The announcement was made on Wednesday at the World Tunnel Congress 2022 in Copenhagen.

Prof Dix, who is based in Australia, is a lawyer and scientist. He was an iTA-AITES vice-president from 2019 until his election as president.

As part of T&T’s experts’ preview of WTC 2022, published in our August issue, Prof Dix outlined his agenda for a highly practical mission to push sustainability in tunnelling. This will include developments in procurement, contract conditions and metrics. To learn more about Prof Dix’s proposals, click here