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Special moment
01 December, 2001

The Secondary Lining - an easier process
06 November, 2001
In the second part of their paper 'Self-certification on the North Downs Tunnel', submitted to the BTS Harding Prize Competition 2001, Esther Casson and Rand Selman (both seconded to Miller Civil Engineering Services from Mott MacDonald) take a look at self-certification processes for the secondary lining of the North Downs tunnel for Channel Tunnel Rail Link, UK.

Are tunnels faster by TBM?
09 June, 2001
At the March meeting of the British Tunnelling Society (BTS) Dr Nicholas Barton of Nick Barton & Associates proposed the use of an expanded, orientated value of the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) rock mass quality index Q as an aid to planning the construction of tunnels in rock

KCRC West Rail progress
02 May, 2001
At the January 2001 meeting of the British Tunnelling Society Jaya Jesudason, general manager West Rail construction for the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC), and Charles Perrier, project director of the Dragages-Zen Pacific contracting joint venture, gave a comprehensive presentation on progress on the West Rail project in Hong Kong.

BTS pushes for new look at shotcrete lining
02 May, 2001

Harding Prize success
02 May, 2001

Encouraging youth
02 May, 2001

Decade's pick of North American progress
01 March, 2001
At the BTS meeting on 16 November, Lee Abramson of US consultant Hatch Mott MacDonald reviewed tunnelling projects in North America over the past 10 years. He concentrated on schemes with unusual or unique characteristics, examining the progress made in underground works

... and from the floor
06 January, 2001

Storing up information
06 January, 2001
Following the BTS annual general meeting at the Institution of Civil Engineers on 19 October 2000, came a presentation and informal discussion "Harrods, ground engineering, tunnelling and HAVS" by Rob James, head of tunnelling and Philip Ball, ground engineering manager, both of Kvaerner-Cementation.