Search Results: 'Bachy'

El Azhar road tunnel Cairo's new frontier
01 November, 2002
The 2.4km long, twin bore El Azhar road tunnel was designed and built in just 40 months to Europe's highest fire-safety standard. The project pioneered the use of a re-inforced sacrificial lining and also includes an unusual user escape system. Bill Welburn and Xavier de Nettancourt of Vinci Construction Grands Projets, describe the design and construction of the tunnel

Competence in the tunnelling industry
01 November, 2002
Prior to their forthcoming lecture, which will be presented to British Tunnelling Society members on 21 November, Douglas Allenby of Edmund Nuttall, Bob Ibell of London Bridge Associates and Peter Jewell of Halliburton KBR, explain the need for an independent assessment of competence within the British tunnelling industry, and discuss current training initiatives

Dedication to detail in Denmark
01 September, 2002
On 16 May 2002, members of the British Tunnelling Society welcomed representatives of Copenhagen Metro's design and construction team, who gave an informative lecture on the key aspects of this complex project

CTRL's section 2 tunnelling start
01 August, 2002

Iron lining for 240 on CTRL section 2
13 June, 2002

Deep-well dewatering on CTRL
01 March, 2002
The huge benefits of regional dewatering experienced during construction of London Underground's Jubilee Line Extension encouraged Rail Link Engineering to develop a comprehensive deep-well dewatering scheme for the London Tunnels section of the CTRL, writes David Whitaker, RLE Project Hydrogeologist

January 2001 - 2002 News Review
01 February, 2002

European TBM giants join forces
11 January, 2002