Never so bored in NY
12 August, 2010
New York’s East Side Access (ESA) rail project has used a pair of TBMs to help cavern construction by lancing repeatedly into the rock below Manhattan. Report by Patrick Reynolds
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So San Francisco doesn’t go thirsty
5 August, 2010
Like most infrastructure in the San Francisco area, the Crystal Springs By-pass Pipeline can be affected by seismic activity, so the risk assessment of its design, safety and functionality has to take this into consideration. It was decided...
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Home run for river clean up
3 August, 2010
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North America’s project potential
August 2010
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Abu Dhabi’s super sewer
July 2010
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Measuring up the Middle East
July 2010
Technical Reviews
Still thrusting forward
17 August, 2010
The jacking of pipes and other structures to create underground space is something of a Cinderella pursuit compared to the more glamorous, ‘sharp end’ activities of TBMs and drilling, yet it occupies an important place in our overall industry....
LEDs leading lighting
11 August, 2010
Following a renovation that finished in June, the Vlake Tunnel is now the first in Europe to be fully lit with LEDs and the first to use LED linear lighting, Nicole Robinson reports.
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Clarifying the fog of fibres
July 2010
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Breaking new ground in Rome
July 2010
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Two-component backfill grouting on Rome’s Line C
July 2010
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Segment fibre reinforcement in Barcelona
July 2010
BTS
West Ham Flood Alleviation Scheme
July 2010
For the May 2010 meeting of the British Tunnelling Society Steve Lousley of Southern Water, John Sweetnam of Aecom and Andrew Morgan and Tony Parsons of Costain made a presentation on the West Ham Flood Alleviation Scheme in London
The Gotthard Base Tunnel and Sedrun
11 June, 2010
At the March meeting of the British Tunnelling Society Hans Bartschat and Michael Gutzeit of Bilfinger Berger’s Tunnelling Division reviewed the new Gotthard Base Tunnel project, and in particular, the Sedrun section of what will be the...
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Design and construction of deep shafts
10 June, 2010
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UK’s ability to muster resources
23 March, 2010
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Belfast Sewers Project – part 2
10 February, 2010
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Canada Line’s ground stability in EPBM
May 2009