Search Results: 'Vinci'

El Azhar road tunnel Cairo's new frontier
01 November, 2002
The 2.4km long, twin bore El Azhar road tunnel was designed and built in just 40 months to Europe's highest fire-safety standard. The project pioneered the use of a re-inforced sacrificial lining and also includes an unusual user escape system. Bill Welburn and Xavier de Nettancourt of Vinci Construction Grands Projets, describe the design and construction of the tunnel

Following the French connection – A86
01 October, 2002
The contentious 10km long, A86 highway tunnel, forms the last section of the Paris ring motorway. The single-bore, double road deck design has been a subject of scrutiny, following a series of European tunnel fires. Adrian Greeman recently visited the project works

Heathrow's ART takes off
01 July, 2002
In the sensitive confines of an airside tunnel construction site, planning ahead to minimise settlement near a busy runway is vital. Tris Thomas reports from the ART project at the UK's Heathrow airport where extensive measures have been undertaken to aid the smooth construction of the project's 1.3km long, 8.1m i.d. twin tunnels

Winner - Large Project Award
13 June, 2002
Eurolink JV (Morgan Tunnelling, Vinci, Beton und Monierbau), Rail Link Engineering - North Downs Tunnel

2002 Tunnelling Industry Awards
13 June, 2002
On 10 May the first Tunnelling Industry Awards ceremony took place, an event jointly organised by the BTS and T&T International, to recognise and reward achievement within the underground construction industry in the UK

Automated quality for Heathrow's tunnels
01 May, 2002
A new purpose built factory has been constructed at Ridham Dock, on the UK's North Kent coast, to manufacture tunnel lining segments for BAA's Airside Road and Terminal 5 projects at Heathrow Airport. Michael Town, precast manager for Morgan Est, describes the automated set-up and quality systems

Memorandum signed in Taiwan
14 January, 2002