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NEW ZEALAND
www.loadritescales.com
Tel: +64 9 820 7723
Tel: +1 919 462 1635
Manufacturer
Scales and reporting systems for wheel loaders, excavators and conveyor belts for measurement of accumulated tunnel spoil.
Since 1973, Akkerman Inc. has manufactured distinctive microtunneling, pipe jacking, tunneling, guided boring and earth pressure balance equipment. We attribute Akkerman Inc.'s reputation for superior reliability and responsive service to our team of experienced engineers, field technicians and our extensive parts department. For information on how they can assist your next project please visit www.akkerman.com or call 800 533 0386.
USA
www.americanchemtech.com
Tel: +1 517 223 0300
Tel: +1 800 938 0101
Manufacturer
ACT offers two full-synthetic, fire-resistant hydraulic fluids for the tunneling industry. Both fluids are "readily biodegradable” and one offers 100% water solubility. These fluids provide the high-performance and system reliability necessary to keep the project on schedule, and at the same time, have low environmental impact on the job site.
USA
www.amerontlock.com
Tel: +1 312 936 1159
Tel: +1 936 524 4167
Materials Supplier
Ameron Protective Linings Division manufactures the proprietary T-Lock PVC lining system for use in large diameter concrete pipe and tunnel construction. For new construction of jacking pipe or concrete tunnnel pipe segments, T-Lock is embedded into the substrate during the precasting process. For tunnel rehabilitation, Ameron's T-Hab process, featuring sheets of the PVC T-Lock liner are installed inside the damaged structure using special forms and structural grout.
Manufacturer and supplier of new and rebuilt roadheaders, hydraulic rock cutters and lattice girders.
ASCOM SPA is and Italian company designing and producing special lifting and handling equipment.
Our Special Equipment Division is specialized in equipment for infrastructure civil works construction including tunnels,casting yard handling, bridges, viaducts, and ports. We design and produce, to your specific need, straddle carriers, gantry cranes, low carriers, self-propelled trolleys for TBM segments supply and any other specialty.
GERMANY/USA
www.babeng.com
Tel: +49 451 300 9390
Tel: +1 253 630 2221
Consultant
Highly specialized design and engineering for mechanized tunneling. Serving worldwide clients and contractors with customized services including detailed design, tender support, construction management, means and methods, application and operation assistance, trouble shooting, claim assistance, and independent reviews.
USA
meyco.basf.com
Tel: +1 800 628 9990
Tel: +1 216 839 7500
Manufacturer
BASF Construction Chemicals offers worldwide customized solutions through its unique blend of innovative product technology, specialized equipment and engineering knowledge. Our international tunnelling specialists work closely with contractors and design engineers to overcome the underground engineering challenges you face in a safe, cost and time effective manner. BASF has been instrumental in bringing new methods to the tunnelling and mining industry.
The need to help our water and energy clients with the specialized and sometimes risky business of tunneling has created an extensive, international geotechnical practice within Black & Veatch. Our understanding of tunneling issues results in innovative and robust solutions for challenges that face utilities and governments. From planning and design, to construction management and operation, Black & Veatch has the special combination of tunneling expertise that you need to succeed.
Brookville manufactures rail-mounted personnel carriers and tunneling locomotives in both diesel and battery-powered designs. Units feature a planetary final drive gear reducer at each wheel end to divide driveline torque and shock loading for reduced stress and improved service life. Liquid-cooled internal wet disc brakes result in longer life and maximum braking capacity. Bolt-on wheels allow for easy field change-out. BEC also builds rubber-tired equipment suited for steep tunnel grades.
ST.LUCIA WEST INDIES
www.caribbeanwaterproofing.com
Tel: +305 423 7097
Manufacturer
Suppliers of glassfibre, carbon fibre structural tunnel linnings, including the supply of all concrete repair additives and ancillaries.
CBE Group designs and creates segment moulds for concrete segmentally lined tunnels, handling equipment and precast facilities for all kinds of tunnel projects and all possible diameters including water, rail, and cable tunnels by supplying full service from pre-project engineering, production, assembly, site staff training and maintenance during the whole tunnel construction process.
ENGLAND
www.codel.co.uk/tunnel-sensors-air-quality-monitors-products.htm
Tel: +44 (0)1629 814351
Manufacturer
CODEL's tunnel atmosphere sensors are designed exclusively for road tunnel applications. We offer a family of monitors that provide all the essential measurements necessary to monitor the tunnel atmosphere. This is achieved with a modular design concept so that the user's precise monitoring requirements can be satisfied with a minimum number of components, minimum tunnel cabling and minimum installation costs. CODEL sensors are installed in more than 350 road and rail tunnels worldwide.
UK
www.collett.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 1422 255233
Tel: +44 (0) 1422 255248
Services Provider
One of the United Kingdom's premier first line service providers of transport and shipping solutions, Collett Transport is a specialist in heavy and project cargo, and port and shipping services, as well as providing route/site access consultation, surveys, and reports to engineering standards. Established for more than 40 years, the company owns and operates a significant fleet of specialist transporters, and employs a number of senior project managers with experience in the underground sector.
COMET develops and operates client oriented intelligent metrology systems that are extraordinary in task and in their operational area. Rough conditions, especially underground are our common environment for which we develop solutions and apply them.
Manufacturer of the most dependable and, 'almost' indestructible, molded rubber electrical connectors in the industry of tunneling and construction. Connomac manufactures temporary light cords-heavy duty pump/motor connectors - portable power connectors - control connectors - magnet connectors. Our String-a-Lights and power cords are made to lengths and capacity to suit your needs with ampacity range of 1 amp to 160 amps, 600 volts, single phase or three phase. Connomac connectors are corrosion, weather, water and flame resistant in both the miniature and heavy duty versions. Some gear mount versions are available. We really are the light at the end of the tunnel!
ConmicShield® is a revolutionary additive for concrete that stops hydrogen sulfide corrosion in sanitary sewers. ConmicShield® is neither a surface treatment nor a coating that can wear off, wash off, delaminate or peel. ConmicShield® is bonded molecularly to each cement particle to provide total cross section protection. Accurate surface preparation and proper thickness placement is no longer a worry. Enjoy the long-term effectiveness of fully-protected concrete pipe and structures.
CUES provides CCTV pipeline inspection solutions by combining industry know-how, top-of-the-line equipment, and the most responsive customer service in the industry. All CUES systems are proudly made in America! CUES offers a one-stop shop for all of your pipeline inspection, rehabilitation, condition assessment software, and pipe profiling needs.
SWITZERLAND
www.daetwyler-rubber.com
Tel: +41 41 875 11 23
Tel: +41 41 875 11 23
Manufacturer
Daetwyler Rubber stands for high-quality seals and gaskets for long term service in tunnels – tunnel segment gaskets and hydrophilic seals. These sealing systems are developed in house and engineered individually to meet the requirements of the specific tunnel. We offer the combination of gasket and hydrophilic seal as a primary and secondary seal, or as a co-extruded solution. Our seals have been used on the BWARI sewer project in Columbus, Ohio, USA; the Katzenberg Railway Tunnel, Germany; the SMART Project, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; the Marmaray Railway Crossing of the Bosporus, Turkey; and the North South Bypass Highway Tunnel in Brisbane, Australia.
USA
www.deneef.com
Tel: +1 800 732 0166
Tel: +1 713 896 0123
Manufacturer
Manufacturer of polyurethane grout, De Neef has more than 30 years experience as an industry leader. The company's cutting edge technology and dedicated Contractor Support Team is invaluable to the success of its clients. De Neef products include a full line of injectable tubes, waterstops, microfine cements, methacrylates, epoxies, polyurethanes, acrylates and more. View website for Superflex, a durable flexible acrylate grout with field adjustable set times of 3 seconds to 3 hours.
Dosco is a specialist manufacturer of equipment for the civil tunnelling and mining industries, supplying more than 3,000 machines and exporting to more than 50 countries. Civil tunnelling equipment includes specialist roadheaders, boom in shield and backhoe in shield open-face machines with full back up systems.
Dosco also refurbishes most types of mining and tunnelling equipment.
The aim of the Dr Sauer Group is to provide cost effective and innovative solutions to owners and contractors. Through 30 years of practice the Group has established a reputation for design and construction supervision of NATM/SEM/SCL methods of tunnelling. From head offices in Salzburg, Washington DC and London, the firm has undertaken all types of projects, including rehabilitation and recovery, and has provided expert witness and insurance risk management services worldwide.
As the leading subsidiary of Spain’s giant construction conglomerate ACS, DRAGADOS is among the largest general contractors in Spain. With expertise in heavy construction and tunnelling, it is often involved in development of major PPP and BOOT concessions. The company’s tunnelling activity is managed by the Dirección Tecnica Obras Subterráneas or Underground Technical Department, headed by Enrique Pedro Fernández González.
DYWIDAG-Systems International (DSI) is an international company headquartered in Pasching, Linz that develops, manufactures and distributes entire product lines and system solutions for Tunneling and Mining. DSI’s systems are known under the brand name of ALWAG Systems and have an excellent reputation on the market.
In conformity with DSI’s mission statement 'Local Presence - Global Competence', DSI is oriented towards its customers’ needs and offers the advantages of a complete product line which is adjusted to individual customer requirements.
The product range includes a wide variety of anchors, rock reinforcement and support, and the well-known series of field-approved AT-Systems. The AT-Casing System, which is part of this series, deserves special mention: it is used for the cost-effective and practical implementation of pipe umbrella, injection or drainage drills.
"BarChip - The world’s leading macro synthetic fibre for tunnelling and mining" Elasto Plastic Concrete has developed the highly engineered Barchip macro synthetic fibre, with its unique embossing, giving the performance to replace steel fibre or wire welded mesh in primary and secondary shotcrete reinforcement.
NORWAY
www.entreprenorservice.no
Tel: +47 67 17 3000
Tel: +47 67 17 3020
Contractor
Raiseboring in hard rock
Microtunneling in hard rock
Diamond coredrilling
Directional drilling
FiReP® manufactures a range of FRP products such as rebar and anchors. In the field of tunnelling and civil engineering we cover all aspects from development to production and application. Our fibreglass reinforced polymer is the solution for high technical requirements for all temporary and permanent applications. On numerous projects worldwide FiReP® bolts and rebar have been installed as rock support, soil nail, self-drilling injection bolt, soft-eye construction and more.
Manufacturer of cement based waterproof coatings and mortars for the reinstating and protection of in-situ and precast reinforced concrete elements. Products are waterproof to some 100m head of water and can reinstate 120mm of effective concrete cover, as well as provide complete protection from chloride ingress. Successful history of use on many major tunnelling projects world-wide including the Channel Tunnel and the Oresund Tunnel. Also ideal for encapsulating asbestos in segment joints and for protection of passive fire protection. Products are water-based and can be applied to damp surfaces.
Supplier of FRP anchors/rebars. Supplier of steel and synthetic fibers.
USA
www.frontierkemper.com
Tel: +1 877 554 8600
Tel: +1 812 426 2741
Contractor
Frontier-Kemper Constructors, Inc. (FKCI) is widely recognized as a leader in the underground and heavy civil construction industry. Our strength in tunnel construction, having completed more than 200 miles of tunnels, has made Frontier-Kemper a reliable builder of rapid transit systems, combined sewer overflow (CSO) systems, and water supply systems throughout North America. It is our goal to be the best-value source of complete turnkey construction services in the industry.
UK
www.gai-tronics.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1283 500500
Manufacturer
Design and manufacture of rugged communications. Emergency telephones, VoIP and analogue; built to last in harsh environments; designed to be remotely monitored; link into existing security systems; installed in road and rail tunnels worldwide.
Conveyor and signalling systems, and telephones for mining, complete systems to cover all areas.
Geotechnical and construction consultants specializing indiffering site condition entitlement and forensic investigations.
USA
www.geotesting.com
Tel: +1 978 635 0424
Tel: +1 770 645 6575
Association/Foundation
Offering the fastest turnaround and highest quality for all rock and soil tests required for underground construction and design, we have the capacity to handle the largest projects without delay. Our fully automated test systems allow us to provide high quality test results on or ahead of schedule. Located in Massachusetts and Georgia, we service the entire world. Our laboratories are fully accredited. Call or e-mail us today for a quote: Gary Torosian, gtt@geotesting.com
AUSTRALIA
www.g-es.net
Tel: +61 (0) 8 9245 2188
Tel: +61 (0) 417 501 313
Services Provider
GES provides specialised contract services to the civil and surface mining, underground mining, civil construction, mineral processing, electrical & power generation industries. Our services include the procurement, marketing/disposal and valuation of special design, surplus, refurbished or used equipment from a single item through to a complete mine site. Our specialty is used underground mining equipment, used surface mining equipment and used construction equipment.
GIERTSEN Tunnel AS is a specialist company in the field of waterproofing. We offer our own patented waterproofing solutions for tunnels and rock caverns worldwide. Our staff of professional employees have been working in the field of waterproofing for more than 25 years. Our systems have been installed in all kinds of underground rock caverns and in more than 70 road tunnels including the world's deepest subsea tunnel, the Eiksundtunnel in Norway that is 287m below sea level.
Since 1927 we have provided top quality legal advice and pragmatic solutions to local, national and international clients.
We know the importance of building strong relationships with our clients. We seek to understand their objectives, the commercial environment within which they operate and their need for practical legal advice.
We are proactive, are committed to drafting legal documents in plain English and to communicating with our clients in a straightforward manner.
Halcrow specialises in the provision of planning, design and management services for infrastructure development worldwide. Halcrow's enviable reputation, spanning more than 75 years in the tunnelling industry, has been established by our provision of reliable specialist advice and well-engineered solutions to challenges in infrastructure development.
Recognised internationally as a leader in the design and production of tunnelling systems in diameters from the smallest at 100mm to the largest at more than 16m and with technical solutions for all geological conditions. We offer global customer support and service and remain at the ready to discuss all your tunnelling projects and their excavation logistics.
Manufacturer of Aslan FRP, fiber reinforced polymer materials, including GFRP Rebar for diaphragm-wall 'soft-eye' openings, GFRP Rockbolts, passive and active 'removable' or 'consumable' soil nails and earth anchors, FRP pre-consolidation bars for SEM face stabilization.
I.CO.P. offers the customer an internal consulting and project service that can answer to the most demanding requests.
The rapid growth of the transport and communication systems has caused a growing demand for tunnelling equipment able to operate in increasingly difficult conditions. The improvement of shielded cutterhead technology now ranges from large- to small- size tunnelling and the development of the microtunnelling.
InnoTrans is the international railway and infrastructure trade show that takes place every two years in Berlin, Germany. The next event, InnoTrans 2010, will run from September 21 to 24 next year. Tunnel construction is one of the industry product segments at InnoTrans that offers the visitor synergies with railway infrastructure such as tunneling machinery, technology, ventilation systems, engineering services, tunnel excavations, safety systems and other aspects. Many of the large TBM companies exhibit at InnoTrans.
J.H. Fletcher manufactures equipment for underground mining and tunneling that increases safety and production through engineering innovation, quality control, experienced service and ownership stability
Jacobs Associates provides practical, cost-effective, and innovative solutions for difficult underground projects, and excels in the water, wastewater, and transportation sectors. With an emphasis on tunnels and shafts, we offer a full range of design and construction management capabilities. We also offer the broader heavy civil construction industry a robust package of claims and dispute resolution services. Jacobs Associates is an award-winning firm with offices in San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Pasadena, San Diego, Boston, New York, and Melbourne.
Jenny Engineering Corporation (JEC) is an internationally recognized engineering consulting firm specializing in the planning, design and construction management of tunnels and underground structures, bridges and highways, and specialty type structures such as underground pedestrian passageways, mines and caverns. Established in 1965 by the firms founder Robert J. Jenny, the firm's experience includes major underground projects throughout the United States as well as overseas and Canada.
John Hollland is one of Australia's largest and most diverse specialist contracting businesses and has Australia's largest in-house tunnelling division offering tunnelling expertise throughout Australia, New Zealand and Asia in the road, rail, water, wastewater and energy infrastructure markets. Our capabilities cover soft ground, hard rock and mixed ground tunnelling. Our tunnelling experience includes roadheaders, drill+blast and all types of TBM tunnelling.
Management, organization, strategy, team alignment work sessions, risk and cost analysis (CEVP process), risk identification workshops, contracting and delivery methods (collaborative processes), reports and surveys.
Lachel & Associates, a Schnabel Engineering Company, specializes in consulting and design of tunnels and underground structures for water and wastewater infrastructure, hydroelectric power, and urban transportation systems (road, rail and mass transit).
Lemley International, headed by Jack K. Lemley, provides a wide range of services to public and private sector clients worldwide. Lemley International delivers professional services of the highest quality, tailored to the specific needs of our clients. Each situation is analyzed carefully to determine not only what is required but also to anticipate the ramifications of particular actions. We are committed to providing the expertise our clients expect while meeting or exceeding their requirements in the most cost-effective manner possible.
Established in 1972, LOVAT is a world leader in the custom design and manufacture of tunnel boring machines (TBMs) with more than 35 TBMs currently operating in 10 countries. To date, the company has built over 260 TBMs and performed upwards of 150 full refurbishments for some 700 tunnelling projects worldwide. LOVAT machines have excavated in excess of 2,000,000m of tunnel.
Building upon its vast experience – in particular, with the NEAT construction projects (Lötschberg and Gotthard lines) – Marti Techniques Ltd, specialises in the following business areas: tunnelling machines, conveying technology, formwork construction, plant engineering (stone and earthworks), infrastructure plants (equipment and maintenance), and electrical engineering. The company maintains operations throughout Switzerland and abroad.
SWITZERLAND
www.moergeli.com
Tel: +41 55 282 50 01
Tel: +41 79 635 27 40
Consultant
Our core competencies are risk management, safety & health, machinery & systems safety, and CE conformity assessments.
Please see our website http://www.moergeli.com/ for more details. Thank you!
At Moretrench, we specialize in dewatering and groundwater control, ground freezing, earth retention and excavation support, deep foundations, underpinning systems, environmental remediation, and industrial construction services utilizing such techniques as deep wells, wellpoints, ejectors, hydrodynamic barriers, slurry trenches, permeation grouting, jet grouting, structural seepage grouting, compaction grouting, fracture grouting, rock curtain grouting, soil nailing, tiebacks, and micropiles. These services are available through full service offices in New Jersey, Florida, New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Washington D.C.
mts Perforator GmbH designs, manufactures and maintains tunnelling technology for the trenchless installation of water supply- and disposal tunnels by pipejacking and segment lining method. Diameters range from 250mm i.d. to 4000mm i.d. Our products offer features that give our customer new opportunities in tunnelling.
UK
www.naturalcement.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 1226 381133
Materials Supplier
Suppliers of environmentally friendly shotcretes that are fast setting, producing high early strength, have water stopping capabilities and are chemical and salt water resistant, and of specialist grouts for water cut off and ground stabilisation.
Manufacturers of vitrified clay drainage systems
The French company NFM TECHNOLOGIES offers proven state-of the art technology for boring machines closely adapted to any kind of geology, without any boring limitation up to 16m in diameter: EPBMs, BENTON’AIR® slurry machines, single or telescopic-shield hard rock TBMs, gripper type and dual mode machines.
Normet provides demanding solutions for selected customer processes in underground mining and tunnelling. Normet develops, manufactures and markets equipment and vehicles for mining and underground construction as well as provides a comprehensive range of life time care services around the equipment and the processes of their purpose. As a global market leader in its product areas and from its global base in Iisalmi, Finland, Normet has sales and customer service centers in 22 locations in 17 countries.
The South San Francisco branch office of this world-renowned general contractor constructs large, complex heavy/civil projects in the U.S. and Canada. We specialize in tunneling projects such as CSO tunnels, LRT tunnels, and underground stations. Our other civil works include an open-spandrel deck concrete arch bridge as well as water treatment plants, suspension bridge retrofits, highway/interchange modifications, grade separations, dam modifications, and bascule bridge replacements.
OSSA is a leading specialist contractor from Spain with 57 years of experience in all types of tunnels and underground infrastructure projects, ranging from transportation tunnels, hydraulic tunnels, to mining and hydro power plant projects.
We can undertake the most complex TBM and drill+blast projects at an international level.
Our consultancy division provides the following services:
1) Feasibility study of proposed tunnelling, trenchless technology, pipelines, dams, railways, irrigations, and power
generation (including hydroelectric, conventional fossil fuel, thermal and nuclear (CANDO) generating stations), distribution transmission, and allied Engineering.
2) Selection of construction equipment.
3) Geotechnical investigation and analysis including geologic reconnaissance, site exploration, and laboratory testing.
As an industry leader in tunnel engineering and design, Parsons provides innovative and economical solutions for the fast-track creation of underground structures and facilities around the world. Our underground engineering expertise encompasses the full spectrum of state-of-the-art tunneling technology and systems engineering. Parsons has, over the years, introduced numerous innovations to the tunneling industry, including advanced hard rock and soft ground tunnel boring machine (TBM) technology, single pass tunnel construction, and advanced tunnel waterproofing systems. We also lead the industry in electrical, mechanical, ventilation, and fire and life safety systems.
Pöyry’s project experience covers the design and construction of more than 1,000km of tunnels for transportation infrastructure and more than 1,000km of shafts and water tunnels worldwide. We advise and support our clients, whether in the private or public sector, through the entire life-cycle of a tunnel’s development. Our professional approach towards analyses and problem solving for underground structures is based on an in-depth understanding of possible excavation methods, including cut-and-cover methods, tunnel excavation in soft ground, as well as drill+blast and TBM excavation.
USA
www.eme.psu.edu/faculty/rostami.html
Tel: +1 814 863 7606
Tel: +1 814 863 1616
Services Provider
The rock mechanics testing laboratory at Penn State University is an active and state-of-the-art facility. Among other things, the facility includes a rock/sample preparation unit for coring, cutting and grinding of samples and various testing equipment for standard rock mechanic tests such as UCS, BTS, point load, ultrasonic wave velocity or dynamic elastic moduli, Cerchar, and core scanning. The PSU geomechanics lab is specialized in undertaking tests for the tunnel industry.
Propex Concrete Systems is a leading global provider of fibre reinforcement solutions to the construction, civil engineering and tunnelling industries.
Our world-renowned range of FIBERMESH® micro-synthetic, NOVOCON® Steel, ENDURO® macro-synthetic fibres and NOVOMESH® engineered fibre blends are designed to provide performance benefits over the entire life span of the concrete.
Our FIBERMESH® 150 micro-synthetic fibres are also internationally proven to give first class resistance to explosive spalling during fires and are used on tunnel projects world-wide.
CANADA
www.pultrall.com/Site2008/eng/V-ROD.htm
Tel: +1 418 335 3202
Tel: +1 418 808 6530
Manufacturer
V-ROD* composite rebar has been manufactured by Pultrall since 1987. The FRP composite rebar is made from high strength glass fibers and an extremely resistant vinyl ester resin. This product is perfectly suited for the reinforcement of soft eyes in diaphragm walls for away by TBMs. Whether it is straight or bended, you will find that V-ROD offers a range of products to fulfill all your needs. Our latest product release is a 60GPa E-Modulus rebar. Ask us about it.
SWEDEN
www.miningandconstruction.com
Tel: +46 26 26 20 00
Tel: +46 26 26 00 00
Manufacturer
Sandvik Mining and Construction is a leading global supplier of equipment, cemented-carbide tools, service and technical solutions for the excavation and sizing of rock and minerals in the mining and construction industries. The company has approximately 16,800 employees worldwide and annual sales in 2008 amounted to about SEK 38,700 million.
USA
www.shaftdrillers.com
Tel: +1 800 331 0175
Tel: +1 304 291 0175
Contractor
Shaft Drillers International (SDI) is a world leader in large diameter, mechanically excavated shafts and ground stabilization for servicing mining, tunneling and civil projects on a global basis.
Topographic surveys, measured building surveys and land surveyor. Sitechnics specialises in producing highly accurate digital survey drawings of land and buildings, both in the UK and across Europe.
Advisors to the tunneling industry, legal and insurance professions in the fields of ground engineering, engineering geology and expert witness.
Specialist Building Products is a manufacturer of epoxy resin, polyurethane and methyl methacrylate water proof resins, and civil engineering adhesives for adhering steel to concrete, concrete to plastic, and minerals to composites
adhesives.
Stainless UK Ltd is a specialist manufacturer of stainless steel reinforcement, anchors, tie bars, Grip-Bar® and fabricated products for the civil engineering and geotechnical industry.
UK
www.stirlinglloyd.com/tunnels
Tel: +44 1565 633 111
Tel: +1 860 666 5008
Manufacturer
Since 1970, Stirling Lloyd has been developing and manufacturing advanced waterproofing membranes for the civil engineering and construction industry. Its membranes are protecting numerous tunnels, bridges and high profiles structures throughout the world. The company provides a full range of waterproofing membranes specially designed for the challenges of the underground environment and suitable for application in immersed tube, cut-and-cover and NATM/SCL bored tunnels as well as on suspended decks in tunnels.
Horizontal directional drilling and pipeline construction
CANADA
TeamMixing.com
Tel: +1 604 556 7225
Tel: +1 604 897 9335
Manufacturer
Team Mixing specializes in the design and manufacture of fully automated, high capacity, grout and slurry mixing systems. The batching plants feature the Tornado series of high shear colloidal mixers which produce high quality mixes shown to reduce grout bleed and maximize grout strength. Cement consumption can be reduced for a given strength requirement thereby generating significant cost savings over the life of the project.
With more than 50 years of innovation and experience, The Robbins Company is the world's foremost developer and manufacturer of advanced, underground construction machinery.
USA
lifelong.engr.utexas.edu/shortcourse.cfm?course_num=1284
Tel: +1 512 475 8196
Educator
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Engineers or engineering geologists with an MS and BS in civil or mining engineering or engineering geology who want to obtain a working knowledge of tunnel design or construction management by applying the fundamentals acquired in their BS and MS degrees (and possible professional experience).
A software company based in The Netherlands with offices in the UK and USA, and established from the computational mechanics department of TNO's Building and Construction Research Institute. Its core expertise is numerical analysis applied to civil and geotechnical engineering. Analysis of concrete, composite and masonry structures, and the interaction between these structures and the soil are its specialty.
Tunnelling Process Control - Data management and visualization software designed especially for projects involving TBMs. Unique software to support clients, construction management teams and contractors throughout the project with several features including real time view, automatic reporting, visualization of all data, shift reports, quality control, cost control and remote access. Easy to work with, yet still a comprehensive tool designed for screen presentation and paper print-outs.
For more than 40 years TT Technologies has been the world leader in trenchless technology. TT Technologies' complete line of trenchless equipment includes: piercing tools; guided boring tools; pneumatic, static and lateral pipe bursting systems; pipe ramming tools; bentonite mixing systems; constant-tension winches; directional drills; and mini-directional drill rigs. Each year more trenchless sewer, water, gas and electric rehabilitation and replacement projects are successfully completed with trenchless equipment from TT Technologies than any other supplier. TT Technologies is the leader in trenchless!
Competitive intelligence, business opportunities (invitations to tender and contract awards), market surveys, technical writing, technical translation, marketing and communication agency
UK
www.tunnelsensors.com
Tel: +44 (0) 1280 850521
Tel: +44 (0) 1280 850568
Manufacturer
Tunnel Sensors design and manufacture our own analysers specifically for pollution monitoring in the road tunnel environment. Our philosophy is to produce high quality systems that will meet the needs of all tunnel operators.
Our product range includes:
• VIPA Visibility Sensor
• VCOM Combined Visibility & Carbon Monoxide Sensor
• NOVICOM Combined Visibility, NO & Carbon Monoxide Sensor
• AIRFLOW Sensor utilising ultrasonics to measure air speed and direction
Navigation systems for TBMs. The company has regional offices in Shanghai, China
(info@vmt-china.com); Brisbane, Australia (info@vmt-tg.com.au); and St Petersburg, Russia (a.gromov@vmt-gmbh.de).
Wisko America is a specialty contractor that has been supplying and installing flexible membrane waterproofing systems in underground structures for more than 20 years. Flexible membranes include PVC and Modified PVC and Polyolefin for contaminated conditions. Waterproofing systems can include water barriers, grout pipes and/or regroutable hoses to ensure a dry structure. Wisko also supplies and installs the WA Anchor, formerly known as the BA Anchor, and the Wisko Contact Grout Hose.