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Articles in June, 2000 issue of World Tunnelling

• Atlas Copco Wagner Profile.(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
• Boomer Milestone.(sale of 100th Boomer rock drill by Atlas Copco)(Brief Article)
• Austrian Progress.(high speed railway tunnel)(Brief Article)
• Repeat Performance at Plabutsch.(second tunnel being constructed on outskirts of Graz, Austria)
  by Smith, Mike
• Mastering of Squeezing Rock in the Gotthard Base.(rock pressure and tunneling)
  by Amberg, F.; Ehrbar, H.; Kovari, K.
• Regent's Canal.(Regent's Canal tunnel reconstructed with historical accuracy)(Brief Article)
• Iberian Progress.(tunnel contracts in Spain and Portugal awarded)(Brief Article)
• Turkish Tunnels.(U.S.-Turkish consortium awarded contract)(Brief Article)
• CIFA Facing the Future.(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
• Largest Carrier.(Eimco 942 Eclipse load carrier evaluated)(Brief Article)
• Direct Torque Control.(Direct Torque Control on drilling machine eliminates damage to head)(Brief Article)
• French Award.(Toulouse Metro Company SMAT gives tunnel contract to Matra Transport International)(Brief Article)
• Ground Pre-Containment.(synthetic materials offer greater stability and resistance for ground containment during tunneling)(Brief Article)
• News Snippets.(tunneling projects described)(Brief Article)
• Trimble Acquires Spectra Precision.(Trimble Navigation Limited)(Brief Article)
• Double Dome Carbide Bit.(Double Dome (DD) Carbide Bit evaluated)(Brief Article)
• Belt Positioner.(new product by Flexco)(Brief Article)
• Stonehenge Bypass.(tunnel to be contructed for bypass to protect integrity of historical site)(Brief Article)
• Contract News.(tunneling contracts awarded; projects underway)(Brief Article)
• Italian Breaker.(hydraulic breakers from Indeco Italia evaluated)(Brief Article)
• Finnish Hammer.(Sandvik Tamrock Corp. has line of excavation equipment)(Brief Article)
• Original Test Hammer.(test hammer for concrete quality still an industry favorite)(Brief Article)
• Balkans and Apennines.(railway and highway projects)(Brief Article)
• Tunnel Operating Services.(products for tunnel operators and constructors)
  by Hindle, David
• Big Shield.(contract for largest tunnelling machine)(Brief Article)
• Universal Mould.(Charcon Tunnels offers universal moulded tunnel linings)(Brief Article)
• Collapsible Formwork.(Cifa Spa designs collapsible formwork for Hong Kong tunnel)(Brief Article)
• Complicated Geology at the Egge Ridge.(Egge Tunnel project in Germany)
  by Graf, Norbert; Schenk, Volker
• Scooptram Relaunch.(tunnelling machinery redesigned)
• First Wirth Pipejacking Machine.(Brief Article)
• Channel Tunnel Link.(Rail Link Engineering invites tenders for tunnel project)(Brief Article)
• Eurock 2000.(Review) (book review)
• CERN Progress.(new collider ring being built at CERN)(Brief Article)
• Sealing Membranes.(rubber membranes used in tunnel in area of low groundwater)(Brief Article)
• China TBMs.(companies receive contracts in two tunneling projects in China)(Brief Article)
• Marcapomacocha in the High Andes of Peru.(water supply tunnels project)
• Sri Lanka Masterplan.(Lahmeyer International contracted for water resources project feasibility study)(Brief Article)
• Swiss Contracts.(Flulen highway project)(Brief Article)
• Top Consultants Merge.(AECOM Technology Corp. and Maunsell)(Brief Article)
• Soft Soil Stabilisation.(Wallace Hayward Baker develops teachniques for stabilising soil in tunneling)(Company Profile)
  by Burke, Jack
• Swedish Scaler.(Jama SBU 800 mechanical scaling machine evaluated)(Brief Article)