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Tunnelling Through Cork
12 December, 2000
Contractor JV, Nuttall/Ascon is using unusual techniques during the construction of a 2.6km long TBM driven sewer relief tunnel in Cork City, Ireland. Associate editor, Tris Thomas visited the site and reports on methods and progress to date.

When Hull freezes over
14 October, 2000
Associate editor, Tris Thomas, assesses the remediation techniques currently being used on a collapsed section of the Humbercare tunnel in Hull, UK.

Manufacturers go for more used plant
10 August, 2000
Tight margins for the tunnelling industry mean that good quality used and/or refurbished plant is an attractive proposition. Major manufacturers of new plant are now taking an increased interest in this market – if there is money to be made. Maurice Jones reports on the trend.

No holiday at Great Yarmouth
01 August, 2000
The opening up of the UK power market has led to a number of private initiatives, among which is Great Yarmouth Power's project on the sea front at the east England seaside resort of Great Yarmouth. This report is on the project's tunnelling and shaft sinking for cable ducts and cooling water.

Changi Airport Line
30 March, 2000

All systems go in Singapore
30 March, 2000
Traditionally, the underground construction industry in Singapore has been more concerned with the successful delivery of infrastructure projects than blowing its own trumpet. However, with the volume of investment now under way in this small island state and a rolling programme of schemes earmarked for the next three decades, there is huge interest in the tunnelling market here. Editor Steve McCormack was invited by the Land Transport Authority to visit key contracts in progress.

Monitoring settlement in London Clay
25 January, 2000
One of the major considerations when tunnelling in cities is the influence that underground works have on overlying structures. To further understanding of mechanisms involved in the development of settlement troughs, Brown & Root in the UK has embarked upon an internally funded project. A monitoring site was established along the line of an advancing tunnel to investigate the relationship between tunnel construction and the response of the surrounding ground.