Ingo Kaundinya is civil engineer with a PhD in Geotechnics from Rostock University, Germany. His current position is Head of Section B3 – Tunnel and Foundation Engineering, Tunnel Operation, Civil Security at the Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt), Germany. He is Chairman of the World Road Association (PIARC) Technical Committee 4.4 “Tunnels” and Chairman of the German national committee on Tunnel construction “AG 2.6 Tunnelbau”.