Search Results: 'International Tunnelling Association'

TAC presents 2020 awards in virtual ceremony
17 December, 2020
TAC – the Tunnelling Association of Canada – recently held a virtual ceremony to present its 2020 TAC Achievement Awards.

Forget WTC 2020, look forward to Copenhagen 2021
01 July, 2020
WTC 2020, the international conference for tunnelling held annually and due to have taken place in September in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, has been cancelled.

Banging the drum
10 June, 2020
Kate Cooksey has just assumed the chair of the British Tunnelling Society, as only the first female ever to do so. Here she talks to George Demetri about her career and aspirations for the BTS

Wet weather ready
26 May, 2020
The Don River and Central Waterfront Project will help improve Toronto’s waterways by reducing CSOs. The project team provides an update on the Coxwell Bypass Tunnel

Harvey Parker passes away aged 83
13 May, 2020
Dr Harvey Parker, one of the best-known and respected personalities in the global tunnelling fraternity, has died following a two-year battle with cancer. His career spanned 55 years during which he made significant contributions to education, theory and tunnelling practice. His work and achievements were ultimately recognised in 2018 by the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Underground Construction Association, and in 2019 by the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Tunnelling Association (ITA).

BS 6164:2019
27 April, 2020
The British Standard for health and safety in tunnelling in the construction industry (BS6164) was revised last year. The man in charge of the project, Donald Lamont of Hyperbaric and Tunnel Safety, speaks with Alex Conacher

Left foot forward
20 January, 2020
After a tumultuous and tiring few years for the British electorate, a towering majority for the Conservative Party makes it very likely that Britain will leave the European Union in short order.