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New Contracting Documents for Tunneling Released

23/05/2019

Several other working groups presented studies, including new guidelines on rebuilding tunnel boring machines. Refurbishment has become a ...

California Pulse: Construction Project News for May 2019

22/05/2019

Dragados USA started construction in April on the $630.5-million Joint Water Pollution Control Plant Effluent Outfall Tunnel project in Carson for the ...

Underground and surface wireless monitoring in tunnel construction

21/05/2019

Discover how to do real-time monitoring of metros and high-speed train projects from the beginning of construction. Wirelessly.

National Audit Office questions value of Stonehenge tunnel

21/05/2019

Many people, from environmentalists and archaeologists to residents and druids, have claimed that the tunnel and other construction work will cause ...

Ferrovial set to win £1bn Silvertown Tunnel contract

20/05/2019

Ferrovial-owned Cintra Global has been selected as the preferred bidder on the £1bn Silvertown Tunnel under the River Thames in London, New Civil Engineer understands.

See inside tunnels under construction 200 feet below Cleveland's Ohio City, Tremont neighborhoods

17/05/2019

The fourth tunnel, called the Westerly Storage Tunnel, is currently under construction. When it's finished, it will redirect 300 million gallons of water ...

Indonesia marks first tunnel breakthrough in high-speed railway project

17/05/2019

Indonesia on Tuesday marked a milestone in its Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway (HSR) project with the breakthrough of a tunnel at the project's ...

Forrestfield airport link tunnelling stops after slurry spill

15/05/2019

Tunnelling operations have been stopped on the Forrestfield-Airport Link after a section of piping servicing one of the tunnel-boring machines (TBM) dislodged in Tunnel Two, causing a slurry spill.

METRONET gets $4.1B to create thousands of construction jobs

14/05/2019

In a move to create thousands of construction jobs, Perth’s METRONET rail project will receive $4.1 billion in funding from the Western Australian Government’s 2019-2020 Budget.

Crossrail Chief Executive Mark Wild outlines plan to complete the Elizabeth line

14/05/2019

A new plan to complete the outstanding works and bring the Elizabeth line into passenger service at the earliest possible date has been developed by the new Crossrail leadership team.

Long lasting tunnels

14/05/2019

ITA AITES - AT WTC 2019 in Naples, the Open Session was dedicated to maintenance strategy. Have a look how old tunnels built some times several centuries ago are still in operation.

Life in a moon colony: First, dig a tunnel

11/05/2019

Our idea is to actually start underground, using a mechanism we already use on the Earth, a tunnel boring machine, to make a continuous opening to ...

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