Tunneling Journal 2015 dec / 2016 jan

Conway, USA: TGS Media Ltd, 2015. - 76 p.
The international journal for the tunneling industryEditor’s comment
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Rise of the machines
Increased use of the mixed machine, innovation from East and West and the French reveal their robots. Kristina Smith asked some of the world’s TBM manufacturers for news of recent developments
Crossing contaminated ground in Copenhagen
Copenhagen’s Cityringen Project has unveiled some unusual contamination issues that required a series of unique mitigation measures. Tris Thomas visited the site to see how the tunnelling teams have dealt with this rare problem
The Waterview Connection
Iain Simmons, Construction Director, Well Connected Alliance, Stefan Hanke, McConnell Dowell, and Peter Spies, NZ Transport Agency, describe New Zealand’s largest road tunnel project
ITA Awards 2015
Thursday, 19th of November 2015, was D-Day for the 24 projects’ representatives, the 8 engineers, the 5 engineering companies and the 5 contractors that presented their candidacy to the ITA Tunnelling Awards in Hagerbach, Switzerland
Tunnel Junctions
In this article, Dr Benoît Jones looks at tunnel junctions and how to design them
Upgrade at Fleetwood
Gerard Quigg of Donaldson Associates Ltd, explains the works designed and undertaken to provide a new storage tank required to help reduce the spill frequency of untreated stormwater on the Fylde Coast
Design-build for major projects – best practices and lessons learned
The design-build procurement model is well established for delivering major tunnelling project. Mark Johnson, CH2M Hill discusses some of the advantages, when to adopt it, and some lessons learned
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