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Rock mechanics and nuclear waste disposal |
| Rock mechanics research and characterization studies are needed both in-situ and in the laboratory to assist in the siting and design of nuclear waste repositories |
| http://www.tunneltalk.com/TunnelTECH-Jul2020-Rock-mechanics-and-nuclear-waste-disposal.php |
| Publication Date: Jul 2020 | Author: Nick Barton, Independent Consultant |
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Single-shell lining design and advantages |
| The single-shell alternative to the double-shell permanent lining design for underground excavations in rock, offers significant savings in construction time and cost and reduces the consumption of concrete in efforts to lower the carbon footprint and increase sustainability of the underground construction industry |
| http://www.tunneltalk.com/TunnelTECH-Feb2020-Advantages-of-the-single-shell-lining-design.php |
| Publication Date: Feb 2020 | Author: Nick Barton |
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Meeting demand for new generation professionals |
| Meeting the demand for well educated recruits for the global tunnelling industry |
| http://www.tunneltalk.com/Education-and-Training-Oct2017-Efforts-to-meet-demand-for-skilled-recruits.php |
| Publication Date: Oct 2017 | Author: TunnelTalk reporting |
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TBM rescue for Tapovan hydro challenge |
| Seli Overseas is hired to recover TBM tunnelling and complete challenging headrace excavation for the delayed Tapovan Vishnugad hydro project in India |
| http://www.tunneltalk.com/India-15Dec16-Tapovan-Vishnugad-headrace-tunnel-rescue-by-Seli-Overseas-and-HCC.php |
| Publication Date: Dec 2016 | Author: Patrick Reynolds for TunnelTalk |
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Norway talks TBMs in countdown to WTC 2017 |
| Norwegian TBM Applications tunnelling conference discusses resurgence of TBMs in Norway and prepares for WTC2017 |
| http://www.tunneltalk.com/Conferences-June16-TBM-Applications-II-in-Bergen-Norway.php |
| Publication Date: Jun 2016 | Author: Patrick Reynolds for TunnelTalk |
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Boundaries busted for highway under the Bosphorus |
| A 3.4km long bored tunnel under the Bosphorus in Turkey will provide a double deck highway crossing of the strait to add capacity to existing bridge and ferry links across the continental divide between the Asian and European sides of Istanbul city, using a BOOT (build, own, operate, transfer) model to finance, design and construct the total 14.5km long highway project |
| http://www.tunneltalk.com/Turkey-24Sep15-Eurasia-highway-tunnel-crossing-of-the-Bosphorus-in-Istanbul.php |
| Publication Date: Sep 2015 | Author: Shani Wallis, TunnelTalk |
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Optimum advance for long distance TBM drives |
| International consultant Dr Nick Barton provides feedback on the concept being developed by Norwegian engineers and institutions to use long distance TBM drives under the sea to develop off-shore oilfields and replace the current oil platform technology |
| http://www.tunneltalk.com/Feedback-Jan2014-Optimum-advance-for-long-distance-TBM-drives.php |
| Publication Date: Jan 2014 | Author: Dr Nick Barton, Nick Barton & Associates |
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Canada salutes Canadian achievements |
| Canada salutes Canadian achievements |
| http://www.tunneltalk.com/Awards-and-Honours-17Nov2013-Canada-salutes-Canadian-achievements.php |
| Publication Date: Nov 2013 | Author: Shani Wallis, TunnelTalk |
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Defining NMT as part of the NATM SCL debate |
| The Norwegian Method of Tunnelling (NMT) has its origin mostly from Scandinavia. Numerous case records, eventually more than 1,250, were finally mostly from Norway, with many early cases from Sweden. It is this (and numerous single-shell caverns from other countries too) that stimulated the original development of the Q-system of rock mass classification and the tunnel support class definition. |
| http://www.tunneltalk.com/Discussion-Forum-Sep12-NMT-definition.php |
| Publication Date: Sep 2012 | Author: Nick Barton, International tunnelling consultant, Oslo/SãoPaulo |
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In search of resilient cities |
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The world's population is on a vast urban migration to super-sized megalopolises. By 2050, an estimated 70% of the world's people will live in urban areas, up from the current 50% recorded in 2010. Developing the infrastructure to accommodate such huge populations and provide urbanization that is effective, adequate and sustainable is the task of city planners and engineers. At the 2011 ITA World Tunnel Congress in Helsinki the Association's Committee on Underground Space (ITACUS) staged the opening event of a global initiative to promote the use of underground space as a crucial element in the quest for building sustainable cities that are resilient to both the natural and man-induced disasters that are likely to confront them. TunnelTalk Editor Shani Wallis reflects on the ITACUS Open Session in Helsinki and looks ahead to Bangkok 2012 where the debate will continue.
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| http://www.tunneltalk.com/WTC-ITACUS-Dec11-In-search-of-resilient-cities.php |
| Publication Date: Dec 2011 | Author: Shani Wallis, TunnelTalk |
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Shanghai examines underground developments |
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China's rate of infrastructure development continues to astonish and the extraordinary pace of underground infrastructure development was high on the agenda when delegates gathered in Shanghai for the 5th International Symposium on Tunnelling. Organised by a team of high-ranking industry, academic and government-authority engineers, the two day event, held every second year, attracted more than 500 delegates from throughout China and included about 75 delegates from overseas.
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| http://www.tunneltalk.com/Conferences-Nov11-China-in-conference.php |
| Publication Date: Nov 2011 | Author: Shani Wallis, TunnelTalk |
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Nick Barton Mueller Award - TunnelTalk |
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Dr Nick Barton is selected as the recipient of the distinguished Müller Award, an award that honours the memory of Professor Leopold Müller, the founder of the ISRM (International Society of Rock Mechanics) and in recognition of distinguished contributions to the profession of rock mechanics and rock engineering.
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| http://www.tunneltalk.com/ISRM-Mueller-Award-Nov10-Nick-Barton-2011-recipient.php |
| Publication Date: Nov 2010 | Author: TunnelTalk reporting |
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ITA post congress analysis |
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The buzz in the corridors was positive; the talk of big projects moving ahead, immanent; progress of major projects worldwide, reported; and space for exhibitors was sold out long ago. Being at the ITA conference last week in Budapest was another exercise in asking; 'so where is this global recession?' Despite prefaces from several speakers about the dire affects of over-reactive tightening of credit by self-inflicted over-extension by banks - the need to build underground infrastructure is at record highs and now is the right time to get these projects into construction, while supply-line indices are down. Most countries in the world are programming many billions of capital investment to provide the groundwork for the cities and societies in which we will live in the near future. TunnelTalk was among the many who travelled to Budapest for the Association's 35th General Assembly, congress and exhibition, to report the major developments and topics of discussion.
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| http://www.tunneltalk.com/ITA-post-congress-analysis.php |
| Publication Date: Jun 2009 | Author: Shani Wallis, Editor |
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ITA 2008 news from Agra, India |
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27 September 2008: It was a busy time for the member nations at the 36th General Assembly in Agra with much business to attend to since the last General Assembly 16 months ago in Prague, in the Czech Republic in May 2007. The following were among the major items of business concluded.
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| http://www.tunneltalk.com/ITA-2008-news-from-Agra.php |
| Publication Date: Sep 2008 | Author: Shani Wallis, Editor |
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