Search Results: 'Health '

In search of sustainable fire safety
30 December, 2021
Alden Spencer, Global Product Manager for ANSUL Vehicle Systems at Johnson Controls, explores the fire risks inherent in tunnel construction, the changing regulatory landscape surrounding the use of PFAS suppression agents, and how innovative, non-fluorinated solutions can help companies keep their operations safe, sustainable and profitable

Under pressure
29 December, 2021
Dr Donald Lamont and Roy Slocombe gave the British Tunnelling Society lecture in October on low, intermediate and high-pressure compressed air work, highlighting the launch of revised BTS CAWG guidance. Report by Dr Donald Lamont and Roy Slocombe

Former tunnel tiger sets off on charity odyssey around Ireland
24 December, 2021
An 80-year-old former ‘tunnel tiger’ is driving around the coast of Ireland on a two-month charity mission which will see him swim at as many of the country’s piers as possible, despite icy, wintry seas.

Asset management: Not somebody else’s problem
29 November, 2021
Martin Knights FREng and former ITA President discusses the importance of the intelligent care of ageing assets and gives details of a new initiative tasked with producing guidance on the management of tunnels

BTS health and safety course start approaches
15 November, 2021
Following the success of its Underground Health and Safety Course over past years, the British Tunnelling Society (BTS) is repeating the two-day event which will run on Monday 22 and Tuesday 23 November 2021.

Shafts and caissons
29 October, 2021
Andrew Smith, retired estimating and technical consultant formerly with Joseph Gallagher Ltd looks at the construction of shafts and caissons using precast segmental linings, together with the use of sprayed concrete lining in shaft sinking operations

Tunnelling the Thames
29 October, 2021
Sagar Sheth, Principal Tunnelling Engineer, and Richard Miller, Head of Tunnelling, both of Ramboll UK, describe the design checks and assurance services, risk and stakeholder management they provided during the construction of Tideway

Digital drive
29 October, 2021
Digital technology promises multiple benefits and is making huge inroads in many sectors but its take-up in tunnelling and other infrastructure projects is still at relatively early stages. Report by Patrick Reynolds

STUVA preparing for its first post-lockdown meeting
07 September, 2021
STUVA – the Germany-based tunnel conference and trade fair to be held this year in Karlsruhe – is on target for a 24-26 November opening, thereby becoming one of the first in-person tunnel events to take place after the lockdown.

Tunnel vision
07 September, 2021
TunnelSkills – the national specialist training forum for the UK tunnelling industry – specialises in the application of immersive learning and new technology to improve training, learning and recruitment in the sector

Keeping tunnels safe
12 August, 2021
The critical role played by certified smoke extraction motors in keeping tunnels safe is explained by Pekka Uusitalo, Key Account Manager for ABB Motors and Generators

Record Chinese TBM holes through in Moscow
27 July, 2021
Chinese crews have holed through in Moscow using the largest-diameter shield TBM ever exported by China to Europe.

Getting the right fix
27 July, 2021
Panos Spyridis, engineer and professor of fastening and assembly technologies at the Technical University of Dortmund, Germany, clarifies various aspects of the design, specification and installation of fixings for tunnel projects

BTS revises guide to compressed air working
19 July, 2021
A revision of the BTS ‘Guide to the Work in Compressed Air Regulations’ has been released by the British Tunnelling Society (BTS).

ITA prepares a 'Tunnelling Week' for September
01 July, 2021
To complement its Tunnelling Awards, ITA-AITES (the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association) has announced that it is organising a week dedicated to tunnelling and underground space knowledge transfer and debate.

Groundwater control for tunnelling projects
18 June, 2021
Dr Martin Preene discusses the various dewatering techniques that are available for tunnels and shafts where uncontrolled groundwater ingress could cause disruption and increase costs

A tunnel for mining
18 June, 2021
At the British Tunnelling Society’s monthly talk in February, Craig Sewell and Jason Fawcett, both of Strabag, presented the North Yorkshire Polyhalite Project Mineral Transport System. Andrew Hindmarch was the rapporteur

CHANGING MINDS
07 May, 2021
Crossrail’s approach to health and safety is as much about psychology and culture as it is prescription. Keren Fallwell reports

Tunnel vision or visual twins
30 April, 2021
Barry Bassnett, founder of Astrea and Richpix, describes a new, relatively straightforward method of capturing asset condition using photographs without the need to resort to point clouds

Microtunnelling in the desert
30 April, 2021
Estelle Claeys and Thomas Blanchard of Toulouse-based contractor Bessac describe a challenging pipejack in Chile which involved size and location constraints within a full-blown public health emergency