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Shieldhall: Intrepid tunnellers save Glasgow from floods

24/07/2017

‘I spend more time underground than a King Edward potato.” Mark Burrows is a breed apart, one of a team of itinerant tunnellers who are building one of the longest underground channels to be ...

Tunnel boring machine finishes its work on first of two twin tunnels for Regional Connector

24/07/2017

Attentive Source readers know that the Regional Connector project is building twin 1.9-mile rail tunnels under downtown Los Angeles to connect the Blue, Expo and Gold Lines. The good news from ...

Gov. Brown's $16 billion water tunnels get expected OK

24/07/2017

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (AP) — The main California agency promoting Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed $16 billion water tunnels gave its expected approval to the project Friday. The move by the ...

Stonehenge: Private finance deal mooted for £1.4bn tunnel

24/07/2017

Contractors targeting the £1.4bn Stonehenge tunnel deal are expected to have to bid for contracts under a design, build, finance and maintenance deal (DBFM). A report from the Infrastructure ...

Premier Announces Job Figures For Victoria’s Biggest Ever Transport Project

24/07/2017

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews visited Spotswood’s Rail Centre yesterday to meet with apprentices and workers to announce the jobs and industry figures for the Metro Tunnel Project, which will be ...

London's massive new Elizabeth line (Crossrail) the first commercial building project to use 3D printing

24/07/2017

If you live near London, you’ve probably heard of the Crossrail initiative. Already several years in the works, this massive expansion of the London underground is rapidly making history: as the ...

Sela Pass tunnels in Arunachal Pradesh to cut down distance to China border, boost Army

24/07/2017

The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) is set to construct two tunnels through 4170-metre Sela Pass in Arunachal Pradesh, which would cut down the distance to China border through Tawang by 10 kms.

Construction of MRT project benefits local SMEs

21/07/2017

... works were carried out by SMEs, while other specialised works – such as manufacturing of Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), TBM support systems and ...

Peter Dunne proposes multi-billion-dollar Wellington tunnels

20/07/2017

The war over Wellington's Ohariu electorate has begun with a multi-billion-dollar idea from incumbent United Future MP Peter Dunne. He's proposing to replace a steep section of State Highway 1 ...

Mexico’s longest tunnel project being excavated

20/07/2017

Two specially configured hydraulic breakers from Indeco are being used in the project to construct Mexico’s longest tunnel. The HP 3000 ABF units are being used at the Aca-Túnel jobsite in Acapulco ...

Photos: constructing cross passages for the Crenshaw/LAX Line tunnels

20/07/2017

Above are some photos taken during construction of a cross passage for the Crenshaw/LAX Line, the 8.5-mile light rail line with eight new stations that will run between the Expo Line and the Green ...

Bombardier wins $1b contract to fit Metro Tunnel with high-capacity signalling

20/07/2017

A $1 billion contract to install high-tech railway signalling that could enable trains in Melbourne to run as little as two minutes apart has been awarded to a consortium that includes Bombardier.

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