7DEC
7 - 11 Dec 2026Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
Professional training course · CM-043
Tunnelling and Underground Construction Management
Tunnels and underground structures for metros, roads, water, sewers, utilities and energy are among the most complex and risky construction projects. Ground uncertainty…
- 5 daysClassroom
- 49Upcoming dates
- 12Cities
- £2,250Fees from
Course overview
Introduction
Tunnels and underground structures for metros, roads, water, sewers, utilities and energy are among the most complex and risky construction projects. Ground uncertainty, groundwater, settlement of surrounding structures, confined working spaces and specialised equipment create technical, safety and commercial challenges that require careful planning and management.
This Tunnelling and Underground Construction Management training course provides a comprehensive overview of how underground projects are planned, procured, designed and delivered. Participants learn about ground investigation and characterisation, tunnelling methods including tunnel boring machines and sprayed concrete linings, shafts and caverns, ground movement and monitoring, safety in underground works and contractual risk allocation.
The course is designed for managers and engineers who need a broad, practical understanding of underground construction, whether they are new to the sector or seeking to deepen their expertise.
Course Objectives
By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:
- Explain the main types and purposes of underground construction
- Interpret ground investigation information for tunnelling decisions
- Compare tunnelling methods and their suitability for different ground
- Understand tunnel boring machine selection and operation in overview
- Manage shafts, caverns and sprayed concrete lining works
- Control ground movement and protect adjacent structures
- Apply safety management principles to underground works
- Understand risk allocation and contracts for tunnelling projects
Target Audience
This training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals, including:
- Project managers and construction managers in infrastructure
- Tunnel and geotechnical engineers
- Client and owner representatives
- Design and consulting engineers
- Health and safety managers in underground works
- Commercial and contracts managers
Training Methodology
The course uses technical briefings, project case studies and practical exercises. Participants interpret ground investigation data, select tunnelling methods for scenarios, review monitoring results and discuss risk allocation on case study projects. Lessons from tunnelling incidents are examined throughout.
Target Competencies
- Ground information interpretation
- Tunnelling method selection
- Underground works planning
- Ground movement control
- Underground safety management
- Tunnelling contract risk awareness
Course outline
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1Day One: Underground Construction Overview
- Types and purposes of tunnels and underground structures
- Key stages of an underground project life cycle
- Distinctive risks of underground construction
- Lessons from major tunnelling projects and incidents
- Stakeholders, permits and third-party interfaces
- Environmental and community considerations
- Exercise: identifying risks for a metro tunnel project
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2Day Two: Ground Investigation and Characterisation
- Planning ground investigation for tunnels
- Soil and rock behaviour relevant to tunnelling
- Groundwater conditions and their effects
- Geotechnical baseline reports and their purpose
- Interpreting borehole logs and test results
- Dealing with ground uncertainty and contingency
- Workshop: interpreting ground investigation data
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3Day Three: Tunnelling Methods
- Tunnel boring machines and their types
- Earth pressure balance and slurry machines compared
- Sprayed concrete lining and sequential excavation
- Drill and blast tunnelling in rock
- Cut and cover and immersed tube methods
- Shafts, caverns and cross passages
- Exercise: selecting tunnelling methods for scenarios
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4Day Four: Ground Movement, Monitoring and Safety
- Causes and prediction of ground settlement
- Protecting buildings, utilities and infrastructure nearby
- Instrumentation and monitoring systems
- Trigger levels and response plans
- Safety in confined spaces and tunnel environments
- Ventilation, fire and emergency evacuation underground
- Case study: responding to excessive settlement
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5Day Five: Planning, Contracts and Delivery
- Programming and logistics for underground works
- Spoil handling, segment supply and site logistics
- Risk allocation and ground risk in tunnelling contracts
- Risk registers and joint risk management approaches
- Commissioning and handover of underground assets
- Digital tools and innovations in tunnelling
- Personal action plan for underground construction
Schedule
Dates and fees
49 upcoming dates in 12 cities. Fees are per delegate; bring colleagues and every seat is discounted.
December 2026
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
14DEC
14 - 18 Dec 2026Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
21DEC
21 - 25 Dec 2026Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
January 2027
4JAN
4 - 8 Jan 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
11JAN
11 - 15 Jan 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
18JAN
18 - 22 Jan 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
25JAN
25 - 29 Jan 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
MadridSpain · Classroom
£4,250per delegate2+ people: £3,400 each
February 2027
1FEB
1 - 5 Feb 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
MunichGermany · Classroom
£4,250per delegate2+ people: £3,400 each
8FEB
8 - 12 Feb 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
15FEB
15 - 19 Feb 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
22FEB
22 - 26 Feb 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
March 2027
1MAR
1 - 5 Mar 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
8MAR
8 - 12 Mar 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
ParisFrance · Classroom
£4,500per delegate2+ people: £3,600 each
15MAR
15 - 19 Mar 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
22MAR
22 - 26 Mar 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
April 2027
5APR
5 - 9 Apr 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
12APR
12 - 16 Apr 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
19APR
19 - 23 Apr 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
RomeItaly · Classroom
£4,250per delegate2+ people: £3,400 each
26APR
26 - 30 Apr 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
May 2027
3MAY
3 - 7 May 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
10MAY
10 - 14 May 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
17MAY
17 - 21 May 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
24MAY
24 - 28 May 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
ViennaAustria · Classroom
£4,250per delegate2+ people: £3,400 each
June 2027
7JUN
7 - 11 Jun 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
14JUN
14 - 18 Jun 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
21JUN
21 - 25 Jun 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
July 2027
5JUL
5 - 9 Jul 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
12JUL
12 - 16 Jul 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
Cape TownSouth Africa · Classroom
£2,840per delegate2+ people: £2,272 each
19JUL
19 - 23 Jul 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
26JUL
26 - 30 Jul 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
August 2027
2AUG
2 - 6 Aug 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
9AUG
9 - 13 Aug 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
16AUG
16 - 20 Aug 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
DubaiUnited Arab Emirates · Classroom
£5,250per delegate2+ people: £4,200 each
23AUG
23 - 27 Aug 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
September 2027
6SEP
6 - 10 Sep 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
13SEP
13 - 17 Sep 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
20SEP
20 - 24 Sep 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
October 2027
4OCT
4 - 8 Oct 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
IstanbulTurkey · Classroom
£2,850per delegate2+ people: £2,280 each
11OCT
11 - 15 Oct 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
18OCT
18 - 22 Oct 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
25OCT
25 - 29 Oct 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
November 2027
1NOV
1 - 5 Nov 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
8NOV
8 - 12 Nov 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
Kuala LumpurMalaysia · Classroom
£2,250per delegate2+ people: £1,800 each
15NOV
15 - 19 Nov 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
22NOV
22 - 26 Nov 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
December 2027
6DEC
6 - 10 Dec 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
13DEC
13 - 17 Dec 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
20DEC
20 - 24 Dec 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
MadridSpain · Classroom
£4,250per delegate2+ people: £3,400 each
27DEC
27 - 31 Dec 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
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Questions
Frequently asked questions
How long is the Tunnelling and Underground Construction Management course?
The course runs over 5 days of classroom training, usually Monday to Friday.
When is the next Tunnelling and Underground Construction Management course?
The next public date is 7 - 11 Dec 2026 in Frankfurt. There are 49 upcoming dates in total.
Where is this course held?
Upcoming sessions run in Frankfurt, London, Barcelona, Madrid, Munich, Paris, Rome, Vienna, Cape Town, Dubai, Istanbul, Kuala Lumpur.
How much does the course cost?
Fees start from £2,250 per delegate, depending on the city. Fees include tuition and course materials.
Do participants receive a certificate?
Yes. Delegates who complete the course receive a London Leadership Management Innovation certificate of completion.
Can this course be delivered in-house for our team?
Yes. LLMI can tailor and deliver this course privately for your organisation at your premises or in one of our training cities.
Course information last updated 14 November 2026.
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