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Engineers ramp up Jubilee Line tunnel repair effort
Engineers were this week ramping up efforts to head off a worsening structural problem on a section of London Undereground’s Jubilee Line, NCE can exclusively reveal.
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New guidance issued for jack-up barges
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Lankelma wins ground investigation work for new Venezuelan bridge
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Sensitive foundation work secures future of historic building in Germany
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Power tunnel drives halfway to completion
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Piling starts for new Gibraltar hotel
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Greater Gabbard windfarm foundations dispute resolved
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Early London Underground tunnel boring machine to be shown on BBC programme
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Looe landslide stabilisation plans presented
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Keller forecasts good results for 2013
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Deadline draws near for 2013’s Geotechnical Services File
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US copper mine landslide covers main ore body
Kennecott Utah Copper has confirmed that a landslide at its Bingham Canyon Mine earlier this month has covered the mine’s main ore body and will need to be removed.
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A quay issue
With Channel Island ferry services already set to restart in time for the peak holiday season in July, Balfour Beatty is under pressure to complete harbour wall repairs at Weymouth. Claire Symes reports.
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US copper mine landslide covers main ore body
Kennecott Utah Copper has confirmed that a landslide at its Bingham Canyon Mine earlier this month has covered the mine’s main ore body and will need to be removed.
Wuxi metro tunnelling reaches breakthrough
Work to build the first two of five planned metro lines in the Chinese city of Wuxi has reached a milestone with 16km of tunnels completed by a fleet of eight tunnel boring machines (TBMs) in just 20 months.
Stealthy tactics
Dense ground conditions and stringent noise limitations have resulted in some innovative solutions for construction of new facilities for the latest generation of container ships at the Port of Southampton. Claire Symes reports.
Crossrail western running tunnels reach milestone
Construction of the tunnels on the western section of Crossrail have reached the third way point with both tunnel boring machines (TBMs) having together completed 5km of tunnelling between Royal Oak and Farringdon.
Deep solutions
When it comes to realising the opportunities offered by the growth in offshore wind farms, the concrete sector is “under starter’s orders”. NCE reports.
Crossrail "London Tunnelling Marathon" begins- Photo Gallery
Crossrail has this week released images of its tunnels to mark the start of its peak tunnelling period. Five tunnelling machines are now operational and working 24 hours a day to drill 42km of tunnels under London.
Bucking the trend
Geotechnical engineers are in demand as workload picks up in the UK and abroad, reports Declan Lynch.
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Ground Engineering is the leading magazine for the UK geotechnics industry providing information on new and practical aspects of geotechnics, engineering geology and geo-environmental engineering. To keep up to date on the latest stories, follow the magazine on twitter @GE_magazine Editor Claire Symes is a geotechnical engineer with 12 years' experience as a construction journalist. To get in contact, please email claire.symes@emap.com or call 020 3033 2818 and follow her on Twitter @ClaireS_GE |
