Search Results: 'Costain'

First breakthrough on Brighton sewer project
03 December, 2010

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

Finesse in tough environments
10 November, 2010
Technologies employed underground to ensure positional accuracy have advanced at great pace over recent years. The portable computer, data processor and laser have all but replaced the tape, notepad and pencil. These, together with the introduction of lasers as reference axes and the toughening of electronics, have led to major benefits in productivity. Maurice Jones reviews some of the latest developments

Costain earns National Grid tunnelling contract
18 October, 2010

20 years of steel fibre concrete lined tunnels in UK
22 September, 2010
John Greenhalgh of Bekaert looks at the increasing use of steel fibre concrete in UK tunnels over the past 20 years

Brighton’s sewer upgrade
22 September, 2010
The largest tunnelling project currently underway in the UK got going earlier this year. Two TBMs will drive four tunnel lengths on top of two pipe-jacked sections. Kris Mole gives this report from site

Catch up on Crossrail
22 September, 2010
As contractors await the award of the two main tunnelling contracts for the GBP 15.9bn (USD 24.5bn) mega project, work on the stations is gathering pace. Bernadette Redfern gives this report

Seaside rendezvous
22 September, 2010

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

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

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

Costain Skanska awarded first Crossrail tunnelling contract
08 March, 2010

Crossrail and Bond Street
09 February, 2010

Booth Industries completes work in Bell Tower Common Tunnel
05 February, 2010

Construction of Brighton sewage scheme begins
12 January, 2010