British Tunnelling Society – Harding Prize Lecture Set for April

The British Tunnelling Society’s (BTS) April meeting, will be the date for presentation of three finalists for this year’s Harding Prize’s papers.

The Harding Prize Lecture is due to be held at the Institution of Civil Engineers in London on April 13.

This year’s finalists are:

• Jake Rankin: CGI – Artificial intelligence for forecasting tunneling projects
• Ricardo Manias: The Riverlinx CJV – The pressure ring launch system at the Silvertown Tunnel
• Agustin Ruiz Lopez: Imperial College – New insights into the structural behavior of grey cast iron linings

The Harding Prize competition is named in honor of Sir Harold Harding, the founding chairman of the BTS. The competition is open to young engineers aged 33 or under.

The main subjects of original papers must indicate to the aspects of tunneling which are considered of interest to the tunneling industry. A judging panel selects the winning paper.

While this in-person lecture starts at 18:00 (GMT+1), it also will be streamed live here.