Search Results: 'CTRL'

CTRL contract 320 TBM finishes first
01 November, 2003

CTRL milestone
06 October, 2003

Performance of fibres for concrete
01 September, 2003
John Greenhalgh, technical sales representative for Bekaert Building Products UK, describes various types of fibre reinforcement available for underground construction and how the various characteristics of these fibres affect concrete performance

Strengthening the case
01 September, 2003

London boom sets the scene for UC'03
01 September, 2003
Underground Construction 2003 is due to be held on the 24-25 September at the ExCeL conference and exhibition centre in London's docklands. At a time when tunnelling activity in London is at its peak, this year's event is set to outstrip the success of its predecessors

Lining & Support Products
01 August, 2003
The latest lining and support products

Excavation Products - continued
01 August, 2003
The latest excavation products - continued

Excavation Products
01 August, 2003
The latest excavation products

Soil conditioning for sands
01 July, 2003
Although the use of foams, polymers and bentonites is widespread in tunnelling, little guidance exists as regards their application. Miguel Peña from Oxford University, summarises the research, undertaken at the university, into soil conditioning for EPB machines in sand

Easing the way - soil conditioning
01 June, 2003
On 20thMarch the British Tunnelling Society heard brief results of research on soil conditioning and lubrication for tunnelling and pipe jacking applications. These research programmes, at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, are directed by Professor Guy Houlsby and Professor Robert Mair respectively. Xavier Borghi and Andrew Merritt from Cambridge and Miguel Peña from Oxford presented summaries of their work

Tunnelling Industry Awards 2003
01 June, 2003

Tunnelling effects on piled foundations
01 June, 2003
BTS Harding Prize finalist, SW Jacobsz of Rail Link Engineering, describes his investigations into tunnelling effects on piled foundations in dense dry sand. Changes in the load distributions on piles with increasing volume loss are presented, as well as recommendations for the estimation of tunnelling-induced pile settlements in sand

Thameslink 2000 tunnels shape up
01 June, 2003

Second Avenue up for suggestion
01 June, 2003

2003 Tunnelling Industry Awards winners announced
16 May, 2003

CIRIA Report C574 - Engineering in Chalk
01 May, 2003

Dosco for CTRL
01 May, 2003

Fee bidding prevents 'strength in depth'
01 May, 2003

CTRL restart
01 May, 2003

UK first on CTRL breakthrough
02 April, 2003