Search Results: 'Docklands Light Railway'

From the ground up - to project control
14 March, 2011
What happens when underground construction practice doesn’t follow design theory? How can engineers find out what is actually happening with accuracy to reduce risk? The principles of structural monitoring have been known for many years but technical developments in instruments to test ground conditions in situ have increased reliability and reduced cost to such an extent that the wealth of information available has required new thinking in data handling, analysis and presentation. Maurice Jones checks with some leading participants on how data is now collected handled and used, plus how improvements might come about

Crossrail appointments
25 February, 2011

Monitoring Stratford
11 November, 2010
Careful monitoring of potential surface movements under railways was required as part of the West Ham Flood Alleviation Scheme for Thames Water in East London. Stewart Harrison, survey consultant for rail and tunnels with SCCS, describes the advanced methodology of survey operations employed

West Ham Flood Alleviation Scheme
26 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

New ticket hall opens at Kings Cross
05 January, 2010

DLR Woolwich link opens early
12 February, 2009

Segmental success in detailed control
30 January, 2009
Technical journalist Maurice Jones examines some recent developments in improving both efficiency and quality of segmental linings

Delivering the DLR Extension
10 November, 2007
At September’s British Tunnelling Society meeting, Harvey Pownall, general manager of concession company WARE, Andy Allder, lead designer for Halcrow, and Dalgit Dhanda project manager for Morgan Est (formerly Amec) presented the contractual, design and construction challenges on London’s Docklands Light Railway (DLR) Woolwich Arsenal Extension

Amec completes Woolwich drives
07 August, 2007

DLR dives safely under the Thames
26 June, 2007
Editor, Tris Thomas, reports from the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) extension under the River Thames, in London, where lessons learned on the first of the 1.8km drives looks sure to assist boring the second

Hyperbaric health & safety
10 May, 2007
Technical journalist Maurice Jones checks on current accepted compressed air procedures, and why technology transfer and development is still an important course of action

One down at Woolwich DLR
01 February, 2007

DLR starts works for Woolwich link
01 August, 2005

Amec secures DLR extension
01 February, 2005

DLR bids prequal
01 May, 2004

DLR's Crossrail link
01 March, 2004

Nishimatsu's £1M blowout
01 February, 2004

London boom sets the scene for UC'03
01 September, 2003
Underground Construction 2003 is due to be held on the 24-25 September at the ExCeL conference and exhibition centre in London's docklands. At a time when tunnelling activity in London is at its peak, this year's event is set to outstrip the success of its predecessors

DLR looks at new cross-Thames link
01 October, 2001

Getting rid of the water
06 January, 2001
Dewatering is a valuable and economic technique for dealing with groundwater at tunnel sites. But even in rocky conditions it must be handled carefully, says David Hartwell, in an overview of modern practice.