Search Results: 'British Tunnelling Society'

Divik Bandopadhyaya Interview
30 December, 2021
Aged 27, Divik Bandopadhyaya has just completed a one-year stint as chair of BTSYM. He discusses his education, interests and career to date, offering along the way some advice to newly-qualified tunnel engineers. George Demetri reports

Under pressure
29 December, 2021
Dr Donald Lamont and Roy Slocombe gave the British Tunnelling Society lecture in October on low, intermediate and high-pressure compressed air work, highlighting the launch of revised BTS CAWG guidance. Report by Dr Donald Lamont and Roy Slocombe

Young tunnellers invited to enter new industry award
24 December, 2021
The British Tunnelling Society Young Members (BTSYM) is inviting entries for the very first Doug Allenby Memorial Medal, to be awarded at the BTSYM Conference in 2022.

Underground in Moscow
29 November, 2021
Moscow is constructing new metro lines at a rapid pace to better accommodate the city’s seven million passengers daily who use it. Julian Champkin spoke with Anna Merkulova, engineer and CEO of the Mosproekt-3 group of companies about the expansion programme

BTS health and safety course start approaches
15 November, 2021
Following the success of its Underground Health and Safety Course over past years, the British Tunnelling Society (BTS) is repeating the two-day event which will run on Monday 22 and Tuesday 23 November 2021.

In-person BTS lectures to resume this month
14 October, 2021
Following 18 months of unprecedented living and working under a cruel pandemic, a sense of normality is gradually returning as the British Tunnelling Society (BTS) resumes its highly-acclaimed in-person lectures at the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), London.

Attention young tunnel engineers: the Harding Prize is open for entries
12 October, 2021
Named after the founding chairman of the British Tunnelling Society, Sir Harold Harding, the annual Harding Prize has once again opened for the submission of papers on tunnelling topics.

hyperTunnel technique could revolutionise tunnel construction
07 October, 2021
A British scale-up company has turned tunnel construction on its head and unveiled what could prove to be a revolutionary system for creating tunnels.

BTS conference opens its doors to the tunnelling fraternity
29 September, 2021
Having opened on Thursday 30 September, the two-day BTS 2020+1 British Tunnelling Society annual conference and exhibition held at the QE2 Conference Centre, London has started to welcome visitors from around the world.

Cool talk on Hinkley Point C
12 August, 2021
Matthew Fowler of Balfour Beatty gave June’s British Tunnelling Society online lecture on the offshore cooling water tunnels at Hinkley Point C nuclear power station and the offsite construction of some of the critical components. Report by Ana Barbosa of Jacobs

BTS revises guide to compressed air working
19 July, 2021
A revision of the BTS ‘Guide to the Work in Compressed Air Regulations’ has been released by the British Tunnelling Society (BTS).

Autumn date confirmed for BTS conference
13 July, 2021
Much awaited but delayed by the onslaught of the pandemic, the UK’s largest tunnelling show – the British Tunnelling Society 2020+1 Conference and Exhibition – will take place at the QE2 Centre in London on 30 September – 1 October 2021.

ICE to create new breed of engineer
06 July, 2021
In a bid to broaden and diversify its professional membership, and to reflect the changing needs of society, the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) is to create a new qualification title – the Chartered Infrastructure Engineer.

Groundwater control for tunnelling projects
18 June, 2021
Dr Martin Preene discusses the various dewatering techniques that are available for tunnels and shafts where uncontrolled groundwater ingress could cause disruption and increase costs

A tunnel for mining
18 June, 2021
At the British Tunnelling Society’s monthly talk in February, Craig Sewell and Jason Fawcett, both of Strabag, presented the North Yorkshire Polyhalite Project Mineral Transport System. Andrew Hindmarch was the rapporteur

Traditional soft-ground handwork
07 May, 2021
HANDWORK AND TIMBERING IS A demanding yet fascinating method in any tunnellers toolbox.

BTS-Warwick soft-ground CPD course is online 15-17 June
05 May, 2021
Knowledge and concepts required by engineers to undertake tunnel design in soft ground are key areas covered by a new online CPD course devised by the British Tunnelling Society (BTS) and Warwick University.

Band of brothers or distant cousins?
30 April, 2021
Martin Knights FREng, former ITA President, compares the functions and fortunes over the past 50-odd years of the British Tunnelling Society and the International Tunnelling Association

New BTS-inspired song suite celebrates the tunneller’s art
21 April, 2021
As part of its 50th anniversary celebrations, the British Tunnelling Society (BTS) recently commissioned award-winning folk singer and composer Nancy Kerr to write a suite of songs which celebrate tunnelling and tunnellers. The songs are now available to download.

Harding Prize yields another young worthy winner
16 April, 2021
Presentations from three promising young tunnel engineers kept an audience fascinated for the best part of two hours yesterday evening during the online Harding Prize final organised by the British Tunnelling Society Young Members (BTSYM). So, the winner of the 2021 Harding Prize is…