Record Breaking Tunnelling for the Woodsmith Mine
Add to calPeter Lanyon Building, Lecture Theatre 5.
Lecture by Will Hedges & Ashley Poulter
To minimise impact within the North York Moors National Park, STRABAG are constructing a 37km Mineral Transport tunnel to convey the Polyhalite from Anglo American's new Polyhalite fertiliser mine to the processing and port facilities on Teeside. This lecture will focus on some of the key engineering and survey challenges of construction for what will be the longest TBM tunnel drive in the World.
Tea & coffee will be served at 6.00pm for a lecture start of 6.30pm.
There is plenty of campus parking on site and parking is free from 5.00pm onwards.