Stonehenge Tunnel legal challenge upheld
The legal challenge against the decision to grant consent for the UK’s A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down scheme past Stonehenge has been upheld by the High Court judge, effectively quashing the 3.2km long...
View ArticleTurkish XRE TBM Bores Best Day, Week & Month
History has been made twice on Turkey’s Eşme-Salihli Railway Tunnel where a 13.77m diameter Robbins Crossover XRE TBM has set new world records for best day, week, and month in the 13 to 14m diameter...
View ArticleFirst segment contract for HS2’s London tunnels awarded
HS2’s contractor delivering the London tunnels, Skanska-Costain-STRABAG Joint Venture (SCS JV), has signed the first of two contracts for the production of concrete precast tunnel segments that will be...
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Podcast #5: Role and limitations of emerging defacto legal standards such as...
In this episode, Professor Dix draws on almost 30 years global legal experience as a disaster investigator, lawyer and barrister with his candid insights and advice to explore the hidden cost of modern...
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Podcast #6: The hidden cost of modern corruption in underground projects
In this episode, Professor Dix draws on almost 30 years global legal experience as a disaster investigator, lawyer and barrister with his candid insights and advice to explore the hidden cost of modern...
View ArticleConsortium awarded Bogota Metro Line 2 design contract
Bogota, the capital of Colombia is continuing the expansion of its metro and has chosen the consortium, Unión Temporal MOVIUS – UT Movilidad Urbana Sostenible, led by SYSTRA, to design the second line...
View ArticleImmersed Tube chosen for George Massey Crossing
A new eight-lane immersed-tube tunnel will replace the George Massey Tunnel on Highway 99 in the Metro Vancouver region of southwestern British Columbia, providing people with a toll-free crossing that...
View ArticleCovid 19 forces City Rail Link TBM to go slow
Auckland’s City Rail Link Ltd has advised the New Zealand Government that it will operate its 7.15m diameter Herrenknecht EPBM, boring the project’s 3.45km of twin tunnel, at reduced level allowed...
View ArticleTwo more JIMT/TERRATEC EPBMs delivered for Taiwan’s Taoyuan MRT Green Line
On behalf of JIM Technology (JIMT), TERRATEC has announced the delivery of two of the four, 6.24m diameter EPBMs that will be used by FUTSU-OBAYASHI-CEC JV for its underground works contract on Taoyuan...
View ArticleRobbins develops Rectangular Rock Mining Machine for Flat Invert
Robbins’ latest innovation is making good headway on a non-circular tunnel excavation in hard rock. The rectangular TBM, known as the MDM5000 (standing for Mine Development Machine with dimensions of...
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Auckland CRL EPBM reaches 500m milestone
Auckland’s Cross City Rail Link (CRL) 7.15m diameter Herrenknecht EPBM, Dame Whina Cooper, has reached the 500m mark on the first leg of its 1.6km long journey from Mt Eden into central Auckland. “This...
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HS2 Chiltern Tunnels reaches the one mile mark
HS2’s first TBM currently working on the 10 mile long, 9.1m i.d Chiltern twin tunnels has passed the one mile mark. Launched in May, the 170m long Herrenknecht TBM covered the first mile cutting...
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Tunnelling completes at Second Narrows Water Supply project
Contractor, Traylor, with consultants McMillen Jacobs, AECON, and Mott MacDonald, have completed tunnel excavation at the 1.1km long Second Narrows Water Supply Tunnel, an important infrastructure...
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Epiroc wins large Swedish mining equipment order
Epiroc has won a large order for a variety of underground mining drill rigs from LKAB in Sweden. LKAB, Europe’s largest iron ore producer, has ordered Boomer face drilling rigs, Boltec rock...
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Breakthrough celebrated on Auckland CRL
Auckland’s 1.6km long City Rail Link (CRL) is celebrating a mighty milestone with its 7.15m diameter Herrenknecht EPBM, Dame Whina Cooper, breaking through into the Karangahape Station construction...
View ArticleHS2 shortlist for Phase 2a DDP
HS2 Ltd has shortlisted bidders to become the Phase 2a Design and Delivery Partner (DDP) for the new section of Britain’s high speed rail network, connecting the West Midlands and Crewe. The £500M...
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Stantec to acquire select Cardno businesses
Stantec (TSX, NYSE: STN), a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, today announced it has entered into share purchase agreements (the “Acquisition”) to acquire the North America and Asia...
View ArticleITA Tunnelling Awards 2021 finalists announced
The finalists have been revealed for the seventh edition of the ITA Tunnelling Awards 2021. After the success of the 6 first editions of the ITA Tunnelling and Underground Space awards, in Switzerland,...
View ArticleBART extension receives FTA funding commitment
VTA’s BART Silicon Valley Phase II Project achieved another major milestone to help advance the biggest infrastructure project in Santa Clara County history. VTA received a Letter of Intent (LOI) from...
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Spark Consortium confirmed for Melbourne North East Link
Webuild, as part of the Spark consortium, has signed a contract that values its stake at AU$3.3bn (€2.1bn) in the North East Link PPP Primary Package in Melbourne, Australia, a AU$11.1bn project in...
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