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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Publisher

CRC Press

Year

1994

ISBN

9781482271492

Edition

Topic

Architettura

Subtopic

Architettura generale

Book Cover
Half-Title
Series Title
Title
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Key dates
Key facts
1 The end of a dream
2 A fait accompli ?
3 The race for the mandate
4 Sherwood’s surprise
5 Concessions and treaties
6 Money and politics
7 Planning and designs
8 Morton takes charge
9 High risk, high return
10 The contractors start work
11 All change at TML
12 Tragedy strikes
13 The £1 billion row
14 Building the channel tunnel
15 King of the tunnels
16 TML’s £1.4 billion bill
17 History man
18 More talks but no trains
19 Brussels backs Eurotunnel
20 Bombardier’s bombshell
21 Hail to the chief
22 Site warfare breaks out
23 The slow train to France
Epilogue
Index