Search Results: 'British Tunnelling Society'

Modern tunnelling risk
26 December, 2017
As a review of the Tunnel Code of Practice gets underway Tunnels & Tunnelling talksto the insurers behind London’s Crossrail which broke new ground in project insurance

Interface power
15 November, 2017
Trends in geotechnical data and software. Report by Patrick Reynolds

Spending probes
15 November, 2017
Perspectives on the relationship of SI spending and ground risk. Report by Patrick Reynolds

What’s the risk?
02 November, 2017
This month I am stealing a comment hook from the British Tunnelling Society again. At the October meeting, the evening’s lecture was on the management of risk in tunnelling and major infrastructure projects.

Strength monitoring using thermal imaging
06 September, 2017
In April Benoît Jones, managing director of Inbye Engineering and an Honorary Fellow at the University of Warwick, gave a presentation to the British Tunnelling Society Young Members on a new technology for monitoring the early strength of shotcrete called ‘Strength Monitoring Using Thermal Imaging’, or ‘SMUTI’. This article is a summary of the presentation

Mair takes ice Presidency
06 September, 2017
Paola De Pascali met with Lord Robert Mair to discuss his life and times as he prepares to take up the presidency of the ICE in 2018

BTS Underground Health and Safety Course
06 September, 2017
Great Britain – The British Tunnelling Society (BTS) is accepting registrations for its health and safety course.

James Clark Winner
06 September, 2017
The BTS has recognised the life’s work and contribution of Joseph Gallagher Ltd chairman Joseph Gallagher by awarding him this year’s James Clark Medal. He talks to Keren Fallwell about his career

National institution
03 July, 2017
In the UK the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has been running a tunnelling exhibition. It follows on the heels of an exhibition for bridges, which was rumoured to have attracted 15,000 visitors. The challenge given to the engineers of the British Tunnelling Society by the institution was to promote the event enough to beat this goal by the time the exhibit closes in November.

Upgrading bond Street
29 June, 2017
London Underground Bond Street Station Upgrade Project (BSSU) is due for completion and open to public in April. In December’s British Tunnelling Society Meeting, the project was told from the perspective of the SCL designer and the contractor working in a one team environment. Through innovation and utilising the latest technology they pushed the SCL design boundaries and developed a safe system of work by minimising the impact on infrastructure while optimising the excavation times to create necessary additional underground space. The speakers were Richard Watts, project manager, London Underground; Steve Nuttall, project director, Color; Andreas Spiegl, principal tunnel engineer, Dr Sauer & Partners and senior SCL engineer on site

Amsterdam Over-Tunnel Construction
18 April, 2017
The October meeting of the British Tunnelling Society welcomed Robin Vervoorn of Witteveen + Bos

Confidence in conferences
17 April, 2017
Parallel technical sessions seem to irritate conference goers, with particularly awkward setups being remembered and discussed for years after the event.

Value your Signature
29 March, 2017
Martin Knights, an independent consultant and former president of the International Tunnelling Association, asks what lies beneath your signature in this reaction to a comment at the recent Harding Memorial Lecture, hosted by the British Tunnelling Society

Britain thinks deep
17 February, 2017
Great Britain - A new organisation to consider how we plan, manage and realise underground real estate has been launched in the UK. Think Deep UK (TDUK) is the baby of a group of built environment experts. At a launch event in London in February, cross-disciplinary support was the talking point.