Search Results: 'International Tunnelling Association'

Crossrail learning legacy – ongoing impact
29 December, 2023
The knowledge pool from Crossrail will live on for education on project development and execution, including tunnel excavation and underground station construction works, after Transport for London this year decided to keep the online library of the project (now the Elizabeth line) free and available

Tunnelling progress over the last three decades in China
29 December, 2023
While international tunnellers are aware of China’s many tunnel projects there is so much more to know. China can point to numerous project developments both built and under construction as well as technological innovations.

Information modelling in tunnelling
29 December, 2023
The matrix of procedures, processes and responsibilities in how to manage information in tunnelling projects in the era of BIM was the focus of guidance published last year by ITA’s Working Group 22. T&T looks at key points and recommendations

STUVA 2023
27 October, 2023
The STUVA conference takes place in Munich in early November and promises a packed programme with varied discussions plus a busy exhibition

Updated Code on Risk Management
26 September, 2023
Earlier this year, the ITA and IMIA published the updated, 3rd edition of their Code of Practice for Risk Management in Tunnel Works

Stronger for the Next 50 Years
26 September, 2023
To help deliver on the ambitious agenda that got him elected barely 12 months ago, ITA President Arnold Dix has had a whirlwind year of near non-stop global travel. As promised to the organisation’s gathering on the occasion of the World Tunnel Congress (WTC), in September 2022, in Copenhagen, Dix planned to act fast and relentlessly in pursuit of the mission that got him elected, unopposed. Since then, he has built momentum for speedy delivery, barely stopping on the way. Here, he outlines for T&T readers what has been achieved so far and what is coming next

ITA guide on spoil handling
24 July, 2023
Key points on working with spoil from all types of tunnelling was issued as further guidance last year from ITA’s Working Group 14 (Mechanized Tunnelling – Task Group 4), building on earlier work. A summary review is presented

BIM in tunnelling - past, present & future
26 June, 2023
BIM enables unprecedented collaboration and information sharing in infrastructure development, yet better understanding of what it is, isn’t, and could be is needed, say Kurt Zeidler and Vojtech Ernst Gall, of Gall Zeidler Consultants

Hizray project: A focus of UYAK 2023
19 June, 2023
Hizray is a major metro project of global significance that is planned to be bored mostly by TBM below Istanbul. The project will be a key part of discussions at the rescheduled UYAK 2023 conference, in early June

Programme for WTC 2023
24 April, 2023
Tunnellers will be travelling from across the world to meet in Athens, Greece, this May at the WTC 2023 conference and exhibition

Dramix solution for sustainable concrete lining
24 April, 2023
Benoit de Rivaz, technical director for Bekaert BP Underground Solutions, discusses the group’s positioning in the international construction world and the place for fibre reinforced concrete in sustainable lining solutions for tunnels

Consultation launched for tunnelling machines standards
27 March, 2023
Consultation is underway on revisions to two CEN standards that are vital for the safety of tunnelling machines used in Europe and across the world. Dr Donald Lamont – a UK participant in the work – urges the tunnelling industry to respond by the deadline of mid-May

Two tales of technology
23 January, 2023
Recent technology successes for Robbins include an award-winning conversion of a TBM diameter while underground, and continuing to see the difference the robust McNally support system delivers for excavations in difficult ground

25 years of BTS/ICE specification for tunnelling
16 January, 2023
With all the upheavals of 2022 such as the passing of the late Queen, having the third Prime Minister in a single year at the time of writing and the deeply disturbing ongoing multi crisis it is easy to overlook that we celebrate a successful 25 years of the BTS/ICE Specification for Tunnelling in 2022.