Search Results: 'Lovat'

Sinkhole spotted in Seattle
01 April, 2011

The Italian jobs
11 February, 2011
Tunnelling is booming in Italy, with four major projects under construction and a further eight at the tender, design or financing stage. John McKenna reports

What lies beneath the Mediterranean
11 February, 2011
Despite economic instability in the southern European and Mediterranean region, ambitious projects are currently being constructed, moving forward at their own pace or, in the case of the Sicily to Tunisia crossing, a pipe dream under consideration. Alex Conacher explores projects in the region

Australia drives for productivity
18 January, 2011
Record levels of government investment in infrastructure continues the tunnelling boom in Australia as the networks creak with the strain of growing industrial requirements and the demands of a highly urbanised population, Alex Conacher reports

Choker clearing
13 December, 2010
The City of Edmonton’s Drainage Services Branch starts tunnelling the first of two replacement sewers this fall on the Mill Woods Double Barrel Replacement Project, Nicole Robinson reports

Edmonton’s tunnelling team
13 December, 2010
Maintaining an in-house tunnel design and construction entity means it’s always busy beneath ground in the City of Edmonton. Nicole Robinson looks into the city’s Drainage Services department and its recent projects

Tunnelling to catch up
13 December, 2010
With major cities like Toronto and Vancouver growing steadily the past 20 years, and transportation and sewer systems struggling to keep up, there is no shortage of tunnelling projects in Canada, reports Nicole Robinson

First Spadina Subway extension contract awarded to an Aecon JV
03 December, 2010

The 2010 Harding Lecture (Part 2)
01 December, 2010
British Tunnelling Society, Harding Lecture, 15th April 2010

Rushing ahead in Toronto
29 November, 2010
Expansion of the Toronto subway system is progressing rapidly as lessons learned from previous extensions propel the network forward. Bernadette Redfern reports

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

A city steeped in history breaks new ground
19 October, 2010
Constructing an underground rail connection for the European and Asian sides of Istanbul will improve traffic and environmental conditions in the city, once completed. Along the way, contractor Taisei and joint venture partners are employing NATM, TBM, immersed tube and cut and cover excavation methods to build the Bosphorus Crossing, Nicole Robinson reports

North America’s project potential
29 July, 2010
Juggling the increasing tunnel work with a decreasing amount of manpower, North America is finding a balance to get the job done, reports Nicole Robinson

Breakthrough on Sochi
27 July, 2010

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

Belfast Sewers Project – part 2
10 February, 2010
The Belfast Sewers Project was presented at the November 2009 meeting of the British Tunnelling Society. In the second of two articles on the project, Paul Ronicle of the Morgan Est - Farrans JV describes the construction challenges

Toronto-York Spadina
25 November, 2009

Buenos Aires flood relief tunnel receives TBM
24 November, 2009

Lovat TBM for Fairfax
18 November, 2009

Activity mounts in Melbourne
10 September, 2009