Search Results: 'ITA'

Under pressure
29 December, 2021
Dr Donald Lamont and Roy Slocombe gave the British Tunnelling Society lecture in October on low, intermediate and high-pressure compressed air work, highlighting the launch of revised BTS CAWG guidance. Report by Dr Donald Lamont and Roy Slocombe

Eight winners announced for 2021 ITA Awards
06 December, 2021
The International Tunnelling Association (ITA) has announced the winners of the seventh edition of the ITA Tunnelling Awards.

Ladies in waiting
29 November, 2021
Women make up around half of the world’s population but are underrepresented in nearly every walk of life. Especially construction. In the UK, women make up roughly 13% of the construction industry; in the US it is about the same. But the majority of these will be working in office and admin roles. Go to site and it’s a different story.

Underground in Moscow
29 November, 2021
Moscow is constructing new metro lines at a rapid pace to better accommodate the city’s seven million passengers daily who use it. Julian Champkin spoke with Anna Merkulova, engineer and CEO of the Mosproekt-3 group of companies about the expansion programme

Asset management: Not somebody else’s problem
29 November, 2021
Martin Knights FREng and former ITA President discusses the importance of the intelligent care of ageing assets and gives details of a new initiative tasked with producing guidance on the management of tunnels

Registration opens for the seventh ITA Tunnelling Awards
05 November, 2021
Following the success of six ITA Tunnelling and Underground Space Awards held in previous years, the International Tunnelling Association has announced that registration is now open for this year’s awards which will once again be held as an online event.

ITA reveals 2021 Tunnelling Awards shortlist
25 October, 2021
ITA has announced the finalists of the seventh edition of the ITA Tunnelling Awards 2021 which aim to recognise the best and most innovative tunnelling projects worldwide.

NATM through challenging fault zones
07 September, 2021
Ryo Kashiwagi of Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency (JRTT) discusses the challenges from tunnelling the double-track Shinkansen railway which is close to an existing highway tunnel in an extremely soft fault crush zone

Spraying for success
12 August, 2021
Dr Alun Thomas of All2plan Consulting outlines some of the rudiments of sprayed concrete and gives a few tips that could prove useful to young engineers – and maybe to those not so young

Testing time for FRS permanent sprayed concrete linings
12 August, 2021
Benoit de Rivaz of Bekaert outlines a few test methods used to evaluate the behaviour of fibre-reinforced shotcrete for permanent sprayed concrete linings and how their results can optimise design and construction processes

World Bank to use Emerald Book for underground works contracts
21 July, 2021
International engineering federation FIDIC has extended its licensing terms to allow the World Bank (WB) to use the Emerald Book (Conditions of Contract for Underground Works) for all WB-financed underground works contracts.

BTS revises guide to compressed air working
19 July, 2021
A revision of the BTS ‘Guide to the Work in Compressed Air Regulations’ has been released by the British Tunnelling Society (BTS).

ITA prepares a 'Tunnelling Week' for September
01 July, 2021
To complement its Tunnelling Awards, ITA-AITES (the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association) has announced that it is organising a week dedicated to tunnelling and underground space knowledge transfer and debate.

ITA makes final call for tunnelling awards
28 June, 2021
ITA-AITES (the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association) has made a last call for entries to the ITA Tunnelling Awards 2021 for which the deadline to register is 30 June 2021.

ITA launches its seventh tunnelling awards
19 May, 2021
ITA – the International Tunnelling Association – has launched the ITA Tunnelling and Underground Space Awards 2021. This follows the success of the first six instances of the awards held as in-person events in Switzerland, Singapore, France, China, USA, and last year as a highly successful digital event.

Band of brothers or distant cousins?
30 April, 2021
Martin Knights FREng, former ITA President, compares the functions and fortunes over the past 50-odd years of the British Tunnelling Society and the International Tunnelling Association

AI and Machine Learning
30 April, 2021
Best use of artificial intelligence in tunnels will need data strategies plus experienced oversight, writes Patrick Reynolds

Review of ITA working group 12 PSCL linings
24 March, 2021
Martin Knights, Independent Consulting Engineer, former ITA President and Chair of London Bridge Associates reviews the new ITA Working Group 12: Permanent Sprayed Concrete Linings guidelines

Tales of tunnelling
23 March, 2021
The British Tunnelling Society was inaugurated exactly 50 years ago. Julian Champkin talked to its members about the society and its immense contribution to tunnelling

Athens to be the venue for WTC 2023
11 February, 2021
At an extraordinary meeting of the International Tunnelling Association (ITA) General Assembly yesterday, ITA member nations voted overwhelmingly in favour of Greece to host the WTC 2023 conference and General Assembly.