Search Results: 'Robbins'

In the pink
24 November, 2015
A treacherous under passing of an historical gate in Jaipur is the key challenge on the city’s first venture into underground mass rapid transit. Alex Conacher speaks to Chris Cooper of contractor CICI and Jim Clark of manufacturer Robbins

TAC Reports
03 November, 2015
Every October the four Tunnel Association of Canada (TAC) regional directors provide anoverview of the market in their annual reports

The move to mechanisation
23 September, 2015
It is in base tunnels that the TB M can really come into its own. Adrian Greeman reports

Harbour rescue
13 August, 2015
Despite damage by Superstorm Sandy, crews are smoothly wrapping up a successful tunnel project in New York. The journey to TBM breakthrough this January, however, was anything but smooth. Robbins technical writer Desiree Willis reports.

Chennai challenge
30 June, 2015
Can India’s coastal city get its subway on track to deal with ageing infrastructure and a rapidly expanding population Robbins technical writer Desiree Willis investigates.

What lies beneath
24 June, 2015
The WTP4 project in Austin, Texas, is now providing clean drinking water to Austin area residents and businesses. With more than two million man hours worked on WTP4 and with the project completed, technical journalist Rhian Owen looks at the two separate contracts during the last year of construction and what led to the successful execution.

When the ground gets tough
27 May, 2015
Rhian Owen explores TBM cutter options with a focus on mixed ground

Harbour Rescue
20 May, 2015
At a harbour-side jobsite in New York, USA crews are smoothly wrapping up a successful water tunnel project. The journey to TBM breakthrough in January 2015, however, was anything but smooth. Robbins technical writer Desiree Willis reports

Mobilising Latin America
24 March, 2015
Major infrastructure projects across Latin America will mobilise both people and freight and provide much needed energy and utilities and the tunnelling sector is set to benefit. Technical journalist Sally Spencer reports

Rolling, Rolling
24 March, 2015
Conveyor use as a mucking system is spreading almost to the point of ubiquity, according to manufacturers. Technical journalist Keren Fallwell reports

Future writ large
25 February, 2015
Desiree Willis, Robbins technical writer takes a look at the changing face of large diameter Earth Pressure Balance Machines.

Banking on it
30 January, 2015
Work on an EPA-mandated tunnel will clean up an urban Ohio waterway. Desiree Wills, technical writer for The Robbins Company reports on the construction, TBM and the severe winter weather of the Black River tunnel project.

TAC Review
30 January, 2015
The Tunnelling Association of Canada’s regional directors give their annual reports on the industry.

Are we there yet?
29 January, 2015
Moving materials to a jobsite in the centre of a major city or hauling TBM components up steep mountainous routes has its challenges, which can affect a project’s cost and timescale. Rhian Owen investigates the increasing importance of an effective logistics system from the beginning.