EUROPE
Photo credit : Eurotunnel
The Channel Tunnel
Jubilee Line extension
with the world ’ s first sub-aqueous tunnel built under the River Thames by Marc and Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1843 and still operational today . Our extensive network of tunnels serving London Underground again bears testament to the ingenuity of tunnellers in the UK , as do the sewers built by Bazalgette and opened in 1865 . More recently , we have had the Channel Tunnel , Heathrow Express , Jubilee Line , HS1 and the A3 Hindhead Tunnels .
It was my pleasure and an honour to take over from Damian McGirr as Chairman of the BTS in May this year . The BTS is an Associated Society of the ICE . With a current membership of over 700 individual members and in excess of 60 corporate members , it is one of the most vibrant gatherings of professional tunnellers in the world . We are a forum to assist and encourage the dissemination of information relating to tunnelling
The Telford Theatre plays host to BTS lectures
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