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TBM-bored hydropower tunnel with final shotcrete lining in the Himalayas Image credit: Dean Brox


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Obituary


Peter Bermingham BTS One of the UK’s tunnelling greats is remembered.


Shafts & Caverns Brunel shaft anniversary Shaft sinking for the Thames Tunnel began 200 years ago.


Inclined success Variable diameter TBM finishes sloping shaft for a pumped storage project in China.


Storage advances Plans and excavations move ahead in Sweden for long-term underground storage of radioactive material and spent nuclear fuel.


Power & Water


TBMs for Himalayan hydro Dean Brox Use and applicability of TBMs to build long headrace tunnels in the Himalayas, often under high overburden.


Data & AI


Knowledge systems Rajat Gangrade Transforming project delivery in tunnelling through ‘Integrated Data Intelligence’ using cohesive knowledge systems.


H&S


BTS H&S Course Rod Young Preview of the benefits and opportunities of attending the vital BTS H&S course, in mid-November, in London.


Trenchless No-Dig North


Preview of the trenchless conference in Vancouver in late October.


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