The UK’s All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Respiratory Health has just published a new report on silicosis. Improving Silicosis…
Author: kristina smith
New link up pushes integration of machine data further
Digital Construction Works, a joint venture between Topcon Positioning Systems and Bentley Systems, has announced an integration between its DCW…
British Tunnelling Society Conference 2022
Tunnels are central to sustainable development. That was the message from International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA) president Arnold…
CRCHI’s huge slurry TBM completes first leg in Beijing
The Beijing East Sixth Ring Road Reconstruction Project reports that its slurry TBM, ‘Jinghua’ has reached an intermediate shaft, breaking…
New underground project pioneers renewable energy storage
The Subspace Energy Hub at the Hagerbach Test Gallery in Switzerland is an ambitious new project which aims to help…
We don’t have the tools or the skills to reduce carbon, say surveyors
A survey of 4,000 members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) from around the world has revealed that…
World-first contract will combine relationship contracting and sustainability index
Last week the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA-AITES) signed an agreement with research and environmental specialist BRE and…
A Greener Route for SCL?
Using sprayed concrete with a bonded waterproofing membrane could bring huge environmental benefits in hard rock tunnels. So why is no one doing it? Kristina Smith reports.
Under Pressure in Canada
The use of hyperbaric interventions in Canada’s soft ground tunnels has come a long way in the last decade. ASI Marine’s Scott Black tells us how he thinks it could go further. By Kristina Smith.