Search Results: 'International Tunnelling Association'

Celestino sets strategy
18 November, 2016
The ITA has released this Q&A with new president Tarcisio Celestino

Nordic Neighbors
03 November, 2016
The ITA’s Nordic Forum provides an opportunity for canada and other nations to exchange information. Tunnels & Tunnelling looks at projects underway in the region

A Broad Education
31 October, 2016
Implementing sustainable field training for geology and geological engineering is mutually beneficial for students and industry. Nicholas Vlachopoulos, professor in the civil engineering department, and Efrosyni-Maria Skordaki, geosciences research staff, both of the Royal Military College of Canada, report on a tunnelling field course in Greece

All academic?
17 August, 2016
Research from academics in UK institutions is improving understanding of tunnels and the effects of building them, making construction more cost effi cient and tunnels safer all over the world. Bernadette Ballantyne reports

FRC segment practice
17 August, 2016
At WTC 2016 in San Francisco, ITA’s Working Group 2 - Research published a document entitled Twenty Years of FRC Tunnel Segments Practice: Lessons Learnt and Proposed Design Principles.

A broad education
13 July, 2016
Implementing sustainable field training for geology and geological engineering is mutually beneficial for students and industry. Nicholas Vlachopoulos, professor in the civil engineering department, and Efrosyni-Maria Skordaki, geosciences research staff, both of the Royal Military College of Canada, report on a tunnelling field course in Greece

Achievements and Aspirations
08 June, 2016
Last month saw a changing of the guard at the BTS, with Roger Bridge handing the Chairman’s baton over to Mark Leggett. They spoke to Sally Spencer about achievements thus far and plans for the future

Mitigation not litigation
16 May, 2016
On August 21, 2013, amidst a crowd of proud team members, "Mackenzie", the 1,500- ton (1,361 metric tons) Herrenknecht TBM completed its journey and broke into Shaft 5 of the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District's Euclid Creek Tunnel. Two years later the project is now in site-restoration and the NEORSD can reflect on what has become known as one of the most successful projects in their storied 43-year history. Michael Vitale of Hatch Mott MacDonald and Doug Gabriel of NEORSD report

WTC 2016
01 April, 2016
Registration is open for the worldwide tunnelling event of the year, with as many as 600 unique technical presentations, short courses and breakout sessions, and more than 200 exhibitors from around the world. Here’s a look at the highlights planned for this year’s conference and be sure to visit Tunnels & Tunnelling at Booth 1215 at this year’s WTC in San Francisco.

Powering Peru
18 February, 2016
With a burgeoning market for hydropower development, tunnelling work is seeing an uptick in South America’s third largest country. Nicole Robinson looks at two recent projects

Think global act local
17 February, 2016
As the magazine went to press the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA) released statistics about emerging demand for tunnelling as well as the need to bring young engineers into the industry. The report says between 2009 and 2013 the global tunnelling and drilling equipment industry reached a 4.9 per cent annual growth rate, which will likely be sustained through to 2018. Much of this is due to demand in Asia, which had nearly half the market share in 2014.

London bids for WTC 2019
29 January, 2016
GREAT BRITAIN – The British Tunnelling Society has formally announced its candidacy to host the World Tunnel Congress and ITA General Assembly in 2019. The capital London is the city put forward by the BTS steering committee for the bid in January 2016. The vote will take place at WTC 2016 in San Francisco this April.