On Thursday 4th December, the winners of the 2014 International Tunnelling & Underground Space Awards, were announced. Petr Salak, Dr. Sauer & Partners, is the winner of the Award Young Tunneller of the Year.
ABAQUS showed high interest on what Dr. Sauer & Partners did in simulation of staged tunnel construction Bond Street Upgrade project.
Companies involved at the event included: Hill International; Dr. Sauer and Partners; Systra; Geos Ingenieurs Conseils; Geodata; Vinci Construction; Omikronkappa Consulting; Lombardi; and Pini Swiss Engineers.
Work has finally commenced on Farringdon Station with the break-out of the piles and the first meters of excavation of the STW2-PL1 pilot Tunnel.
Sprayed Concrete Lining works commence in the east of UK’s capital to provide launching and receiving shafts and tunnels for Crossrail TBMs.
Tottenham Court Road Station (TCRS) is a London Underground (LU) station situated in central London. The station serves as an interchange between the Central and Northern Lines.
Over 150,000 passengers use the station daily and with the completion of Crossrail in 2017, passenger numbers are expected to increase to over 200,000.
After three years into excavation, crew members of contractor Kiewit Infrastructure West Co. and owner Caltrans holed through the Northbound Tunnel Top Heading at the North Portal of the Devil’s Slide Tunnels in Pacifica, CA on Friday October 1, 2010.They were joined by a cheering crowd of invited politicians, news crews and locals who followed the exciting event from the North Portal side during a big breakthrough ceremony.It was a gratifying moment when crews finally walked out through the hole and shook hands with the guests. The hole through is a major milestone for all parties involved in the project which broke ground on September 17, 2007 and is now one step closer to completion.
London’s Bond Street Tube Station provides access to one of the United Kingdom’s busiest shopping districts - serving tourists, residents and businesses in the area. The Station suffers from congestion caused by heavy passenger traffic from both entry/exit flows and those interchanging between services on the Jubilee and Central lines.
Bond Street Tube Station is a London Underground (LU) station situated in central London. The station serves as an interchange between the Central and Jubilee Lines.
Currently over 155,000 passengers use the station daily and with the completion of Crossrail in 2017, passenger numbers are expected to increase to 225,000.
Green Park Tube station is a London Underground (LU) station situated in central London on the north side of Green Park. The station serves as an interchange between the Piccadilly, Victoria and Jubilee Lines.
The purpose of the project at Green Park is to provide the station with step free access between street level and all operational platforms via the enlarged ticket hall. The station, used by an estimated 25 million people annually, will thus become accessible for Tube passengers with disabilities and passengers with reduced mobility.