Robbins readies shield for Baku bore
1 June, 2009
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News
Driving at Heathrow
1 June, 2009
Excavation of a new baggage tunnel at Heathrow airport is half way through using a
Brisbane bore finish
29 May, 2009
The first of two TBMs on the North-South bypass in Brisbane, Australia, holed through last month to complete its 4.3km long drive, and its sister shield is due to finish the twin tunnel by early next month.
Long run over at DahLong run over at Dahuofang
29 May, 2009
With the completion of excavation last month, the main works on the 85.3km long Dahuofang water transfer tunnel in Liaoning province, China, are over and only some final inner lining work remains to be finished.
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Success in Iceland
29 May, 2009
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Singapore DTSS gets award
29 May, 2009
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Readying Beijing metro Line 4
29 May, 2009
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Schluechtern finish
29 May, 2009
Business and Finance
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Dublin metro hearing paused for evidence review
2 June, 2009
The oral hearing for Dublin Metro North was adjourned last month for evidence to be reviewed, and the procurement process still has bids from four shortlisted groups under consideration.
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Impregilo JV gets Milan job
2 June, 2009
A JV led by Impregilo has won a contract near Milan calling for tunnelling work along almost a quarter of the approximately 33km long toll route.
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HCC wins in Bhutan
2 June, 2009
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FCC bags German rail jobs
2 June, 2009
Features
Composite solution
May 2009
Claire A Verani, Design Interface Manager, Meyco Global Underground Construction, BASF Construction Chemicals describes a fully bonded waterproofing membrane
Protecting LUL’s assets
May 2009
Paul Steen, Mohsen Vaziri, and Tim Hartlib of consultants Ramboll UK, describe the protection works undertaken to protect LUL assets close to the construction of a large-scale basement
Opening sets - the flat arch theory
May 2009
Michele Mangione, Senior Tunnel Engineer, Arup describes here in his BTS?Harding Prize winning paper how the flat arch theory was used to create openings in cast iron tunnels with minimal disruption
BTS
Canada Line’s ground stability in EPBM
May 2009
At January’s British Tunnelling Society meeting, Jeff Hewitt SVP of Canada Line Rapid Transit Inc, Professor Dan Eisenstein of the University of Alberta, and Marco Moccichino of SELI contractors presented the challenges of EPBM tunnelling...
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Mine stabilisation beneath Hatfield
April 2009
