On Thursday, 3rd December 2015, The British Tunnelling Society announces the first UK National Tunnelling Day in recognition of all national tunnelling projects in the UK and by way of promoting the industry. Dr.
Works are underway at Bond Street Station, one of the most complex London Underground station upgrade projects to date. With the sprayed concrete primary lining works almost finished and the secondary lining works approximately 50 % completed, the Bond Street Station Upgrade is striding towards completion.
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The Northern line and DLR design drawing packages have now been submitted. The assessment of the existing structures has been finished.
The Ottawa light rail project has a 12.5km total length. This includes a 2.5km long tunnelled section through the city's downtown area with three underground stations - Lyon, Parliament and Rideau. All are constructed using a mined method. Dr. G.
Bank Station Capacity Upgrade Compliance Design is now 50% complete. Running in parallel, assessment of the existing assets has reached its final stage.
Tunnelling works at the Crossrail Farringdon Station in central London are underway; the majority of the sprayed concrete lining (SCL) tunnels are completed.
Dr. Sauer & Partners was present at the British Tunnelling Society (BTS) Annual Dinner for another consecutive year. This was the 27th annual dinner, held in London on Friday 8th May 2015.
As works on the primary lining approach their finish with 96% of the works concluded, construction of the secondary lining comes to the fore. To date 10% has been completed.
The British Tunnelling Society Young Members (BTSYM) hosted their second conference on 27th March 2015 in London. The event followed on from the hugely successful conference in 2012 and was attended by over 90 delegates. Dr.