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ETP at the Beverentunnel

Matthew Derycke & Stefaan Seykens

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Who are we?

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Subjects of today:

  1. The Beverentunnel
  2. ETP at the Beverentunnel

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1. The Beverentunnel

  1. The Beverentunnel: an introduction
  2. The renovation

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A) The Beverentunnel: An introduction

  • Location: R2 around Antwerp
    • 2 ways to cross the river Scheldt
  • Opening: 1991

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B) The renovation

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2. ETP at the Beverentunnel

  1. The goal of Exercise, Training and Practice
  2. ETP at the Flemish Road Agency

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A) The goal of Exercise, Training and Practice

  • One goal🡪 having the knowledge and skills to work in the tunnel world
  • Not only intern, also extern
  • Continuous evolving process

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B) ETP at the Flemish road agency (AWV)

  • 5 Different ETP-sections

Function-specific trajectory

Generic trajectory

Object-specific trajectory

Tunnel-exercises

Stakeholder management

  • Each section is important!

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Generic trajectory

Goal🡪 Generating generic knowledge

Applicable for every tunnel in Flanders

When🡪 At the start of a career in the tunnel world

How 🡪 ex cathedra lessons:

    • Basic course tunnel safety
    • Course contingency planning
    • Tunnel safety file
    • …

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Generic trajectory at the Beverentunnel

    • Basic course tunnel safety before the start of the renovation process
      • Stakeholders
      • Internal employees
      • Contractors

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Function-specific trajectory

Goal🡪 Generating knowledge and skills for a specific function

When 🡪 At the start and during a career

How🡪 Ex cathedra + on the job

    • What to do during permanent duty?
    • Working nearby the road
    • Condition assessment

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Function-specific trajectory at the Beverentunnel

  • Question: What’s the impact of the renovation process on the job?

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  • Job affected? 🡪 We adapted the job to the renovation process by training

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  • Eg🡪 Traffic controllers and emergency services

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Object-specific trajectory

Goal 🡪 Generating knowledge about specific assets/tunnels

When 🡪 At the start and during your career

How🡪 Ex cathedra + on the job

    • Site visits to specific tunnels
    • The different tunnel-protocols
    • Specific operation procedures of a tunnel

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Object-specific trajectory at the Beverentunnel

  • Object visits to get a close view
  • Trainings
    • Operating modes
    • Communication
    • Traffic flow
    • Incident registration
    • New camera-system with AI

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Tunnel exercises

Goal🡪 Training for tunnelincidents

When🡪 During a career

Who 🡪 Intern and extern

What kind of exercises?

    • Tabletop
    • Small intermediate exercises on demand
    • Fire exercises
    • Multidisciplinary exercises

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Tunnel exercises during the renovation

  • Exercises at the traffic control center
  • How to approach the tunnel during the renovation? (Emergency services)
  • Final goal🡪 a multidisciplinary exercise

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Stakeholder management

  • Goal 🡪 keeping in touch with stakeholders
  • When 🡪 during a career
  • Who 🡪 Intern and extern
  • What 🡪 Conferences, consultations with authorities, …

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Questions

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