Search Results: 'Alpine'

Mont Blanc fire guard
12 December, 2000
Few refurbishments could have more significance than that for the Mont Blanc tunnel, closed since the devastating fire tragedy last year. Intensive work to rebuild it for safety is starting.

Facing up to the fire issue
12 December, 2000

A megascience project
13 November, 2000
The design and construction at Point 1 of the CERN LHC project is described by Ralph Parkin, senior geotechnical engineer, Knight Piésold.

Giant caverns for minute particles
13 November, 2000
Some of Europe's most interesting tunnel works are under way just outside Geneva, where a major expansion is progressing for the international research centre for particle physics, CERN. Adrian Greeman visited the sites in Switzerland and France for the vast new underground chambers required.

Teuscher on track
15 October, 2000
Keeping a SFr4bn scheme on track for a 2006 opening is Peter Teuscher's main preoccupation. He leads the BLS AlpTransit client team for the Lötschberg tunnel project, and was interviewed by Adrian Greeman.

Switzerland centre of Alpine activity
14 October, 2000
For our Alpine special we have concentrated on Switzerland, where editor Adrian Greeman has just visited a number of sites

Tunnelling for an oil pipeline
30 April, 2000
Alessandro Olcese, Oil Transmission Network, ENI Group; and Ugo Lazzarini and Carlo Vescovo, Gas Transmission Network, ENI Group, discuss the trenchless tunnelling solutions employed to solve the difficulties inherent in laying a long trans-national oil pipeline in difficult terrain. The technologies employed comprised microtunnelling; horizontal directional drilling; TBM tunnelling; raiseboring; and pipejacking.

Italy in focus
30 April, 2000
Around 4000km of tunnels have been built in Italy, including 1200km for railways, 900km for roads, 150km for metros and the rest for hydraulic works, which has earned Italy a leading position in international tunnelling. Sebastiano Pelizza of Geodata, Turin, and past president of the International Tunnelling Association, describes the work completed and under way.

CERN particle accelerator speeds on
30 April, 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.