Search Results: 'ICE'

Portals and protection
21 December, 2010
Work on construction of insitu concrete portals and installation of water and frost protection (WFP) benefited from a gathering of innovative ideas and systems

Preparing the way
21 December, 2010
With an Icelandic contract, Norwegian tunnel design standards and international bidders, a range of local and foreign engineers were assembled to prepare for construction of the Hedinsfjordur project, which includes the country’s longest road tunnel

There must be a better way
14 December, 2010
Ground conditions and risk allocation: Combining the NEC Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC) and the Geotechnical Baseline Report (GBR). Article by Randall Essex, director of tunnelling, Hatch Mott Macdonald; and from Mott MacDonald, Richard Patterson, NEC and procurement specialist; Ian Duncan, geotechnical specialist and Andrew Hindmarsh, senior project manager

Gotthard – first of the 21st century tunnels
06 December, 2010
Gotthard’s progress has been dictated by complex geology and the limits of rock tunnel technology as well as social and political issues before and during construction

Panama power
10 November, 2010
EPB TBMs are to drive through highly variable, lahar volcanic rock to bore headrace tunnels for a string of small hydro plants in Panama. Report by Patrick Reynolds

Digging under The Dorchester
22 September, 2010
Excavating a 2.7m diameter tunnel 12m under busy London streets and with only a hotel basement for access posed a challenge for designers and contractors on The Dorchester Hotel service link tunnel. Petr Salak of Mott MacDonald, Matt Mules of Kier Construction and John Comins of Joseph Gallagher give this report

Managing ground risk
22 September, 2010
Nigel Legge of Nigel Legge Associates and Iain Suttie of Berwin Leighton Paisner look at the role of project management and contracts in managing ground risk

Stabilising ground conditions around tunnelling routes
22 September, 2010
Preparing the ground ahead of excavation can drastically cut the time and cost of tunnelling. Ian Clarke looks at some of the methods available to tunnellers

Bachy Soletanche scoops award
05 July, 2010

Beneath the barrier
10 June, 2010
The St Petersburg Flood Barrier is the largest and most complex flood protection project in the world including six sluice complexes, a road tunnel, a movable bridge, 23km of dams, a six-lane highway and two closable openings for shipping traffic. Garry Whitaker of Halcrow reports

UK’s ability to muster resources
23 March, 2010
With a heavy programme of tunnelling work ahead of it, the UK industry gathered in the ICE Telford Theatre in December to debate its ability to rise to the challenge. Hosted, appropriately, by the BTS Young Members, a packed audience of all ages and affiliations discussed an issue that has generated significant discussion among junior and senior members and is encompassed by the motion: This house believes that the UK tunnelling industry has the sufficient range of engineering expertise and resources to meet the challenges of future projects. As the meeting unfolded, nationalism, internationalism, ageism, and historic reference, all came into the discussion as Neville Harrison (Consultant) and Harnaik Mann (Arup and Vice-Chair of the BTS Young Members committee) proposed the motion and Jon Banyai (Mott MacDonald and Chair of the BTS YM Support Group) and John Edwards (Morgan Est) presented the opposition