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TUNNELLING JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2019
October/November 2019
The International Journal for the Tunnelling Industry
www.tunnellingjournal.com
Return to Russia...
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Brenner Base
Tunnel
TJ visited the Italian
portion of the
route to report on
progress.
26
The road
to cleaner
tunnelling
TJ explores the
strides made thus
far in reducing
emissions
underground.
36
A TBM first
for Nepal
Breakthrough
seven months
ahead of schedule
despite challenging
Himalayan
geology.
Tunnelling Journal 1
GRAND PARIS EXPRESS, FRANCE
TOGETHER WE
BUILD MORE THAN
CONNECTIONS
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GRAND PARIS EXPRESS, FRANCE TOGETHER WE BUILD M
Cover Caption: In 1979, Robbins supplied a Double
ALWAYS ADVANCING www.terratec.co
GUEST COMMENT Political and engineering challe
BREAKING INDUSTRY NEWS TBM Nancy Breaks Throug
INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY UNCOMPROMISED ACCURACY SA
Brenner Base Tunnel: Italy’s story There are two
BRENNER BASE TUNNEL: ITALY’S STORY Brenner Base
10 Tunnelling Journal
BRENNER BASE TUNNEL: ITALY’S STORY
Excavated rock from the Mules 2-3 c
Reinforcing Progress You want to advanc
Marti Technik conveyors bring excavated m
technik We know our business Many years of exper
TYTRO™ Solutions for Tunnelling O
BRENNER BASE TUNNEL: ITALY’S STORY
A RETURN TO RUSSIA 40 Years after boring the Ori
The Severomuysky Serv ce Tunnel i The first Sev
Lower Thames Crossing Europe’s largest road tunn
A RETURN TO RUSSIA T fi M i w c o l M R
TBM Belt Conveyor: The Severomuysky machine in ro
www.gzconsultants.com ELEVATED THINKING, UNDERGR
15 minutes with Alan Boden Alan Boden/Director/A
improve efficiency. The contractor on TMCLK led t
The road to cleaner tunnelling There are general
THE ROAD TO CLEANER TUNNELLING but only if sig
versions by 2025. Epiroc’s battery-driven und
THE ROAD TO CLEANER TUNNELLING reducing ventil
A review of Tunnel Segment Gaskets - Part 2: Stan
A REVIEW OF TUNNEL SEGMENT GASKETS – PART 2 th
conservative results for the different water seal
to be made-up of two components – an allowance fo
Figure 5a – Open and closed end gasket
load and the tensile bursting forces at the joint
A TBM first
A TBM FIRST IN NEPAL Since it w
Figure 4. Monthly estimated and
A TBM FIRST IN NEPAL The potential for mee
The 12.2km Bheri Babai Diversion Multipurpose
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Contact us Tris Thomas Editorial Director Tel: +
DRIVEN TO THE CORE OVERCOME THE UNEXPECTED
October/November 2019 www.tunnelingjour
DEMANDING CONDITIONS DEMAND JENNMAR. Je
Comment Too good to be true…? Although it is enc
NORTH AMERICAN NEWS Metro backs proposal for new
ALWAYS READY TO ROLL BUILT TO LAST
THE INSIDER Bob Goodfellow, PE, PEng, President,
JOBS DONE WELL. For more than 50 years, Kiewit ha
Under Pressure The hard rock TBM which has recent
UNDER PRESSURE problems due to faults in the b
Tunnel Trenchless Geotechnical Geostructura
of traditional seals and an emergency, inflatable
The cutter head is lifted down the 900ft
Trusted INNOVATIVE UNDERGROUND SOLUTIONS HNTB has
15 minutes with... Sanja Zlatanic n Sanja Zlatani
15 MINUTES WITH SANJA ZLATANIC due to overpopul
Monitoring the changes Part 1 Lars Babendere
MONITORING THE CHANGES t
Wireless sensors for railway monitori
As engineers and IT specialists, Maxwell GeoSyste
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Where Innovation Meets Practical Experience Expa