...A MADKOUR; M A HUDSON; A BELLAROSA © Thomas Telford and ICE 1999 EGYPT NATIONAL TUNNELS AUTHORITY PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF EUROPE GREATER CAIRO METRO CONSULTANTS ESTP CHEBAP EIFFAGE CONSTRUCTION METROS UNDERGROUND RAILWAYS CITIES URBAN METHODS STATIONS TUNNELS RIVERS...

...H AL QARRA DEE CROSSING JOINT VENTURE NORWEST HOLST KIER CONSTRUCTION CAMPENON BERNARD SGE BRIDGES CONSTRUCTION CONTROL GEOMETRY RIVERS ESTUARIES ROADS LINK TOWERS DECKS ASYMMETRIC CABLE STAYED ERECTION CANTILEVER METHODS STRESS SUSPENSION STRUCTURES CABLES JOINT...

...R G R TAPPIN; J VAN DUIVEDIJK; M HAQUE Proc. Instn Civ. Engrs, Civ. Engng, 1998, 126, Nov., 150 162 Paper 11704 Written discussion closes 15 February 1999 Keywords: bridges, river engineering, piles and piling Dick Tappin is a director of engineering consultancy High-Point Rendel in London Hans...

... network, taking almost a third of the traffic out of the previously congested Brynglas tunnels. This paper describes the variety of challenges presented in the planning, design and construction of the scheme, including two crossings of the tidal River Usk, crossing the M4 close to the tunnels, and a new...

...M P BURKE © Thomas Telford and ICE 1998 BURGESS & NIPLE BRIDGES AESTHETICS DESIGN STRUCTURES NOTORIOUS UGLY SPANS LONG SPAN SUSPENSION RIVERS CANTILEVER BASCULE CRITICISM GIRDERS ENGINEERS LAWSDOWNE WILLIAMSBURG QUEENSBORO NEW YORK CITY TOWER BRIDGE...

...G S MILLINGTON Development of the River Lagan in Belfast G. S. Millington, OBE, FICE, FIEI, FIStructE, EurIng, FIHT, MConsE, MASCE This paper describes how the decline of the shipbuilding, linen and live meat trades in Belfast left its River Lagan frontage as an area of desolation. To make...

... sensitivity, it also had to cross the River Avon twice and traverse two major landslips. Visual intrusion was minimized by putting 1.7 km of the route in a diaphragm-walled cutting, significant cost savings on which were achieved using value engineering and Peck s observational method. Background Various...

...G A FEATHERSTONE; A W DARBY; M J DE WITT; R M FRASER; J M MATCHETT; T A P RULE © Thomas Telford and ICE 1997 LESOTHO HIGHLANDS TUNNEL PARTNERSHIP HIGHLANDS DELIVERY TUNNEL CONSULTANTS WATER PROJECTS DESIGN CONSTRUCTION DELIVERY TUNNELS RESERVOIRS OUTFALLS RIVERS TENDERS...

... HYDROELECTRICITY TAILWATER PLUNGE POOLS JOINTS PREFORMED BASES SHEAR KEYS BASALT RIVERS DOUBLE CURVATURE DIVERSION FOUNDATIONS REINFORCEMENT MINI HYDRO INSTRUMENTS INSTRUMENTATION COOLING GROUTING CONSOLIDATION ELECTRICITY KATSE HIGHLANDS MALIBAMATSO LESOTHO SOUTH AFRICA AFRICA...

... CONSORTIA TUNNELLING SHAFTS SINKING TECHNIQUES METHODS GROUND CONDITIONS SAND THANET SAND THANET DESIGN AND BUILD ELECTRICITY GAS NATURAL RIVERS WATER FLOW RECIRCULATING SITE INVESTIGATION GEOLOGY TUNNELS COMBINED INTAKES OUTFALLS EPDM TBM BORING MACHINERY MACHINES NATM NEW...

... the river for men and materials. Main bridge responsible for the construction of the cable-stayed bridge, including the prefabrication of the deck segments on shore. A fifth section, concerned with all the finishing operations, including surfacing, carriageway furniture, services and all mechanical...

.... Foundation construction The tender concept for the construction of the foundations was to manufacture the caisson shells on the shore, transport them down a slipway into the river bed at low tide and pick them up by a self-propelled jack-up catamaran which would then transport and place the unit in position...

...D H MIZON; N SMITH; A J YEOWARD © Thomas Telford and ICE 1997 HALCROW SEEE LAING GTM BRIDGES CROSSINGS SECOND RIVERS CABLE STAYED CABLES STAYS ROADS MOTORWAYS M4 SPANS DESIGN CONSTRUCTION DECKS STEEL PLATES GIRDERS COMPOSITE REINFORCED CONCRETE SLABS...

..., and currents can exceed 5 m/s. At high tide, the river is over 4 km wide but at low tide, bedrock is exposed over the majority of the river, leaving the main channel some 350 m wide and a 500 m wide area to the west side as the only wet sections. The Bristol Channel is also seriously affected by the prevailing...

...D H MIZON; J N KITCHENER BRIDGES CROSSINGS RIVERS ROADS MOTORWAYS M4 SECOND VIADUCTS SUPERSTRUCTURES PIERS DESIGN CONSTRUCTION PRECAST SEGMENTAL DECKS EXTERNAL POST TENSIONING TENDONS SPANS UNITS MATCH CASTING ON SITE ERECTION BALANCED CANTILEVER LAUNCHING GANTRIES...

...EDITOR BRIDGES CROSSINGS SECOND RIVERS ROADS MOTORWAYS M4 SEVERN SECOND ENGLAND WALES SHOOTS UK Introduction B. P. Pritchard, BSc, MS, FICE, FIHT Welcome to this special issue of Civil Engineering, the general journal of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers...

... is project director for the Government agent Peter Iley is project manager for the Government agent Ed Bradley was project manager for the Department of Transport 3 HEAD, ILEY AND BRADLEY Lydney Sharpness River Wye A48(T) To Cardiff and Swansea stuPdhyaasreela River Severn River Usk Caerleon A48(T) M4...

...A P FINCH ST CLAIR RIVER PORT HURON SARNIA CANADA USA UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA Proc. Instn Civ. Engrs, Civ. Engng, 1996, 114, Nov., 150-160 Paper 10967 Written discussion closes 15 December 1996 Alan Finch is divisional director of UK engineering consultancy Mott MacDonald...

...ROM WILLIAMS; T P HOUGHTON © Thomas Telford and ICE 1996 OWEN WILLIAMS MOTORWAYS DESIGN M4 ROADS HIGHWAYS VIADUCTS COSTS RIVERS FLOOD PLAINS RAFTS ROCKS CUTTINGS PLANNING ALIGNMENT A48 WIDENING IMPROVEMENT CROSSINGS BRIDGES PILED SOUTH WALES WEST GLAMORGAN...

...W B NORGROVE © Thomas Telford and ICE 1995 MONTGOMERY WATSON TEESIDE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION RIVERS BARRAGES URBAN REGENERATION PLANNING DESIGN CONSTRUCTION ROADS BRIDGES FOOTBRIDGES NAVIGATION LOCKS FISH PASSES WHITE WATER COURSES CAMPING CARAVANS SITES ROWING...