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– Edito: Innovate, a compelling need! Marie-Christine Michel
– The World Tunnel Congress in Dubai from the 21st to the 26th of April – Philippe Millard
– The Belgian Tunnel Expertise worldwide – Maurice Guillaud
– Feature: Innovations
– Feedback from the PARIS 2017 Congress – Capitalise on the wealth of past experience and innovate – Michel Pré
– Concrete lining doubled in its outer side with a compressible layer applied for tunnels in viscoplastic rocks – Reza Taherzadeh, Roland Laviguerie, Romain Daniel, Eric Boidy, Hichem Ouffroukh
– Variable Density TBM: combining two soft ground TBM technologies – Karin Bäppler, Frédéric Battistoni, Werner Burger
– Inventive underground & tunnelling methods: segmental Lined Tunnel Enlargement and TBM U-turn in cavern – Ludovic Jeanne, Vincent Tricot, Roger Storry
– Worksites – Moving electric lines by directional drilling in Péry, Switzerland – Robin Chabloz, Thibaut Metivier
– Expert Opinion- “Innovative sealing and drainage processes in underground structures” – Viewpoint of a project manager – Patrick Pereira
