20/02/2018
While the new Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel is still early in the design and construction process, the new tunnel could double the number of cars able to pass from Hampton to Norfolk. Nearly 90,000 ...
19/02/2018
Work is now starting on Colombia's Toyo Tunnel (Tunel del Toyo) project. The 9.8km long tunnel is being built by a subsidiary of the Spanish FCC Group, FCC Construccion. The concession contract for ...
16/02/2018
Four potential bidders, including Musk's The Boring Company, have responded to a request for qualifications (RFQ) put out by the city of Chicago, which ... by making tunnels narrower – 14 feet in ...
14/02/2018
A multitude of example projects clarify the current state of the technology, and problem cases are discussed along with innovative solutions and special equipment. The close collaboration of expert ...
13/02/2018
Sound Transit already is facing rising costs on another project targeted for completion in 2024, the Lynwood Link Extension. The most recent estimations have the now $2.9-billion project $500 ...
13/02/2018
Vietnam is considering a major tunnel construction project that would boost connectivity. The project would be for a 1.3km tunnel running underneath the sea at Vietnam's Cua Luc Bay. This would ...
13/02/2018
The hugeness of oil rigs and tunnel-boring machines blow us away every time. There is something intrinsic and eye-popping about a big, purpose-built thing—something about the ridiculously oversized ...
12/02/2018
The first Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), named Krishna 1, began tunneling from the Nayanagar launching shaft near Dharavi on November 9 and has now bored through 120 metres. Meanwhile, six other TBMs, ...
09/02/2018
Six tunnel boring machines (TBMs) are being used to construct London's £4bn supersewer by three teams of contractors. At 25km long, up to 66 metres deep and more than seven metres in diameter, the ...
09/02/2018
The service tunnel would be constructed first and would be used to gauge the geological conditions for the main bores. Funded by a €1m grant from the EU, the report envisages splitting the project ...
08/02/2018
“Mary”, a 510-tonne, 160m tunnel boring- machine, has started its year-long crossing under the River Humber from Goxhill at a cost of £100m. ... A National Grid spokeswoman said: “The tunnelling ...
08/02/2018
But in the face of funding shortfalls, state Department of Water Resources Director Karla Nemeth announced Wednesday the agency plans to pursue a staged construction approach, building only one ...
