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Silvertown Tunnel: Innovations needed to accommodate enormous TBM

12/12/2022

The machine is the largest diameter TBM in the UK and is the only one being used to dig the 1.4km twin bore road tunnel, which will link Newham to the Greenwich Peninsula. The TBM will install 1,122 ...

London Power Tunnels: a project to light up the city

12/12/2022

Beneath the streets of London, hidden below the foundations of the city’s Victorian buildings and far from the noise of heavy traffic, moles are digging a deep web of underground tunnels. This time, ...

Mace deploys robotic dog for tunnel refurb at Heathrow Airport

08/12/2022

Robots will never replace people in construction – but this pilot shows how they have the potential to drive greater efficiency, capture records ...

DR. SAUER & PARTNERS TO WORK ON BAKERLOO LINE EXTENSION FEASIBILITY STUDY

08/12/2022

We are happy to share that Dr. Sauer & Partners has been selected by Transport for London (TfL) with support from Arup to undertake a Bakerloo Line Extension feasibility study. TfL is procuring ...

Singapore LTA Awards Two Civil Contracts for Cross Island Line

06/12/2022

A tunnel boring machine (TBM), measuring about 12 metres in diameter will be used to construct the single 5-kilometre-long tunnel, ...

Watercare completes tunnelling under Manukau Harbour

06/12/2022

The giant tunnel boring machine, Hiwa-i-te-Rangi, is in the process of digging a 14.7km long tunnel as a part of Watercare's Central Interceptor ...

Call for tenders launched for Montreal metro blue line extension

06/12/2022

The detailed design, supply, and operation of the tunnel boring machine. The construction of the tunnel between Pie-IX and Anjou West using a tunnel ...

Contracted Awarded for Second Stage of Western Harbour Tunnel

05/12/2022

The NSW government has awarded the $4.24 billion contract to deliver stage two of the third harbour crossing development. ACCIONA has been awarded the contract for this new development which will ...

Tideway West - Secondary Lining Completion

02/12/2022

A great milestone was achieved last week. The Secondary Lining team working on the 7km west section of the Thames Tideway Tunnel have completed the main tunnel A works that run from the Acton ...

Seeking permission to build and operate the Lower Thames Crossing

02/12/2022

To get permission to build and operate the new crossing, we must seek consent through a special planning process and be awarded a Development Consent Order (DCO) from the government's independent ...

Sweden's Ostlänken is divided into €1 billion contracts

02/12/2022

The 16-mile-long Ostlänken is divided into contracts in the 10-billion class. For the contract Kolmården, the Swedish Transport Administration is currently hiring a consultant to prepare ...

Design works for Polish high-speed rail project begin

30/11/2022

The first construction tender, one for the 4-kilometre train tunnel near Łódź, was issued earlier this month. The high-speed rail works are ...

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