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The BTS has members working in many fields of safety including British and European Standards. It also has a Compressed Air Working Group. The working group is chaired by Donald Lamont.

Safety & Standards Working Group

BS 6164 Safety in Tunnelling

The BSIs committee B/513/-/2 is presently reviewing BS 6164 :2001 (Code of Practice for safety in tunnelling in the construction industry). A draft for public comment was published by BSI in February 2011. In addition to representatives from BTS, most of the other members of the BSI committee, are BTS members

Compressed Air Work Working Group

The Compressed Air Working Group (CAWG) consists of medical and engineering experts from a wide range of backgrounds. It covers work in tunnels under compressed air. The CAWG has organised two major seminars in recent years and was the principal consultee for the recent revision of HSE’s guidance on the Work in Compressed Air Regulations. Along with its predecessor body, the Decompression Sickness Panel of the Medical Research Council, it 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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CEN-enquiry for CEN/TC 151 WG 4 standards - documents available for comment

The CEN-enquiry for the following CEN/TC 151 WG 4 standards will run from 21st October 2010 to 21st March 2011:

1. prEN 12110 Tunnelling machines - Air Locks - Safety Requirements
2. prEN 12111 Tunnelling machines - Road headers, continuous miners and impact rippers - Safety Requirements
3. prEN 16191 Tunnelling machinery - Safety Requirements (former EN 12336 & EN 815)

BTS members are invited to review the documents and submit their comments. To obtain copies of the documents please contact the BTS secretary at ben.mcalinden@ice.org.uk. Please then submit any comments to Ben or to Mike Henigan (mike.henigan@bsigroup.com) by the end of February 2011.

Comments received will be reviewed by the relevant BSI committee before being forwarded to CEN. These prENs do not supersede the existing harmonised standards.