WT Jan/Feb 2010
Robbins EPB sets record and installs innovative PVC liner
Having recently broken through ahead of time on a 5.7km-long sewer tunnel in Sacramento, US, a Robbins TBM is claimed to have achieved rates of up to 210m/wk, which, claims the company, sets new standards for progress in soft ground tunnelling.Trio of firms bid for Brisbane's Northern Link
Northern Direct, Transcity and a joint-venture comprising Leighton, Baulderstone and Razel, are the three companies chosen to bid for Brisbane’s US$1.84 billion Northern Link twin-tube road tunnel. Bids must be submitted by May.Contract awards mark first step in Hudson river tunnel construction
NJ Transit’s US$8.7 billion Mass Transit Tunnel – the rail project designed to double commuter capacity between New York and New Jersey – has got off the starting blocks with the recent approval of the first two of three tunnelling contracts.
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Robbins EPB sets record and installs innovative PVC liner
Having recently broken through ahead of time on a 5.7km-long sewer tunnel in Sacramento, US, a Robbins TBM is claimed to have achieved rates of up to 210m/wk, which, claims the company, sets new standards for progress in soft ground tunnelling.
Trio of firms bid for Brisbane's Northern Link
Northern Direct, Transcity and a joint-venture comprising Leighton, Baulderstone and Razel, are the three companies chosen to bid for Brisbane’s US$1.84 billion Northern Link twin-tube road tunnel. Bids must be submitted by May.Partners picked to deliver Lee Tunnel
Joint-venture partners Morgan Est, Vinci Construction Grands Projets and Bachy Soletanche (MVB) – three of the UK’s leading civil-engineering contractors – have been named as the preferred partners to deliver the Lee Tunnel in East London for Thames Water.China set for summit
The 4th China Tunnel Summit will take place at the Radisson Hotel Shanghai Hong Quan in Shanghai, China, on March 18-19, 2010.Cavico announces breakthroughs
Vietnam-based infrastructure development firm Cavico has announced that its subsidiaries, Cavico Mining and Cavico Power and Resource Construction (CPRC), have broken through at two major tunnel projects.Contract awards mark first step in Hudson river tunnel construction
NJ Transit’s US$8.7 billion Mass Transit Tunnel – the rail project designed to double commuter capacity between New York and New Jersey – has got off the starting blocks with the recent approval of the first two of three tunnelling contracts.Shortlisted bids for Crossrail tunnels revealed
Five JVs have been featured on the recently published shortlist of bidders for two of the main tunnelling contracts for Crossrail.AECOM wins US$20m Canadian rail job
AECOM Technology Corporation recently announced that it has been awarded a US$20 million contract to provide programme management services for the extension of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) system in Edmonton, CanadaFeatures
Poor rock is tough luck at Dakmi 4
Drill and blast tunnelling on Vietnam’s Dakmi 4 hydropower station is well under way, despite the difficult rock conditions being experienced
