...R F MITCHELL; B S WEAVIN Completion in 1999 of the £3 billion plus, 16 km extension to the Jubilee Line railway in central London will be the culmination of over 50 years of strategic transport planning. An underground railway heading east from Westminster was first proposed in 1943...

...R PAOLETTI The Jubilee Line Extension has set a new benchmark for underground railway station design. It has done away with labyrinthine tunnels, confusing layouts and formless areas with palliative decorations and replaced them with bold, generous, user-friendly spaces where signs are virtually...

... been built to advanced architectural concepts. Each of the eleven stations of the extended line is designed as an individual entity. Each has been designed to be unique to and to contribute strongly to its neighbourhood and, at the same time, to represent recognizably, the best of London Underground...

...R W EAST; R F MITCHELL When construction work started on the Jubilee Line Extension in late 1993, it was due to take 53 months to build and cost £2.1 billion. However, the complexities of building an underground railway through London, coupled with changes in the political, financial and regulatory...

...M WINNEY © 1999 Thomas Telford Ltd 1999 JUBILEE LINE EXTENSIONS RAILWAYS UNDERGROUND CITIES TRANSPORT SAFETY CONSTRUCTION NEW CIVIL ENGINEER NCE JUBILEE LINE ENGLAND UK Introduction M. Whney, CEvzg, MICE Now that the h t passengers are travelling...

..., the station is one of the main reasons for the line being built. But construction of a 290 m long, 27 m deep underground box in the middle of a dock surrounded by stop-start office developments was never going to be easy. As this paper explains, a major redesign was needed just as the work started...

...H R DAVIES The Jubilee Line Extension took the London Underground network for the first time into the difficult waterlogged sands and gravels in the south east of the capital. However, there were very few problems with the now tried-and-tested technology of earth pressure balance tunnelling...

.... In addition to the signalling, this paper describes the trains, lifts, escalators, ticket barriers and platform-edge doors as well as the communication, power, fire and ventilation systems. JUBILEE LINE EXTENSIONS TRAINS ELECTRICAL MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT RAILWAYS UNDERGROUND TRANSPORT CITIES URBAN...

...R P BAILEY; D I HARRIS; M M JENKINS Creating Westminster station on the Jubilee Line Extension involved construction of the deepest box excavation in London and complete renewal of an operational Underground station with only minor disruptions to service. The task was further complicated...

...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...

...I LETO; B WELBURN; HADRIAN ATHENS GREECE EUROPE RAILWAYS UNDERGROUND METROS TRANSPORT CITIES URBAN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ROCKS TUNNELS SHAFTS STATIONS NATM NEW AUSTRIAN TUNNELLING METHODS ARCHAEOLOGY INVESTIGATIONS AQUEDUCTS DELAYS POLLUTION AIR TRAFFIC...

... project, 1997, 30-42 Paper 11301 This paper describes the design and construction of the 45 km long, 4·35 m dia. transfer tunnel on phase 1A of the Lesotho Highlands water project. The tunnel transfers water from the new Katse reservoir to the new underground hydroelectric power station at Muela...

...L J ARTHUR; C M WAGNER; B HEIN © Thomas Telford and ICE 1997 MOTT MACDONALD LAHMEYER MACDONALD WATER PROJECTS HYDROPOWER STATIONS PRODUCTION HYDROELECTRICITY POWER STATIONS UNDERGROUND DAMS RESERVOIRS REGULATING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING CONSULTANTS CONSORTIA HYDRAULIC...

...J F EVANS; D J HODGKINS; ICHEME © Thomas Telford and ICE 1997 INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS ICHEME BALFOUR BEATTY GEC ALSTHOM POWER PLANT POWER STATIONS COOLING WATER SYSTEMS UNDERGROUND PRIVATE FINANCE FUNDING PROJECTS TURNKEY RED BOOK CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS...

...J S SHIPWAY © Thomas Telford and ICE 1996 R H CUTHERTSON GLASGOW DISTRICT SUBWAY COMPANY SIMPSON & WILSON GEORGE TALBOT DAVID SHANKS CHARLES BRAND JOHN PATERSON HUGH KENNEDY WATT & WILSON JAMES SMITH ROBERT SUBWAYS CITIES UNDERGROUND PASSENGERS TRANSPORT...

.... This energy was providbeyd the Gravelines nuclear power plant, backed wherenecessary by the Paluel nuclear plant.On the site, electric power was distributedby three ring-main circuits. The main functionson the underground sites were clearly differentiated and the power circuits were doubledto ensure...

... walked on the newly laid segments about 8 m from the last ring erected. 19 © Thomas Telford and ICE 1994 GIE TRANSMANCHE CONSTRUCTION TUNNELS CHANNEL TUNNEL BORING MACHINES TUNNELLING MACHINERY MARINE LAND SEA UNDERGROUND UNDERWATER DESIGN GEOLOGY CHALK MARL GREY TBM...

... in accordance with the regulationsand recommendations of the social security organization (the CNAM),the building and public works safety organization, the undergroundworks association and the underground mine regulations.This Paper describes the equipment chosen forthe marine and land tunnelling operations...

...R S BLYTH; LDDC © Thomas Telford and ICE 1994 LONDON DOCKLANDS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LDDC W A FAIRHURST BALFOUR BEATTY FAIRCLOUGH AMEC ROADS LINK UNDERGROUND CUT AND COVER DESIGN CONSTRUCTION GROUND CONDITIONS CITIES RESIDENTIAL AREAS VALUE ENGINEERING...

.... taken. The method of operation was to consider all properties within a corridor centred on the interim final alignment and generally of a 25 m Underground obstruction surveys minimum width, butwider where appropriate. 8. During the early phases of the project, 10. All properties situated within...