Rome Presented Project Finance Scheme for Metro Line DOn 13th April, 2006 the project finance scheme of Line D, the fourth subway line in Rome, has been presented. This is a new line to be developed ...
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First Castellanza Tunnel Breaks Through on Saronno-Malpensa Railway SectionThe first tunnel built to place underground the FNM tracks in Castellanza broke through on 19th April, 2006. The ...
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SMART Southern Tunnel Breaks Through in Kuala Lumpur
The southern drive of the SMART (Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel) project in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia was completed on 22nd ...
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Zitron to Supply Fans for World's Biggest Underground ProjectThe M-30 motorway in Madrid is a large thoroughfare built in the seventies between Manoteras junction and Los Franceses bridge, and ...
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Concrete Admixtures by SikaSika's latest products include several novelties in the range of concrete admixtures. Sigunit®-L52 AF S and Sigunita®-L53 AF S are ecological alkali-free ...
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Stockholm to Present Projects Worth EUR2.5 Billion at International MeetingThe Stockholm region is currently undergoing a period of rapid expansion. Within the next ten years, several very large ...
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Wirth Exports its Tunnel Bore Extender to JapanTo protect an endangered species of hawk during expansion of the Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway, a 1,000 m-long tunnel is not being blasted but bored ...
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Fire Protection by Thermal CeramicsTo meet the requirements of the French equipment and transport ministry's directive 2000-63 of 25th August, 2000 the Ariege provincial road agency (DDE) - project ...
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Cat Shows 321CCR Compact Tunnelling Excavator for First Time at IntermatGeneva-based Caterpillar Tunnelling Industries shows for the first time in a construction fair in Europe its 321CCR compact ...
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Lovat and Kawasaki Heavy Industries Form Strategic AllianceLovat has agreed with Kawasaki Heavy Industries to combine resources and experience to form a worldwide collaboration agreement to provide ...
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Master's Course on Tunnels and Underground WorksGiven the ongoing importance of tunnels and tunnelling in Spain and around the world, the Spanish tunnelling association (AETOS) has set put a ...
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Work Progress on the Apennine Road Bypass to Highway A1 between Bologna and FlorenceAs part of the upgrading of highway A1 Milan-Naples on its Apennine section between Sasso Marconi (Emilia ...
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Groundwater Management at the Variante di ValicoDuring tunnelling, the groundwater seeping from the tunnel face must be treated before being discharged in superficial waters or sewers because, ...
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Upgrading of Section Florence North-Florence South of the A1 HighwaySouth of the Variante di Valico, the highway section running from Barberino di Mugello to North Florence and Incisa, south of ...
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Atlas Copco's Intermat 2006 PreviewIntermat 2006, to be held at Paris Nord Villepinte exhibition centre on 24th-29th April, is this year's big construction event. Intermat 2006 is proud to ...
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First Section Breaks Through on Line 3 of the Madrid Metro Extended from Legazpi to Villaverde'Guster' has concluded its mission to extend Line 3 of the Madrid metro from Legazpi to San Cristobal de ...
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Rome to Present Project Finance of Metro Line D On 13th April, 2006 at 11:00 am, the project finance of Line D will be presented in Rome at the Auditorium Parco della Musica, Room Petrassi in Avenue ...
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400 years of experience at tunneljournalists.comThis week sees the relaunch of one of tunnelbuilder's most popular websites, tunneljournalists.comThe most important part of any company's marketing ...
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Madrid: Biggest Tunnelling Worksite in the WorldMadrid's regional autonomous government, through its transport infrastructure department MINTRA, is implementing during the 2003-2007 term the ...
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Tunnelling to Begin on DLR Extension to Woolwich Arsenal in London
The Docklands Light Railway's extension to Woolwich Arsenal will run from the existing King George V station, going ...
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Reaching Los Teques in 13 Minutes
Metro Los Teques, which will link El Tambor to Las Adjuntas on Line 2 of the Caracas metro, is a new 9.5 km rail line, whereof 6.2 km in tunnel, with ...
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Book on "Fire Protection in Vehicles and Tunnels for Public Transport"Fire Protection in Vehicles and Tunnels for Public Transport is the title of a bilingual German/English book that presents ...
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Tunnelling of Lausanne Metro Nears EndLine M2 of the Lausanne metro in Switzerland, between Ouchy and Croisettes, consists in building a new section between Flon and Croisettes and upgrading ...
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Lausanne Puts the Final Touches to Garbage TunnelAnother major project in Lausanne is TRIDEL, which stands for Traitement et Incinération des Déchets de Lausanne (treatment and incineration of the ...
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Rowa Tunnelling Logistics Back-up for Niagara Falls TunnelA 10,421 m-long tunnel underneath the City of Niagara Falls will feed more water to the existing Sir Adam Beck hydroelectric plant in ...
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Italy Inaugurates Lecco-Ballabio Road Link SS 36 DirThe new road link Lecco-Ballabio (SS 36 dir) opened to traffic on 24th February, 2006 between Lecco and provincial road SP 62 to Val ...
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Security at the Heart of the Double-Deck Tunnel on the A86 West of ParisThe A86 is currently an incomplete orbital highway around the Greater Paris area. Two tunnels will provide the missing links ...
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Stägjitschugge Tunnel to Improve Access to Narrow Zermatt ValleyThe Stägjitschugge tunnel is located on road H213 between the cities of Visp and Zermatt in the Wallis canton, Switzerland. This ...
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Breakthrough of the Campanas Tunnel on the Navarre Canal The Campanas tunnel, on section 4 of the Navarre canal between Tiebas and Añorbe (9.03 km), broke through on 27th February, 2006. ...
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Astaldi Receives New Major Contract for Line 5 of Milan MetroA joint venture led by Astaldi - with Torno Internazionale, Ansaldo Trasporti Sistemi Ferroviari, Ansaldobreda, Alstom Trasporti and ATM ...
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Second TBM to Start in March on South Bypass of M-30 Orbital Motorway in Madrid
The mayor of Madrid, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon, celebrated the start-up of 'Tizona', a MHI-Duro Felguera TBM ...
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Abdalajis East Tunnel Breaks Through on Cordoba-Malaga High Speed Rail Link
A ceremony presided by Magdalena Alvarez, Spain's minister of public works, was held on 13th February, 2006 to ...
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Second International Symposium on Tunnel Safety and Security (ISTSS)The second International Symposium on Tunnel Safety and Security (ISTSS) to be held in Madrid on 15th-17th March will be an ...
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Astaldi-led JV Wins Contract for Line C of Rome Metro with EUR2.17 Billion BidA joint venture headed by Astaldi will design and build the new Line C of the Rome metro, a driverless fully automatic ...
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Expressions of Interest Extended to End April for L-SURFIn March 2005, the EU launched L-SURF, which stands for Large-Scale Underground Research Facility, a planning and organization project for a ...
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Privately Financed Project Proposed for Road Connection in North MilanAt the conference "Underground roads: an opportunity to live better on the territory" held on 10th February, 2006 and organized ...
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