Sprayed Concrete Linings in Soft Ground - Best Practise Design Guide Now Published!

Thursday, January 22nd, 2026

The ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ โ€“ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ has now been officially published by the British Tunnelling Society. This comprehensive resource brings together the ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€, ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€.

A collaborative industry effort, the guide is the result of extensive work by the BTS technical committee and contributions from many experienced professionals across the tunnelling and underground construction sector โ€” including Dr. Sauer & Partners, who have supported the development of bestโ€‘practice approaches to SCL design and delivery. The publication incorporates ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—จ๐—ž ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ณ๐—Ÿ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€, where sprayed concrete linings played an important role.

The guide is available as an openโ€‘access ebook, so everyone can benefit from the shared knowledge and expertise captured within its chapters - the guide is available as a free download here. Whether youโ€™re a designer, contractor, project manager, or client working with sprayed concrete linings, the guide is an invaluable reference for safe, efficient and consistent SCL design and construction.

Congratulations to everyone involved in bringing this important publication to life.