Search Results: 'British Tunnelling Society'

Special moment
01 December, 2001

The Italian way – the ADECO method for tunnel design and construction
01 October, 2001
At the 17 May meeting of the British Tunnelling Society, Dott Ing Giovanna Cassani, director of design standards of Rocksoil SpA, Milan, spoke about the company's approach to the classification of tunnel rock and stress conditions and the construction solutions generated by this philosophy.

Debate: Mandatory no-dig technology in urban areas?
22 September, 2001
On Thursday 21st June 01 at the Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1the British Tunnelling Society held it annual debate. The motion proposed was "This house believes that the mandatory use of minimum disruption techniques such as trenchless technology in urban areas like London, will reduce congestion and be of benefit to all".

Madrid at Underground Construction
20 August, 2001
Underground Construction 2001 international exhibition & symposium, incorporating the International Tunnelling Exhibition, 18-20 September, ExCeL, London Docklands, England

Shotcreting in London Clay
09 June, 2001
Despite the criticisms the New Austrian Tunnelling Method has received – of the practice, if not the theory – following a series of construction collapses, the benefits of sprayed concrete linings cannot be ignored, assuming risk can be minimised.

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

Relief to a land of no water
07 April, 2001
The massive project to bring water to Manabi province in Ecuador was examined at the British Tunnelling Society's informal discussion held at the ICE in February

The third 'C'
01 February, 2001

China Symposium draws interest
05 January, 2001

Real millennium issues
02 January, 2001