Search Results: 'Hong Kong Drainage Services Department'

Long distance pipe jacking in Asia
01 July, 2004
Jim Broomfield discusses the importance of automatic bentonite pipeline lubrication systems in achieving a low friction coefficient during pipejacking, using recent Asian project successes as examples

HK deep tunnel sewerage plans
01 July, 2004

20km of HK drainage tunnels
01 June, 2004

Kai Tak turnaround – angles and adversity
01 May, 2004
The 1.4km long Kai Tak Transfer Scheme employed the first use of a Mixshield TBM in Hong Kong, delivering excellent settlement control in the most difficult conditions. David Hake, John Holland's project manager for the China Harbour/ Transfield JV, describes this technically and logistically challenging mixed ground TBM project

West Rail tunnel threads the needle
01 March, 2004
West Rail, Hong Kong's latest new railway, opened to passengers in December 2003. The tunnelled Sham Shui Po section of the railway, on the Kowloon Peninsula, has highlighted the challenges of tunnel construction in densely populated urban areas. James Penny, principal engineer with designer Hyder Consulting, explains

Legal storm brews for SSDS
01 January, 2004

Hong Kong DSD await green light
01 March, 2002

Lessons learned on finished SSDS
11 January, 2002

Next phase options for troubled SSDS
01 December, 2001

Hong Kong opts for tunnel links
21 September, 2001

Hong Kong revives price-stalled sewer
08 July, 2001

Transfield wins in Hong Kong
06 April, 2001

Transfield tunnel in Hong Kong
01 March, 2001

SSDS arbitration finds for Hong Kong
01 March, 2001

Breakthroughs made on Hong Kong sewer
12 December, 2000

Hong Kong forges ahead
13 November, 2000
Hong Kong tunnel consultant Ian McFeat-Smith presented a paper on tunnelling risks in Hong Kong to the Singapore ICTUS international tunnelling conference this month. In an edited extract from the paper, he looks at tunnelling work in the special administrative zone for the next decade.

Hong Kong sewer scheme hangs in the balance
13 November, 2000

HK sewage plan under review
11 July, 2000

Tunnel workers injured in HK
25 February, 2000

Breakthrough on troubled SSDS
01 December, 1999