Search Results: 'Health '

Repair, refurbish or replace?
12 December, 2000
Many tunnels built in the 19th century are still in service, but changes of use, loadings and the gradual deterioration of the structures by modern pollutants has meant that these tunnels require on-going maintenance or complete refurbishment to extend their usefulness. Gareth Mainwaring, principal engineer with Mott MacDonald's underground works and geotechnical team explains

US airport collapse claims miner's life
12 December, 2000

Lighting and linings
15 October, 2000
The technical challenges facing civil engineers when constructing a new tunnel are well documented, but there are often many problems to overcome for those installing the finishes and lighting too.

Geoconsult fine to stand says HSE
14 October, 2000

White finger payout warning to industry
29 September, 2000

Controlling health issues
29 September, 2000

Green protests threaten A$400M road tunnel plan
01 September, 2000

Hastings Bathing Water Improvement Scheme
01 September, 2000
The paper was presented by Marcus Cato of Southern Water, Colin Eddy, of Miller Civil Engineering, John Corcoran, the tunnel agent for Miller Civil Engineering, and Helen Nattras, the tunnel resident engineer for Charles Haswell & Partners.

Underground movement
01 August, 2000
The Health and Safety Executive report on Heathrow tunnels' collapse is analysed by John Anderson, who was with HSE from 1970 to 1997. He is now a consultant civil engineer

Heathrow collapse was "organisational"
01 August, 2000

Learning from mistakes
01 August, 2000

Determination to overcome difficulties
01 August, 2000
No stranger to meeting difficulties the tunnelling industry was presented with plenty during the past year.

Tunnelling the way to a Boston clean-up
01 July, 2000
Since its formation in 1985, the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority has become one of the world's largest tunnelling clients. Michael McBride, MWRA's deputy director of capital construction, talks about his approach to a massive tunnelling programme.

1999 – the year reviewed
06 June, 2000
Nineteen-ninety-nine was a mixed year for underground construction in the United States. Susan Nelson, Executive Director, American Underground Construction Association, looks back

Big shake-up at Taylor Woodrow
06 June, 2000

Trenchless: a technology for the 21st century
01 June, 2000
John Castle, executive secretary of the International Society for Trenchless Technology, outlines the progress made in the trenchless field since the technology consolidated into a new discipline 20 years ago.

Give health & safety laws teeth
30 April, 2000

BOOT scheme
31 March, 2000

Fatality fines
03 March, 2000

Protecting tunnels against fire
25 January, 2000
Recent fire events in alpine tunnels have focused public attention on the issue of safety in tunnels. Assistant Editor Tristan Thomas reviews the technology and services available to minimise the risk posed by fire.