Search Results: 'BTS'

Risk management – a practical view
01 December, 2003
David Lane, director of UK firm, ESTFELD Consulting, discusses the key issues of risk management and suggests some simple ways of improving everyday management of risk without going to large expense

CTRL contract 320 TBM finishes first
01 November, 2003

ABI/BTS Code published
01 October, 2003

A two way street...
01 October, 2003

ABI/BTS Joint Code of Practice published
01 October, 2003

Box jacking under the M1
01 September, 2003
Jacked box tunnelling was used for the first time under a live motorway in the UK at Junction 15A on the M1 Motorway, when a vehicular underbridge, 14m wide, 8.5m high by 45m long was installed with 1.6m of cover to the motorway. On the 19 June British Tunnelling Society members were privy to a detailed explanation of the project

London boom sets the scene for UC'03
01 September, 2003
Underground Construction 2003 is due to be held on the 24-25 September at the ExCeL conference and exhibition centre in London's docklands. At a time when tunnelling activity in London is at its peak, this year's event is set to outstrip the success of its predecessors

Tunnelling Industry Awards 2003
01 June, 2003

Tunnelling effects on piled foundations
01 June, 2003
BTS Harding Prize finalist, SW Jacobsz of Rail Link Engineering, describes his investigations into tunnelling effects on piled foundations in dense dry sand. Changes in the load distributions on piles with increasing volume loss are presented, as well as recommendations for the estimation of tunnelling-induced pile settlements in sand

2003 Tunnelling Industry Awards winners announced
16 May, 2003

Harding prize award
01 May, 2003

Fee bidding prevents 'strength in depth'
01 May, 2003

Complex redesign for London link
01 April, 2003
A packed audience at the BTS meeting this February, saw a most interesting presentation on the tunnelling work currently in hand at King's Cross St Pancras Station, London, UK. The presenters were Mike Crabtree of London Underground Ltd, Roger Cox of Infraco SSL (Sub-Surface Ltd), Chris Dulake of Arup and Colin Eddie of Morgan Tunnelling

UK EPBM collapse comparisons
01 March, 2003
The British Tunnelling Society's 'Closed Face Working Party' was set up specifically to study collapses on two recent UK TBM tunnelling projects; one at Hull and the other at Portsmouth. Here, T&TI publishes the results and recommendations that the group have put together to aid similar projects

Norwegian Sub Sea Tunnels
01 March, 2003
Jan Bergh-Christensen chief engineering geologist and Morten Knudsmoen senior civil engineer both of Norconsult, Consulting Engineers, Norway, gave this presentation on Norwegian Sub Sea tunnels at the BTS on 23 January 2003