Search Results: 'Donaldson Associates'

Court rules against Glendoe client
13 January, 2017
Great Britain – A court has issued its ruling on the Glendoe collapse, finding in favour of contractor Hochtief at the expense of client Scottish & Southern Energy (SSE). The decision was given on 21 December and denied SSE a GBP 130M (USD 160M in Jan 2017) damages claim against Hochtief. The contractor will however have to pay low availability damages of GBP 1M (USD 1.24M in Jan 2017) for not completing the remedial work.

Pipe Jacking Association appoint new chairman and vice-chairman
09 January, 2017
Great Britain - Graeme Monteith, Tunnelling Engineering Manager at Barhale Construction, has been appointed chairman of the Pipe Jacking Association and Jim Kirby, an Associate at consulting engineer Donaldson Associates, vice-chairman.

Cowi’s UK businesses unite under parent brand
10 October, 2016
Great Britain - Flint & Neil and Donaldson Associates will rebrand as Cowi, the Danish company announced. The change will come into effect on 1 January 2017.

Britain launches segmental lining code of practice
20 April, 2016
GREAT BRITAIN – A specification for the design of concrete segmental linings was launched in mid-April. The document, “Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 8810:2016 – Tunnel Design: Design of concrete segmental linings: Code of practice” was produced by the British Standards Institute (BSI) and lead technical author Arup.

Wojtasik succeeds O’Murchu as BTSYM chair
16 November, 2015
GREAT BRITAIN – Mateusz Wojtasik has succeeded Eoin O’Murchu as chair of the British Tunnelling Society Young Members (BTSYM). The handover took place at the group’s AGM on 10 November at the Institution of Civil Engineers in London.

New boss for BTS
25 May, 2012
The chief tunnel engineer at Donaldson Associates has been appointed chairman of the British Tunnelling Society (BTS) at the association’s annual general meeting on 17 May 2012.

Urban CSO jack in Jersey
18 January, 2012

Network Rail unveils cut-price plan for UK rail tunnels
29 September, 2010
Network Rail and structural engineer specialist Donaldson Associates have unveiled detailed design ideas of how tunnels in the UK should be renewed and repaired over the next decade.

Metro North challenges for Dublin
24 November, 2008

London cable tunnel fiesta
19 August, 2008

Scottish tunnels to link two reservoirs
01 August, 2005

Portsmouth scheme held up
11 July, 2000

First Portsmouth drive complete
30 April, 2000