The Channel Tunnel was a huge construction project, employing over 14,000 people at its peak, and costing over #11 billion of private money. This book follows the project, and shows how it has succeeded in spite of great financial, political and technical difficulties, and a fundamentally flawed contract. This book should be of interest to professionals involved in tunnelling, contractors, tunnelling and railway engineers, surveyors, planners; politicians; financiers; bankers and others concerned with planning or financing major projects; and the general reader interested in the story of the Tunnel.
Edited by:
G Anderson, B. Roskrow Imprint: CRC Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 14mm
Weight: 470g ISBN:9780419196204 ISBN 10: 041919620X Pages: 252 Publication Date:19 May 1994 Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General/trade
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Further / Higher Education
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Undergraduate
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Preface. Introduction. Key dates. Key facts. The end of a dream. A fait accompli? The race for the mandate. Sherwood's surprise. Concessions and treaties. Money and politics. Planning and designs. Morton takes charge. High risk, high return. The contractors start work. All change at TML. Tragedy strikes. The <156>1 billion row. Building the Channel Tunnel. King of the tunnels. TML's <156>1.4 billion bill. History man. More talks but no trains. Brussels backs Eurotunnel. Bombardier's bombshell. Hail to the chief. Site warfare breaks out. The slow train to France. Epilogue. Index.
Graham Anderson and Ben Roskrow are both leading construction journalists who have specialised in writing articles about the Channel Tunnel.