Search Results: 'British Tunnelling Society'

T&T Awards shortlist
09 November, 2011

Assessing face Stability
29 September, 2011
Spyridon Konstantis of UK-based consulting giant Arup was a runner up in the British Tunnelling Society 2011 Harding Prize with this paper on the probabilistic assessment of face stability conditions for shallow tunnels in soft ground. T&TI presents this article drawn from the paper he presented

HAVS in the law
23 September, 2011
Whatever the arguments and attitudes about applicability, the legislative framework intended to protect the health of the tunnelling workforce, and those encountering vibration in many other industries is inescapable. The editorial team checked on current legislation in some main tunnelling locations

Predicted and encountered deformations
25 August, 2011
Andreas Feiersinger of Dr. Sauer Company was the runner up in the British Tunnelling Society 2011 Harding Prize for this paper comparing deformations predicted using 3D Finite Element Analysis with those encountered on the Green Park station upgrade in London

Ground treatment meeting
10 August, 2011

Safety in tunnelling Standard revised
03 August, 2011

‘Tommy’ Talbott, as he was known
29 July, 2011

Shaft deadline imminent
27 July, 2011

The glorious 25 March
22 July, 2011

Louis appointed VP of Samsung C&T
14 July, 2011

British Tunnelling Society Annual Dinner 2011
11 May, 2011

BTS Committee elections
11 May, 2011

Keith Meeks joins Mosen
17 March, 2011

How does it work? – Vibrating wire instruments
15 March, 2011
This is the first of a new series of articles in T&TI dealing with subjects, usually technical, in a more fundamental manner to assist newcomers to the tunnelling industry and perhaps to brief more senior specialists that have not had to deal with the particular subject before. The idea came about as a result of discussions with the British Tunnelling Society Young Members, but input from young tunnel practitioners worldwide would be very welcome. In this article, Barrie Sellers, president of Geokon of New Hampshire, US, describes how vibrating wire geotechnical instruments work, and their advantages

Overlooked hazards to occupational health
18 January, 2011
During safety campaigns, whether during planning or in-house inspection, often disproportionate attention is paid to more obvious physical hazards, overlooking those hazards that are less obvious but which call still lead to a deterioration in quality of life, and perhaps death, which can be difficult to relate to the working conditions. Drawing heavily on material supplied by Dr. Donald Lamont, formerly of the UK Health and Safety Executive, Maurice Jones examines the issues involved in tunnelling occupation health, and some other safety hazards, followed by some solutions