Search Results: 'ITA'

Celestino sets strategy
18 November, 2016
The ITA has released this Q&A with new president Tarcisio Celestino

FRC segment practice
17 August, 2016
At WTC 2016 in San Francisco, ITA’s Working Group 2 - Research published a document entitled Twenty Years of FRC Tunnel Segments Practice: Lessons Learnt and Proposed Design Principles.

Achievements and Aspirations
08 June, 2016
Last month saw a changing of the guard at the BTS, with Roger Bridge handing the Chairman’s baton over to Mark Leggett. They spoke to Sally Spencer about achievements thus far and plans for the future

The Turkish bullet
26 May, 2016
Less than four years old, the Turkish Tunnelling Society represents a sizeable membership, serves a burgeoning industry, and has an active programme of events. Alex Conacher speaks to its chairman, Nuh Bilgin and fellow professor at the Istanbul Technical University, Cemal Balci

Mitigation not litigation
16 May, 2016
On August 21, 2013, amidst a crowd of proud team members, "Mackenzie", the 1,500- ton (1,361 metric tons) Herrenknecht TBM completed its journey and broke into Shaft 5 of the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District's Euclid Creek Tunnel. Two years later the project is now in site-restoration and the NEORSD can reflect on what has become known as one of the most successful projects in their storied 43-year history. Michael Vitale of Hatch Mott MacDonald and Doug Gabriel of NEORSD report

WTC 2016
01 April, 2016
Registration is open for the worldwide tunnelling event of the year, with as many as 600 unique technical presentations, short courses and breakout sessions, and more than 200 exhibitors from around the world. Here’s a look at the highlights planned for this year’s conference and be sure to visit Tunnels & Tunnelling at Booth 1215 at this year’s WTC in San Francisco.