Green light for London’s Silvertown Tunnel
Transport for London (TfL) has been granted a Development Consent Order (DCO) by the UK Department for Transport (DfT) to deliver the Silvertown Tunnel – a new twin-bore road tunnel under the Thames in...
View ArticleRFP issued for Auckland Central Interceptor
The start of construction of Auckland water company Watercare’s largest-ever project – The Central Interceptor,a 13km lonng, 4.5m diameter wastewater tunnel – takes one step closer today with the...
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Last IMT installed on Hong Kong Harbour Crossing
The last 160m long, 23,000 tonne Immersed Tube Tunnel (IMT) pre-cast unit for Hong Kong MTR’s Shatin to Central Link (SCL) Cross-Harbour Tunnel has successfully been installed in Victoria Harbour. The...
View ArticleCOWI – CPG Corporation JV wins on DTSS 2
A COWI – CPG Corporation partnership has been awarded the design works for Contract T-09 of the Deep Tunnel Sewerage System (DTSS) Phase 2 in Singapore. The contract was awarded by Leighton Asia, who...
View ArticleWestConnex Interchange shortlist announced
Construction of the M4-M5 Link, the most important stage of Sydney’s US$12bn WestConnex project is moving ahead with applicants shortlisted to build the WestConnex Rozelle Interchange and Iron Cove...
View ArticleAlbania’s first TBM driven tunnel breaks through
May 3, 2018 saw contractor Limak breakthrough on the 6.7km long Moglice Headrace Tunnel in Devoll, Albania, using a 6.2 m diameter Robbins Crossover (XRE) TBM. The event marked the completion of the...
View ArticleGrace breaks through on Perth Airport link
In one of Perth’s Forrestfield-Airport Link’s biggest milestones to date, Herrenknecht Variable Density TBM Grace broke through into the underground station box at Airport Central Station on the...
View ArticleLTA awards North-South Corridor tunnel contracts
Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded two civil contracts totalling S$1.16bn to construct the tunnel and commuter facilities, including pedestrian overhead bridges, bus stops,...
View ArticleGovernment of Canada Rejects Aecon Sale to CCCI
On May 23, Aecon Group Inc. was informed that the Governor in Council has issued an order under the Investment Canada Act directing CCC International Holding Limited (“CCCI”) not to implement its...
View ArticleKuala Lumpur MRT Line 3 cancelled
Malaysian media has reported that the Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has scrapped the Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit Line 3 (MRT 3 or Circle Line) project due to the country’s current...
View ArticleSydney M4-M5 Link tunnels awarded
The NSW Government has announced the successful tenderer for construction of the mainline tunnel of the M4-M5 Link as the LSB Joint Venture, comprising Lendlease Engineering, Samsung C&T...
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Musk’s Boring Company Picked for O’Hare Express Tunnel
Chicago’s Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced the selection of The Boring Company to build and operate an express service to O’Hare International Airport. The company plans to transport passengers...
View ArticleEpiroc becomes fully independent
The shares of Epiroc AB, a leading productivity partner for the mining, infrastructure and natural resources industries, starts trading on Nasdaq Stockholm today. This marks the start of Epiroc as a...
View ArticleCBE Group wins Australian double
CBE Group has recently won two sizable contracts on two substantial projects in Australia – The Melbourne Metro and West Gate Tunnel, located in the same city. For the Melbourne Metro, twin tunnels of...
View ArticleEarly breakthrough for China’s Jilin Lot 3
In mid-May 2018, breakthrough was celebrated on China’s 24km long Jilin Lot 3 – five months ahead of schedule. Contractor Beijing Vibroflotation Engineering Co. Ltd. (BVEC) used a record-setting 7.9m...
View ArticleLA’s Purple Line Section 3 award
The Frontier-Kemper/Tutor Perini Joint Venture has received a notice of intent to award a contract from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority for the Purple Line Extension...
View ArticleTideway Central TBMs lowered into position
London’s Thames Tideway project has marked a major milestone with the lowering of its first two TBMs at its Kirtling Street site near Battersea Power Station. The Ferrovial Agroman UK and Laing...
View ArticleLesotho Phase II – tunnel pre-qualification to commence soon
The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) will soon be inviting Expressions of Interest from suitable, qualified engineering and construction companies interested in tendering for the...
View ArticleInitial ITIG survey results in
Initial results are in from the International Tunnelling Insurance Group (ITIG) survery, which was launched in February 2018 with the aim of reviewing the penetration and effectiveness of the...
View ArticleLTA completes first ever Ground Freeze
Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has successfully completed its first ever ground freezing exercise as part of works to construct the railway tunnels at the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL)...
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