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LA TBM reaches second station
25 August, 2016
US – The TBM mining the rail tunnels for the Crenshaw/LAX line in Los Angeles broke through the station box for Martin Luther King, Jr. Station, the Los Angeles Country Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) announced August 22.

All academic?
17 August, 2016
Research from academics in UK institutions is improving understanding of tunnels and the effects of building them, making construction more cost effi cient and tunnels safer all over the world. Bernadette Ballantyne reports

Arup retrospective opens in London
15 June, 2016
Great Britain - The Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A), London, is staging the first major exhibition about Ove Arup, opening Saturday, June 18.

Achievements and Aspirations
08 June, 2016
Last month saw a changing of the guard at the BTS, with Roger Bridge handing the Chairman’s baton over to Mark Leggett. They spoke to Sally Spencer about achievements thus far and plans for the future

Future proof
08 June, 2016
As scientists push the boundaries of high energy physics, engineers are pushing the boundaries of tunnelling to create the facilities needed to further explore sub atomic particles

Britain launches segmental lining code of practice
20 April, 2016
GREAT BRITAIN – A specification for the design of concrete segmental linings was launched in mid-April. The document, “Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 8810:2016 – Tunnel Design: Design of concrete segmental linings: Code of practice” was produced by the British Standards Institute (BSI) and lead technical author Arup.

WTC 2016
01 April, 2016
Registration is open for the worldwide tunnelling event of the year, with as many as 600 unique technical presentations, short courses and breakout sessions, and more than 200 exhibitors from around the world. Here’s a look at the highlights planned for this year’s conference and be sure to visit Tunnels & Tunnelling at Booth 1215 at this year’s WTC in San Francisco.

Crenshaw/LAX TBM goes underground
15 March, 2016
California - The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced on March 3 a significant milestone occurred on the USD 2.058bn Crenshaw/LAX light rail line. The TBM was lowered in pieces to the bottom of the future Expo/Crenshaw Station.

Keep on running
14 March, 2016
The October 2015 meeting of the British Tunnelling society also saw a presentation by David Holland of Mabey and Kim West of Arup on works relating to the canning town Flyover for Crossrail’s contract c305.

Metro names Crenshaw/LAX TBM
05 February, 2016
CALIFORNIA - The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) held a TBM lowering ceremony on February 1 for the Crenshaw/LAX Line.

Stonehenge design consultancy awarded
27 January, 2016
GREAT BRITAIN – An Arup Atkins JV has been appointed as the design consultant for the Stonehenge Tunnel project. The project is part of the A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down Improvement Scheme, which also includes a bypass of nearby village Winterbourne Stoke.

Arup-Atkins win Thames Tideway West consultancy
08 January, 2016
GREAT BRITAIN – Atkins and Arup will provide design and engineering services on the west section of the Thames Tideway project. The contractors for this section, BAM Nuttall, Morgan Sindall and Balfour Beatty, will tunnel 6km of 7.2m-diameter tunnel from the Acton Storm Tanks at the extreme west of the scheme, to the start of the central section at Carnwath Road.