Search Results: 'International Tunnelling Association'

The Emerald Book
31 October, 2019
FIDIC board member Aisha Nadar is the main board liaison for contracts. She explains the rationale and thinking behind the recently launched FIDIC Emerald Book, the Conditions of Contract for Underground Works

TAC Directors’ Reports / Quebec and Maritimes
22 October, 2019
Every autumn the TAC directors report on projects and activities in their regions.

Properties of Fibres
30 September, 2019
Benoit De Rivaz, a fibre expert working with Bekaert Maccaferri, a supplier of steel and polymer fibre discusses the various material characteristics of steel and polymer fibres, with special regards to long-term performance

Code red
30 September, 2019
Following the World Tunnel Congress in Naples, Paola de Pascali looks at Italy’s political and economic crisis, which is shared by the construction sector, itself struggling to stay afloat as large amounts of money are being lost

The China experience
30 September, 2019
Chinese industrial leaders outlined their hopes for growth in construction equipment exports at Bauma this spring. The underground market is a key target for these suppliers, but the process of going abroad has not been without challenges, even with an enormous push from Beijing to finance foreign infrastructure, Alex Conacher reports

TAC 2019
27 September, 2019
This year’s workshop focuses on the use of tunnelling technologies and underground space for stormwater and flood control

WTC Naples
14 August, 2019
The World Tunnel Congress returned to Italy in May this year. Following a successful show, Paola De Pascali presents this report

Conditions of contract
06 June, 2019
Alex Conacher reports on the Emerald Book, published at WTC 2019

International Iberia
10 April, 2019
Paola De Pascali interviews Spanish infrastructure companies and the Spanish Association of Tunnels and Underground Works to understand how the financial crisis affected the tunnelling industry and how the companies became active abroad, getting a strong presence on the international tunnelling market.

Welcome to Naples
10 April, 2019
Andrea Pigorini, president of Italy’s national tunnelling body SIG welcomes the industry to Naples for the 2019 World Tunnel Congress

Tunnel construction impacts on utility pipelines
12 February, 2019
The lecture was presented at the Institution of Civil Engineers on 19th January 2017. Dr. Barry New was introduced by Lord Robert Mair. This paper is based on the lecture and contains further supporting material and analyses.