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Data focus on rail & metro tunnels
22 January, 2024
Courtesy of GlobalData, a sister publication of T&T, we take a look at tunnel-based infrastructure project spend which is dominated by the transport sector, itself led in activity by rail & metro, based on figures from the Q3-2023 analysis

BTSYM workshop – waterproofing in tunnels
29 December, 2023
Earlier this year, BTSYM held a workshop where young members heard from Sika UK’s Head of Infrastructure, Sarah Langley, on the basics of waterproofing for tunnels. After attended the highly informative event, Avantika Raj, Tunnel Engineer with Dr Sauer & Partners, prepared this report for T&T

ITA guide on spoil handling
24 July, 2023
Key points on working with spoil from all types of tunnelling was issued as further guidance last year from ITA’s Working Group 14 (Mechanized Tunnelling – Task Group 4), building on earlier work. A summary review is presented

BIM in tunnelling - past, present & future
26 June, 2023
BIM enables unprecedented collaboration and information sharing in infrastructure development, yet better understanding of what it is, isn’t, and could be is needed, say Kurt Zeidler and Vojtech Ernst Gall, of Gall Zeidler Consultants

Using rebuilt TBM’s to help reduce environmental impact
24 April, 2023
The world needs to reduce its carbon emissions. The tunnelling industry needs to play its part in that effort. TBM makers Robbins recently came together with T&T to host a webinar on how re-using TBMs can help reduce the carbon footprint of tunnel construction. Doug Harding, vice-president of Robbins, and Christian Heinz, project manager for J. F. Shea, gave the benefit of their experience and answered questions from participants. Julian Champkin moderated the discussion and reports on the webinar

Spotlight on Austrian Alpine Tunnelling
31 October, 2022
The 13th Austrian Tunnel Day and 71st Geomechanics Colloquium takes place in October in Salzburg.

Digital drive
29 October, 2021
Digital technology promises multiple benefits and is making huge inroads in many sectors but its take-up in tunnelling and other infrastructure projects is still at relatively early stages. Report by Patrick Reynolds

The China experience
30 September, 2019
Chinese industrial leaders outlined their hopes for growth in construction equipment exports at Bauma this spring. The underground market is a key target for these suppliers, but the process of going abroad has not been without challenges, even with an enormous push from Beijing to finance foreign infrastructure, Alex Conacher reports

The new network
14 August, 2019
Alex Conacher travelled to Changsha, China, to meet with a number of Chinese manufacturers as, spurred on by an enormous China-led investment programme, they take a more international approach to their businesses

Better Below
20 December, 2018
Critics cite delays and cost overruns when new infrastructure is being considered and at the root of this is often construction impeded by issues with utilities. A new emphasis on underground utility engineering looks for ways to better cope with the urban subsurface, Nicole Robinson reports

Better below
04 July, 2018
Critics cite delays and cost overruns when new infrastructure is being considered and at the root of this is often construction impeded by issues with utilities. A new emphasis on underground utility engineering looks for ways to better cope with the urban subsurface, Nicole Robinson reports

School’s in
22 January, 2018
Paola De Pascali looks at an array of the education and training programmes for underground construction that are on offer around the world

Tunnelling in the jungle
22 January, 2018
Snakes and hard sandstone were among the challenges facing Seli Overseas on a new 11.5km low pressure headrace tunnel for a hydroelectric project in Laos

Picking favourites
26 December, 2017
Sandvik’s vice-president for tunnelling drills Pekka Nieminen shares his career highlights, from complex rock in Switzerland to computerised drilling jumbos in South Korea

Spending probes
15 November, 2017
Perspectives on the relationship of SI spending and ground risk. Report by Patrick Reynolds

In the field
18 October, 2017
In June students from the geomechanics graduate program at Queen’s University in Kingston, travelled to Europe for two weeks of research and tours—seeing first hand the challenges and innovative solutions required to complete the region’s impressive geological engineering projects. Mark Diederichs reports

Utility placement
30 January, 2017
Tunnels and Tunnelling takes a trip to Herrenknecht in Schwanau and meets Michael Lubberger, senior product manager for pipelines to find out more about developments in the utility placement range

Euro Vision
31 December, 2015
The scale and ambition of tunnelling projects in Europe continue to push boundaries. Keren Fallwell Reports.

Thinking GEO
03 November, 2015
Mark Diederichs, professor of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, discusses tunnelling education, research and deveopment and the role of geological engineering

The power of protest
13 October, 2015
Keeping the public informed and on side is a key aspect of giant projects such as base tunnels. Adrian Greeman explores the strategies to win the PR battle