Search Results: 'Hitachi'

What goes up
19 December, 2013
Ensuring the correct lifting strategy is vital to the success of any tunnelling project, reports technical journalist Bernadette Ballantyne.

Golden soil and wealth for toil
04 December, 2013
Few countries have as many mineral resources as Australia, and in such quantities, from coal and oil to iron, gold and nickel. Mining and other extraction is an increasingly large part of the economy, reports technical journalist Adrian Greeman

Northern Exposure
19 February, 2013
While Seattle is known for its grey drizzly days, the climate for tunnelling is all blue skies. Sound Transit will bid another major tunnelling contract for its regional mass transit system this March, Nicole Robinson reports

Seattle Surge
19 February, 2013
The west coast of the US is home to a strong tunnelling market. Tunnels North America looks at Seattle in particular this issue, but let there be no doubt, other cities in the region are just as busy underground, Nicole Robinson reports

TBM LIFTS
19 February, 2013
Robbins technical writer Desiree Willis looks at the pivotal role of cranes in TBM assembly