Search Results: 'Arup '

Negotiating the North Eastern Line
01 December, 2002
An underground journey in Singapore opened the new season of BTS meetings in London in September 2002, with a presentation from Peter Chiappa, area manager Asia Pacific, and Wolfgang Freitzsche, managing director, of Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau AG, detailing the demanding requirements, troublesome ground conditions and ultimate resounding success of Contract 704 on the State's new North Eastern Line (NEL) metro

Hong Kong tender shortlist
01 November, 2002

A Route 9 home win?
15 October, 2002

Insuring an industry
01 October, 2002
As a result of some recent high-profile incidents within the industry, insurers have been increasingly concerned that tunnelling was becoming uninsurable in the market. A joint working party, between the British Tunnelling Society (BTS) and the Association of British Insurers (ABI), has since produced a draft Code of Practice that would allow insurers to continue to offer cover. Presentation of the draft Joint Code of Practice to BTS members took place on 4 July 2002, followed by an in-depth discussion

Gung Ho in Hong Kong
01 August, 2002

Noise and vibration impacts of tunnels
13 June, 2002
The use of underground space is often considered for environmental reasons, but the excavation and operation of tunnels can also have an adverse impact on surroundings. Dr David Hiller, Senior Consultant, Arup Acoustics, looks at noise and vibration issues that need to be considered during the planning and design of tunnels.

HK'S tunnel
13 June, 2002

New York State, Tappan Zee Bridge Tunnel Alternative
01 May, 2002

People and Places
01 April, 2002

Using hindsight at Hull
01 March, 2002
Shortly before completing the tunnelling works for the UK's Hull wastewater scheme, a collapse occurred near one of the shafts. In their presentation to the British Tunnelling Society on 22 November 2001, Steve Tindall of Yorkshire Water, Peter Chamley and Bill Grose of Arup and Colin Eddie of Morgan Est, presented the lessons learned from the investigation

January 2001 - 2002 News Review
01 February, 2002

Primary ways to save (part 2)
14 January, 2002
In the second part of his paper, submitted to the BTS Harding Prize Competition 2001, Jon Hurt of Arup describes how value engineering continued to make savings during primary and secondary lining stages on the CTRL North Downs Tunnel, UK

Singapore services
11 January, 2002