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Segment accessories and you
29 December, 2023
For use of accessories with segment lining, Christoph Eberle, Technical Director, Mott MacDonald, discusses assurance in the context of Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD)

Roger Remington
29 December, 2023
Roger Remington made his mark on and was honoured by the UK tunnelling industry for the wide range of projects he steered as client and also procurement changes introduced. This is a celebration of how his contribution was recognised and appreciated, and the legacy that continues to be recalled after Roger died, earlier this year

Bts Announce Release Of 4th Edition Of Bts Specification For Tunnelling
13 December, 2023
The British Tunnelling Society is very pleased to announce the release of the 4th edition of the BTS Specification for Tunnelling this Wednesday, December 13th 2023.

North Bristol relief sewer
27 November, 2023
Tunnelling challenges on the North Bristol Relief Sewer (NBRS) Project were presented and discussed at the BTS Meeting in May by Dominic Barlow, Senior Project Manager, and Adam Evenden, Project Engineer, of J Murphy and Sons Ltd. This report on the meeting was prepared by Dominic Barlow and Adam Evenden

Inspired outreach to youth
27 November, 2023
BTSYM’s collaboration with two training bodies recently gave school students some insight into working in the underground space sector. Report by Sandeep Singh Nirmal

Bob Ibell – Interview
27 November, 2023
Bob Ibell is a known and respected name is tunnelling. He has had major roles on the Tyne and Wear Metro, Piccadilly Line Extension to Heathrow T4, the Channel Tunnel, the Jubilee Line Extension and the Channel Tunnel Rail Link’s (CTRL, or High Speed 1 (HS1)) London Tunnels. He is a Past Chair of the BTS, winner of the James Clark Medal, delivered the Sir Harold Harding Memorial lecture, taught construction management on the MSc course at the University of Warwick, and a founder member of the tunnelling consultancy London Bridge Associates (LBA). He spoke to Julian Champkin

Bts december 2023 meeting – silvertown tunnel: a christmas jamboree of tunnelling
20 November, 2023
Thursday 14th December 2023 at 18:00 hrs

Main access tunnel completed for Kidston hydro project
13 November, 2023
The main access tunnel has been completed for Australia’s Kidston pumped storage hydro project, involving the world’s first conversion of a gold mine into a hydroelectric pumped storage facility.

Industry gears up for World Tunnel Day
03 November, 2023
The Australian Tunnelling Society (ATS) is gearing up to make this year’s World Tunnel Day “the most memorable yet”.

BTS November 2023 Meeting – Hinkley Point C: Balfour Beatty Marine Works: Connecting Tunnels Under the Bristol Channel
24 October, 2023
Event Date: Thursday 16th November 2023 at 18:00 hrs

BTS October 2023 Meeting - Highway 401 & 409 Rail Tunnel Project, Toronto
28 September, 2023
Event Date: Thursday 19th October 2023 at 18:00 hrs

From Gold Mine to Hydroelectricity – Kidston Pumped Storage Project
26 September, 2023
At the annual joint BTS and MinSouth meeting, held on 9 February at the Institution of Civil Engineers, in London, Clare Önal – a Principal Engineer with the tunnels team of Mott MacDonald – gave a presentation on the conversion of an abandoned gold mine at Kidston in Queensland, Australia, to a pumped storage hydroelectric (PSH) scheme. Andrew Hindmarch, Senior Principal Tunnel Engineer of Mott MacDonald was the rapporteur

Underground Activities, Thoroughly International
26 September, 2023
Sometimes, it is just amazing to get a glimpse of just how much is happening on tunnel projects, and the many discussions and activities about underground space, in so many places across the world. Kinda stops you, on occasion. Stuns even, then you smile. What a great industry. A calling, even.

Bookings open for BTS health and safety course
19 September, 2023
Bookings are now open for this year’s BTS Underground Health & Safety Course.

Forecasting tunnelling progress using AI
25 August, 2023
The Harding Prize Competition is named after the founder of the British Tunnelling Society, Sir Harold Harding, and is for entrants under the age of 33. Shortlisted papers were presented to the BTS evening meeting on 13 April, at the Institution of Civil Engineers, in London. Jake Rankin, data scientist with J Murphy & Sons Ltd for this project, was voted winner of the 2023 Competition with a paper entitled ‘Artificial Intelligence for Forecasting Tunnelling Progress’. It is published here with the author’s permission

HS2 fire focus of BTS September lecture
24 August, 2023
The fire on an HS2 personnel service vehicle (PSV) last year will be the focus of the BTS’s September lecture.

BTS James Clark Medal Award: Andy Alder
21 August, 2023
Andy Alder has been awarded the James Clark Medal by the British Tunnelling Society for his service and leadership in the industry.

Preparing for what may be ahead
21 August, 2023
Over recent weeks and months, instances of extreme weather in some places call to mind – not that such should ever really be absent – that problems can and do occur.

Grey cast iron linings – new structural insights
24 July, 2023
The Harding Prize Competition is named after the founder of the British Tunnelling Society, Sir Harold Harding, and is for entrants under the age of 33. Shortlisted papers were presented to the BTS evening meeting on 13 April, at the Institution of Civil Engineers, in London. Agustín Ruiz López, postdoctoral researcher with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College, London, was a runner-up in this year’s Competition with a paper entitled ‘New insights into the structural behaviour of grey cast iron tunnel linings’. It is published here with the author’s permission

Geopolymer concrete in tunnelling
24 July, 2023
At the monthly BTS meeting at the Institution of Civil Engineers, in London, in March 2023, John Day, Chief Technical Officer of Wagners EFC Pty Ltd, Charles Allen, Director of OTB Concrete, and Richard Sutherden, Engineering Director with Murphy for the HMJV (Hochtief- Murphy Joint Venture) provided perspectives on the use and future potential of geopolymer concretes, and the Earth Friendly Concrete in particular, in underground applications