Search Results: 'Robbins'

Arizona's mixed face mountain
01 December, 2001

Used, but not abused
06 November, 2001
As the amount of capital invested internationally in new equipment soars, refurbishment is rapidly increasing in status and becoming an even more attractive option when selecting plant. Talking to some of the leading manufacturers and suppliers in this sector, assistant editor Amanda Foley, reports on recent trends.

Makeovers keep old TBMs going strong
01 October, 2001
Tunnel machines are too expensive an investment to be discarded after one just one job, believes Dan Nowak, managing director of US-based Construction & Tunneling Services. He details how the company has kept two machines in active, high-performance service for more than 20 years.

Bulkhead bonus at Lake Manapouri
01 October, 2001
A unique bulkhead system created a dewatered area to enable connection of the second tailrace tunnel for New Zealand's Manapouri hydroelectric power station. The operation is described by former project engineer for Meridian Energy and Electricity Corporation of New Zealand, R John Caulfield PE GE of Jacobs Associates, and Brian Heer, assistant project director for Meridian Energy

Small Bore and Pipe Jacking
20 August, 2001

Transport Products
20 August, 2001

Microtunnelling manufacturers
09 June, 2001
T&TI reviews the major suppliers of small bore, remote controlled tunnelling equipment.

Relief to a land of no water
07 April, 2001
The massive project to bring water to Manabi province in Ecuador was examined at the British Tunnelling Society's informal discussion held at the ICE in February

World's set fair
01 March, 2001
Tunnelling machinery and major symposiums on tunnelling and microtunnelling will be prime features of Bauma 2001 to be held in Munich from 2-8 April. Mike Winney and T&TI report on major points of interest for tunnel engineers

Mission NOT impossible
01 March, 2001
A massive project to move water from China's flood prone south to the dry north might involve a 400km long tunnel. This is one of the many schemes by the government to modernise and develop the country. Han Moning, an expert in tunnelling technology – and a champion of the TBM – has been involved in the scheme since the 1960s, and spoke to Adrian Greeman.