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Alison Norrish Interview
It is fun to go deep – but don’t do it. We can make our tunnels watertight – but should we? And what’s wrong with a few cracks in a tunnel wall anyway? Julian Champkin talked to Alison Norrish, urban tunneller extraordinaire, who challenges views on what makes good underground engineering
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Danube bundle
Two Austrian towns had their utility networks improved in one step with services pipes running through a new shared micro-tunnel, constructed under the River Danube
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Challenges and successes
A brief snapshot sample of large and small utility tunnelling challenges and successes across the globe over recent months
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Main construction works have started on Hong Kong’s Tung Chung Line extension.
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Scottish government announces preferred option for A83 solution
The Scottish government has chosen a debris flow shelter, rather than an underground tunnel, as the preferred option to protect the A83 from landslides.
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WTC2024 abstract deadline extended
The deadline for submitting abstracts for next year’s World Tunnel Congress has been extended to June 30.
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Tunnelling starts for Sydney Metro West
The first two TBMs have been launched for the 24km Sydney Metro West line.
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British Tunnelling Society
Thursday 15th June 2023 at 18:00 hrs, In-Person at Institution of Civil Engineers, 1 Great George Street, London SW1P 3AA
LATEST FEATURES
Two Austrian towns had their utility networks improved in one step with services pipes running through a new shared micro-tunnel, constructed under the River Danube
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Alison Norrish Interview
It is fun to go deep – but don’t do it. We can make our tunnels watertight – but should we? And what’s wrong with a few cracks in a tunnel wall anyway? Julian Champkin talked to Alison Norrish, urban tunneller extraordinaire, who challenges views on what makes good underground engineering
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Challenges and successes
A brief snapshot sample of large and small utility tunnelling challenges and successes across the globe over recent months
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Tunnelling in the high Himalayas
A joint meeting of BTSYM/TAIym in April 2022 heard a description of the challenges and wonder of activities to prepare for road tunnelling in the Himalayas above 5000m altitude, in India. Presentation was by Lt Colonel Sunny of Border Roads Organisation (BRO), and Ahmed Shaz and Sandeep Nirmal of RITES. Ahmed Shaz provides a summary of the webinar
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Muon sight in tunnels
Cosmic ray R&D is bringing muon-based systems to highlight density differences that can reveal voids or marked variations in ground conditions, and also permit non-destructive testing behind tunnel lining, explains Prof Lee Thompson, Technical Director of Geoptic
