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Hampton Roads Connector Partners to deliver HRBT
The Commonwealth of Virginia has selected Hampton Roads Connector Partners, a design-build team, to deliver the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel (HRBT) Expansion Project. The fixed price $3.3bn and fixed...
View ArticleTBM breakthrough on Turkey’s longest water tunnel
March 2019 is set to see operation begin of Turkey’s 31.6km long Gerede Water Transmission Tunnel, following the successful December 2018 breakthrough of the contractor JV Kolin/Limak’s 5.56m diameter...
View ArticlePerth TBMs stopped due to screw conveyor issue
On Friday January 18, workers operating TBM Grace on Perth’s 8km long, 7m diameter twin Forrestfield to Airport Link Tunnels, reported a potential mechanical issue with the machine just short of the...
View ArticleFirst 15.6m TBM assembly starts for the Westgate Tunnel
Assembly is underway on the first of two 15.6m diameter Herrenknecht TBMs that CPB Contractors and John Holland (CPBJH JV) will use to build the A$6.7bn West Gate Tunnel in Melbourne, Australia....
View ArticleIndustry comment sought for H&S code of practice revision
A revision to the existing Code of practice for health and safety in tunnelling in the construction industry, BS 6164:2019, is now open for public consultation until 25 April 2019. Views are being...
View ArticleManila Metro Subway Stage 1 breaks ground
February 27th saw groundbreaking commence in Barangay Ugong, Valenzuela City on the first stage of US$4.5bn Metro Manila Subway, the Philippines’ first underground railway system. At 36km long, with 15...
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Norway’s Follo Line achieves final breakthroughs
Contractors Acciona and Ghella have completed the excavation works of the twin 19.5km long, 8.8m diameter railway tunnels for the Follo Line project between Oslo and Ski in Norway. The two TBMs of the...
View ArticleAustralian Government gives Snowy 2.0 green light
The Australian Government has approved Snowy 2.0 as part of its plan to support new renewable energy. Exploratory Works for the $4.5bn+ mega-project will start immediately. Snowy 2.0 has been designed...
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CRTG JV celebrates breakthrough on Mumbai Metro Line 3
In mid-February the J. Kumar – China Railway No. 3 Engineering Group (CRTG) JV celebrated the breakthrough of its 6.68m diameter TERRATEC dual-mode hard rock TBM on Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd’s...
View ArticleContract officially signed for Auckland Central Interceptor
Ghella Abergeldie Joint Venture and Watercare have formerly signed the contract to construct Auckland’s Central Interceptor, a $1.2bn wastewater tunnel with associated infrastructure. The largest...
View ArticleChinese funding could see Finland to Estonia Tunnel a reality
FinEst Bay Area Development has signed a memorandum of understanding for $16.8bn in financing with China’s Touchstone Capital Partners for a 100km long undersea train tunnel project linking Helsinki...
View ArticleADNOC awards worlds largest underground oil storage contract
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has announced that it is building the world’s largest single underground project for oil storage, with a capacity of 42 million barrels of crude oil, in the...
View ArticleMace/Dragados win final HS2 Euston contracts
The UK’s HS2 Ltd and a Mace/Dragados team has signed contracts to deliver the high speed rail project’s landmark terminus at London Euston. The Mace/Dragados joint venture will act as a Construction...
View ArticleMexico’s Emisor Oriente celebrates penultimate breakthrough
On February 28, 2019 a ceremony was held to mark contractor Ingenieros Civiles Asociados (ICA) breakthrough its 8.93m diameter Robbins EPBM on what is arguably one of the most difficult legs of Mexico...
View ArticleBreakthrough for Bank Station
The modernisation of London Underground’s Bank Tube Station has reached a significant new milestone, with the first breakthrough between a new entrance on Cannon Street and the newly constructed...
View ArticleHS2 completes demolition work for future tunnel crossover box
The UK’s HS2 project has completed its biggest demolition challenge yet at the site of new Old Oak Common ‘super-hub’ station tunnel crossover box. The 42,000 square metre site is where HS2 will build...
View ArticleEnrique Fernández González – a true loss to the industry
Tunnelling Journal is sad to report the tragic death of Enrique Fernández González, Head of the Underground Directorate of Dragados (gGravity since last year), who was killed on Sunday March 24th in a...
View ArticleConstruction launched on the Fehmarn tunnel
The political parties behind the Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link project have decided to initiate a number of large construction activities in Rødbyhavn on Lolland. The project involves the constrcution of an...
View ArticleSalini Impregilo acquires Cossi Costruzioni
In a transaction aimed at consolidating and developing its expertise in the tunnelling sector, especially in Switzerland, Salini Impregilo has acquired a majority stake in Cossi from Società Italiana...
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First Chinese air cushion Slurry-EPBM launched
CREC685, the first Chinese air cushion slurry-EPB dual mode shield machine independently developed by CREG (China Railway Engineering Equipment GroupCo, Ltd.), was successfully launched on 16thMarch,...
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