In this episode of ‘Visionaries of the Underground – Conversations with Professor Arnold Dix’ we talk with Jyoti Bisbey, a Washington DC based Infrastructure Finance specialist with a long professional history advising financiers such as the World Bank. and talks frankly about underground project finance.

In this episode of ‘Visionaries of the Underground – Conversations with Professor Arnold Dix’ we talk to Mr. Arthur Kabuya about his life and reputation as one of Europe's most highly regarded tunnel safety practitioners in Brussels and his return to the Congo to empower the young to create their vision of the future.

Sounds from the Underground: Visionaries of the Underground – Conversations with Professor Arnold Dix Episode 1: Why tunnels are so important for India’s future infrastructure development In this episode of ‘Visionaries of the Underground – Conversations with Professor Arnold Dix’ we talk to Mr. Rahul Gupta, Chief Engineer for Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Government of India, about his country’s future infrastructure vision and development.

In this episode, Professor Dix draws on almost 30 years global legal experience as a disaster investigator, lawyer and barrister with his candid insights and advice to explore the hidden cost of modern corruption in underground projects in which he strongly argues that from an ethical and moral perspective governments, industry and each of us personally should be vigilant against unnecessary costs which he characterises as frictional corruption taxes

In this episode, Professor Dix draws on almost 30 years global legal experience as a disaster investigator, lawyer and barrister with his candid insights and advice to explore the role and limitations of emerging defacto legal standards such as the new FIDIC Emerald Book for underground works. The underlying theme of this podcast is the difficulties of fairly weaving ground condition risks and other acute issues for underground projects into a fair legal framework within project documents

In this “standards” themed episode, Professor Dix draws on almost 30 years global legal experience as a disaster investigator, lawyer and barrister with his candid insights and advice on empowering underground professionals in the proper use of standards and other common practices to manage personal/professional legal risks. Having now explored the importance of the legal framework – negligence, risk assessments, common practices and standards, for delivering our underground future, Tunnelling Journals next podcast with Professor Arnold Dix will examine the strengths and weaknesses of a range of contractual tools in empowering underground professionals to better deliver, maintain, operate and refurbish the assets of our underground future

Empowering underground professionals in the use of risk assessment and risk engineering techniques to manage their personal/professional legal risks   In this legally themed episode, Professor Dix draws on almost 30 years global  legal experience as a disaster investigator, lawyer and barrister with his candid insights and advice on empowering underground professionals in the  use of  risk assessment and risk engineering techniques to manage their personal/professional legal risks   Next: Having now explored the use of risk based tools in a global legal framework Tunnelling Journals next podcast with Professor Arnold Dix will examine the role, limitations, and strengths of Standards and standard practices  in empowering underground professionals to make robust and defensible expert judgments and decisions   Thank you for listening, this podcast was brought to you by Tunnelling Journal, in partnership with Herrenknecht. Herrenknecht tunnelling technology paves the way for continuous progress of underground infrastructure. Visit Herrenknecht.com for more information - Pioneering Underground Technologies

Hello and welcome to Tunnelling Journals podcast series - Our Underground Future, Episode 2 - in partnership with Herrenknecht, supplier for modern tunnel systems that pave the way for the future. To master every small and large underground construction project, the technology leader Herrenknecht develops project-specific tunnelling technologies that turn visions into reality. Visit Herrenknecht.com for more information - Pioneering Underground Technologies. In this legally themed episode, Professor Dix draws on almost 30 years global legal experience as a disaster investigator, lawyer and barrister with his candid insights and advice on how to manage personal professional legal risks when doing your job underground in any country on earth

Hello and welcome to Tunnelling Journal's new podcast series - Our Underground Future. The team behind Tunnelling Journal has decades of experience in the underground sector. In this series internationally acclaimed underground expert Professor Arnold Dix, Lawyer, Scientist and Engineer examines the role, opportunities, and risks of underground development in meeting humanity's most urgent needs. In this episode, Professor Dix examines the link between our most Vibrant and prosperous Countries, and underground services like Clean Water, and Sanitation - warning of the Pandemic risks to us all if these basic human needs are not met.