British Tunnelling Society
Meetings Programme
Meetings Programme 2002
Print PageThe BTS is one of the most active societies at the ICE. It has a total of approximately 900 individual and corporate members and is also active at national and regional levels.
| Date | Title | Speakers | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/12/02 | Severn Tunnel, 1950's. The history of the construction of the tunnel under the River Severn between England and Wales. And Victoria Line, 1960's. This covers the works for London Underground including 24-hour working | BTS has commissioned Robert Dewar, Huntley Film Archives Ltd | ICE |
| 21/11/02 | BTS Lecture 'Competence in the Tunnelling Industry' | Bob Ibell, London Bridge Associates; Prof Barry G. Clarke, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Newcastle; Dr Doug Allenby, Edmund Nuttall Ltd; Peter Jewell, Brown and Root | ICE |
| 17/10/02 | "The tunnels on the Taiwan High Speed Rail Project" | Peter Humphreys, Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation | ICE |
| 19/09/02 | MRT North East Line Singapore - Contract C704 | Wolfgang Freitzsche - Managing Director And Peter Chiappa - Area Manager Asia - Pacific - Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau AG | ICE |
| 04/07/02 | Joint Code of Practice for the Procurement, Design and Construction of Tunnels and Underground Structures in the United Kingdom Powerpoint Slide Show From the Above meeting BTS & Association British Insurers |
Various | ICE |
| 20/06/02 | The Harding Memorial Lecture | Colin Mackenzie - Tunnel Consultant | ICE |
| 16/05/02 | AGM & "Copenhagen Metro -Tunnelling in an urban area with minimal environmental Impact" | Anders Odgaad et al | ICE |
| 10/05/02 | BTS 14th Annual Dinner and Awards Ceremony | Guest Speaker | The Brewery, Chiswell Street London, EC1 |
| 18/04/02 | Box Jacking the Histadrut Road brings Flood Relief to Haifa | Danny Sherban, Yodfat Engineers; Rannia Gideon, Yodfat Engineers; Jack Knight, Charles Haswell & Peretz Bash, Yarah Engineering | ICE |
| 21/03/02 | This house believes that "self certification is dangerous for tunnel construction" | Proposers for the motion: Martin Knights: Brown and Root Seconder for the Motion Sir Alan Muir Wood. Against the Motion: Alan Myers: RLE & Andy Sindle: Morganest | ICE |
| 21/02/02 | BTS & MIMM - "Mine Development - ultra-deep shafts and more" | Mark A Kirkbride - Skanska Cementation | ICE |
| 17/01/02 | UPGRADING THE LEP TUNNELS - CERN & ALP TRANSIT TUNNELS "THE SWISS APPROACH" | Martin Knights - Brown and Root & Paul Hoyland - Balfour Beatty Major Projects | ICE |
