The Channel Tunnel Story (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Anderson, G.; Roskrow, B.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The Channel Tunnel is a huge construction project, employing over 14,000 people at peak, and costing over 11 billion of private money. It has succeeded in spite of great financial, political and techncial difficulties, and a fundamentally flawed contract. This book tells the story of the project, based on the coverage in Construction News and with

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Mai 1994
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781482271492
• Artikelnr.: 54782311

Autorenporträt

Graham Anderson and Ben Roskrow are both leading construction journalists who have specialised in writing articles about the Channel Tunnel.

Inhaltsangabe

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 1 billion row. Building the Channel Tunnel. King
of the tunnels. TML's 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.