BASF to sell Construction Chemicals division
BASF has confirmed it is looking to sell its Construction Chemicals unit, or find a merger partner for it, with an acceptable deal hoping to be completed in 2019. A spokesperson for BASF told TJ: “As...
View ArticleSecond Narrows Water Supply Tunnel contract award
A joint venture between Aecon (40%) and Traylor Bros Inc. (60%) has been awarded a $267M contract by Metro Vancouver (Greater Vancouver Water District) for the Second Narrows Water Supply Tunnel...
View ArticleMaster Drilling in JV with Ghella, acquires SELI Technologies
Master Drilling, a world leader in the raise bore drilling services industry, has concluded a joint venture with Ghella SpA, that will operate under the newly registered company, TunnelPro. The company...
View ArticleITA Awards winners announced
November 7th saw more than 300 attendees witness the 4thEdition of the ‘ITA Tunnelling and Underground Space Awards’, this year held in Chuzhou, China. The event followed the 20th CTUC conference...
View ArticleMajor procurement complete on York Potash
The UK’s York Potash Project has reached another milestone after Sirius Minerals Plc announced that it has varied its existing mineral transport system (“MTS”) tunnelling contract with STRABAG AG to...
View ArticleWTC 2019, Naples, Italy
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View ArticleCutting Edge 2019 – with the ITA Tunnelling Awards, November 18-20, 2019 –...
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View ArticleMelbourne NEL calls for expressions of interest
Victoria’s $16bn North East Link (NEL) has gone out to market, and is calling for expressions of interest (EOI) to deliver the $200M early works package, expected to start construction in 2020 after...
View ArticleTideway boring begins as apprenticeships announced
Tunnelling on the 25km long, 7.2m diameter, £4.2bn Thames Tideway Tunnel has begun as Millicent, an 8.2m diameter NFM TBM named after suffragist Millicent Fawcett, built the first ring at Kirtling...
View ArticleTERRATEC EPBM acceptance for Bangkok
At the end of November, TERRATEC celebrated the successful Factory Acceptance Test of a new 4.27m diameter tight radius EPBM destined for the Klong Daan Cable Tunnel Project, in Bangkok, Thailand. The...
View ArticlePreferred bidder selected for Central Interceptor Tunnel
Auckland’s Watercare has selected Ghella-Abergeldie Harker Joint Venture as its preferred bidder for the construction of the 13km long, 4.5m diameter Central Interceptor wastewater tunnel between...
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Stantec signs agreement to sell MWH Constructors
Global design firm Stantec today announced it has signed an agreement for the sale of its construction division, MWH Constructors, to funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P (“Oaktree”). The...
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Major Milestone Reached in Phase II of Second Avenue Subway Project
On November 19, New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced that the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), part of the US Department of Transportation, issued a “Finding of No...
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BART To Study Second Transbay Rail Crossing
California’s Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is aiming to start construction on a second tube under the San Francisco Bay within the next decade, as transit planners anticipate population and job growth...
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NYC DEP proposes large diameter CSO tunnel alternative for Brooklyn canal
The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has proposed the construction of a large-diameter tunnel running the length of the Gowanus Canal, in Brooklyn, to collect combined sewage overflows...
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USDA invests in Sites’ Maxwell Water Intertie Tunnel
At the end of November, the US Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue, announced the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has extended a $450 million loan to the Sites Reservoir project in Colusa...
View ArticleAecom wins on North Bristol Relief Sewer Tunnel
AECOM has secured a contract with J Murphy & Sons as lead designer for the North Bristol Relief Sewer, a new 6.5km, 3m diameter tunnel for Wessex Water that will reduce flood risk and increase...
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SFMTA eyes Central Subway extension to North Beach
San Francisco’s $1.6 billion Central Subway to Chinatown has yet to go into operation, but the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) is already moving forward with plans to extend it to...
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Breakthrough for Auckland’s City Rail Link
The Auckland City Rail Link (CRL) celebrated a major milestone on December 06, with the breakthrough of the Albert Street tunnels to the CRL tunnels across the Commercial Bay site, in Downtown...
View ArticleLesotho to launch tunnelling pre-qualification in January
In January 2019, The Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) will launch the construction pre-qualification for the Phase II main works, the Polihali Dam and Polihali Transfer Tunnel. “The call for...
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