creation in 1963, Zitrón has undergone considerable evolution, making it one of the most innovative and successful companies in underground ventilation systems for roads, subways, railways, and mines. Renowned for reliability, efficiency, low maintenance requirements, ease of operation, and optimal functionality, Zitrón has established a strong reputation for quality and constant innovation. The company’s significant investment in R&D, coupled with the use of novel materials and techniques, has positioned Zitrón as a benchmark in the sector.
Zitrón focuses its developments on three main pillars: safety, sustainability, and efficiency. Safety is ensured through systems aimed at providing greater control of ventilation systems. Sustainability is achieved by increasing the lifespan of systems through optimised and predictive maintenance. Efficiency is enhanced by reducing installation and maintenance costs and increasing system optimisation.
A prime example of Zitrón’s commitment to high-efficiency solutions for road, metro, and rail tunnels is the innovative Monitoring and Data Acquisition card. This device, designed by Zitrón, collects data and is located on or near the fan casings to monitor and manage the fans. This enables the conversion of ventilation systems from analogue to digital for jet and axial fans, ensuring optimal functionality.
By focusing on these core areas, Zitrón continues to support the development and implementation of cutting-edge underground ventilation systems, solidifying its status as a leader in the industry.
More information at www.zitron.com
Network of Road Tunnel Experts to the World
Sponsoring Attendance for Nominated Students
Sohatsu Systems Laboratory Inc. (“SOHATSU”) is an internationally expanding and diversified company specializing in road tunnel ventilation and monitoring systems.
SOHATSU provides comprehensive inverter ventilation control systems, which include sensors (VI, CO, AV meters), standard control software (MPVC, FCVC), and inverter panels for jet fans and axial fans ranging from 15 kW to 250 kW.
Since 2010, SOHATSU’s inverter panels have become the de facto standard in their field, being installed in over 17 tunnels and powering more than 150 jet fans and, most recently, two 120 kW axial fans in Japan and Southeast Asian countries.
Click here for more info about the SOHATSU Jet Fan Inverter Control System
SOHATSU offers the following advantages with their inverter ventilation control systems:
- Reduced power costs and extended fan motor lifetimes by operating multiple fans at low speed instead of a few fans at full speed
- Compact substation design by reducing ventilation fan startup currents
- Enhanced road tunnel safety by quickly achieving low-speed longitudinal airflow during tunnel fires
SOHATSU continues to add value to the road tunnel industry through innovative new products such as Web-SCADA, which provides ubiquitous access and automatic notifications to operators.
When it comes to tunnel, tunnel safety & ground engineering, our know-how goes deep.
Sponsoring Wednesday’s Lunch
At Jacobs, our tunneling and ground engineering team is one of the largest and most capable in the world.
We have vast experience in tunnel ventilation and fire life safety systems. Our teams specialize in fire and ventilation assessment, using numerical tools such as computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modelling, aerodynamics and fire testing and design of tunnel ventilation and life safety and fire suppression systems. We routinely provide design services and advice to clients across all the markets we serve. Discover more about tunnel and ground engineering at Jacobs.
SODECA: Leading the way in Tunnel Ventilation Solutions
Sponsoring the Welcome Reception
SODECA offers solutions in industrial ventilation, smoke extraction, staircase pressurisation, tunnel ventilation and improvement of indoor air quality.
Today, SODECA is one of the international leaders in ventilation, standing out for its specialised solutions in fire protection, especially in terms of smoke extract fans and staircase pressurisation in escape routes. At SODECA, sustainable solutions are integrated into the business strategy by producing with clean energy, reducing emissions, and working to decrease waste generation.
In the last few years SODECA has become one of the world’s leading in designing and implementing tunnel ventilation solutions, ensuring compliance with the strictest international safety standards. SODECA tunnel ventilation systems are specifically designed to handle the complex demands of modern infrastructure projects, providing reliable performance under ventilation and emergency conditions.
SODECA has contributed to providing ventilation solutions and ventilation systems for tunnels for emblematic international infrastructures.
Keeping people and businesses safe with environmentally friendly solutions
Sponsoring Tuesday’s Lunch
VID FIREKILL is a pioneer in the water mist industry, and today a world leading manufacturer of water mist solutions utilizing low pressure water mist technology. Our headquarters is located in Denmark where all our products are developed and manufactured in our ISO 9001 and 14001 accredited facilities.
Our successfully full-scale fire tested solutions are supplied globally through subsidiaries and trusted partners. From the beginning, our focus has been to keep people and businesses safe with innovative, robust, and reliable solutions, and we feel obligated and dedicated to continuing to do so after having provided our solutions to thousands of projects over the last many years.
Proven Innovation for Increased Performance
Sponsoring Sir Alan Muir Wood Prestige Lecture
The MoJet® has changed the dynamic of jet fan performance. Increasingly used in new-build and refurbishment projects, MoJet® installations deliver higher fan performance and reduced energy consumption compared to conventional products with no compromise of the installed envelope – so ideal to replace existing, underperforming fans.
MoJet® installation in Europe
Tested by 3rd party authorities, the MoJet® solution has achieved over 50% improved tunnel thrust compared with conventional jet fans. The truly innovative MoJet® has delivered its promises working in tandem with market-leading fan manufacturing partners.
For further details visit www.mojet.global
