Search Results: 'ICE'

TBM ready for Evergreen Line
14 November, 2013
The TBM for Vancouver’s Evergreen Line LRT project has been shipped from the Cat factory in Ontario, Transport Canada announced November 7.

Evidence of 9,000 year old London settlement discovered
13 August, 2013
Evidence of humans living on the Thames 9,000 years ago have been discovered by Crossrail archaeologists, the company announced earlier today. The discovery of a Mesolithic Œtool-making factory¹, which included 150 pieces of flint, among them blades, were found at Crossrail¹s tunnelling worksite in North Woolwich.

London Bank upgrade awarded
15 July, 2013
Transport for London¹s (TfL) Board has approved the funding to award a contract to Dragados SA, through the new Innovative Contractor Engagement (ICE) process for the Bank station capacity upgrade project, it was announced last week. TfL has notified all contract bidders of the outcome of the procurement and started the standstill period, which will end in four days time, after which TfL will formally award the contract.

Norra Laenken’s novel lining
17 May, 2013
In the January BTS meeting, technical and risk manager Andreas Raedle, construction manager Jörg Steppuhn and site manager Felix Lenzen, all of Hochtief Solutions, presented on the Norra Laenken road tunnel project in Stockholm, Sweden. This article gives an overview of both the design and construction for the Lot NL 35project, including the pre-grouting works, the drill and blast operations and a new concept for inner lining

Rock Me Amadeus
28 February, 2013
NATM is a frequently misunderstood approach to tunnelling. Its de¬ nition, its use and its advantages are often the subject of debate. In this issue of Tunnels, Austrian Society for Geomechanics (OeGG) president Wulf Schubert attempts to tackle the issue.

How low can you go?
20 February, 2013
TBMs have successfully passed beneath the Montlake Cut on Seattle’s University Link Project with only 4m of cover. Andrew Mencke and Lynn Salvati of Jacobs Associates, Seattle, Richard McLane of Traylor Brothers, Seattle, and John Sleavin of Sound Transit, Seattle, explain the design and construction process

Rohtang praying for rock
17 January, 2013
The Rohtang Pass tunnel in India’s northern Jammu & Kashmir region is an ambitious project to provide year-round access to a remote group of communities. The Strabag- Afcons JV has hit woeful ground conditions and braved the worst the Himalayas can throw at it as work on this infrastructure lifeline slowly progresses. Alex Conacher speaks to Peter Reichenspurner, Strabag’s technical area manager for Asia and Africa, tunnelling division