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Out and in at sea
Major lifts for tunnel projects have taken place at sea recently for an outfall off Kuwait and at Hinkley Point C power station, in UK.
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Spotlight on Austrian Alpine Tunnelling
The 13th Austrian Tunnel Day and 71st Geomechanics Colloquium takes place in October in Salzburg.
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A Look Beyond Only Physical: Virtual Master Rings
Florian Werres of VMT describes a digital approach to achieving the assurance of segmental quality for bored tunnels without always physically erecting master rings.
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Acciona has won the contract to deliver stage two of Sydney’s third harbour crossing.
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Tideway completes secondary lining in western section
Thames Tideway has completed the secondary lining on the 7km western section of London’s new super sewer.
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VTA approved to pursue substantial funding for BART Silicon Valley extension
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) has received authority to pursue federal funding for up to 50% of the cost of Phase II of the BART Silicon Valley extension project.
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Thames Tideway Tunnel Update – 2022
This 2022 update from Thames Tideway Tunnel’s Client, Project Manager and Main Works Contractor teams will provide an overview of specific challenges across project areas (West, Central and East), and the solutions implemented for their resolution.
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BTSYM gears up for year ahead
George Doulkas, package manager for HS2 at Strabag, has been appointed chair of the British Tunnelling Society Young Members (BTSYM).
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Norway’s experience with extensive hydropower development and surge chamber cavern technology offered lessons for its underground oil and gas storage projects. This is an abridged report of the full paper by Prof. Bjørn Nilsen discussing the similarities and key lessons to share
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Leadership vision for a path toward sustainability
Shortly before his recent election as President of International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA-AITES), Prof Arnold Dix, a global expert in tunnel sector contractual arrangements, told T&T about his vision for how the international tunneling industry can accelerate its practical pursuit of sustainability – by being armed with new, tailored-made measurement tools and introducing a ‘non-dispute’ option in contract law
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Tunneling under operating highways and railways: Part 1
Keivan Rafie and Gary Kramer of Hatch present the first of their two-part look at lessons in planning and constructing tunnel crossings with shallow cover under live transport corridors
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Clean hat trick
Nicholson Construction has had three contracts for Project Clean Lake in Ohio, and each has posed its challenges. Keren Fallwell reports
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Out and in at sea
Major lifts for tunnel projects have taken place at sea recently for an outfall off Kuwait and at Hinkley Point C power station, in UK
