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TUNNELLING JOURNAL SEPTEMBER 2019
September 2019
The International Journal for the Tunnelling Industry
www.tunnellingjournal.com
A Greener
Route for SCL?
Page Page Page
08
The future for
fire protection
TJ asked a group
of industry
players what new
challenges they are
now facing.
24
Hard rock
tunnel
grouting
Normet UK’s
Lawrence Hall
shares his thoughts
on the benefits of
MFC.
28
‘Rock beats
paper’
Introducing the
new ITA/FIDIC
Emerald Book.
Tunnelling Journal 1
DRIVEN TO THE CORE
OVERCOME
THE UNEXPECTED
Galerie des Janots
La Ciotat, France
3.5 m Robbins Main Beam TBM
CON
TUNNELLING JOURNAL SEPTEMBER 2019 September 2019
DRIVEN TO THE CORE OVERCOME THE UNEXPECTED
Contents Editor’s comment – page 5 News from the
ALWAYS ADVANCING www.terratec.co
EDITOR’S COMMENT Lateral thinking… In a design
BREAKING INDUSTRY NEWS Review ordered to decid
Tunnelling Journal 7
The future for fire protection The world of fire en
THE FUTURE FOR FIRE PROTECTION Tunnel in Bruss
Mapegrout Gunite FSD is a one component, fast set
built-in digital tunnel models and will be able t
This is something that Amberg Engineering and
VIP | TUNNEL SEGMENT GASKETS SAY GOODBYE
A review of Tunnel Segment Gaskets Part 1 Over a
cord, in this example, being compressed and the c
Stress Relaxation When under load, the seal must
Lower Thames Crossing Europe’s largest road tunn
A Greener Route for SCL? Using sprayed concrete
company Edvirt which provides simulator-enhanced
have to do basic stuff like doing a carbon footpr
concrete,” says Professor Eivind Grøv, chief scie
Jinxiu, Yan Prof. Yan has been involved in the t
15 MINUTE INTERVIEW Over the last 10 years, th
PEG using TamCrete MFC Benefits of MFC
BENEFITS OF MFC FOR HARD ROCK TUNNEL GROUTING
3- line grouting system with comp
Drilling of holes and placing packers Execution o
“Rock Beats Paper” The Renaissance of Fairness in
the Contract remuneration and timing. It is not,
underground works projects during the preparation
We always provide our customers with the right pe
TunneL DeSign | geoTechnicaL engineering | conS
dealing with differing conditions agreed in advan
and investigate the physical conditions p
allocation contributing to local contracting capa
PRODUCT NEWS MAI® International at Brenner The
PRESENTING THE 16TH
Contact us Tris Thomas Editorial Director Tel: +
Tunnelling Journal 39
September 2019 www.tunnelingjournal.com
PERFORMANCE3 MASTERING STRICT REQUIREMENTS Maxi
Comment The complete toolbox In ITA President, J
NORTH AMERICAN NEWS Delaware Aqueduct Bypass Tun
NORTH AMERICAN NEWS NORTH AMERICAN NEWS Lane t
THE INSIDER Bob Goodfellow, PE, PEng, President,
North American Tunneling Journal 7
Looking Back at Akron With tunneling well and
LOOKING BACK AT AKRON by July that year. In No
DEMANDING CONDITIONS DEMAND JENNMAR. Je
LOOKING BACK AT AKRON that. Water jets were use
From left to right: Robbins supplied th
Tunnel Trenchless Geotechnical Geostructura
Engineering Geology as Applied to Tunn
ENGINEERING GEOLOGY AS APPLIED TO TUNNELING PROJE
Where Innovation Meets Practical Experience Expa
ENGINEERING GEOLOGY AS APPLIED TO TUNNELING PROJE
groundwater are behaving and/ or reacting to the
ENGINEERING GEOLOGY AS APPLIED TO TUNNELING PROJE
Waterproofing solutions NATJ queried several c
WATERPROOFING SOLUTIONS Alchemy-Spetec Alchemy-
AGRU waterproofing in action services
ALWAYS READY TO ROLL BUILT TO LAST