From:
Department for Transport, High Speed Two (HS2) Limited, Highways England, and The Rt Hon John Hayes CBE MP
Published:
12 July 2017
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There is a brand new tunnelling exhibition in London to learn more please watch the video provided by the Institution of Civil Engineers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5BSBLwRA7c . For more ...
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Custom Robbins Machine finishes on a High Note under Low Cover
On June 8, 2017, a select group of project officials, including Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto, celebrated the ...
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Penetron knows quite simply, the world needs durable concrete. It is not acceptable anymore that concrete structures worldwide crumble before their design life expires. Especially since we ...
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The Environment Effects Statement (EES), EPA Works Approval application and draft Planning Scheme Amendment for the West Gate Tunnel Project are on public exhibition and open to comment. Click ...
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Normet announced today that Himanshu Kapadia has been nominated as head of GCCT (Ground Control and Construction Technologies) Business Line as of 01.07.2017 and Odd-Björn Kleven will move to a ...
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Independent
reviewer role for Tunnel and Stations Public Private Partnership - market
engagement
An Independent
Reviewer for the Metro Tunnel – Tunnel and Stations Public Private ...
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Hyperloop is a new transportation mode which had been
proposed by Elon Musk in 2013. The concept is that having capsules levitate
inside of a low-pressure tube (hyperloop), pods will be able to ...
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There's a
reason why more record-breaking tunnels have been constructed since the year
2000 than in the previous 150 years.
By Laurie Winkless
In 1843, it was
called the Eighth Wonder of the ...
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Mapei’s story is synonymous with Italy, the country that witnessed its birth and growth. Day in and day out, construction sites worldwide have counted on Mapei. They have been in the tunneling ...
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The Sydney Metro project is a 66km long standalone fully automated railway system with 31 metro stations between Rouse Hill and Bankstow which has been split into two stages.
Stage 1 – ...
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A Robbins
Crossover (XRE) TBM measuring 9.26 m (30.4 ft) in diameter underwent factory
acceptance on May 30, 2017. The gargantuan machine was initially unveiled at
Robbins’ Solon, ...
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The Norwegian Tunnel Safety Conference will be held from the 7th to 8th September 2017 in Stavanger, Norway. The NTSC’s unique approach brings together tunnel operators and owners, ...
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The 10th Annual Breakthroughs in Tunneling Short Course is right around the corner. This year, it will be held in Chicago, IL from August 14-16. You have been invited to attend this comprehensive course which covers the latest developments in tunnel design and construction. This year, there are 37 presentations which address
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The ground breaking ceremony for the Three Rivers Protection and Overflow Reduction Tunnel took place on the 15.06.2017. The project will cost in the region of $188 Million. The tunnel will be 60.96 ...
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Joy Global Inc. will be renamed Komatsu Mining Corp.,headquarters
remains in Milwaukee, WI
Komatsu America Corp., a subsidiary of Komatsu Ltd. (TYO:
6301) (“Komatsu”) has completed ...
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FUGRO
SEMINARS EXAMINE ROLE OF SITE CHARACTERISATION IN PROJECT RISK MANAGEMENT
A lack of
timely, comprehensive site data is often cited as a factor in unplanned design
changes, ...
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The announcement was made at the closing ceremony in Bergen, Norway that Maylasia had would be the country to host the World Tunnel Congress in 2020! Well done Malaysia! ...
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Bane NOR is constructing a double track line between Arna and the centre of Bergen. The biggest part of the section passes through a tunnel under Mount Ulriken where Bane NOR now is constructing a ...
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The new offering from Normet improves the mechanization and
automation of the most demanding underground work phases and sets the new
standard for sprayed concrete, charging and lifting & ...
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The World Tunnel Congress 2017 in Bergen, Norway opened
yesterday its theme ‘Underground Solutions for Surface Problems’ . The event
began with an opening address by H.K.H. Crown ...
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Robbins is committed to bringing thought-provoking and
in-depth information to the industry—a credo that their new website certainly fulfils.
Robbins is excited to bring you their ...
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If you are looking to improve your tunnelling qualifications the Tunnelling and Underground Construction Academy (TUCA) can help. The courses currently available are tunnel entry and emergency ...
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If you are attending WTC 2017 in Bergen, Norway you should visit Palmieri at booth T19. Palmieri is a leader in the mechanized tunnelling business, as well as a worldwide recognised leader in ...
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The Crosstown project, owned by Metrolinx and operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), is a light rail transit (LRT) line that will run across Eglinton Avenue between Mount Dennis (Weston ...
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The 2018 North American Tunneling (NAT) conference organizing committee has issued a call for papers which are due in by June 30th 2017. NAT 2018 will be taking place in Washington, D.C. from ...
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Moscow has built almost 21 km of metro tunnels since early 2016. Eight of 29 TBMs are currently tunnelling their way through the Moscow’s underground. Six of them, diameter 6 m, are ...
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Construction of the first section of the Moscow Metro Second Circle line (or Third Interchange Circuit - TIC, 61 km with 30 stations) from the station Business Center to the Petrovsky ...
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Putzmeister will launch internationally their automated formwork filling system, Formkret at the World Tunnel Congress which will be taking place from June 9th to the 15th in Bergen, Norway. ...
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The TBM Angeli, boring twin tunnels for the Regional Connector Transit Project, broke through at Grand Avenue Arts/Bunker Hill Station at 2nd Place and Hope Street in Downtown Los Angeles on June ...
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On 28.04.2017 the joint venture Osafl Sf Marti Contractors (50%) and IAV (50%) from Reykjavik (Iceland), completed the driving operations on the Vadlaheidi road toll tunnel in Iceland. They blasted ...
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Senbay Madencilik - Kolin - Kalyon Joint venture has made good early progress on the Dudullu - Bostancı Metro Line, in Turkey, with TBM tunnel drives now fully underway .
Two TERRATEC ...
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Companies that are looking to buy heavy machinery for their current and next jobs may be able to secure a good deal at Ritchie Bros. upcoming auction in Ocaña (Central Spain). The auction - held on June 7 & 8 - features more than 2,000 pieces of equipment, trucks and other items.
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On 22.05.2017 the first stage of the “TELT at Work” roadshow was held in Turin. TELT is a project that covers the cross-border works for the Lyon-Turin railway line. The TELT ...
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VMT are pleased
to announce that the past year has been something of a good one for their
tunnel guidance systems as well as for all other product solutions of the VMT
portfolio – with the ...
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At the end of April 2017 the construction of the section 1 of the Tehran-Shomal Freeway (or Tehran-North Freeway) project, connecting Tehran to the city of Chalus at the Caspian Sea in the northern ...
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