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AECOM To Provide Technical Assistance During Design and Construction of World's Longest ...

27/11/2019

At the heart of the project is the 57.5km twin bored base tunnel that will be the longest railway tunnel ever built. Working in an international joint ...

Contract for controversial £1bn Silvertown Tunnel is signed

27/11/2019

Work on the Silvertown Tunnel will begin next year, Transport for London has confirmed as the contract for the controversial road link's construction ...

Annacis Island treatment plant getting $184M upgrade

27/11/2019

A tunnel-boring machine (TBM) will be used to dig the underground route. Two vertical shafts will be built – one so the machine can be launched and ...

Station at Montréal-Trudeau airport: The tunnel boring machine has arrived

22/11/2019

This is a ground-breaking situation in Montréal and Québec. Until now, the construction of the metro had systematically been carried out by drilling and blasting. This is the first time that a TBM ...

Enbridge completes rock sampling for Michigan tunnel project

22/11/2019

Enbridge completes rock sampling for Michigan tunnel project ... Results will be used to design the tunnel and a machine to drill through bedrock ...

Terzo Valico dei Giovi: excavation surpasses 40% on project with 5,000 direct, indirect workers

19/11/2019

MILAN, November 15, 2019 – COCIV, the general contractor led by Salini Impregilo, has completed 40% of the excavation work for the underground section of Terzo Valico dei Giovi, a ...

China-Laos railway tunnel construction making breakthroughs

14/11/2019

LUANG PRABANG — China-Laos railway tunnels' construction has been continuing to make breakthroughs, as one more major tunnel was drilled through on Nov 8 in the tropical mountains of northern Laos.

Elon Musk's Boring Company to begin drilling underground tunnel in Las Vegas

14/11/2019

To officially kick off the tunneling phase of the company's first commercial project, the boring machine will be turned on 40 feet below ground.

Thames Water tenders £700m AMP7/AMP8 capital construction programmes contracts

14/11/2019

Thames Water has gone out to tender with a contract for its AMP7/AMP8 capital construction programmes for infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects worth an estimated £700 million in total.

Veidekke wins second Norwegian rail tunnel contract

11/11/2019

Veidekke has been awarded a second contract for the double track project Drammen to Kobbervikdalen on the Vestfoldbanen railway line. The new NOK1.83bn (£156M) contract, awarded by Norway’s rail ...

Next MRT Jakarta line to have seven underground stations, multilevel tunnel

11/11/2019

Next MRT Jakarta line to have seven underground stations, multilevel tunnel

Brenner Base Tunnel: Salini Impregilo completes 70% of Southern Lot Tunnelling

11/11/2019

MILAN, November 6, 2019 – Salini Impregilo and partners Strabag, Consorzio Integra and Collini Lavori have done 70% of the excavation work on the southernmost lot of the Brenner Base Tunnel project.

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