Search Results: 'American Underground Construction Association'

In the family
30 January, 2017
Paola De Pascali visited Rocksoil’s headquarters in Milan to talk Giuseppe Lunardi about the history and development of Rocksoil. Also included is a Q&A with Lunardi’s father, Pietro Lunardi, in which he notes the emerging potential for underground power plants

Michels adds micortunnelling manager
25 August, 2016
Trenchless construction veteran Brenden Tippets has joined Michels Corporation as microtunnelling manager, the company announced August 22.

Think global act local
28 April, 2016
WITH THE RETURN of World Tunnel Congress (WTC) to North America this month there is an opportunity to promote the innovation and expertise of Canada and the US to the wider underground construction industry. Here’s what you should know about North America, by the numbers.

WTC 2016
01 April, 2016
Registration is open for the worldwide tunnelling event of the year, with as many as 600 unique technical presentations, short courses and breakout sessions, and more than 200 exhibitors from around the world. Here’s a look at the highlights planned for this year’s conference and be sure to visit Tunnels & Tunnelling at Booth 1215 at this year’s WTC in San Francisco.

Powering Peru
18 February, 2016
With a burgeoning market for hydropower development, tunnelling work is seeing an uptick in South America’s third largest country. Nicole Robinson looks at two recent projects

Thinking GEO
03 November, 2015
Mark Diederichs, professor of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, discusses tunnelling education, research and deveopment and the role of geological engineering

Tunnelling VPs appointed at WSP PB
29 September, 2015
CALIFORNIA – WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff has named Steve Klein and Steve Dubnewych vice presidents of the firm’s tunnelling practice in California, it was announced September 22.

Mobilising Latin America
24 March, 2015
Major infrastructure projects across Latin America will mobilise both people and freight and provide much needed energy and utilities and the tunnelling sector is set to benefit. Technical journalist Sally Spencer reports

Stage west
14 May, 2014
The industry will gather in Los angeles this summer, and while it may not be as star-studded as most hollywood gatherings, Tunnels has the scoop on the who’s going to the show

One machine, two modes
12 December, 2013
Hybrid machines gain ground in the industry. Desiree Willis, technical writer for Robbins reports on the increase in demand, and asks why.

Follow the dollar
20 November, 2012
After four years of spending, Canada is a tunneling powerhouse with most major cities expanding their public transport and improving water and wastewater systems, drawing foreign companies to its northern locale. Meanwhile, the U.S. makes progress on its mega projects, Nicole Robinson reports

Grow and prosper
22 October, 2012
Tunnelling Association of Canada president Rick Staples welcomes the international tunnelling industry to the country, and launches a new partnership with Tunnels

Forward thrust
26 December, 2011
The team behind the Herrenknecht direct pipe method takes a look at the achievements of the system since its launch some four years ago

Golden Beaver Award for Jacobs Associates boss
22 November, 2011

Critchfield joins Parsons Brinckerhoff
17 November, 2011

Concrete control
14 June, 2011
BASF’s Tarek Khan and Lauro Lacerda explain the role of admixtures in developing sustainable concrete for tunnels in California

Metro ventilation
14 February, 2011
Paul C Miclea, director of Aecom Global Tunnel Ventilation Services, Oakland, California, discusses the ventilation demands on modern metro station design and the essential considerations of space for ventilation facilities for both normal running and emergency requirements

There must be a better way
14 December, 2010
Ground conditions and risk allocation: Combining the NEC Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC) and the Geotechnical Baseline Report (GBR). Article by Randall Essex, director of tunnelling, Hatch Mott Macdonald; and from Mott MacDonald, Richard Patterson, NEC and procurement specialist; Ian Duncan, geotechnical specialist and Andrew Hindmarsh, senior project manager

Managing ground risk
22 September, 2010
Nigel Legge of Nigel Legge Associates and Iain Suttie of Berwin Leighton Paisner look at the role of project management and contracts in managing ground risk

Meeting shotcrete specifications
23 March, 2010
In the long history of shotcrete, or sprayed concrete, linings underground, never has so much been expected of them. In the transition in scope from hard rock primary support to soft ground permanent support, shotcrete is now expected to create structures under even more demanding conditions, but still at comparatively low cost. Here technical editor Maurice Jones reviews the state of some developments designed to meet such demands