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China's largest homemade slurry TBM excavates 5.08-km-long tunnel in Shenzhen

21/08/2019

With a diameter of 15.8 meters, China's largest homemade slurry tunnel boring machine starts to excavate a 5.08-km-long tunnel in south China's Shenzhen.

Lack of bidders forces HS2 to rethink £1.5bn track deal

12/08/2019

HS2 is revising a £1.5bn track and overhead power deal following “increasing concern” from contractors over risk transfer.

The need for speed to compete in Elon Musk’s Hyperloop competition

12/08/2019

A team from UNSW will be the only one representing Australia in the finals of Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Pod Competition 2019 after beating more than 2000 entrants.

Elon Musk to launch The Boring Company in China

07/08/2019

... of tunnelling down to a tenth of what it is now, which he has said is about a billion dollars a mile, while dramatically speeding up tunnel construction.

Global Tunnel Construction Projects 2019

07/08/2019

(CIC) is currently tracking tunnel related projects with a value of US$1.37 trillion.

Tunnelling the biggest risk in $288b infrastructure pipeline

05/08/2019

A shortage of skilled workers and rising raw material costs puts Australia in danger of not delivering its $288 billion infrastructure pipeline,

DC Clean Rivers Project

04/08/2019

Project update by Colin Lavassar, PE DC Water and McMillen Jacobs Associates recently celebrated the excavation of the first new shaft

Big projects are driving Europe’s construction industry

04/08/2019

For the next three years, the construction industry in Europe is seen relying on large infrastructure projects for a good part of its growth.

Cityringen

02/08/2019

Cityringen encircles the heart of Copenhagen with two parallel 15.5-kilometre-long tunnels, for a total of 31 kilometres. It includes 17 new fully equipped underground stations situated on average ...

Agreement signed for Philippines subway

01/08/2019

Groundworks in preparation for the arrival of a tunnel boring machine this December will begin within the next few months. The aim is for the project to be in operation by 2025.

Osprey barges to Hinkley

01/08/2019

UK-based heavy transport and marine specialist Osprey has supported the construction of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in Somerset with the delivery of several heavy and oversized ...

5th Line to Jerusalem

01/08/2019

Congratulation to all of our partners at the 5th Line to Jerusalem, on the accomplishment of 10 km.

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