Search Results: 'Institution of Civil Engineers'

Past innovation on the historic Kilsby Tunnel
01 July, 2004
Dr M O'Reilly relives the construction of the UK's historic Kilsby Tunnel, completed in June 1838. Significant in the history of civil engineering, the tunnel represented the first major application of groundwater lowering by pumping, and helped to establish renowned UK engineer, Robert Stephenson's, reputation

Ground freeze remedy at Hull
01 February, 2004
During the construction of a 3.6m i.d. flow transfer tunnel in Hull, UK, a 100m length of completed tunnel collapsed. In her Harding Prize finalist paper, Sarah Munks, former tunnel engineer for Ove Arup and Partners, describes the incident and the artificial ground freezing employed, which permitted the reconstruction of the tunnel along its original alignment

Deadline looms for 2004 Awards
01 January, 2004