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Hull Flood Alleviation
23 December, 2019
Paola De Pascali visited the site of the Anlaby and East Ella Flood Alleviation Scheme (AEFAS) in Hull to explore the challenges of excavating a culvert through Chalk and within a Source Protection Zone

Keeping up the Pressure
14 November, 2019
A cut-and-cover tunnel in Italy will make use of high pressure compressed air in what engineers are claiming is a first for the Mediterranean country. Paola De Pascali spoke with Andrea Pigorini, the head of infrastructure engineering at Italferr, and a spokesperson for Salini Impregilo, to find out more

Keeping safe
14 November, 2019
In this issue we have a fire protection angle. You will find several articles covering an incident in Gdansk, variable frequency drives, the impact of fire events on tunnel linings and a piece on the latest health and safety thinking in this area.

Crossrail issues Bond Street air quality update
24 October, 2019
Great Britain – Crossrail and contractor Costain Skanska JV ordered an independent air quality survey at the Bond Street project, following concerns about two (off-site) worker fatalities.

Stakeholders reject working conditions as cause of Bond Street deaths
10 October, 2019
Great Britain – Two workers on Crossrail’s Bond Street project passed away in their sleep in the same week. Various media have reported that working conditions relating to air quality or stress were to blame, but this has been rejected by stakeholders. Reports of further investigation, or further details of the illness were not forthcoming from the contractor or client.

Properties of Fibres
30 September, 2019
Benoit De Rivaz, a fibre expert working with Bekaert Maccaferri, a supplier of steel and polymer fibre discusses the various material characteristics of steel and polymer fibres, with special regards to long-term performance

A 40-year strategy
27 September, 2019
There are many in this industry who will say “nothing changes” in tunnelling. Obvious technological advancements, mergers and retirements aside, many times they are right.

New Zealand tunnel work inspires health and safety course
03 September, 2019
New Zealand – The New Zealand Tunnelling Society (NZTS) recently ran a three-day health and safety course in Auckland in recognition of the significant amount of tunnelling activity currently going on in the city. Two major tunnelling projects, City Rail Link and the Central Interceptor sewer project are in the early stages of construction as well as various small utility tunnel schemes.

MTBM removed from Schoharie Reservoir
15 July, 2019
New York – The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced July 12 it retrieved a the MTBM from the waters of the Schoharie Reservoir, marking another milestone for the USD 400M program to upgrade infrastructure and improve operational flexibility at the northernmost reservoir in the City’s water supply system.

Spanning the far east
08 July, 2019
Paola De Pascali interviewed several key figures at Normet, which is enjoying bumper growth thanks to the health of underground construction

A step forward for fresh air
06 June, 2019
Fathi Tarada, managing director of Mosen Ltd, reviews a new emissions guidance report issued by the World Road Association

Water and Tunnelling
04 June, 2019
David Hartwell, groundwater management consultant details lessons from 40 years of solving water problems, or as he puts it: ‘what happens when the water comes over your boots’

Ear to the ground
07 May, 2019
Arne Berndt, owner of SoundPlan International assesses options for reducing noise in tunnelling operations

Deepest and Longest
07 May, 2019
Yves Boissonnas, head of tunnelling at Sika Europe Management, the guest speaker at the January BTS lecture, provided a presentation on the Gotthard Base Tunnel

Basque Y
06 May, 2019
Paola De Pascali looks at the Basque Y network in Spain that is set to reduce travel times between the regional capitals and to connect Spanish and European high speed networks.

SCL optimisation at bank – a combined lining approach
10 April, 2019
The Bank Station upgrade project made use of a combined lining system, comprising primary and secondary fibre-reinforced sprayed concrete linings. This paper highlights the design considerations for different components of the combined lining.

Fixings in Tunnels: Safety and maintenance considerations
20 March, 2019
Panos Spyridis of the Technical University of Dortmund explores the best practice surrounding fixings anchored to concrete tunnel

BS 6164 draft in public consultation
19 March, 2019
Great Britain – The latest revision to BS 6164, the code of practice for health and safety in tunnelling is now available for public comment. The new revision, being led by Donald Lamont of Hyperbaric Tunnel & Safety, is due to be published either in 2019 or 2020.

Don’t read this over lunch
01 March, 2019
For Washington, D.C., 2018 was the wettest year on record. National Airport reported 66.28 inches of rain, which outpaced the prior record of 61.33 inches (1,558mm) from 1889 and was more than 26 inches above the normal rainfall amount in a year (39.74 inches). In addition, five months of the year (May, July, September, November and December) ranked among the top 10 wettest months on record.

Health and safety code out for public consultation
26 February, 2019
Great Britain – The British Standards Institute (BSI) has called for public comment on the 2019 update to BS 6164, Code of practice for health and safety in tunnelling and in the construction industry.