Search Results: 'Amec'

Newport award
01 July, 2000

JLE and the lessons from Heathrow
11 June, 2000
At the March meeting of the British Tunnelling Association, construction and redesigns of the Jubilee Line Extension (JLE) stations at London Bridge were described Taylor Woodrow's John Wallis and David Sharrocks, and at Waterloo and Westminster by Peter South of AMEC and Steve Parker of Balfour Beatty. Valuable lessons had been learnt from the Heathrow collapse.

Tunnelling's Cinderella
06 May, 2000
Surface layouts, plant and equipment are not only the first items on view at a tunnelling site, they also have key roles to play in carrying out projects in a reliable and environmentally acceptable manner. Technical journalist Maurice Jones reviews some important categories of plant and equipment used.

Jubilee Line Extension - Contract 102
30 March, 2000
Laura Smith of Balfour Beatty submitted a paper on Contract 102 of the Jubilee Line Extension in London - construction of the eastbound Westminster Station tunnel - for the 1999 British Tunnelling Society's Harding Prize for young engineers. She succeeded in becoming one of the runners up.