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Engineers meet challenge of Gotthard tunnel

23/09/2014

Due to open in 2016, the Gotthard base tunnel is not just a hole through a mountain.

German tunnel contract for Hochtief

16/09/2014

A project for a €122 million harbour tunnel at Bremerhaven in northern Germany will be developed by a consortium led by Hochtief.

Crossrail begins last east London tunnel

12/09/2014

Tunnel machine Ellie has started her 900 metre journey from Limmo Peninsula, near Canning Town, towards Victoria Dock Portal in east London

Bouygues lands $5.2bn Hong Kong tunnels

10/09/2014

Two Bouygues subsidiaries have won a HK$ 5.2bn (£415m) contract with MTR Corporation for tunnels on the Shatin to Central Link.

Machine reduces shaft-sinking time by 20% to 30%

05/09/2014

Mining contracting company Murray & Roberts Cementation, in partnership with tunnel boring machine manufacturer Herrenknecht and Germany-based Thyssen Schachtbau,

Yantai-Dalian undersea tunnel to be submitted to State Council

02/09/2014

An undersea tunnel project between the cities of Yantai and Dalian on either side of the Bohai Strait will be submitted to the State Council in two weeks, the head of the project Wang Mengshu said

Nancy ready to begin drilling McConnell Dowell's northern tunnel

26/08/2014

McConnell Dowell Constructors is drilling an underground tunnel north of Auckland, from the Watercare Pump Station off Millwater Parkway at Orewa to subdivisions north of Grand Drive.

Chile and Argentina near agreement on US$1bn tunnel financing

13/08/2014

Chile and Argentina are close to sealing the financing terms of the US$1bn trans-Andean Agua Negra tunnel.

Züblin, Hochtief JV wins rail tunnel contract

13/08/2014

A joint venture formed by Züblin and Hochtief has been awarded a €312 million contract by DB Netz, the railway infrastructure subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn, to build the Rastatt Tunnel

Crossrail’s rail tunnels are now 83% complete

13/08/2014

Crossrail’s rail tunnels are now 83% complete and the project remains on programme and within the allocated budget

Lumding-Silchar gauge conversion project, tunnel No. 7

11/08/2014

As a major step taken towards completion of the Lumding-Silchar gauge conversion project, tunnel No. 7 (1,687 metre length) near Mahur was made through on August 8 with underground excavation work ...

Hochtief/Strabag team wins €312m rail tunnel contract

11/08/2014

The team has been commissioned by DB Netz to deliver the shell construction of the Rastatt Tunnel, which forms part of a new route Karlsruhe in Germany and Basle in Switzerland.

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