New BTS website to be revealed

- Notices of evening meetings and conferences are provided with calendar items and links to meeting video recordings

- The website contains a search facility

- The BTSYM have a section of the new BTS website, and the BTS and BTSYM sites are now combined, providing uniformity of design

- The website contains a secure web booking and payment system, allowing secure transactions relating to events and courses

- A 'members only' area will follow later this year - allowing the BTS to load additional information which can be restricted to Members only

- A file sharing area where the BTS Committee, Subcommittees, and Working Groups can share files and work together on a common document

- The database of UK tunnels, which was attached to the old website, is now out of date and the database is currently being reconstructed to provide additional information, an improved search facility, and to allow for input from projects

The re-design has been carried out by the website subcommittee under the direction of Ken Spiby, who defined the new structure and input much of the content. The subcommittee changed website provider to the Commercial Applications Company, who designed and built the new site, and going forward will have direct control over the input of content (cutting out a third party delay in updating). This has also resulted in a significant saving for the BTS in annual service and maintenance costs.

Spiby added, "The old BTS website has not seen any significant changes for around 10 years, and its structure has been restricting the ability to increase functionality, and so the BTS Committee decided that it was time to start again and build a modern looking website with additional functionality and flexibility built in.

"The BTS committee and website subcommittee would welcome any feedback on the new site, and on any further functionality or information that our Members would like to see on it."