LTA awards Punggol Interchange and CRL2 bored tunnel contracts
Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded two civil contracts; one for the design and construction of Punggol interchange station under the Cross Island Line – Punggol Extension (CPe) and...
View ArticleSociété de transport de Montréal launches Blue Line Tender
Project manager and principal contractor of the month $6.4bn Blue line extension, the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) is launching a call for tenders for the construction of the line’s 5.5km...
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HS2 smashes Diesel-free sites target
On its journey towards fully diesel-free construction sites by 2029, the UK’s HS2 project has announced that 10 sites are now diesel-free, smashing the original target of one diesel-free site in 2022....
View ArticleITA Tunnelling and Underground Space Awards winners announced
The 8th Edition of the ITA Tunnelling and Underground Space Awards ended yesterday with the winners in the eight categories announced during the online event. Arnold Dix, President of the ITA, praised...
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Skanska awarded major E39 Rogfast tunnel contract
Skanska has signed a contract with the Norwegian Road Authority to build a subsea tunnel in Rogaland County, Norway. The contract is worth approximately US$500M, which will be included in the Nordic...
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RFQ soon for Hudson Tunnel Project Delivery Partner (PDP)
The Gateway Development Commission (GDC) has announced that it will release a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for a Project Delivery Partner (PDP) on the US$16bn Hudson Tunnel Project, a new,...
View ArticleSurface depression monitored above Snowy 2.0 headrace
New South Wales’ Snowy 2.0 teams are monitoring a surface depression that has emerged above the project’s 17km long headrace tunnel at Tantangara. A statement released today (16th December) by the...
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hyperTunnel sign MoU with University of Birmingham
hyperTunnel, a British technology company innovating underground construction, and the University of Birmingham have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together to progress completely...
View ArticleKomatsu to acquire GHH Group
Komatsu has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire GHH Group GmbH (GHH), a manufacturer of underground mining, tunnelling and special civil engineering equipment headquartered in...
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CRCHI TBM achieves record advances in Peru
December 6th saw the first CRCHI hard rock TBM exported to South America create an advance rate record of more than 1000m per month during construction of the San Gawang Hydropower Project in Peru. The...
View ArticleTwo EPBMS ready for Bangkok flood prevention project
Representatives from the Department of Drainage and Sewerage BMA and contractor Italian Thai-Nawarat Joint Venture joined TERRATEC via an online link in the celebration of the successful Factory...
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NPRA awards E03 Boknafjord tunnel project contract
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration has awarded the E03 Boknafjord tunnel project contract to a joint venture (JV) consisting of Implenia (80%) and Stangeland Maskin (20%). The total contract...
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World’s Largest Combi-Rectangular Pipe Jacking Machine Ready
On January 6, 2023, the world’s largest combined rectangular pipe jacking machine “CREC 1179”, developed and manufactured by China Railway Engineering Equipment Group, Co. Ltd. (CREG), successfully...
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McMillen Jacobs Associates re-brands
McMillen Jacobs Associates, specializing in delivering underground infrastructure throughout North America and Australasia, is pleased to announce it has rebranded as Delve Underground. “Delve...
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Get serious about silicosis, says UK parliamentary report
The UK’s All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Respiratory Health has just published a new report on silicosis. Improving Silicosis Outcomes in the UK estimates that 600,000 workers are exposed to...
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Remembering John Foster 1947 to 2022
John Foster began his career with a steel company in Workington where his student apprenticeship included an honours degree in mechanical engineering. After graduating in 1969 he joined Edmund Nuttall...
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Breakthrough achieved on Świnoujście Road Link
Contractor PORR and Gülermak JV has completed excavation of the central 1.5km length of the 3.2km long, two-lane bi-directional tunnel on the Świnoujście Road Link in Poland following the breakthrough...
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Construction Commences on Singapore’s Cross Island Line
Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has marked the start of construction of the 50km long, fully underground Cross Island Line (CRL) Phase 1 with a ground-breaking ceremony officiated by...
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Major breakthrough for Broadway Subway Project
Work on Vancouver’s $1.728bn Broadway Subway project has reached another milestone with the first of two 6m diameter Herrenknect TBMs that began excavation last October braking through into the future...
View ArticlePresident Biden and Partners Kick Off B&P Tunnel Replacement
US President Biden, the U.S. Department of Transportation, and Amtrak have joined Maryland officials to execute the Project Kickoff Agreement with the State of Maryland to celebrate the Project Labor...
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