Search Results: 'McConnell Dowell'

From Gold Mine to Hydroelectricity – Kidston Pumped Storage Project
26 September, 2023
At the annual joint BTS and MinSouth meeting, held on 9 February at the Institution of Civil Engineers, in London, Clare Önal – a Principal Engineer with the tunnels team of Mott MacDonald – gave a presentation on the conversion of an abandoned gold mine at Kidston in Queensland, Australia, to a pumped storage hydroelectric (PSH) scheme. Andrew Hindmarch, Senior Principal Tunnel Engineer of Mott MacDonald was the rapporteur

National grids
25 March, 2021
Utility grid projects bring a variety of tunnelling challenges. Report by Patrick Reynolds

Changing safety culture
29 August, 2018
Leah Jacobs looks at her own contribution to the Waterview Connection project in New Zealand

Sydney gets connected
28 July, 2015
Sydney’s ambitious WestConnex project aims to get the traffic owing freely – and two-thirds of it will be underground. Sally Spencer reports on the project, one of the NSW Government’s key infrastructure projects which aims to ease congestion, create jobs and connect communities, said to be the largest integrated transport and urban revitalisation project in Australia.

Alice in Auckland
18 December, 2014
Rhian Owen reports on the Waterview Connection project in Auckland, New Zealand

Antipodean Anxiety
18 December, 2014
Hailed as one of the world’s top safe-haven, value-retaining economies in recent years, New Zealand has been basking in the warm glow of a successful battle against a crash, but for how long? Rhian Owen reports

Opportunity rocks
27 December, 2012
Hong Kong develops into the main base of operations for the Asia Pacific, while Singapore strives to become to hottest destination for professionals, and both scrap for skilled labour. Alex Conacher speaks to three expats

Fifty shades of brown
27 December, 2012
Slurry handling on Singapore’s Downtown Line Two contract 916 has been cited as an example of ‘slurry done right’. This paper by Gwyn Jones, deputy construction manager and tunnel manager for McConnell Dowell discusses the principles of managing slurry during tunnelling operation with particular reference to tunnelling in mixed face

Dynamism of the East
22 August, 2011
Running along the fiery Asia Pacific coast are some of the most explosive tunneling markets in the world. Hong Kong is booming, Japan is storming ahead in innovation, Malaysia is clamping down on corruption and Singapore is a hot bed of activity. Alex Conacher tries to keep up

Singapore sting
13 April, 2011
TBM firms on new metro projects in Singapore are being asked to provide performance bonds direct to the client that can be called on in the event of a dispute during construction, regardless of who is at fault. John McKenna reports

Bright future for Australasia
23 September, 2008
ATS journal editor, David Lees, gives an overview of the booming tunnelling workload mooted for Australasia in the coming years

Hyperbaric health & safety
10 May, 2007
Technical journalist Maurice Jones checks on current accepted compressed air procedures, and why technology transfer and development is still an important course of action

Driving forces
11 January, 2002
In the past five years there has been a strong interest in the development of tunnels and underground space in Australia and in particular in Sydney writes David Lees of the Australian Underground Construction and Tunnelling Association