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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 ...

Pizzarotti JV wins €1bn Florence rail contract

30/11/2022

RFI said the scope of work includes a 7km-long bypass – which will separate high-speed trains from regional services – as well as two tunnels and ...

Protecting assets above ground from tunnelling below - OTB’s surveys for HS2

29/11/2022

Sometimes small projects, in terms of scope and revenue, can have a disproportionately significant impact. This has certainly been the case with OTB Engineering’s asset protection assessment surveys ...

New Athens metro line 4 is expected to 'significantly change the capital's transport map', minister says

28/11/2022

... and a large tunnel boring machine (metroponticus in Greek) is being ... Evangelismos Tunnel after digging his 12.8 km tunnel with 15 new metro ...

The Insane Scale of Europe's New Mega-Tunnel

24/11/2022

Construction is underway on a tunnel between the two countries that will provide the missing link in a transcontinental highway which will move ...

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Beakaert Maccaferri: bm-underground.com