In the underground world, being apparently accurate in the calculation process is usually meaningless.

the ‘premortem’ is an extremely useful management tool that can be equally applied to the way of us approaching engineering issues

The quality control measures put into place are essentially mitigation measures to deal with the risk of failure of compliance to the design

A lot of people comment that the construction industry is backwards in adopting new technology. Why is this the case?

A follow-up on the topic of conceptual design

There is no strict definition of conceptual design. It can generally be understood as an early stage of design development, after the...

Year 2018 has been the ‘Year of Delays’ for all major projects that have something to do with tunnelling. With every single project one...

Major projects are notorious for their cost overrun, delays in completion and attachment to politics. Examples in the metros sector are...