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1. Battersea cable tunnel: powering regeneration in central London, UK.

Author

Quigg, Gerard

Subjects
*TUNNELS, *TUNNEL design & construction, *GEOTECHNICAL engineering, *CABLES, *TEMPORARY employment
Abstract

A new primary electrical substation is being provided to support regeneration of the Battersea Power Station and surrounding Nine Elms area in central London. Due for completion in 2019, it required tunnelling 330 m under rail tracks to connect to an existing 132 kV cable tunnel. As described in this paper, the new spur tunnel was constructed using an open-face tunnelling shield beneath rail viaducts and a Victorian sewer. Through careful sequencing and close monitoring, a volume loss of just 1% was achieved during construction of the complex junction chamber connection with the existing wedge-block tunnel. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2019
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2. Education, Class Fractions and the Local Rules of Spatial Relations.

Author

Ball, Stephen John and Vincent, Carol

Subjects
*PARENT participation in early childhood education, *EDUCATION of the middle class, *CHILD care, *CHILD care services, *SOCIAL classes, *EDUCATIONAL sociology
Abstract

This paper develops previous analyses of data from an ESRC-funded study of middle-class parents' choices of childcare in two London locations (Battersea and Stoke Newington). It tentatively explores differences between the educational choices made in the two localities and connections which occur between educational and spatial preferences and practices. These connections within the two class fraction samples are presented using Basil Bernstein's arguments concerning the relations between pedagogical practices and social class. The argument is that the class fractions identified here use space differently and concomitantly engage in different kinds of social relations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2007
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