Tag Archives: Underground structures

Temporary works solutions provider Altrad RMD Kwikform has officially launched its Tubeshor Active Thermal Compensator, designed to manage thermal variances that can affect excavation prop loads.

At the 2024 GE Basements & Underground Structures conference, Mott MacDonald technical principal James Eadington will discuss the importance of ground and structural stiffness on projects involving deep excavations.

At the 2024 GE Basements & Underground Structures conference, Wentworth House Partnership managing director Stuart Vaughan will discuss the complexities involved in balancing heritage with innovation on the £300M Salisbury Square development.

At the GE Basements & Underground Structures conference, AKT II’s Dimitrios Selemetas, along with AKT II’s Will Argent, Mace’s Adrian Bywaters and Epsimon’s Nicky de Battista, will share lessons learnt from full-scale piled raft monitoring of a London office tower.

At the 2024 GE Basements & Underground Structures conference, Hewson Consulting director Andrew Hodgkinson will discuss how the innovative use of precast elements can improve tunnel shaft construction.

Ahead of the GE Basements & Underground Structures conference, Conquip director of strategic partnerships and major projects Adam Hicks shares his perspective on the critical issues and opportunities within the geotechnical supply chain.

Ground engineers should focus on fundamentals and buildability rather than advanced analysis and automation to deliver more economically viable underground spaces, writes Mott MacDonald's James Eadington.

Stephan Jefferis discusses an EPSRC-funded collaboration between top UK universities, aiming to improve the understanding of polymer support fluid behaviour, with initial results to be shared at a workshop at Imperial College London in September.

A joint venture of Webuild and NGE has been awarded a €1.38bn (£1.2bn) contract for a western section of Line 15 on the Grand Paris Express scheme to expand the Paris metro.

At the 2023 GE Basements and Underground Structures conference, Arup director Dinesh Patel will revisit the construction of a deep basement underneath Claridge’s, which was back in the headlines this year due to a popular BBC documentary.