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BTS Harding Prize


Hinkley Point C excavation for a tunnel to shaft connection Image credit: Balfour Beatty


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Competition Design and construction of complex offshore structures David Maddison, Jacobs


The works for the tunnel to shaft connections on the Hinkley Point C project’s intake and outfall tunnels are described in a runner-up paper in the 2024 competition.


Technical


Retrospective on Bank station capacity upgrade Dr Ali Nasekhian, Bethan Haig, Dr Sauer & Partners


Designers look back at the challenges and solutions of the complex tunnelling to improve connections and capacity at Bank station on the London tube.


Education/R&D


Swissloop - a student-led initiative


Christoph Ott, Swissloop Tunneling Students from ETH Zurich describe the evolution of R&D projects to create an MTBM prototype system that recently won the ‘Not-a-Boring Competition’.


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& Training Design and Construction course Mike King, MK Tunnelling


The BTS’s flagship, 1-week long Design and Construction course takes place early July, with highly experienced tunnellers teaching and talking many aspects of the industry.


Technical


PJA guidance update T&T The Pipe Jacking Association has issued an update on design guidance with a focus on CDM Duty Holders. The document comes from best practice consensus agreed with BTS.


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