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Leah Jacobs
29 August, 2018
From a childhood passion for Lego to a management attitude for tunnel projects. Paola De Pascali spoke with Leah Jacobs, handover manager at London Bridge Associates and winner of the Harding Prize 2018

Funding Gap
25 September, 2013
Highlights such as the Jubilee Line Extension stand out from the economic mire of the past 50 years. The second half of the 20th century was not kind to a Britain newly stripped of superpower status, or the capital’s metro, which following WW2 entered a half century of neglect and underinvestment

Protecting LUL’s assets
05 June, 2009
Paul Steen, Mohsen Vaziri, and Tim Hartlib of consultants Ramboll UK, describe the protection works undertaken to protect LUL assets close to the construction of a large-scale basement

Opening sets - the flat arch theory
02 June, 2009
Michele Mangione, Senior Tunnel Engineer, Arup describes here in his BTS?Harding Prize winning paper how the flat arch theory was used to create openings in cast iron tunnels with minimal disruption

Cooling the Tube
26 July, 2007
At the May British Tunnelling Society meeting, David Waboso, LUL, and Mark Gilbey, Parsons Brinckerhoff, explained the serious problem London Underground has with heat on the platforms and stations. It is seen as critical that this is relieved as soon as possible and the presenters put forward some of the mitigation ideas that are on the table

Chasing down risk
15 June, 2007
Despite progress in risk sharing, a survey of PPP players cites tunnelling as an inherently risky asset class. Can a stronger culture of engineering leadership narrow the gap in perception? Report by Patrick Reynolds

London's segmental lining development
01 October, 2004
Tunnel engineering technology evolves and improves with every project. Several projects in the UK that illustrate some recent developments in segmental tunnel lining technology include Section 2 of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL), and Crossrail's Moorhouse Shaft, in London. Technical journalist, Chris Webb, discusses some of London's modern and traditional segmental lining methods

Privatisation timetable
12 December, 2000