Search Results: 'Kier'

Efficient design of openings in SCL tunnels
31 October, 2016
This paper by Dr. Angelos Gakis and Petr Salak, both senior tunnel engineers and design managers for Dr. Sauer & Partners, presents the case for SFRC being sufficient to support an SCL tunnel opening, without the need for additional reinforcement.

Fisher street crossover: construction of the secondary lining
08 June, 2016
Engineers working at the Fisher Street Crossrail site analyse the secondary lininginstalled for a crossover between the two main lines

East meets West
31 December, 2015
Eight Herrenknecht TBMs turned in exemplary performances during tunnel excavation on the Crossrail project. Sally Spencer reports.

A Crossrail Milestone
31 December, 2015
Project managers Roger Mears and Greg Reichmann look back on three years of successful tunnelling at Crossrail. Sally Spencer Reports.

Mouchel appoints new director
27 November, 2015
GREAT BRITAIN – Mouchel has appointed Richard Crossley as its senior technical director for transport planning. Crossley joins from WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff where he led transportation planning services in the Middle East. Crossley brings with him over 40 years of experience within the transportation consultancy sector, including six years with the Department of Transport.

Carillion, Eiffage and Kier in HS2 race
16 July, 2015
GREAT BRITAIN - Carillion, Eiffage and Kier have announced their joint venture partnership to support the delivery of the UK’s High Speed 2 (HS2) rail project.

The role of inverse analysis in tunnel design
20 May, 2015
In this paper, Angelos Gakis, Stephen Flynn, Ali Nasekhian, and Panagiotis Spyridis, all of Dr Sauer & Partners look at the use of inverse analysis of finished tunnel structures, and the verification of models in modern tunnel design. this article also uses the underground structures of crossrail’s Farringdon Station in london, UK as a case study to illustrate the process

Murphy appoints strategy and business development director
05 March, 2015
GREAT BRITAIN – J. Murphy & Sons has appointed Bill Merry as its new Strategy & Business Development Director, with executive responsibility for business development strategy.

Wrapping Farringdon
20 November, 2014
Angelos Gakis was a runner-up for this year’s Harding Prize. This article is based on his paper, ‘Design of a SCL wraparound tunnel utilising a 3 D geological model at Crossrail’s Farringdon Station’.

Crossrail unworried by crane operator strikes
29 October, 2014
GREAT BRITAIN - Crossrail does not expect operator strikes against crane hire company HTC will cause any delays to construction, due to limited presence by that company on Crossrail sites. Construction union UCATT said in contrast: “Sites that are set to be affected by the industrial action includes: Crossrail, the London Bridge redevelopment, Nova Square Victoria, Elephant and Castle redevelopment and the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermarston.”

Crossrail Western tunnels: TBM Breakthrough at Bond street station
10 October, 2014
The construction of the Crossrail Western tunnels saw two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) build 13.7km of tunnel below the streets of central London.

Thames Water awards London sewage upgrade contract
04 December, 2013
Thames Water has confirmed Aecom and Murphy Kier (AMK) as the successful contractor for a GBP 177M (USD 290.4M) rebuild of one of London’s largest sewage works.

Compensation scheme for listed workers
11 October, 2013
Eight major construction companies announced a scheme to compensate workers whose names were on The Consulting Association (TCA) database. The practice of listing workers, and thus negatively affecting their reputations, is known colloquially as ‘blacklisting’ in the UK. The debate surrounding the TCA has been prominent in the last year.

Crossrail completes first tunnel
10 October, 2013
The first Crossrail TBM has finished tunnelling in London. Crossrail announced yesterday that TBM Phyllis had reached Farringdon, the central station, ending its drive from Royal Oak, the western portal. The machine launched 17 months ago by the Bam Ferrovial Kier JV.

London tunnel fit-out contract awarded
09 April, 2013
A tunnel fit-out job for the new rail tunnels under London has been awarded to a JV comprising Costain, French trackwork specialist TSO and Alstom Transport, Crossrail announced last week. The job to design and install track and tunnel equipment is the last major construction contract to be awarded.

TBM Betty breaks through at Preston
26 March, 2013
The GBP 114M (USD 173M) sewer improvement scheme is being undertaken by KMI+, a joint venture partnership between Kier Infrastructure and Overseas Limited, J. Murphy & Sons Limited and Interserve Construction Limited, as part of United Utilities capital programme in west Lancashire and north Manchester, Murphy Group announced earlier this month.

Kier acquires Stewart Milne assets
15 May, 2012
Kier has acquired £15M of contracts and a pipeline valued at approximately £20M from Aberdeen-based housebuilder Stewart Milne.

Shortlisted bidders for Bank Station announced
10 May, 2012

Crossrail countdown
17 April, 2012
With the first Herrenknecht TBM launching as T&TI goes to press, Alex Conacher takes a look back to site visits in early February as segment production had just begun, and the machines were being assembled in the west London mud

Crossrail fit-out shortlist
04 April, 2012