Search Results: 'Southern Water'

NATM challenges at Linz Central Station
01 December, 2003
Manfred Eder, managing director, and Johannes Lackner, project manager, of IL - Laabmayr & Partner Consulting Engineers, a member of the consulting JV responsible for NATM-tunnel design and site supervision for the new Linz Commuter Traffic Hub in Austria, discuss the design and construction challenges that have been faced on the NATM tunnel sections of the project

Filling the gap in packing requirements
01 October, 2003
Alex Lowson, Hatch Mott MacDonald's deputy engineering manager on the Arrowhead Tunnels Project in Southern California, describes his simple 'manual free' computer program that quickly and accurately determines tunnel segment packing requirements

KCRC Tsim Sha Tsui Extension Tunnels
01 October, 2003
Cut and cover construction of the Tsim Sha Tsui extension tunnel in Hong Kong has pushed the engineering limits of working in confined spaces. Ir Patrick Ng, project engineer for the client, the Kowloon Canton Railway Corporation, describes one of the city's most challenging underground projects to date

Back on track at Vietnam's Hai Van Tunnel
01 October, 2003
After early problems getting the tunnel works underway, progress on the Hai Van tunnel in central Vietnam is now on schedule for breakthrough in October and opening at the start of 2005. Resident engineer for the South Tunnel Section Nigel Butterfield, of the Louis Berger Group, reports on the current status on site

Flying ahead at Terminal 5
01 September, 2003
As part of Heathrow Airport's new Terminal 5 project, numerous underground works are required, including a Storm Water Outfall Tunnel, a service tunnel under the A3044, and extensions to the Piccadilly Line and Heathrow Express. Peter Clarke, planning manager, and Selby Thacker, production leader, for the Morgan Vinci JV, and Ian Williams, BAA project leader, describe the bored tunnel works currently in progress

Machine marathon at Guadarrama
01 July, 2003
The first of four 9.5m diameter hard rock TBMs went to work on the 28.3km long, Guadarrama rail tunnels in September 2002. Adrian Greeman, recently visited the site for T&TI and describes the challenges facing the machines on this marathon of a project

Multiple TBM action on Turin's metro
01 April, 2003
Tunnelling on Turin's first metro line is well underway, with three TBMs seeing action on the 9.3km long Phase 1. Client, the Turin Transport Group, explains the line's design and construction