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<br /> north american<br /> Tunneling<br /> April/May 2016<br /> www.tunnellingjournal.com j o u r n a l<br /> CALMING THE WATERS<br /> AT LAKE MEAD<br /> AVOIDING DISPUTES DURING STARTER<br /> TUNNEL CHALLENGES<br /> Tunnelling<br /> www.tunnellingjournal.com April/May 2016<br /> The international journal for the tunnelling industry j o u r n a l<br /> SEE PAGE 6<br /> SEE PAGE 12<br /> SEE PAGE 27<br /> WORLD<br /> NEWS<br /> HIGHLIGHTS<br /> FROM THE TJ<br /> WEBSITE'S<br /> DAILY NEWS<br /> SERVICE<br /> MONITOR<br /> PROGRESS<br /> TJ ROUNDS<br /> UP ADVANCES<br /> IN MODERN<br /> MONITORING<br /> METHODS<br /> CUTTER<br /> CARE<br /> RESEARCH INTO<br /> EXTENDING TBM<br /> CUTTER LIFE<br /> EXPLAINED<br /> DIFFICULT <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=1"> north american Tunneling </a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=2"> Tunnelling www.tunnelling</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=3"> GROSVENOR PROJECT, AUSTRALIA </a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=4"> contentS Construction moves up a gear at the Bren</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=5"> </a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=6"> editorScomment Strength in numbers In the Februar</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=7"> NEWS FROM THE WEB www.tunnellingjournal.com - bre</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=8"> www.tunnellingjournal.com - breaking industry new</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=9"> NEWS FROM THE WEB www.tunnellingjournal.com - bre</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=10"> UNDERSTANDING UNDERGROUND For decades, we've wo</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=11"> TESTIMONIALS Tunnelling </a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=12"> TESTIMONIALS TUNNELLING JOURNAL IS A MUST READ</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=13"> MONITORING MONITORING The dream was always that m</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=14"> MONITORING PROGRESS a template according to what </a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=15"> Delivering Support & Ingenuity DSI Supplies Sa</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=16"> MONITORING Figure 1: The Box Tunnel ground model </a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=17"> MONITORING The track lowering, including the </a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=18"> Efficient conveyor systems, backed by experience </a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=19"> MADE RIGHT. HERE. JENNMAR's PYTHON® Expandable R</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=20"> MONITORING A selection of photographs showing how</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=21"> </a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=22"> TBMS The 10m diameter Robbins Double Shield machi</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=23"> TBMS that would not require a tunnel lining for t</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=24"> World Class Tunnel Fire protection Promat are th</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=25"> TBMS Forepole drills and spiles (seen here in r</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=26"> TBMS cameras have been used to monitor mixing ch</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=27"> GREA T MINES DON'T THINK ALIKE All mining or tun</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=28"> CUTTER WEAR Increasing efficiency in DISC CUTTE</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=29"> CUTTER WEAR to blocked cutters, it may be conclud</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=30"> </a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=31"> CUTTER WEAR Figure 4: Granite rock samples </a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=32"> CUTTER WEAR predictions: The necessary thrust of</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=33"> RESEARCH TUNNEL </a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=34"> RESEARCH a. Calculations for handling load</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=35"> RESEARCH Table Table 1: Soft ground tunnel design</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=36"> ITA-WTC 2016 VISIT US ON BOO</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=37"> c 1013 </a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=38"> SUSTAINABILITY Value Engineering is sustainabilit</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=39"> TBM PERFORMANCE EPBM performance on Crossrail C-</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=40"> TBM PERFORMANCE delivery and removal of excavate</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=41"> TBM PERFORMANCE Table 2: Predominant geology </a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=42"> TBM PERFORMANCE Figure 5: Westbound performance </a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=43"> TBM PERFORMANCE Influence area: August 2013 </a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=44"> Do you know how much Dräger you can find here? </a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=45"> TBM PERFORMANCE Figure 8: Eastbound - Time excava</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=46"> l </a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=47"> 30TH INTERNATIONAL EARTH-MOVING AND BUILDING MACH</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=48"> TBM PERFORMANCE TBM performance. Together this co</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=49"> TBM PERFORMANCE · Hard Thanet Sand. · Thanet San</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=50"> TBM PERFORMANCE tendency of the ground to trap t</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=51"> FIRE PROTECTION Structural Fire Protection to NFP</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=52"> FIRE PROTECTION configurations were tested based</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 53" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=53"> FIRE PROTECTION thickness of any insulating board</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 54" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=54"> ©Photo credits: Pascal le Doaré and COSEA photo l</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 55" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=55"> We always provide our customers with the right pe</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 56" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=56"> FIRE PROTECTION Figure 5: Example of the evolutio</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 57" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=57"> FIRE PROTECTION Figure 7: Predicted temperatures </a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 58" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=58"> V I P | T U N N E L S E G M E N T G A S K E T</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 59" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=59"> Driving progress in tunnel projects. Booth 707 | </a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 60" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=60"> PRODUCT NEWS Grace under pressure Construction of</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 61" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=61"> PRODUCT NEWS below ground structures, British Sta</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 62" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=62"> bts </a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 63" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=63"> contact US Gary Tween Managing Director Tel: + 4</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 64" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=64"> Tunnelling www.tun</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 65" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=65"> Client: Southern Nevada Water Authority (SN</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 66" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=66"> Welcome to WTC 2016 Well here we are, gathered i</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 67" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=67"> Efficient conveyor systems, backed by experience </a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 68" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=68"> WTC 2016 introduction San Francisco WTC 201</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 69" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=69"> WTC 2016 introduction There is also a works</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 70" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=70"> WTC 2016 introduction MON 25 14:00 TUES 26 1</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 71" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=71"> WTC 2016 introduction `Think Deep' with ITACUS</a> <a title="TJ April/May 2016_WTC preview page 72" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/34ed3066?page=72"> MADE RIGHT. 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