Search Results: 'London Underground'

Give us the tools to do the job...
01 December, 1999

Strengthening parts of London's Tube
01 December, 1999
Strengthening the London Underground's Covered Ways No. 58, (Circle Line) and No. 12 (District Line) is described by Senior Project Manager Peter Madden.

Many pressures on ground improvement
10 November, 1999
'A stitch in time saves nine' goes the old proverb. The same could be said of a few litres of grout, but the requirements for ground stabilisation for underground excavation are much more complex than that. Technical Journalist Maurice Jones summarises some of the main options available today.

Quality means security
16 September, 1999
Much of the criticism directed at sprayed concrete lining methods refers to the quality of management and the quality of application. Here, Technical Journalist Maurice Jones reviews the efforts of manufacturers of equipment and materials to improve the quality of application in the context of recent research projects.

Project Orwell: flood relief in IPSWICH
16 September, 1999
To comply with the EU Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive, which comes into force on January 1 2001, AMEC Tunnelling and Anglian Water have joined forces under a partnering agreement and embarked upon a major flood relief scheme in Ipswich in the south east of England. Assistant Editor Tristan Thomas reports from the site, where work is currently ahead of schedule.

UK tunnelling: past, present and future
16 September, 1999
Eric Snowdon, Chairman of the British Tunnelling Society, and Myles O'Reilly, Chairman of the Tunnels & Tunnelling International Editorial Advisory Board, chart the progress of tunnelling in the UK from the middle of the 19th century onwards, recounting its many innovations and achievements. They examine the present activity in UK tunnelling and assess the prospects for UK tunnellers at home and abroad in the medium and long term.

Keep the home fires burning . . .
16 September, 1999