Search Results: 'Skanska'

Rail rules for the Swiss
12 December, 2000
Felix Amberg spoke about the overall concept of the Alp base tunnels. Aspects of planning, design and construction were described. The presentation included a detailed appraisal of the 57km long Gotthard base tunnel.

Operation Dartford
12 December, 2000
Replacing decaying structures in road and rail tunnels is becoming an increasingly significant workload sector. Editor, Adrian Greeman looks at one such project, the renewal of the road deck in the UK's Dartford tunnels.

AlpTransit's first major excavations
14 September, 2000
For years the AlpTransit link was being planned and discussed. Now, finally, it is happening

Determination to overcome difficulties
01 August, 2000
No stranger to meeting difficulties the tunnelling industry was presented with plenty during the past year.

Innovative gas storage cavern
06 May, 2000
The world's first steel lined rock cavern for the storage of natural gas is under construction just north of Halmstad in south west Sweden. The facility will demonstrate a new Swedish technique known as Lined Rock Cavern (LRC), by which gas is stored in a lined cavern at high pressure, the rock being used to absorb the pressure. The domed roof of the cavern, and the precision specified, call for the use of advanced construction techniques.