The technical session on Operational Safety of Underground Transportation Facilities on the 7th of May as part of the World Tunneling Congress 2019 in Naples was well-attended. The audience consisted of many ITA COSUF members and other delegates from the WTC 2019. In his opening word, ITA COSUF Chairman Max Wietek underlined that New Energy Carriers in combination with underground transportation facilities will lead to new operational safety risks and there is a need of new knowledge on how these new risks should be assessed and controlled. Some topics that were covered during te workshop were IT systems, monitoring, the refurbishment challenge that is facing Europe and various presentations on ventilation in rail and metro tunnels. The presentations can be downloaded here.

What is ITA COSUF?
ITA COSUF is the Centre of Excellence for world-wide exchange of information and know-how regarding operational safety and security of underground facilities.

Scope
ITA COSUF can play an important role in the underground safety community as it covers all underground facilities and is not focusing on a particular type: it can deal with overlaps and differences (cross-fertilization) and draw general views/lessons.

Membership
PIARC is dedicated to public bodies, UIC to railway organisations, UITP mainly to transport authorities and operators, while ITA COSUF is open to all kinds of members (authorities, consultants, research, industry, contractors, safety officers, etc.): it can gather a variety of views.

The platform for communication
IITA COSUF is the platform for communication on operational safety and security in underground facilities, i.e. the network to make all players meet, exchange their views and share their experience.
Report of the 6th Bi-Annual Tunnel Safety Officers Forum in Bruxelles (30/6 - 1/7/2022) available
Click here: ITA COSUF workshops as part of WTC 2022 in Copenhagen (2-8 september 2022)
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