9-David-Muir-Wood-Letters-and-Envelopes

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1、SirAlanMuirWoodMemorialSymposiumInstitutionofCivilEngineers21October2010LettersandenvelopesDavidMuirWoodUniversityofDundeeLettersandenvelopesIntroductionExcerptfromdraftobituaryforRobertLegget(1994)ToMargaretThatcher(11Jan1979)Asalifelongradical,Ihaveneverbeforeconsideredw

2、ritingtotheLeaderofyourParty.……Iremarkedthat,withtheprospectofcombatagainstidentifiableassailants(thewreckers,saboteurs,thosewhoopenlyadmittheyhavenointerestinsocialbehaviouruntiltherevolution),IfeltmuchthesameasIdidinSeptember1939.…Wethenpreferredtheordealofthehorrorsofwa

3、rtofurthershabbycompromisewithdarkness.LettersandenvelopesHalcrowToHoraceMorgan(20May1957)Halcrow…Icouldnotcontemplatetheindefinitecontinuanceofmyanomalouspositionwithinthefirm.…IcameawaywiththeimpressionthatyouintendedareorganisationoftheTunnelOfficesothatIwould…beapartyt

4、odecisionsconcerningtechnicalmatters.…Iseenoprospectofbeingallowedanyrealcontrolofwork.Thereisnocourseopentomebuttomakeaformalrequestfortransfertoanotherdepartment.Lettersandenvelopes‘NewAustrianTunnellingMethod’“TunnellingexperienceduringthelasttenyearsinAustriaandelsewhe

5、rehasprovedtheadvantageoftheNATMoverothermethodsineveryrespect.”ArticleinWaterPower(1973)WaterPower(1973)ANATMAshasbeenappliedelsewheretohumanism,theclaimsfortheNATMareeithersobroadtobemeaninglessorsonarrowtobeuninteresting.…takingutmostadvantageoftherocktosupportitselfhas

6、beenabasicprincipleofrationaltunnellingeverywhere.…ThedevelopmentoftheNATMhasbeenmainlyfosteredbyacademicsandthishashadtwoeffects:first,theytendtoallowtheorytorunaheadofpractice;second,theydonothaveresponsibilityforconstructionandareinconsequenceconcerned…withpredictionsaf

7、tertheevent.…WaterPower(1973)B(continued)NATM…ThemanynotionsoftheNATMtendtobeadvocatedwithreligiousfervour…attempttomakethespecificproblemfitthetheoryratherthantoacceptthatitisalwaysnecessary…tofitthefactsoftheproblem.Successfultunnellingiseclectic,notdogmatic.Variabilityo

8、fthegroundisusuallyaquintessentialfactor.toNewCivilEngineer(22Mar1990)NATMCorrectly,NATMi