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Thomas Albert Turner Thomas Albert Turner was tragically killed on June 11 in an accident at the Lake Mead Intake No. Three project in Nevada. His friends remember the man
New appointments: September The latest recruitment news from around the voluntary sector.
‘Tommy’ Talbott, as he was known
Thomas A. Talbott (Tommy), a former director of
The end of one man’s era at Halcrow, marks a UK tunnelling legacy
When Alan Runacres, a director of Gauge the strain
Following the 2011 Tohoku earthquake off the east coast of Japan, surface devastation in the country has been extreme. The desolation left by the tsunami, and subsequent losses of power has made it difficult to communicate, let alone begin to pick up the pieces left by one of the greatest natural disasters in Japan’s history. Alex Conacher speaks to the chair of a committee that means to do just that, Toshihiro Asakura, professor at Kyoto University and chair of the Special Committee for the Tunnel Disaster by the East Japan Earthquake
Simon Hoblyn has been working for Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) since 2005 and is currently a senior project manager on Phase Two of the new Down Town Line (DTL). He manages...
Martino Scialpi has a story familiar to many in the industry: childhood memories of whizzing through tunnels in his father’s car, staring up in wonder as they pass through one after another....
“I knew I wanted to be a civil engineer when I was 10 years old,” says Alastair Biggart, currently an Independent Tunnelling Consultant (
For Alfredo Garrido, one of the more interesting challenges in his day-to-day duties is checking up everything and interacting with his co-workers on the field service team. His job experience...
From Tokyo dream to Turkish delight
For Masahiro Iwano of Japanese contractor
Born in Glasgow but raised in the Middle East,
“Growing up I always loved amusement parks and that’s what got me in to doing engineering,” says Nathan Ward, director of tunnelling projects at Paul C Rizzo Associates (Rizzo). However, his...
Ross McKenzie started his career in academia but ended up in tunnelling and contracting almost by accident. He was carrying out some studies for Taylor Woodrow in connection with a tunnelling...
It is with sadness that we must report the death of Donald Rees OBE, who recently died in the Algarve at the age of 91. He was a much-acclaimed engineer and businessman and pioneer of the No-Dig...
Heading South
Peter South has been involved in tunnelling for more than forty years. During this time he has worked on several major infrastructure projects both at home and abroad, and chaired the British Tunnelling Society.
James Wilton
James “Jim” Wilton, former president and chairman of Jacobs Associates passed away on Saturday, March 13. He was 83 years old.
Mike Glover, Arup fellow, technical director and deputy project director of the
URS Corporation has named Tom Zarges President of its Washington Division. Zarges, who previously served as the Senior Executive Vice President, will be responsible for worldwide operations....
Jacobs Associates has recently made some significant promotions: Advancing to Principal and Vice President in late 2007, John Stolz has some 27 years of experience in the underground...
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