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Latest London power tunnel phase completes

05/09/2013

The latest phase of work on the London Power Tunnels was completed eight days ahead of schedule, it emerged this week.

How high-speed rail will bring Hong Kong and China closer together

03/09/2013

Tunnelling works are almost complete on a new high-speed line designed to open up Hong Kong to mainland China. It is a project not short of critics, with some who question the line’s benefits and ...

New Downtown Line 2 contractor appointed, entire stage to be ready in mid-2016

30/08/2013

THE Downtown Line Stage 2 is now expected to be completed by the middle of 2016, after the Land Transport Authority (LTA) appointed a new contractor for a three-station stretch where work had stalled

Aecom secures Hong Kong cross-harbour tunnel contract

30/08/2013

Hong Kong metro operator MTR has announced the appointment of Aecom to design the cross-harbour tunnel of the North South Line (NSL), which forms part of the Shatin to Central Link (SCL).

Costain provides update on National Grid’s London Power Tunnels project

30/08/2013

Costain has provided an update on its £200m contract on National Grid’s London Power Tunnels project

Bouygues wins €1 billion Hong Kong contract

28/08/2013

French group will construct undersea road tunnel linking New Territories region to Lantau Island .....

Crossrail reaches Woolwich milestone

28/08/2013

The first tunnel boring machine (TBM), named Sophia, is now ready to leave the box on the drive northwards below the Thames while the second machine, ...

Ready, steady, go for Olympian TBMs

20/08/2013

A tunnel boring machine (TBM) named after Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill has begun building a 2.7km Crossrail tunnel from Pudding Mill Lane, near the Olympic Park, to Stepney Green.

World's largest tunneling machine digs in

02/08/2013

Bertha, the world's largest tunnel boring machine (TBM), started digging under ... the machine will both dig out soil and lay a concrete tunnel wall as it goes.

Devil's Slide overnight tunnel work to conclude next month

02/08/2013

The ongoing overnight Devil's Slide tunnel construction is set to come to an end by mid-August, concluding several weeks of work that led to one-way traffic ...

Tunnel construction through Georgian-Turkish border will begin

02/08/2013

The construction of a tunnel through the Georgian-Turkish border will begin as part of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway project in the near future, Chairman of ...

Sir Edward Lister Visits National Grid's Underground Tunnels

01/08/2013

The visit marked the recent launch in Wandsworth of tunnel boring machine (TBM), 'Evelyn', which is busy carving out the latest section of the tunnel route to ...

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