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Lower Thames Crossing should be ‘multi-purpose’ and include a railway

20/12/2020

Infrastructure projects like the Lower Thames Crossing should be “multi-purpose” and span more than one sector, according to Expedition Engineering director Alistair Lenczner.

Requests for Proposals Issued for Ontario Line

18/12/2020

TORONTO – Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Metrolinx have issued two Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for procurement packages for the Ontario Line subway project. Teams have been shortlisted and ...

Guide to tunnelling

18/12/2020

There is nothing simple about the construction of a tunnel. It’s a process of problem solving and discovery considered to be one of the most complex civil engineering challenges to solve...

New £150m world record-breaking Humber pipeline delivering gas for National Grid

18/12/2020

The tunnel boring machine 'Mary' was equivalent in length to 11 double decker buses and weighed 220 tonnes. National Grid started the project in ...

Elon Musk's Underground Vegas Loop Tunnel Is Approved

18/12/2020

Elon Musk's Underground Vegas Loop Tunnel Is Approved. Vegas Tunnel Boring Machine. The drill head is lowered into the ground in October 2019 as ...

Winners announced at Tunnelling Festival

18/12/2020

The winners of 2020's NCE Tunnelling Festival Awards have been crowned. On Wednesday, the sector gathered virtually to celebrate the very best in tunnelling expertise. We would like to thank ...

Breakthrough of longest tunnel completed 74 days ahead of time

18/12/2020

The tunnel was built according to the new Austrian tunnel method NATM, ... The value of the construction of the Peljesac Bridge and access roads is ...

Floating underwater tunnel proposed as alternative Irish Sea link

18/12/2020

A floating underwater tunnel linking Scotland and Northern Ireland has been put forward as an alternative to prime minister Boris Johnson's bridge proposal...

CONSTRUCTION SITES - TELT

18/12/2020

The construction sites for the Lyon-Turin base tunnel are active in the two countries.

HS2 is constructing nine tunnels between London and Birmingham.

16/12/2020

HS2 will have 64 miles of tunnelling. Find out where the nine tunnels are being built and about the tunnelling technology used to construct them.

Kuckuckslay Tunnel - Installation completed

16/12/2020

The Kuckuckslay secondary lining system has been completely installed. A complex work method statement as well as a process simulation was developed for the assembly of the machines in a limited ...

Construction of second tube of Bangabandhu Tunnel begins

15/12/2020

Construction work of the second tube of the Bangabandhu Tunnel under the Karnafuli River, the lifeline of Chattogram Port, has started. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader ...

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