Publications
One of AFTES’s missions is to pass on knowledge and information through a wide range of documents. This section lists the many recommendations, journals, information sheets, reports and other documents at your disposal. These publications may be downloaded free of charge by AFTES members, and are available to purchase for non-members. They are only available in digital format (in your member area, under the downloads section).
To consult the list of published recommendations, click here.
Tunnels et Espace Souterrain magazine provides a wealth of documentation on underground structures built in France and abroad over the past 50 years. More than 500 articles describe specific tunnels or galleries, including 147 technical data sheets on tunnel-boring projects, drawn up by AFTES. To facilitate access to this information, an interactive cartography, designed in collaboration with CETU, has been put online on the AFTES website, enabling various searches and filters. Articles and fact sheets can be downloaded from the “publications” section of the site.
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Tunnels and Underground Spaces – N°293 – July-August-September 2025
20,00€ (20,00€ Excluding tax)In this edition, an article by Michel Gérard, former President of the ‘Clé de Sol’ national research project, reminds us of the success achieved by the programme when it was completed some twenty years ago, yet in his interview he also points out the many obstacles that still need to be overcome in order to implement multi-utility galleries.
List of AFTES Recommendations
FREEThis document presents the list of AFTES recommendations, elaborated by working groups made up of specialists in disciplines related to the various fields of underground work.
Guide for water protection and drainage of underground structures – Booklet 1 – GT9.C1A1
30,00€ (30,00€ Excluding tax)BOOKLET 1 – Presentation of Water Protection Methods, Drainage Systems and their On-Site Inspection
Thematic : Grouting and waterproofingDigital publishing (October 2023)
Tunnels and Underground Spaces – N°292 – April-May-June 2025
20,00€ (20,00€ Excluding tax)This issue provides an update on the association’s activities, a technical dossier consisting of articles covering feedback and various technical advances in engineering or construction works, and an AFTES evaluation of hydrophilic Swelling Waterstops.
Tunnels and Underground Spaces – N°291 – January-February-March 2025
20,00€ (20,00€ Excluding tax)This issue provides a comprehensive overview of the association’s activities and includes a technical section with four articles (green use of infrastructure, innovative design of megastations – Melbourne, virtual reality applied to underground structures, etc.).
Wet-Mix Spayed Concrete for Permanent Application in Underground Structures – Principles and Specification Guide – GT6.R5A1
30,00€ (30,00€ Excluding tax)Prepublication digital edition, (Updated December 2023)
Theme: Conventional supports and linings
Tunnels and Underground Spaces – AFTES national technical days – Toulouse 2025
20,00€ (20,00€ Excluding tax)This special issue describes the activities of the MEP Committee, and presents the key players in this work currently underway in the Occitan region, Tisséo, project owner for the Toulouse Metro, Herrenknecht, global leader in the manufacture of TBMs, and Bessac, the only French manufacturer and operator of TBMs, operating in five continents.
Selection process for closed-mode tunnel boring machines – GT4.R8A1
30,00€ (30,00€ Excluding tax)Selection process for closed-mode tunnel boring machines
Thematic : TBM, shields and segments
Guide for water protection and drainage of underground structures – Booklet 10 – GT9.C10A1
30,00€ (30,00€ Excluding tax)BOOKLET 10 – Waterproofing of integrated structures
Thematic : Grouting and waterproofingDigital publishing (February 2025)
TBM Data no. 146
FREEGrand Paris Express Line 18 #1 – TBM2 – France – 2021-2024
The tunnel boring sheets make it possible to understand the context of the project through its characteristics, present the geological model of the associated tunnel and detail the machine used for the excavation with its technical specificities and innovations.TBM Data no. 145
FREEGrand Paris Express Line 18 #1 – TBM1 – France – 2021-2024
The tunnel boring sheets make it possible to understand the context of the project through its characteristics, present the geological model of the associated tunnel and detail the machine used for the excavation with its technical specificities and innovations.TBM Data no. 144
FREERTE Technical gallery – Saint-Denis – 93, France – 2021-2022
The tunnel boring sheets make it possible to understand the context of the project through its characteristics, present the geological model of the associated tunnel and detail the machine used for the excavation with its technical specificities and innovations.GT28 – Shallow shafts – Sheet N°002
FREEShallow Shaft – Sheet N°002 – VSM® Mechanized Sinking
Grand Paris Express – Line 15 South – T3C Contract
“ Cimetière Parisien ” ancillary shaft
France — Bagneux (Hauts-de-Seine)GT28 – Shallow shafts – Sheet N°001
FREEShallow shafts – Sheet N°001 – (Diaphragm Wall)
Grand Paris Express– Line 15 South – T3A Contract
“ Île Monsieur ” ancillary shaft
France — Sèvres (Hauts-de-Seine)AftesTuesday#LYON – December 3, 2024 – Presentation 2
FREEA look back at the design-build challenge of the 9 tunnels for the expansion of the United Arab Emirates railway network (UAE) – José Gonzáles del Tánago, SYSTRA
AftesTuesday#LYON – December 3, 2024 – Presentation 1
FREEPresentation of the TEOL Project – Geoffrey Dufour, Sarah Emmelin & Sonia Turmel, SYTRAL Mobilités
Tunnels and Underground Spaces – N°290 – October-November-December 2024
20,00€ (20,00€ Excluding tax)This issue offers a complete file devoted to development of the design and construction of LARGE-SCALE UNDERGROUND RAIL STRUCTURES in Paris.
Tunnels and Underground Spaces – N°289 – July-August-September 2024
20,00€ (20,00€ Excluding tax)This issue offers articles on: Introduction to the guide to good practices in underground spaces – Thoughts on the combination of metro and dedicated highway lanes, key to efficient urban transport – The Contribution of numerical modelling to the construction of the Saint-Maur Créteil station cavern
GT9 Construction sheet – Waterproofing / Drainage
FREEGT9 Construction sheet N°1
Waterproofing of BALARD metro station by implementing an intrados waterproofing system of type SEL-A (Reinforced Liquid Waterproofing System)Tunnels and Underground Spaces – N°288 – April-May-June 2024
20,00€ (20,00€ Excluding tax)This issue offers in particular, in the “Technical file” section :
– A Summary note of AFTES Observatory of contractual practices
– The main lessons from the 2023 AFTES congress
– Le Bourget RER: an iconic station built in a dense urban environment
– The future of abandoned underground quarries in FranceShallow shafts – GT28.R2A1 (Prepublication)
30,00€ (30,00€ Excluding tax)This text is primarily intended for the various parties involved (contractors, project managers, design offices, contractors, etc.) in the construction of what is known as shallow shafts.
Recommendation approved on 25 May 2023
Tunnels and Underground Space – N°287 – January-February-March 2024
20,00€ (20,00€ Excluding tax)This issue features articles on: hazardous phenomena in underground storage facilities, complex energy geostructures, environmental quality.
Tunnels and Underground Spaces – N°286 – October-November-December 2023
20,00€ (20,00€ Excluding tax)This issue offers articles on: New Lyon-Turin transalpine rail link: SMP4 worksite – Re-use of debris from Grand Paris Express sites – The measurement damper of ventilation system.
Mechanical ventilation for underground structures during construction and rehabilitation – GT27.R1A2 (Prepublication)
30,00€ (30,00€ Excluding tax)Recommendations GT27.R1A2
Thematic: Transversal tasks (quality, security, logistics …)
