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BIM for conventional and TBM tunnelling
Guidance on how Building Information Modelling (BIM) can be used for mechanised and conventional tunnelling was published last year by ITA-AITES. Overview by T&T.
30th Anniversary of WCA Regulations 1996
Dr Donald Lamont MBE C.Eng FICE, who was a member of the HSE team behind the 1996 Regulations and guidance, looks back over the regulation of compressed air work.
Routine Inspection of Shotcrete-Lined Hydro Tunnels
Asset management presents a need for routine inspections of shotcrete-lined hydropower tunnels, says consultant Dean Brox in this Technical Note.
Focus on Large Power Caverns
A look at the major caverns excavated across the world for major underground hydropower complexes.
Hinkley Point C: Marine Tunnel Works
The BTS evening meeting in April heard about the marine tunnels works on Hinkley Point C project from Barry Gilsenan, Senior Tunnel Manager with Balfour Beatty, who also provided this report of the lecture; Joe Hardwick, Engineering Manager with Balfour Beatty; and, David Maddison, Associate Director with Jacobs.
Conferences: BTS & BTSYM
Upcoming key UK industry events are the BTS Conference, on 6-7 October, and BTSYM Conference, on 23 October.
Where did the engineer go?
Four decades on from the Channel Tunnel, our machines and our methods have never been better — so why do our major projects still overrun? The answer lies less in the ground than in what we have done to the contract and the consent, says Alastair Smith, Chair, British Tunnelling Society, in a guest editorial.
Mike Mcconnell Interview
After enjoying a long career in civil engineering and most especially tunnelling, and being a strong supporter of the industry and the British Tunnelling Society, Mike McConnell shares his ‘Reflections of an exiled Ulsterman’ in conversation with Julian Champkin.
Conventional tunnelling in urban settings
ITA Working Group 19 recently published guidelines for the design and construction of conventional tunnelling works in urban settings.
Carbon Management for Metro Projects
Sharing practical insights from the carbon management of a new metro line in Copenhagen was the focus of the BTS evening meeting in November 2025. The speakers were Alun Thomas, Carbon Manager, and Jon Banyai, Innovation Engineer, of the asset owner and operator, Metroselskabet.