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EU funds set for renovation of the Karawanks Tunnel

28/07/2017

The European Commission will provide €25 million for renovation of the 7.8k-long Karawanks Tunnel, a motorway link between Austria and Slovenia. The Karawanks is a 120km-long mountain range ...

Skanksa wins Norwegian tunnel contract

27/07/2017

The work for Norwegian Public Roads Administration involves the renovation of the Nordby and Smiehagen tunnels in Akershus. The two-bore Nordby tunnel is 3,850m long with two lanes in each ...

Jacobs 'in talks' to buy CH2M

27/07/2017

The Dallas-based company is keen to expand its UK presence, and CH2M has had involvement in London’s US$5.5 billion Thames Tideway Tunnel and the US$5.2 billion restoration of the UK capital’s ...

Work begins on second tunnel of Thessaloniki metro

26/07/2017

Construction commenced Friday on the second tunnel of the Thessaloniki metro's extension to the suburb of Kalamaria. This stretch of the subway ...

Crossrail 2 latest: Mayor Sadiq Khan and transport secretary Chris Grayling set out next steps for £31bn rail route

24/07/2017

After a number of wobbles, the future of Crossrail 2 has been given a boost today after transport secretary Chris Grayling and London mayor Sadiq Khan said they had agreed on the next steps for the ...

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.

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