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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

Blasting above the Brandleite
01 July, 2002
When completed in spring 2003 the Rennsteig tunnel, at 7.9km, will be the longest highway tunnel in Germany. The twin tube tunnel is the most expensive element of the new A71/A73 highway, connecting Erfurt with Schweinfurt and included crossing the 112 year old Brandleite railway tunnel with only 6m of cover. G. Denzer of DEGES and R. Maidl, Ingenieurbüro Prof. Dr.-Ing. B. Maidl - Dipl.-Ing. R. Maidl, describe the project

Box Jacking - the road to Histadrut
01 July, 2002
Danny Sherban and Rania Gideon of Yodfat Engineers were joined by Jack Knight of Charles Haswell and John Belton of British Drilling and Freezing to give a presentation on a recent box-jacking project in Israel to the British Tunnelling Society on 18 April 2002. Ground freezing was an important element of the temporary works

Contributions from the floor
05 May, 2002

Bolivian restart
01 March, 2002

Rendezvous at Folkestone
02 January, 2002
The design and construction of the Folkestone interceptor tunnels was the subject of a paper submitted for the British Tunnelling Society's Harding Prize competition by Caroline Beirne of Mott MacDonald.