Search Results: 'Amec'

Performance of fibres for concrete
01 September, 2003
John Greenhalgh, technical sales representative for Bekaert Building Products UK, describes various types of fibre reinforcement available for underground construction and how the various characteristics of these fibres affect concrete performance

Flying ahead at Terminal 5
01 September, 2003
As part of Heathrow Airport's new Terminal 5 project, numerous underground works are required, including a Storm Water Outfall Tunnel, a service tunnel under the A3044, and extensions to the Piccadilly Line and Heathrow Express. Peter Clarke, planning manager, and Selby Thacker, production leader, for the Morgan Vinci JV, and Ian Williams, BAA project leader, describe the bored tunnel works currently in progress

Anchorage testing and monitoring
01 September, 2003
M Chappell and BH Jackson of Amec, Dr A Starkey, of the University of Aberdeen, describe the latest developments in GRANIT, the new non-destructive non invasive testing system designed to assess anchor integrity.

The ART of success under Heathrow
01 September, 2003
Exactly one year after tunnelling commenced on the 1.3km long twin-bore Airside Road Tunnel (ART) project, under the UK's busiest airport taxi-ways, breakthrough was successfully achieved. Ian Williams, BAA project leader, and Selby Thacker, production leader for the Morgan Vinci JV, describe the challenges met during the project

Amec Spie launch
05 August, 2003

Creating a 'safety culture'
01 June, 2003

Amec for UK tunnel
01 June, 2003

CIRIA Report C574 - Engineering in Chalk
01 May, 2003

Singapore contracts
01 May, 2003

Amec wins Thames tunnel cable contract
01 May, 2003

Amec wins UK cable contract
22 April, 2003

Breakthrough technology on CTRL
01 April, 2003
Last month, CTRL's 'C320 - Thames Tunnels' TBM broke through into the Thurrock reception chamber, on the north side of the River Thames in the UK, using a new technique involving the use of glass-fibre bars (GFRP) instead of steel reinforcement for construction of the diaphragm headwalls. Jürgen Mielenz, temporary works manager for the contractor, the Hochtief/Murphy JV, describes the methods employed

UK wins put spring in Amec's step
20 February, 2003

Heathrow's ART comes into land
01 January, 2003

Balfour wins Hindhead
15 October, 2002

Insuring an industry
01 October, 2002
As a result of some recent high-profile incidents within the industry, insurers have been increasingly concerned that tunnelling was becoming uninsurable in the market. A joint working party, between the British Tunnelling Society (BTS) and the Association of British Insurers (ABI), has since produced a draft Code of Practice that would allow insurers to continue to offer cover. Presentation of the draft Joint Code of Practice to BTS members took place on 4 July 2002, followed by an in-depth discussion

Babtie's new director
11 September, 2002

Heathrow's ART takes off
01 July, 2002
In the sensitive confines of an airside tunnel construction site, planning ahead to minimise settlement near a busy runway is vital. Tris Thomas reports from the ART project at the UK's Heathrow airport where extensive measures have been undertaken to aid the smooth construction of the project's 1.3km long, 8.1m i.d. twin tunnels

Winner - Small Project Award
13 June, 2002
Amec Specialist Business - Taff's Well Project

Powering under London
13 June, 2002
For over a year, three Lovat EPBMs have been steadily boring a 20km long cable tunnel under north London. With the end of tunnelling in-sight Tris Thomas visited the site and talked to Jim Street, project manager for the client, National Grid Company, and contractor, J. Murphy & Sons divisional manager Peter Jaques and contracts manager George Jackson.