Search Results: 'Herrenknecht'

TBMs prepare for Brisbane bypass
10 November, 2007
Activities are hotting up in Brisbane, with the first mammoth TBM for the North South Bypass Tunnel due to launch next month. Michelle Holden, of LBB JV, reports

Slurry tunnelling in South Africa
04 September, 2007
At the June meeting of the British Tunnelling Society, a presentation was given by Andrew Officer, of Goba (Pty) Ltd, and Andrew Hindmarch, of Mott MacDonald, on the design and construction of the Durban Harbour Tunnel, in South Africa.

Fast tracking at Mont Sion
03 September, 2007
Dino De Lorenzi, director of tunnel construction, and Monica Foronda, an intern, both with Bouygues Travaux Publics, discuss the fast-tracking of the A41 Highway Extension, in France

Mechanised refurb
09 August, 2007

Good things come in small packages
08 August, 2007

Thrill of the drill
08 August, 2007

Casting call
08 August, 2007

Mega machines
08 August, 2007

Right tool for the job
07 August, 2007

Trenchless technologies and techniques
26 July, 2007
Ian Clarke reviews some of the more significant trenchless technology product launches and new installation methods from the past 18 months

Optimising Line 9's EPBM parameters
26 June, 2007
Tomeu Orfila, Néstor Moyà and Nicola Della Valle, from the tunnelling division of PaymaCotas, Spain, describe how settlement was minimised during the construction of a section of Barcelona Metro’s Line 9, through the careful set-up of EPBM excavation parameters

Hyperbaric health & safety
10 May, 2007
Technical journalist Maurice Jones checks on current accepted compressed air procedures, and why technology transfer and development is still an important course of action

Monster tunnelling at Glendoe
16 April, 2007
At the March British Tunnelling Society meeting, members from the client, consultant and contractor gave an exhaustive presentation on one of the UK’s largest tunnelling projects

Cleaning up Limerick
15 March, 2007
Russell Naylor, engineers representative for Limerick City Council, Ken McIntyre, of J Barry & Partners, and Peter Jacques, divisional manager tunnelling for J Murphy & Sons, gave a presentation to the British Tunnelling Society in January about the complex works for Ireland’s Main Drainage Scheme in Limerick

Ground freezing to help heat Vienna
15 February, 2007
Ing. Norbert Hörlein, of PORR Tunnelbau, describes a new method of ground freezing developed to minimise TBM damage