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The BTS has members working in many fields of safety including Safety Standards and Compressed Air with all working groups be overseen by Donald Lamont.

Safety Standards Working Group

BS 6164 Safety in Tunnelling

The BSI standards committee involved in safety in tunnels is presently reviewing BS 6164 :2001 with a view to publishing a revised document at the end of 2008 early 2009.
Representatives from BTS who are members of the BSI committee have been tasked with compilation of the revisions for sections 4, 5 and 6 of the existing document as well as peer reviewing and assisting the PJA in revising sections 7 - 10 and 13 - 26.

Compressed Air Work Working Group

The Compressed Air Work Working Group covers work in tunnels under compressed air. It has organised several seminars in recent years and has contributed over many years to the improvements in this field. The current chairman is Roy Slocombe. Further details can be found here.

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