Search Results: 'Docklands Light Railway'

Tunnelling into the future
01 December, 1999
Professor Dr-Ing. Alfred Haack, Executive Board Member of STUVA, President of the International Tunnelling Association, assesses the future of underground construction. The 'fourth dimension' holds possibilities that have not, as yet, been recognised but which will become crucial for our ultimate survival.

Many pressures on ground improvement
10 November, 1999
'A stitch in time saves nine' goes the old proverb. The same could be said of a few litres of grout, but the requirements for ground stabilisation for underground excavation are much more complex than that. Technical Journalist Maurice Jones summarises some of the main options available today.