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BAM wins order for Corrib tunnel

19/06/2012

Work on the contract has already commenced, with preparations for the installation of the tunnel starting shaft currently under way. A tunnel boring machine ...

TTC celebrates milestone on York-Spadina subway

12/06/2012

The celebration comes one year after work crews began using tunnel boring machines to dig twin tunnels west from Downsview Station to a new Sheppard West station, near Keel Street. So far, work ...

Caldecott Tunnel Construction Slideshow

11/06/2012

A selection of photos from the construction of the Caldecott Tunnel Fourth Bore Project ...

S.F. Central Subway tunnel construction to begin

11/06/2012

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency is still waiting for the guaranteed federal funding that will allow it to start digging the 1.6-mile Central Subway tunnel to Chinatown, but that's ...

Construction starts on Eastern Cape dam

01/06/2012

Last year, ARQ also completed the design for the Changuinola 1 dam, in Panama, which is the impoundment for a $430-million engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract. “The 230 MW ...

Milestones reached on National Grid tunnels

01/06/2012

Costain reports that it has reached significant milestones in the construction of three deep level tunnels as part of the London Power Tunnels contract for National Grid. Costain is involved in the ...

World's Longest Train Tunnel Major Breakthrough

10/05/2012

Construction of the New Rail Link through the Alps (NRLA) in Switzerland which comprises Gotthard and Ceneri Base Tunnels, achieved a major breakthrough in April with the excavation of total access

WAPDA agrees to buy two tunnel boring machines for Neelum Jhelum Hydropower ...

08/05/2012

Abdul Khaliq Khan, Wapda's in house consultant and former employee, in a report said, "The proposed acceleration of the tunnel construction by use of tunnel boring machines method will increase the ...

Singapore Power Said to Seek S$1.5 Billion Project Facility

08/05/2012

The proceeds will help fund the construction of two tunnels to carry electricity cables under Singapore, the people said, asking not to be identified because the details are private. The banks are ...

Crossrail's first TBM starts digging

08/05/2012

Crossrail's first giant tunnel boring machine, Phyllis, has broken ground at Royal Oak to construct the first section of tunnel to Farringdon in central London. Tunnelling started after engineers ...

Tunnelling Training Academy

16/04/2012

Malaysia is shifting into high gear as the nation enters a new era of economic transformation to achieve the coveted developed nation status by the year 2020.

Mehbooba for fast-track construction of Zojilla tunnel

12/04/2012

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti Wednesday called for fast-tracking construction of tunnel across Zojilla “to unshackle district Kargil from physical and economic constraints.” During an interaction ...

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