2009 SPIS TREŚCI Iss. 15 REGULARS 1 Comment 3 Global news FEATURES 6 Project: Korea
South Korea's first-ever Immersed tube tunnel is full of Innovation 10 Technical: drill and blast
Karl-Heinz Wennmohs and Gunnar Nord outline the latest developments 12 Comment: Martin Knights, ITA
14 Technical: incident logging
Guy Lance and )ohn Anderson's database of "significant" tunnel incidents 17 Project: US
Jack Burke reports on the Harbor Siphons scheme to cut sewer overflows 18 19 Project: UK
Darren Watson of Sykes Pumps on the challenges of the Tyne tunnel project
20 Project: Sweden
Kent Bostrom examines the dewatering of Sweden's Adalsbanan rail project
FEATURES
7 Technology: Drilling fluids
A few concepts and some recent developments in the arena of drilling fluids
9 Interview: Leaders
Patrik Nolaker, president of Atlas Copco's underground rock-excavation division, talks to George Demetri in the first of WT's 'Leaders' interviews 10 Technology: Conveyors
Carly Lovejoy considers the latest product offerings. Companies include: Continental, Robbins, H+E Logistik GmbH, ContiTech
12 Project: Spain
Rodney Craig visited the Madrid metro to ascertain progress on Line 11 14 Show preview
France's Intermat to buck recession woes. Intermat is one of the world's three-biggest tradeshows dedicated to equipment, machinery and
techniques for the construction and building materials industries. It will be held on April 20-25 at the Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre in Paris, France
REGULARS 1 Comment 3 Global news FEATURES
12 Technology: TBMs
Robbins trio seek to relieve Mexico City's wastewater problem 13 Leaders: Marek Grocholewski
14 Technology: TBMs
Dr Martin Herrenknecht and Dr Karln Bappler look at designs for soft ground
16 Technical: tunnel security
Dr George Munfakh reviews ways to mitigate the impact of potential threats
18 Project: US
Sections 1 and 2 will complete the ambitious Upper Northwest Interceptor 20 Project: Hong Kong
Billions of dollars worth of contracts are up for grabs on the island's rail system
25 Project: India
Extreme conditions In the NW mountains challenge the Chutak hydro project
27 Project: Norway
Shani Wallis reports on a record-breaking drill and blast performance 30 What's new
FEATURES
10 Leaders: Pekka Nieminen
With ten years' tunnelling experience, mining engineer Pekka Nieminen has headed Sandvik's tunnel division in Finland since 2006
11 Technology: drill and blast
Juha Kukkonen, applications engineer at Sandvik Mining and Construction, outlines the impact of new drill plan design software on the excavation cycle
14 Project: Middle East
Roger Makhlouf and Karl Gunnar Holter outline the rehabilitation of two concrete-lined road tunnels in Lebanon using a robot-sprayed membrane 19 Technology: tunnel slurries
Ian Morrison takes a critical view on the use of bentonite as a TBM slurry 20 21 Project: Slovakia
Skanska BS is using drill and blast to excavate a 4.2km access tunnel for the development of a talc mine in Slovakia, and completion is imminent 22 Project: Channel Tunnel
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10 Leaders: Professor Arnold Dix
The technical/legal expert advisor and world authority on managing tunnel risk
12 Project: Czech Republic
The Dobrovského tunnels will link Brno to the world while minimising congestion
16 Project: US
A unique tunnel rehab in California, combining a railway and pedestrian pathway
18 Project: US
Jack Burke reports on the Arrowhead East and West tunnels in California 20 Technology: shotcrete and support
Tony Rock of Mott MacDonald checks the progress of the Hindhead A3 project
24 Technology: ventilation
The challenges of smoke-control design in long road tunnels at high altitude
30 Technology: slurry separation
Ben Clark of Derrick Equipment Co looks at the design of separation plants 32 Project: Russia
Sochi paves the way to the 2014 Winter Olympics with a spate of tunnels 34 Preview: RETC in Las Vegas
FEATURES
12 Leaders: Martin Knight
The ITA president talks about his achievements during 37 years of tunnelling
14 Project: Germany
Lawrence Williams looks at how drill-and-blast is progressing on the Bibra tunnel
18 RETC: review
George Demetri checked out the RETC at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, on June 14-17
19 Labour market: update
Barrie Willis, a tunnel engineer for over 40 years, looks at staffing in the industry
20 Project: Switzerland
S Maurhofer of Amberg Engineering describes the excavation of Uetilberg 23 Safety: new approaches
Martin Vogel of Suva proposes improvements to health and safety on tunnel projects
27 Technology: segments
Steve Skelhorn and Laura McNally's technical paper on segmental lining systems
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14 Interview: leaders
Mining engineer Lok Home of IBM-maker The Robbins Company in the spotlight
17 Project: US
Jack Burke found a thrilling story worth telling at the South Cobb Tunnel Project
18 Full speed below
Alastair Sim reports on the cut and cover sections of Singapore's Downtown Line
21 Technology: drill and blast
Stig Eriksson describes the innovative mucking system used on a Swiss project
24 Technology: rail-based equipment
Carly Lovejoy looks at the use of rail mounts for transporting loads during works
FEATURES
10 Australasia: Sydney/Melbourne
A report on water and sewer projects and John Holland Tunnelling's latest IBM
14 Leaders: Dr George Munfakh
The senior vice president at Parsons Brinckerhoff on his career and the industry
16 Technology: drilling fluids
Baroid's Tom Tibor on how to ensure drilling fluids work efficiently 18 Technology: rock bolts
Atlas Copco's Roofex is a flexible and yielding rock bolt for high-stress conditions
22 Project: Papua New Guinea
Building a dewatering tunnel at one of the world's largest copper mines 23 Technology: covert tunnels
How smarter, targeted surveillance will help find smugglers' tunnels 24 Course: Colorado School of Mines
A comprehensive three-day tunnelling course in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains
26 Project: Tyne Tunnel, UK
An immersed-tube and cut-and-cover tunnel is being built in northeast England
29 Alpine: equipment
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10 Leaders: Hans Greve
The executive vice-president of mining & construction at IBM-maker Aker Wirth
12 Nordic: Helsinki link
The preparatory design work for the an immersed-tube tunnel 14 Nordic: focus
Scandinavia is one of the world's busiest tunnelling regions 16 Technology: Shotcrete
The latest spray-applied waterproof membrane projects 20 Fire: polypropylene fibres
Dr Ken Smith and Trevor W Atkinson on explosive spalling mechanisms 22 Fire protection: Bjørvika Tunnel
An interesting fire-protective layer is being used on Norway's Bjervika tunnel
25 Project: India
The progress of NATM tunnelling works to Delhi Airport 29 Technology: what's new
FEATURES
10 Leaders: Glenn Boyce
San Francisco-based Dr Glenn Boyce, senior associate at Jacobs Associates, is one of few engineers to specialise in tunnelling and trenchlesss
12 Drill & blast: Sharjah, UAE
The Halcrow-designed Shis-Diftah road tunnel, currently on site in Sharjah and being drilled and blasted through the UAE's highest mountain range, faces an array of challenges
16 Focus: North America
Jack Burke looks at a sewage tunnel project in Kentucky, US, designed to improve local water quality and increase storage capacity
20 IBM: Iran
Hamed Moammeri (Amberg, Iran) and Reza Ghaffarzadeh (Ranah Saz Alvand Engineering) outline recently completed projects
