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East Coast Main Line: Tunnel painstakingly pushed underground

28/01/2021

A curved concrete box weighing more than the Eiffel Tower has been pushed under a railway line to form a new tunnel, in a "UK first" for engineering. The 11,000-tonne, 155m (510ft) structure was ...

DR. SAUER & PARTNERS APPOINTED TO TRANSPORT FOR LONDON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FRAMEWORK

26/01/2021

Dr. Sauer & Partners is very pleased to have been awarded a place on the Transport for London (TfL) Professional Services Framework 2. Having previously worked with TfL under prior framework ...

Kier wins £200m TfL tunnel maintenance role

26/01/2021

In October, Construction News reported that TfL would suspend new contract awards after enacting stringent cost-control measures due to the impact ...

L&T wins three major civil contracts worth ₹5328 crores for Chennai Metro's Phase II

25/01/2021

... major civil contracts pertaining to the construction of underground tunnels ... including metro stations for Phase 2 of the Chennai Metro Rail project.

Extension of line 11 - Grand Paris Express

25/01/2021

Métro Line 11 currently connects Châtelet, at the heart of Paris, to Mairie des Lilas. Its extension eastwards up to Rosny-Bois-Perrier stemmed from a distant claim from local authorities, prior to ...

Bang in the Middle: Construction of the ZojiLa Tunnel

18/01/2021

The New Austrian Tunnelling Method for constructing the tunnel. ... This method involves not the use of a tunnel boring machine but of blasting by ...

Construction of China's longest undersea subway tunnel completed

18/01/2021

The length of the tunnel boring machine zone is 2,882 meters, with 2,310 meters running through the sea. The No. 5 subway line is expected to be ...

UK and Morocco consider Gibraltar-Tangier tunnel

18/01/2021

Britain and Morocco are considering plans to revive a decades-old project for a tunnel connecting Europe to Africa by linking the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar to the northern Moroccan ...

Building Anzac Station

15/01/2021

The station will be built via a cut and cover method, using the ‘top down’ approach. The walls of the station will first be built into the ground through a series of diaphragm walls, or D-walls. ...

Farringdon Station Virtual Tour

15/01/2021

Explore our interactive 360-degree virtual tour of Farringdon Elizabeth line station to find out more out more about the design and build of this major new station.

The Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel expansion project is making progress

15/01/2021

In addition, work will also continue on the South Island as crews continue to build the launch pit for the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), a 46-foot ...

Strata Equipment and Supplies

15/01/2021

Strata Emergency Refuge Chambers are built with occupants’ safety and comfort in mind. Find out more about equipment and supplies provided.

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