Search Results: 'Geoconsult'

In the field
18 October, 2017
In June students from the geomechanics graduate program at Queen’s University in Kingston, travelled to Europe for two weeks of research and tours—seeing first hand the challenges and innovative solutions required to complete the region’s impressive geological engineering projects. Mark Diederichs reports

WTC 2016
01 April, 2016
Registration is open for the worldwide tunnelling event of the year, with as many as 600 unique technical presentations, short courses and breakout sessions, and more than 200 exhibitors from around the world. Here’s a look at the highlights planned for this year’s conference and be sure to visit Tunnels & Tunnelling at Booth 1215 at this year’s WTC in San Francisco.

Finishing India’s longest
18 June, 2012
Following tunnel excavation breakthrough last September, and the final blast in April this year, work is continuing on the long and notoriously difficult Panjal railway tunnel in India to complete support lining including some necessary ground reinforcement work. Maurice Jones reports on the latest progress

India faces metro challenge
05 June, 2012
With a metro project in every major city, save Hyderabad, for now, India’s furious investment in infrastructure is just the beginning as its still largely rural population urbanises. However, difficulty securing construction permits is not the only damper on Indian tunnelling. Alex Conacher reports

Tunnelling into Bin Laden’s compound
19 August, 2011

German consultancy for Himalayan road tunnels
04 January, 2011

Pir Panjal: NATM in the Himalayas
12 February, 2010
Dr. Friedrich Prinzl, project director for Geoconsult describes how construction of the Pir Panjal Tunnel has had to overcome major difficulties

Katschberg breakthrough
15 June, 2006

Sambu gets Lowari
17 November, 2005

A road map for design-build procurement
01 April, 2004
Mohammad Irshad*, president of US based Infrastructure Development Corporation, Harald Wagner*, president of Austria's D2 Consult, and Klaus Mussger*, principal of Austria's Geoconsult, discuss design-build procurement of underground infrastructure and suggest a road map for optimal development of future projects

BEG begins
02 September, 2003

Designs on Lowari
05 August, 2003

Contracts signed on 25km Pajares
05 August, 2003

Expert advice for Taiwan's PinGlin
01 May, 2002
Taiwan's Pinglin tunnel saga continues as contractors battle with faults, fractures and floods. Adrian Greeman describes the new measures taken in a project re-think, that is the result of recommendations given by a panel of expert tunnelling professionals

Geoconsult fine to stand says HSE
14 October, 2000

Underground movement
01 August, 2000
The Health and Safety Executive report on Heathrow tunnels' collapse is analysed by John Anderson, who was with HSE from 1970 to 1997. He is now a consultant civil engineer

Dublin award due next month
01 August, 2000

Heathrow collapse was "organisational"
01 August, 2000

Learning from mistakes
01 August, 2000

T&TI in China
30 April, 2000