This book covers all the main aspects of tunnelling: planning; studies which contribute to the viability of a tunnel project; the technical aspects of design; the management of construction; overall project management; a review of recent tunnel failures; and issues regarding dispute resolution and prevention. The concept of design is defined in detail and related to systems and to risk; the final chapter discusses the failures in 1994 of railway tunnels at Heathrow Airport. Tunnelling has become a fragmented process; excessively influenced by lawyers notions of confrontational bases. This prevents the pooling of skills; essential to the achievement of the designers objectives. Tunnelling: Management by Design seeks to reverse this trend; and provides a comprehensive description of successful tunnelling practice.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Very informativeBy Joel HammerGood history and current account of the movie industry. Well worth the read. It helps you to understand movies better.It helped me to understand why Valerian flopped. These sorts of movies need a big action scene within the first 15 minutes. This didnt have any big action scenes until about 1/2 hour or so. Also; the boy/girl duo lacked chemistry. But; read the book to understand this industry and the movies they produce.7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Hollywood and EconomicsBy Ravi MadhavanAn informative read that will provide the reader with a good understanding and overview of the economics of the film industry. The author provides a brief history of the major studios (consolidated into the current Big Six: Disney; Time Warner; Fox; Viacom; NBC Universal; and Sony) at the beginning and the leading men that transformed the business from post WWII into the eighties and nineties. These men provided the initial vision for licensing; international distribution; integration with home electronics and the continuing digitization of the industry.The economics for the industry are that films at the US box office are money losers but once the revenue streams from International Box Office; DVD; Pay TV; Network TV; Foreign TV; product licensing and other forms of distribution are collected even box office failures can break even or even become profitable. The studios have developed a compensation system for the major players in the process to share in the revenue but not all of them through some unique accounting practices. Everyone knows about this but still willingly participate.The other very interesting note is that the true money makers are films that are fairly consistent in plot (action) and audience (young) and character (young hero/super hero) but all the studios continue to make the adult movies and art house independents to please the inner world of Hollywood.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. If you like reading about this business youll love this bookBy OldeneyeIf you like reading about this business youll love this book. I rate it right up there with Adventures in the Screen Trade by William Goldman.