19th Annual Breakthroughs in Tunneling Short Course
September 22–24, 2026
ASU SkySong Center – Scottsdale, AZ

About Breakthroughs in Tunneling Short Course

Today’s tunneling projects face increasing geotechnical complexity, tighter budgets, and higher risk exposure. This course is designed to provide practical tools and proven strategies to help teams improve project outcomes and reduce costly delays.

Connect With: Tunnel owners and agencies, contractors and construction leaders, geotechnical consultants, designers and engineers, industry suppliers and technology providers

What Knowledge You’ll Walk Away With:

Practical strategies to manage geotechnical risk and avoid costly delays
A clear understanding of TBM selection and ground conditions
Real-world lessons from complex tunneling projects
Tools to improve project planning, execution, and cost control
Insights into emerging technologies and future industry trends”

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Sponsorship / Exhibitor Info

Join 135+ Organizations from Across the Tunneling Industry at the Tunneling Short Course

AECOM
Affholder
AForge LLC
Akerman LLP
Aldea Services Inc.
ARB Midstream
ASI Group Ltd.
ASI Marine LP
Atkinson Construction
Avanti International
Barnard Construction Company, Inc.
Barr Engineering
Bates Utility Company
Benjamin Media Inc.
Bessac Inc.
Beton und Monierbau USA, Inc.
Black & Veatch
Bothar Inc.
Bradshaw Construction Corporation
Brierley Associates
BT Construction
Burns Engineering
California Department of Water Resources
Capital Project Management
Carollo Engineers, Inc.
CAS Consulting & Services, Inc.
Cascade Trenchless Consulting LLC
Champion Equipment Co.
City of Akron
City of Greeley Water and Sewer
City of Houston
Civil & Building North America (CBNA – Bouygues Group)
CJGeo
Claude H. Nix Construction
Colorado School of Mines
COWI
Crux Diving Inc.
Cyvl
Delve Underground
Department of Defense
Dr. Mole Inc.
Dragados USA
DSI Tunneling LLC
DSI Underground
DuPage Water Commission

EPC Consultants, Inc.
FK Engineering
Frantz Ward LLP
Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Gall Zeidler Consultants, LLC
GEI Consultants, Inc.
Ghella USA
Hatch
HNTB
J.F. Shea Construction, Inc.
Jacobs
Jay Dee Contractors, Inc.
JCK Underground
JDS Energy and Mining Inc.
JENNMAR
Jennmar Civil
JW Fowler Co.
K&M Drilling Inc.
Keller North America
Kiewit
Kilduff Underground Engineering, Inc.
Knight Insurance Group
LA Metro
Lithos Engineering
Macomb County Public Works
MAPEI UTT
Masa Fujioka & Associates
Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA)
Master Builders Solutions Canada Inc.
Master Builders Solutions US
McMillen Jacobs Associates
Metro Vancouver
Metrolinx
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
MG+M The Law Firm
MH Civil Constructors, Inc.
Miller Sales & Engineering Inc.
Montero Construction Services, LLC
Moonin Associates, PLLC
Mott MacDonald
Murphy Group Canada
MWH Constructors Inc.
NCFI GEO
NGA
Nicholson Construction Company
Nordby Wine Caves

Northern Water
Obayashi
Olsson
Ontario Power Generation
Ozdemir & Associates
Parsons
Peckar & Abramson, P.C.
Plus Six Engineering
PMW Consulting
PQ Corporation
Rite Geosystems Inc.
Robbins
Roetzel & Andress LPA
Ruby Collins
Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions
Schauenburg Maschinen- und Anlagen-Bau GmbH
Schnabel Engineering
Sean Sundermann
SECA Underground Corporation
Shannon & Wilson
Sixense
SKAVA Consulting
Sound Transit
Southland Contracting, Inc.
Southland Holdings
Stantec
Stiver Engineering, Inc.
Stowe Public Works
Tanner Pacific Inc.
Texas Department of Transportation
Thomarios
Thurber Engineering Ltd.
Towill, Inc.
Trimble
TRWD
Tu Geostructural LLC
U.S Analyst.gov
Underground Construction
University of British Columbia
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
USACE
VN Tunnel and Underground Inc.
Walker Partners, Engineers | Surveyors
WJ Groundwater Canada Ltd.
WSP
Xypex Chemical Corp.

Course Directors for the Tunneling Short Course

Levent Ozdemir, Ph.D. , PE, is President of Ozdemir Associates and spent 32 years as Professor of Mining and the Director of the Excavation Engineering and Earth Mechanics Institute (EMI) at the Colorado School of Mines. During his tenure at Mines, he developed and taught courses in tunnel design and construction, mechanized rock and soil excavations, site investigations, excavation project management and underground mining. He built EMI to a world-class research organization and directed pioneering research in all aspects of mechanized tunneling and underground construction. His outreach activities at Mines have also included the development of several short courses for the tunneling industry. He currently serves as a consultant to the tunneling and the underground construction industries worldwide.

Timothy Coss, president of Microtunneling Inc., started the Microtunneling Short Course in 1994 at a time when microtunneling was still gaining acceptance in the utility construction industry. A former contractor, Coss recognized the need for an educational venue to help owners, contractors and engineers better understand the emerging technology. Since its founding, the Microtunneling Short Course has become the premier event for the microtunneling community worldwide, offering first-class educational and networking opportunities.

Jim Rush is editor/publisher for Benjamin Media Inc. (BMI), where he oversees titles including Trenchless Technology, TBM: Tunnel Business Magazine and Water Finance & Management. He has been with BMI since 1998, previously working as a newspaper reporter in Maryland, North Carolina and Ohio. He has a bachelor of science degree in communications from the E.W. Scripts School of Journalism at Ohio University.

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19th Annual Breakthroughs in Tunneling Short Course September 22–24, 2026 ASU SkySong Center – Scottsdale, AZ