The Underground Centre for Geotechnics and Underground Construction (CUC) will be running the ‘TBMs for Alpine Conditions’ course in Sargans, Switzerland on the 6-7th June, 2001 with an optional site visit to the Lötschburg Tunnel on the 8th. The course will cover an array of subjects for personnel involved with large TBM projects in countries with young alpine geology. For more information visit the CUC website at www.icguc.com