Search Results: 'British Tunnelling Society'

Mail Rail to be mothballed
01 December, 2002

A parliamentary forum for underground space
01 November, 2002

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

Underground Construction 2003 – call for papers
16 October, 2002

Insuring an industry
01 October, 2002
As a result of some recent high-profile incidents within the industry, insurers have been increasingly concerned that tunnelling was becoming uninsurable in the market. A joint working party, between the British Tunnelling Society (BTS) and the Association of British Insurers (ABI), has since produced a draft Code of Practice that would allow insurers to continue to offer cover. Presentation of the draft Joint Code of Practice to BTS members took place on 4 July 2002, followed by an in-depth discussion

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

Tunnels price hike
01 August, 2002

Giving reassurance...
01 July, 2002

Box Jacking - the road to Histadrut
01 July, 2002
Danny Sherban and Rania Gideon of Yodfat Engineers were joined by Jack Knight of Charles Haswell and John Belton of British Drilling and Freezing to give a presentation on a recent box-jacking project in Israel to the British Tunnelling Society on 18 April 2002. Ground freezing was an important element of the temporary works

Ultra-deep shaft construction
13 June, 2002
On 21st February the British Tunnelling Society and the Southern Counties Branch of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy held a joint meeting. Mark Kirkbride and Nigel Stringer of Cementation Skanska presented a paper about the factors governing design and construction of shafts for mine development over 3000m deep.

2002 Tunnelling Industry Awards
13 June, 2002
On 10 May the first Tunnelling Industry Awards ceremony took place, an event jointly organised by the BTS and T&T International, to recognise and reward achievement within the underground construction industry in the UK

Self promotion...
13 June, 2002

BTS debate - Certifiably argumentative
05 May, 2002
On the 21st March 2002, The British Tunnelling Society held it's annual debate. The motion proposed to the house, "Self-Certification is Dangerous for Tunnelling", produced a strongly argued discussion, which generated a very close result

Policies and projects - Swiss style
01 April, 2002
Informative presentations on two quite different tunnelling projects in Switzerland demonstrate the differences in approach between the contracting arrangements and construction of tunnels in Switzerland and elsewhere in Europe. The presenters were Martin Knights, director of Infrastructure, Halliburton KBR and Paul Hoyland, Technical Manager for Balfour Beatty Major Projects

Using hindsight at Hull
01 March, 2002
Shortly before completing the tunnelling works for the UK's Hull wastewater scheme, a collapse occurred near one of the shafts. In their presentation to the British Tunnelling Society on 22 November 2001, Steve Tindall of Yorkshire Water, Peter Chamley and Bill Grose of Arup and Colin Eddie of Morgan Est, presented the lessons learned from the investigation

Updating the legacy
14 January, 2002
21st Century transport engages 19th Century architecture at Antwerp Central station in Belgium. Dirk van Ooteghem of TUC Rail, Belgian Railways, illustrated the painstaking lengths taken to preserve the original structure of the station in his presentation to the British Tunnelling Society on the 18 October 2001