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Excavating Olafs
21 December, 2010
Driving the Olafs Tunnel was the longer and the tougher challenge by far of the two road tubes on the Hedinsfjordur project, the main cause being groundwater

Britain’s got tunnels
15 September, 2010
With water projects underway, the industry has Crossrail on the brain and for good reason, it sets the tone for the future of tunnelling in the UK, reports Nicole Robinson

Still thrusting forward
17 August, 2010
The jacking of pipes and other structures to create underground space is something of a Cinderella pursuit compared to the more glamorous, ‘sharp end’ activities of TBMs and drilling, yet it occupies an important place in our overall industry. Maurice Jones takes a look at the current state of technical development.

Why the same old, same old
23 June, 2010

Donald Frank Rees
17 June, 2010

Design and construction of deep shafts
10 June, 2010
At the January meeting of the BTS Alan Auld of Alan Auld Group presented the methods and challenges of deep shaft design and construction

Heading South
31 May, 2010
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.

It’s all in the timing
26 May, 2010

UK’s ability to muster resources
23 March, 2010
With a heavy programme of tunnelling work ahead of it, the UK industry gathered in the ICE Telford Theatre in December to debate its ability to rise to the challenge. Hosted, appropriately, by the BTS Young Members, a packed audience of all ages and affiliations discussed an issue that has generated significant discussion among junior and senior members and is encompassed by the motion: This house believes that the UK tunnelling industry has the sufficient range of engineering expertise and resources to meet the challenges of future projects. As the meeting unfolded, nationalism, internationalism, ageism, and historic reference, all came into the discussion as Neville Harrison (Consultant) and Harnaik Mann (Arup and Vice-Chair of the BTS Young Members committee) proposed the motion and Jon Banyai (Mott MacDonald and Chair of the BTS YM Support Group) and John Edwards (Morgan Est) presented the opposition