Search Results: 'Donaldson Associates'

Insuring an industry
01 October, 2002
As a result of some recent high-profile incidents within the industry, insurers have been increasingly concerned that tunnelling was becoming uninsurable in the market. A joint working party, between the British Tunnelling Society (BTS) and the Association of British Insurers (ABI), has since produced a draft Code of Practice that would allow insurers to continue to offer cover. Presentation of the draft Joint Code of Practice to BTS members took place on 4 July 2002, followed by an in-depth discussion

Logging on for TBM productivity
01 April, 2002
A TBM production logging system proved an effective tool for site-based decision-making during construction of the Portsmouth Transfer Tunnel for the Portsmouth and Havant Wastewater Treatment Works & Sludge Recycling Scheme in the UK. Simon Stroud of Halliburton KBR described the system for the British Tunnelling Society's Harding Prize competition, on which this article is based.