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Pointless tunnel? London needs its Thames tunnel. The use of green technologies some argue could replace the 'super-sewer' are unlikely to be implemented over the long term and on such a huge scale	Comment Article	23 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Spend, spend, spend In difficult economic times, governments should inject money into transport, water and energy infrastructures to resuscitate sluggish economies	Comment Article	26 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Facing the future The International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA) may have its work cut out given its limited resources and the rapid global demand for its services. Electonic communications technologies could provide the answer but so will better support from the industry	Comment Article	06 Oct 2011	0 Stars
More debate needed A controversial paper published last month in WT has spawned a strident response in this issue from a well-known tunnel consultant. Both arguments have benefitted WT and its readers	Comment Article	18 Aug 2011	0 Stars
The only way is up This year's World Tunnel Congress held in Helsinki, in May, was a great success, further evidence perhaps, that global tunnelling is in a healthy state and, by all accounts, could remain so for some time to come.	Comment Article	20 Jul 2011	0 Stars
Bridge and tunnel A tunnel has beaten a bridge to become the preferred option for the fixed link between Germany and Denmark. Will this herald a new age of immersed tunnels?	Comment Article	31 May 2011	0 Stars
A unified structural approach Using a tunnel should provide the same level of experience as that provided by other great civil engineering structures. But that is frequently not the case. Can architects help enliven the proceedings?	Comment Article	04 May 2011	0 Stars
Making nuclear a better option Japan's recent nuclear disaster has served to underline the problems with nuclear power. But how can these reactors be made safer?	Comment Article	25 Mar 2011	0 Stars
Concrete for ever Concrete is one of the most useful of construction materials known to man but it is not one of the 'greenest'. But recent developments are beginning to change this perception...	Comment Article	02 Mar 2011	0 Stars
Keeping them informed Keeping the public in the picture might be one way of raising the profile of tunnelling..	Comment Article	01 Feb 2011	0 Stars
A rather good year Global tunnelling has had a pretty good year overall in 2010, with the exception of the ARC Hudson tunnel cancellation. But it looks like all systems go in many other parts of the world.	Comment Article	06 Dec 2010	0 Stars
On the brink It has been a turbulent few weeks for the troubled ARC Tunnel, designed to link New Jersey (NJ) and Manhattan. Perhaps we should have sensed a bad omen when Governor Chris Christie recently threatened to divert funds from the project into other transport sectors.	Comment Article	08 Nov 2010	0 Stars
Norway shows the way Much debate in Norway has centred around its oil industry, but the recent blow-out in the Gulf of Mexico has served to focus more attention on sub-sea tunnelling for oil production.	Comment Article	05 Oct 2010	0 Stars
Green, getting greener George Demetri on recent advances in tunnel sustainability, particularly in the use of aggregates and sprayed concrete linings.	Comment Article	25 Aug 2010	0 Stars
Mining for Oil Given the recent Deepwater Horizon drilling rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, it might be time to look at other safer, more sustainable methods for extracting oil - such as tunnelling.	Comment Article	05 Aug 2010	0 Stars
Crossrail in the balance The UK has a new coalition government but will cuts needed to reduce the country's gargantuan budget deficit mean postponement for Crossrail?	Comment Article	03 Jun 2010	0 Stars
It's show time Major tunnelling conferences are being scheduled far too close to each other. Why is this happening?	Comment Article	29 Apr 2010	0 Stars
What, where, when, why and who? It's good to get feedback from readers, so I was heartened to hear from an eminent and well-known tunnelling author (see p10-11), responding to a point from the last roundtable.	Comment Article	25 Mar 2010	0 Stars
Short cut to nowhere	Comment Article	18 Feb 2010	0 Stars
New blood needed WT's roundtable event held in Hamburg in November threw up some interesting questions, one of which was how to attract young new recruits into the industry.	Comment Article	08 Feb 2010	0 Stars
Another year, another roundtable Many of you will recall that in January we ran the proceedings of the first World Tunnelling Industry Leaders’ Roundtable, which was held in Sargans, Switzerland, in September 2008. The publication proved a great success – popular with readers and participants alike. Indeed, given the positive feedback received, we have now established the Roundtable as an annual event	Comment Article	23 Dec 2009	0 Stars
More education please - CSM-style Three days at the Colorado School of Mines have impressed George Demetri.	Comment Article	14 Oct 2009	0 Stars
Tunnel Talkback: Not as mad as it sounds We have had an interesting mix of responses to our newly launched Tunnel Talkback feature on the WT website	Comment Article	18 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Idea, inspiration, reality	Comment Article	04 Jun 2009	0 Stars
A sprinkling of good sense Carly Lovejoy’s article in this issue concerns the recent fire and associated repair work to the Channel tunnel linking the UK and France.	Comment Article	30 Apr 2009	0 Stars
A source of inspiration ITA president Martin Knights thinks more needs to be done to attract more ‘civils’ graduates into tunnelling.	Comment Article	20 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Tunnelling as it is I have to start this month with something of an apology. I discovered only recently the History Channel’s 11-programme series on ‘Tunnellers’. I don’t subscribe to the History Channel, but that is no excuse. Hopefully many of you will have already caught some of it.	Comment Article	09 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Immersed in discussion You may notice that a substantial part of this magazine (pp21-31) is taken up by the World Tunnelling round table, held in Sargans, Switzerland on September 16.	Comment Article	12 Feb 2009	0 Stars
Message from the president Martin Knights, president of the International Tunnelling and Underground Association (ITA), reviews recent ITA activities and looks at what 2009 may hold for the sector	Magazine Article	12 Feb 2009	0 Stars
Archived Issue Online articles are not available for this issue. You may download the PDF version by clicking on the icon to the right.	Headline Article	27 Jan 2009	0 Stars
Keynes or Korea?	Comment Article	20 Jan 2009	0 Stars
Still in the dark	Comment Article	26 Nov 2008	0 Stars

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Pointless tunnel?

Spend, spend, spend

Facing the future

More debate needed

The only way is up

Bridge and tunnel

A unified structural approach

Making nuclear a better option

Concrete for ever

Keeping them informed

A rather good year

On the brink

Norway shows the way

Green, getting greener

Mining for Oil

Crossrail in the balance

It's show time

What, where, when, why and who?

Short cut to nowhere

New blood needed

Another year, another roundtable

More education please - CSM-style

Tunnel Talkback: Not as mad as it sounds

Idea, inspiration, reality

A sprinkling of good sense

A source of inspiration

Tunnelling as it is

Immersed in discussion

Message from the president

Archived Issue

Keynes or Korea?

Still in the dark

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