SCUT launches new institute for Guangzhou utility tunnel research
time: 2018-06-14

On June 10th, 2018, the inauguration of Guangzhou Utility Tunnel Research Center was successfully held at school of civil and transportation, South China University of Technology, with university leaders, government leaders, academics and enterprises attending the event, including Prof. Su Cheng, assistant principal of South China University of Technology, Huang Chengjun, vice director of Guangzhou Housing and Urban-Rural Construction Committee, Prof. Lai Yuanming, the academician of Chinese Academy of Science, Guanzhou Metro Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd. et al.

According to Huang Chengjun, there are lots of technical difficulties in establishing Guangzhou utility tunnel. Guangzhou Utility Tunnel Research Center is a multi-party cooperation platform of government, school and enterprises. This platform can play its full role of experts and scholars in the construction and management of Guangzhou utility tunnel and improve the level of design, construction and management of Guangzhou utility tunnel.

Huang Chengjun and Lai Yuanming issued the letters of appointment for the members of the center, including Guanzhou Metro Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Municipal Group Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Power Supply Co., Ltd., et al.  Subsequently, all guests went to the State Key Laboratory of subtropical Building Science for field visits.

Guangzhou Utility Tunnel Research Center is a school-level scientific research institution and constructs with South China Institute of Geotechnical Engineering. This center will be the platform for promoting combination of government, production, education, scientific research and application, forming a pluralistic and comprehensive operation mechanism, and supplying comprehensive technical services synchronously, such as feasibility study, planning, design, consultation and research and development for Guangzhou utility tunnel.