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AECOM: AECOM-Arup JV wins ACEC Grand Award for Second Avenue Subway

04/05/2018

The AECOM -Arup JV provided full engineering and architectural design services from tunnel to track for Second Avenue Subway, including all planning, architecture and engineering, ... A 485-ton ...

Thames Tideway tunnels open day

02/05/2018

The “super sewer” tunnel boring machines that will be digging under the Thames will be on show at a public open day in a couple of weeks time. The event says it's for neighbours, but they are ...

National Grid's tunnel vision: Digging below the Buffalo River

02/05/2018

A machine that operates like a coffee grinder will dig a tunnel under the Buffalo River, allowing National Grid to run electrical cables to support the city's emerging power needs. National Grid on ...

SJVN awarded generation licence for hydro project

30/04/2018

SJVN has so far hired a contractor to implement the first package of the civil work that includes construction of a dam, diversion tunnel, headrace tunnel and intake tunnels. The contractor has also ...

Three design-build teams have been shortlisted for the US$3.3bn expansion of the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel (HRBT) in Virginia.

30/04/2018

The HRBT expansion involves construction of a new four-lane bridge and tunnel crossing as well as widening of the existing I-64, to ease congestion between Hampton and Norfolk.

LMRC completes tunneling work of Charbagh-Hazratganj stretch in record 15 months

30/04/2018

Lucknow, Apr 28 (UNI) Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) on Saturday achieved a milestone of the completion of tunneling work for the 3. ... Earlier also, the two Tunnel Boring Machines had ...

New tunnel on Shaikh Rashid Street to open Thursday

30/04/2018

This tunnel is part of the 'Improvement of Shaikh Rashid and Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Streets Intersection Project'. In February, RTA opened two major bridges, one on Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed ...

Kishanganga Hydro Electric Project set for inauguration next month

30/04/2018

A section of the 23.24-km-long tunnel between Gurez and Bandipora, dug out by the Tunnel Boring Machine, providing all-weather access. (Express photo by Neeraj Priyadarshi). Sanjay Kumar, a senior ...

Three teams invited to submit designs, prices for I-64 HRBT expansion project

27/04/2018

RICHMOND, Va. – Three teams have been invited to submit proposals and prices for the design and construction of the I-64 Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel expansion project. The HRBT expansion project ...

Machine that will drill mile-long hole for Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel gets a name

20/04/2018

Tunnel boring machines often have a female name, a tradition that began when miners prayed to the patron saint of mines, Barbara, to protect them as they worked underground. The naming of the ...

How Crossrail took concrete into uncharted territory

19/04/2018

From the 26,000 concrete rings used to build the tube tunnels to the 50,000 cu m to create a typical station, it has been the backbone of this scheme. And it has given contractors an opportunity to ...

Sewage tunnel project 6 months behind schedule, city says

19/04/2018

A massive downtown tunnel project intended to keep sewage overflows from spilling into the Ottawa River is running roughly six months behind schedule, the City of Ottawa says. Construction on the ...

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