Search Results: 'Mott MacDonald'

In the belly of the beast
10 November, 2011
T&TI cuts through the bureaucratic smoke and mind-boggling statistics to unearth what it means to set up shop in the world’s fastest growing superpower. Alex Conacher enters the dragon’s lair to speak with Paul Jenkins of Mott MacDonald and Gary Ge of Arup

Segment handling and installation
19 October, 2011
While the long-term function of segmental tunnel linings is to withstand the loads imposed when in the ground, the designs have to encompass not only the ground loads but also the loads during manufacture, transport and erection of the lining. Yogini Vimalanathan of Mott MacDonald and Lesley Parker of FP McCann Precast describe some of the issues that need to be taken into account when designing segmental tunnel linings

Getting across
19 October, 2011
Colin Lawrence and Jonathan Taylor of Hatch Mott MacDonald presented this paper about design of tunnel cross passages at the 2011 RETC

Toronto goes underground
18 October, 2011
Earlier this year the Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown LRT project in Toronto expanded, adding 8km of tunnelling. Nicole Robinson discusses the design changes and progress on the city’s major east-to-west link with Jack Collins, vice president of rapid transit implementation for Metrolinx

Down and grout
18 October, 2011
The compensation grouting program under York University’s Seymour Schulich School of Business, for part of the Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension, is designed to be both a proactive and reactive system. Jeb Pittsinger, Jon Davies and Gary Kramer, of Hatch Mott MacDonald, and Edward Poon, of Toronto Transit Commission report

Precast in practice
18 October, 2011
Water shortages, rogue quarries and supply constraints are tackled at the Peenya precast plant in India. Alex Conacher speaks with Yogini Vimalanathan of Mott MacDonald and Russell Brown of CEC

CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER (TUNNELS)
13 September, 2011

RESIDENT SUPERINDENT (TUNNELS)
13 September, 2011

Experiences with sprayed waterproofing
23 August, 2011
The following article is based on a presentaton made to the ‘Underground Construction‘ conference in June in London and is based on the experiences of three tunnel engineers on projects utilising sprayed waterproof membranes. The authors are David Naylor, Petr Salak and Simon Stephenson, at the time all of Mott MacDonald consulting engineers

Dynamism of the East
22 August, 2011
Running along the fiery Asia Pacific coast are some of the most explosive tunneling markets in the world. Hong Kong is booming, Japan is storming ahead in innovation, Malaysia is clamping down on corruption and Singapore is a hot bed of activity. Alex Conacher tries to keep up

Singapore’s cable tunnels
15 June, 2011
Contractors hoping to construct Singapore’s planned cable tunnels are going to face highly variable ground conditions, very hard rock and some deep bores. Leslie Pakianathan of designer Mott MacDonald describes the plans and challenges

Big Becky’s big day
14 June, 2011
After a 10.4km drive full of ups and downs—literally and figuratively speaking—the TBM mining the Niagara Tunnel has made its final breakthrough. Nicole Robinson was there to see it happen

Generation gap
14 June, 2011
Underground construction to replace the aging Irvington Tunnel, built some 80 years ago, is starting its 3.5-mile journey between two of San Francisco’s active earthquake faults and through high ground water. Nicole Robinson was on site as the first roadheader started its drive for the New Irvington Tunnel

The way of the West
14 June, 2011
While the major cities of California are pouring money into water and transportation projects, Seattle prepares itself for one of the most significant projects the tunnelling industry has seen yet. Nicole Robinson explores west coast market

Perforating the Pacific
13 June, 2011
Fairytale projects are being put to tender. Underground defences against drought and flooding, surface to seabed drives through magnificent artificial islands and socio-economic unity through high-speed rail. The tunnelling industry in South East Asia refuses to be eclipsed by the mammoth markets in India and China. Alex Conacher explores the latest trends

Coping with Chinese hard rock
14 March, 2011
In China’s Gansu Province and its mega-city Chongqing, ground support systems for main beam TBMs have been adapted to boost advance rates in extremely poor ground, John McKenna reports

A consultant and a gentleman
18 January, 2011