Search Results: 'AECOM'

T&T Awards 2011 results
15 December, 2011

In the belly of the beast
10 November, 2011
T&TI cuts through the bureaucratic smoke and mind-boggling statistics to unearth what it means to set up shop in the world’s fastest growing superpower. Alex Conacher enters the dragon’s lair to speak with Paul Jenkins of Mott MacDonald and Gary Ge of Arup

T&T Awards shortlist
09 November, 2011

MVB completes first Beckton shaft sinking
12 October, 2011

CM contract goes to Aecom
30 September, 2011

Public works award for old asset
22 September, 2011

An innovative approach to landslide prevention
21 September, 2011
The construction of two drainage tunnels and the associated sub-vertical drain system at the Po Shan area in Hong Kong was completed late last year. This project is the first of its kind to utilize drainage tunnels and a network of sub-vertical drains to regulate the groundwater table to enhance the long-term stability of hillsides. The success of the project offers a feasible and effective solution for future landslide prevention and risk mitigation on steep and hilly terrain, a topography found in many parts of Hong Kong. Aecom senior engineer Dr Johnny Cheuk authors this paper on the work

Interest in ‘urgent’ Doha Metro invited
13 September, 2011

Aecom appoints executive vice president for water in the Americas
19 August, 2011

The urban job
19 August, 2011
Andy Miller and Steve Woodrow of AECOM, and Marco Boscardin of Boscardin Consulting explain the tunnelling and engineering challenges of extending Pittsburgh’s light rail system under the Allegheny River and through the city’s North Shore area

Hitting the lake
18 August, 2011
Excavation has started on the raw water tunnels for a new water treatment plant in Austin, Texas, with challenging intake construction at Lake Travis just around the corner, Nicole Robinson reports

Long tunnels for the Longhorn state
15 August, 2011
In the southwest, Texas is making work in a region not known for big tunnelling projects, Nicole Robinson reports

General engineering consultant named in Maryland
10 August, 2011

Safety thirst
19 July, 2011
Health and safety in construction is improving in India as international companies and the National Safety Council make efforts to improve conditions. But there is still a long way to go, Jon Young visits India

Singapore’s cable tunnels
15 June, 2011
Contractors hoping to construct Singapore’s planned cable tunnels are going to face highly variable ground conditions, very hard rock and some deep bores. Leslie Pakianathan of designer Mott MacDonald describes the plans and challenges

Perforating the Pacific
13 June, 2011
Fairytale projects are being put to tender. Underground defences against drought and flooding, surface to seabed drives through magnificent artificial islands and socio-economic unity through high-speed rail. The tunnelling industry in South East Asia refuses to be eclipsed by the mammoth markets in India and China. Alex Conacher explores the latest trends

Gaining ground
10 June, 2011
Congested streets, dilapidated buildings, limited access to the worksite, delays in gaining land and a river crossing are but some of the challenges facing contractors on Kolkata’s east-west metro line. Jon Young reports from site

Aecom appoints new chairman of board
09 May, 2011

Metro ventilation
14 February, 2011
Paul C Miclea, director of Aecom Global Tunnel Ventilation Services, Oakland, California, discusses the ventilation demands on modern metro station design and the essential considerations of space for ventilation facilities for both normal running and emergency requirements

Cross River Rail: Access to Queensland’s core
18 January, 2011
South East Queensland’s entire rail network is capacity-capped by its reliance on passage over a single bridge at the hub of the network in Brisbane. The answer is to build a rail tunnel with passenger capacity equivalent to a 30-lane motorway, Alex Conacher reports