The Gateway Development Commission (GDC) has reached a major milestone in the Hudson Tunnel Project (HTP) with the completion of manufacturing and factory acceptance testing of the first two tunnel ...
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The Snowy 2.0 pumped-hydro megaproject has marked a significant milestone, with one of three TBMs, Lady Eileen Hudson, now two-thirds of the way through its second tunnel excavation.
The TBM is ...
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The Hudson Tunnel Project, a $16.1 billion initiative, is making significant progress in enhancing rail links between New Jersey and New York City. As part of the larger Gateway Program, this ...
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On August 28, 2024 the Gateway Development Commission (GDC) Board authorized GDC to enter into a final agreement in September with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for a EUR3.43 bn (USD3.8 ...
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Press release - After years of political wrangling and logistical setbacks, the $16 billion Gateway Tunnel Project, a critical infrastructure initiative aimed at improving the rail connection ...
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The long-awaited Gateway Tunnel project is officially moving forward. The $16 billion initiative has secured a $6.8 billion full-funding grant from the federal government, marking a significant ...
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Tunnelling of the Snowy 2.0 headrace adit at Tantangara has restarted after a delay caused by soft ground conditions and the emergence of a sinkhole above TBM Florence.
The NSW government ...
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Snowy 2.0 is being engineered to deliver clean and reliable energy storage and generation for the next 150 years. The target date for commercial operation of all units is December 2028, with first ...
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In a momentous development for New York's bustling transportation network, construction has officially begun on the Hudson Tunnel Project, marking the onset of a transformative chapter in the city's ...
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On November 6, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a division of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), unveiled a groundbreaking development. They have allocated a substantial $16.4 ...
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July marked an exciting milestone for Snowy Hydro, Snowy 2.0 and Future Generation Joint Venture - FGJV with the relaunch of TBM Lady Eileen Hudson - one of the mega project's three TBMs - at ...
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The Gateway Development Commission (GDC) announced that it has issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for two major components of the Hudson Tunnel Project:
Package EA1, the Hudson ...
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Construction of Snowy 2.0 - a critically important, pumped-hydro expansion of the Snowy Scheme in Australia, continues to make progress across multiple worksites. The project involves linking two ...
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Main access tunnel - On 11th October 2022 teams from Snowy Hydro and contractor Future Generation Joint Venture celebrated the completion of the excavation of its first tunnel for ...
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Lobs Hole - The TBM Lady Eileen Hudson has now excavated 2.2km of the main access tunnel, with 600 m remaining to reach the northern end of the power station complex. Once complete, the TBM ...
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Snowy Hydro, the main contractor for the Future Generation Joint Venture and members of the local community celebrated the commissioning of the third and final TBM for Snowy 2.0, with a ...
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This month Snowy Hydro achieved another exciting milestone, with the commissioning of Kirsten, the second of three TBMs that will excavate more than 27km of tunnels for Snowy 2.0 pumped-storage ...
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Army Corps of Engineers Permit – The Gateway Development Commission has announced that the last major step in the federal regulatory process for the Hudson Tunnel Project has been completed ...
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Over the weekend Snowy Hydro and the principal contractor and factory operator Future Generation Joint Venture officially launched the new Snowy 2.0 precast factory in Cooma, where 130,000 concrete ...
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At the end of August, the Gateway Program partners submitted an updated financial plan for the Hudson Tunnel Project to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) that should improve the project's ...
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It's winter in the Snowy Mountains and activity is hotting up at the Snowy 2.0 construction sites!
There's already more than 1,000 people working on the massive pumped-hydro project ...
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The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) jointly with NJ TRANSIT and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey have issued the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)/Final Section 4(f) ...
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On 19/03/2021 the Future Generation joint-venture, composed of the Italian company Webuild (leader), the Australian-based Clough and US-based Lane Construction- celebrated with Snowy Hydro Ltd the ...
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The Gateway Program partners continue to advance with the engineering and design of the Hudson Tunnel Project with dozens of “geotechnical borings” to be conducted along the proposed ...
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In June 2019 the Gateway
Development Commission became a bi-state organization, with new authority and ability
to receive the federal grants and loans necessary to deliver the Gateway
Program of ...
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A Tunnel boring machine built by the Robbins company “holed through” Tuesday morning,
breaking through shale bedrock in Dutchess County to complete its excavation on
the $1 billion ...
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On 12.11.2018 a group backing the construction of the
Gateway Tunnel Project released a poll that found support for the first two projects
in the program, the Port North Bridge and Hudson Tunnel ...
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The 6.8m Robbins Single Shield TBM Nora has started boring
for the Delaware Aqueduct Repair (DAR). The TBM, operated by contractor
Kiewit-Shea Constructors (KSC), will bore a 3.8 km long tunnel ...
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Specialized TBM will work below the Hudson River on the Delaware Aqueduct.
Robbins has completed the manufacture and testing of a unique tunnel boring machine that will be used to repair the ...
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Last month it was announced that the new Hudson River rail tunnels will get a EUR 61.43 million (USD 70 million) injection from Amtrak (50%) and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (50%) ...
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The Cross Harbor Freight Program (CHFP) aims to improve the movement of freight across New York Harbor between the east-of-Hudson and west-of-Hudson regions. Ten viable build alternatives have been ...
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Tunnels present designers and engineers with particular challenges when it comes to installing pipework. Read a paper prepared by Dave Hudson,
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High Speed Rail Service Begins Operating from St Pancras in LondonFaster, more frequent, and more punctual high speed Eurostar trains between London and Brussels and Paris began operating on ...
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Martin Knights - First 100 days as ITA PresidentJust three months since the ITA Congress in Prague, and Martin Knight's election to the presidency, and already two ad-hoc meetings with the ITA ...
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