Search Results: 'ICE'

BTS April lecture focuses on Kilsby Tunnel groundwater
13 March, 2024
A historic tunnel is the subject of the British Tunnelling Society’s April lecture.

Robert Mair – Interview
28 February, 2024
Few in the tunnelling world are known to the general public, fewer still are profiled in a broadcast programme such as on BBC’s prestigious ‘The Life Scientific’ on Radio Four. In fact, only one has been accorded that mark of public recognition and interest – Robert Mair, Emeritus Professor of Civil Engineering at Cambridge University, and recent Master of Jesus College there, and is past-President of the Institution of Civil Engineers.

All that is below
26 February, 2024
Underground space can be discussed in many ways – broadly, on the possibilities for and uses of the below surface asset; and, specifically, looking at precisely and measurably what can be done. Both are discussed in this issue of T&TI.

BTS February 2024 Meeting – TMCLK Challenges, Innovations, and Lessons Learned
25 January, 2024
When: Thursday 8th February 2024 at 18:00 hrs

ICE talk focuses on National Grid tunnelling
11 January, 2024
National Grid’s efforts to place power lines underground in Wales will be the focus of an ICE online event this month.

BTS January 2024 Meeting – Artificial Ground Freezing
04 January, 2024
The first British Tunnelling Society meeting of 2024 will focus on Artificial Ground Freezing; a versatile solution for water tightness and temporary soil structure.

Crossrail learning legacy – ongoing impact
29 December, 2023
The knowledge pool from Crossrail will live on for education on project development and execution, including tunnel excavation and underground station construction works, after Transport for London this year decided to keep the online library of the project (now the Elizabeth line) free and available

Roger Remington
29 December, 2023
Roger Remington made his mark on and was honoured by the UK tunnelling industry for the wide range of projects he steered as client and also procurement changes introduced. This is a celebration of how his contribution was recognised and appreciated, and the legacy that continues to be recalled after Roger died, earlier this year

Bts Announce Release Of 4th Edition Of Bts Specification For Tunnelling
13 December, 2023
The British Tunnelling Society is very pleased to announce the release of the 4th edition of the BTS Specification for Tunnelling this Wednesday, December 13th 2023.

Geotechnics, tunnels in HS2 book spotlight
27 November, 2023
The latest book on development of the UK’s high-speed rail project, HS2, was published earlier this year by ICE Publishing, constituting Volume 3 in a series and having significant focus on geotechnics and tunnels in its coverage of ‘Infrastructure Design and Engineering’

Bts december 2023 meeting – silvertown tunnel: a christmas jamboree of tunnelling
20 November, 2023
Thursday 14th December 2023 at 18:00 hrs

Trenchless solutions serve Red River Valley needs
30 October, 2023
Key infrastructure to meet vital water supply needs in Red River Valley, North Dakota, were met with the help of trenchless tunnelling. The project is described by Victoria Encapera, Aswathy (Ash) Sivaram, Kurt Ronnekamp and Kayla Christopher of Black & Veatch

Joint Technical Event - Geopolymer Concrete in Tunnelling and other applications: Developments in ultra-low carbon concrete
24 October, 2023
Event Date: Thursday 9th November 2023 at 18:00 hrs

BTS November 2023 Meeting – Hinkley Point C: Balfour Beatty Marine Works: Connecting Tunnels Under the Bristol Channel
24 October, 2023
Event Date: Thursday 16th November 2023 at 18:00 hrs

UK infrastructure planning needs long-term approach, says ICE
05 October, 2023
The UK must change its approach to planning and delivering infrastructure, the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has said following prime minister Rishi Sunak’s announcement yesterday that he was scrapping the Manchester leg of HS2.

BTS October 2023 Meeting - Highway 401 & 409 Rail Tunnel Project, Toronto
28 September, 2023
Event Date: Thursday 19th October 2023 at 18:00 hrs

From Gold Mine to Hydroelectricity – Kidston Pumped Storage Project
26 September, 2023
At the annual joint BTS and MinSouth meeting, held on 9 February at the Institution of Civil Engineers, in London, Clare Önal – a Principal Engineer with the tunnels team of Mott MacDonald – gave a presentation on the conversion of an abandoned gold mine at Kidston in Queensland, Australia, to a pumped storage hydroelectric (PSH) scheme. Andrew Hindmarch, Senior Principal Tunnel Engineer of Mott MacDonald was the rapporteur

Antonia Cornaro – Interview
26 June, 2023
Antonia Cornaro is several things: a city planner, an expert in underground space at Amberg Engineering, a university lecturer to engineers, planners and architects, an author and also co-chair of ITACUS. Julian Champkin spoke to her

Rod Young – Interview
13 June, 2023
Rod Young is the Chair of the British Tunnelling Society (BTS). Unlike many of his predecessors, his speciality is in microtunnelling. He talks to Julian Champkin about the importance of small-bore, and his hopes for the post-Covid BTS

British Tunnelling Society
01 June, 2023
Thursday 15th June 2023 at 18:00 hrs, In-Person at Institution of Civil Engineers, 1 Great George Street, London SW1P 3AA