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Barhale awarded Elan Valley contract
21 August, 2015
GREAT BRITAIN – Barhale has recently been awarded a multi-million pound contract by Severn Trent Water to deliver three tunnelling projects and one pipeline project on the Elan Valley Aqueduct.

Record breaking year for BTS D&C course
27 July, 2015
GREAT BRITAIN - 88 people attended this year’s Tunnel Design and Construction (D&C) Course, in June - July at the University of Warwick. The five day course aims to provide a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of tunnelling.

Arup director leads BTS Young Member workshop in the Midlands
27 July, 2015
GREAT BRITAIN - David Twine, director at Arup, has led a contract management and procurement workshop in Birmingham for the BTS Young Members. The workshop, which took place in June this year, was aimed at soon-to-be or newly chartered engineers.

A break with tradition
26 June, 2015
The Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok Link will mark a change in sub-sea tunnel construction methods for Hong Kong with TBMs being used for the first time. Sally Spencer reports.

The first freeze
24 April, 2015
Technicore is the first contractor in Canada to perform its own groundfreezing for tunnelling work. Nicole Robinson visited this inaugural project as it neared completion this winter.

Breakthrough at Copenhagen
10 February, 2015
DENMARK – The two Copenhagen Cityringen TBMs broke through last month. The site, located some 30m below an existing historical train station, hosted a visit by Danish prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt.