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Articles By Section: Global News

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Skanska wins Norwegian rail contract Norway’s national rail administration, Jernbaneverket, has awarded Skanska a US$235 million contract for the construction of a twin-track railway on the Vestfold Line in the south of the country	Headline Article	23 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Athens symposium in place for March Backed by the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA-AITES), the Greek Tunnelling Society is organising a two-day symposium on ‘Practices and Trends for Financing and Contracting Tunnels and Underground Works’	Magazine Article	23 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Green measures claimed to obviate need for super-sewer It seems the tide could be starting to turn against the proposed Thames tunnel, dubbed London’s ‘super sewer’	Magazine Article	23 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Malaysia shortlists five project bids Reuters News Agency reports that the Malaysian government has shortlisted five firms to bid for a US$2.2 billion rail tunnel project	Headline Article	23 Nov 2011	0 Stars
CTP's Ottawa light-rail project nears end Progress is being made on the first stage of Ottawa’s planned 40km light-rail network, which includes the construction of a 12.5km LRT system and 3km of tunnel under downtown, as well as 13 stations, three of which will be in the tunnel portion	Headline Article	23 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Metrolinx ready to invite tenders for Toronto LRT Canadian transit agency Metrolinx is about to invite tenders for the construction of the Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown Light Rapid Transit line (LRT) in Toronto	Headline Article	23 Nov 2011	0 Stars
NZ mayor in search of inspiration Auckland’s mayor Len Brown is seeking the latest developments in tunnelling technology and infrastructure in the hope of facilitating the New Zealand capital’s rail plans	Magazine Article	23 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Miami tunnel back on track Following a series of delays and objections, excavation has finally started on the 1.2km Port of Miami tunnel in Florida, US	Headline Article	23 Nov 2011	0 Stars
Alpine breakthrough in Germany Construction company Alpine recently announced a breakthrough on the US$108 million New Kaiser Wilhelm tunnel on the rail line between Koblenz and Perl, Germany	Headline Article	23 Nov 2011	0 Stars
VMT opens in North America Germany-based tunnel guidance specialist VMT has opened an office in North America to better cater for the increased growth in the region’s tunnelling and general infrastructure sectors	Magazine Article	26 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Minova buys self-drilling anchor business Minova has acquired Atlas Copco’s self-drilling anchor business, which will become part of its tunnelling and civil division	Magazine Article	26 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Murphy scoops London cable tunnel contract UK Power Networks has awarded civil-engineering contractor Murphy a US$15 million contract to partially design, construct and project manage a 1.3km cable tunnel in London	Magazine Article	26 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Washington DC ready to start on super sewers Washington DC is preparing to construct two tunnels as part of a US$2.6 billion project to prevent combined sewer overflows into the Anacostia and Potomac rivers	Magazine Article	26 Oct 2011	0 Stars
HNTB gains expert duo US-based transport and infrastructure provider HNTB has announced that Nasri Munfah and Sanja Zlatanic have joined the practice	Magazine Article	26 Oct 2011	0 Stars
InnoTrans gears up for ninth technology success There may be 11 months to go until InnoTrans (September 18-21, 2012), but the event is already gearing up to rise to its name as the world’s leading rail technology show	Magazine Article	26 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Dr Tarkoy and rock classification systems US-based geotechnical and underground construction consultant Dr Peter Tarkoy responds to the recent WT articles published in connection with rock classification systems	Letter To The Editor Article	26 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Costain-Skanska JV hands first tunnel portal to Crossrail Construction of the portal at Royal Oak on the west London portion of Crossrail has been completed one month ahead of schedule by the Costain-Skanska JV	Headline Article	26 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Tunnel academy opens doors to students The UK’s first dedicated tunnelling and underground training facility, dubbed the Crossrail Academy, has opened its doors to students	Magazine Article	26 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Halcrow to be snapped up by CH2M HILL UK-based engineering consultant Halcrow is about to be acquired for US$194 million by global engineering and construction firm CH2M HILL, the industry’s fifth-largest design company	Headline Article	26 Oct 2011	0 Stars
AECOM to dig deep Indianapolis tunnel The city of Indianapolis, US, has awarded a US$25 million contract to global infrastructure provider Aecom for the provision of construction-management services for the US$280million Deep Rock Tunnel Connection (DRTC) and dewatering pump station in Indianapolis	Headline Article	26 Oct 2011	0 Stars
MVB completes Beckton shaft for Lee tunnel The first of three shafts at Beckton for London’s Lee tunnel has been finished by the MVB joint venture, comprising Morgan Sindall, Vinci Construction Grands Projets and Bachy Soletanche	Headline Article	26 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Skanska scoops US$386 million Line 7 contract Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has awarded Skanska the contract to furnish and install the finishes and systems on New York’s No 7 Line subway extension	Magazine Article	26 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Glendoe hydro almost back on track Work is said to be progressing well at the Glendoe hydroelectric scheme in Scotland, where a rockfall two years ago caused a blockage in the headrace tunnel and the temporary closure of the plant	Magazine Article	26 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Tensar wins patent cases against Chinese infringers Tensar has defended successfully its TriAx product range against several alleged Chinese patent infringements	Magazine Article	26 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Sandvik jumbos progress Olympic tunnel Sandvik drill jumbos are said to be playing an important role in the good progress being made in excavating the 1.1km Grota Funda road tunnel for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro	Magazine Article	26 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Safety inspections in Brisbane More than 20 safety issues have been identified on Brisbane’s Airport Link tunnel following the death of a construction worker	Magazine Article	26 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Expressions of interest sought for Crossrail fit-outs Crossrail, the body overseeing the construction of the 118km east-west rail line across London, has announced that it has begun procurement for major tunnel fit-out works, worth around US$629 million	Magazine Article	26 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Phase 1 tunnelling completed on Second Avenue Subway Tunnelling has been completed on the first phase of New York’s Second Avenue Subway scheme, following the recent breakthrough of a Herrenknecht TBM at the Lexington Avenue-63rd Street station in Manhattan	Headline Article	26 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Robbins slurry TBM on the go US-based TBM-maker Robbins has been preparing its first foray into the slurry TBM sector, as a 6.26m-diameter machine bores a 2.7km tunnel below the waters of China’s Zhanjiang Bay in the south of the country	Magazine Article	06 Oct 2011	0 Stars
SELI JV wins Esti headrace repair contract in Panama A joint venture comprising Italian TBM-maker Seli, Spain’s OSSA and Swiss engineering design firm Lombardi, has signed a US$53 million design-build contract for the repair of the Esti headrace tunnel in Panama	Magazine Article	06 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Leighton starts work on India's Chenani Nashri tunnel Contractor Leighton Welspun has started tunnelling works on India’s 9km-long Chenani Nashri road tunnel, located on National Highway-IA in Jammu and Kashmir	Magazine Article	06 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Rock classification debate continues Rock classification methods such as the Q-System are debated in World Tunnelling, following two recent articles. Here, Prof W Wittke and Dr R Sommer respond to last month’s response by Dr Nick Barton	Letter To The Editor Article	06 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Femern asks firms to think about forming consortia Femern, the body responsible for delivering the immersed tunnel between Germany and Denmark, has announced that major construction and engineering companies should start familiarising themselves with the project and, if desired,consider forming consortia	Headline Article	06 Oct 2011	0 Stars
New milestone in major New Zealand road project The New Zealand Transport Agency has chosen the Well-Connected consortium as preferred tenderer for Auckland’s US$1.1 billion Waterview Connection	Headline Article	06 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Catastrophic quake a 'possibility' says expert Following the 5.9 magnitude earthquake that shook the US east coast in August, a leading US seismologist has warned that areas of the eastern seaboard are at significant risk of suffering a highly destructive quake	Headline Article	06 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Sink hole forms under Boston Big Dig tunnels As if the recent problems affecting Boston’s Big Dig tunnels were not enough, a water-filled void has formed under the I-90 tunnel	Headline Article	06 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Green light for Alaskan Way SR99 tunnel After a decade of debate, review and analysis, the US Federal Highway Administration (FHA) has formally allowed Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to proceed with the SR 99 tunnel project beneath downtown Seattle	Headline Article	06 Oct 2011	0 Stars
Alain Deleard heads NFM French TBM-manufacturer NFM Technologies announced recently that Alain Deleard has been appointed chief executive officer, taking over from Luc Devaux	Magazine Article	18 Aug 2011	0 Stars
Chuck Kohler rises at Parsons Brinckerhoff US-based infrastructure consultant Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) has appointed Chuck Kohler as chief operating officer of the Asia/Australia-Pacific/Southern Africa operating arm of the company	Magazine Article	18 Aug 2011	0 Stars
Herrenknecht adds extra shaft to power station Herrenknecht said one of its raiseboring rigs has been used to increase capacity at the Vianden pumped-storage plant in Luxembourg	Magazine Article	18 Aug 2011	0 Stars
Carillion to build Toronto interchange Carillion Canada, a subsidiary of UK contractor Carillion, has won a US$200 million contract from the Toronto Transit Commission to build the Vaughan Corporate Centre Station	Headline Article	18 Aug 2011	0 Stars
Expressions of interest invited for Crossrail portal Crossrail has placed a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union, seeking expressions of interest for the remaining tunnel portal contract (C340) at Victoria Dock, London	Magazine Article	18 Aug 2011	0 Stars
Excavation completed on Beijing Line 9 metro Excavation has been completed on Beijing’s Line 9 metro tunnels	Headline Article	18 Aug 2011	0 Stars
Gautrain opening marred by ongoing water ingress Water has continued to seep into one of the tunnels of South Africa’s Gautrain at an alarming rate	Headline Article	18 Aug 2011	0 Stars
Brightwater segments too large for tunnel Millions of dollars worth of concrete lining segments on Washington State’s US$1.8 billion Brightwater conveyance project have had to broken up because they are too big	Headline Article	18 Aug 2011	0 Stars
Robbins TBM brought in after flooding in Mexico City US-based TBM-maker Robbins said that torrential rains and floods in Mexico City have fortuitously fast-tracked the use of one of its EPB TBMs for a critical infrastructure project	Magazine Article	18 Aug 2011	0 Stars
San Francisco subway gains momentum After months of criticism and uncertainty, it looks as if the Central Subway project in San Francisco is gaining increasing support, following the approval of US$57 million by the Board of Supervisors for the purchase of two TBMs	Magazine Article	18 Aug 2011	0 Stars
Sprayed membrane saves time and effort in Brisbane Germany-based construction chemicals giant BASF has claimed its spray-applied, polymer membrane saved time and effort during the construction of the Clem Jones 7 Tunnel (Clem 7) in Brisbane, Australia	Magazine Article	18 Aug 2011	0 Stars
BSI rolls out new publication on health and safety Work on the revision of BS 6164, ‘Code of practice for health and safety in tunnelling in the construction industry’, has been completed and the revised standard published by the British Standards Institution	Magazine Article	18 Aug 2011	0 Stars
Rubber gaskets for Jerusalem-Tel Aviv tunnels Israel-based Ein Shemer Rubber Industries said it has been awarded a contract to supply gaskets for the 28km twin tunnels on Israel’s Tel-Aviv-Jerusalem high-speed line	Magazine Article	18 Aug 2011	0 Stars
Aker Wirth awarded for innovation German TBM-maker Aker Wirth has been hailed as one of Germany’s top 100 innovators in a scheme that recognises creativity and vision	Magazine Article	18 Aug 2011	0 Stars
Interest invited for Doha metro Qatar Railways (QRail) has invited local and international consortia to submit expressions of interest by September 11, for the design and construction of the Doha metro in Qatar	Headline Article	18 Aug 2011	0 Stars
Hindhead opens on time and budget Following a 4.5-year building period, the 1.8km Hindhead road tunnel in southern England opened on July 27	Headline Article	18 Aug 2011	0 Stars
Eivind Grøv addresses Malta conference Proponents of an undersea tunnel connecting Malta and Gozo must have been heartened by confirmation that the rock along the proposed alignment appears to be geologically promising	Headline Article	20 Jul 2011	0 Stars
Skanska awarded contract to extend Prague metro Skanska has been awarded a US$218 million contract to provide technical services for Prague’s subway Line A extension	Magazine Article	20 Jul 2011	0 Stars
Prestigious award for Canadian sewer A sewer tunnel project in Greater Sudbury, Canada, has been named Public Works Project of the Year by the American Public Works Association	Headline Article	20 Jul 2011	0 Stars
Milan Line 4 metro gets underway Italian construction and civil engineering group Impregilo has won, provisionally, the concession to build and operate Line 4 of the Milan metro	Headline Article	20 Jul 2011	0 Stars
Thames tunnel debate hots up Following the unease expressed by some London boroughs, a commission has been set up to look into the worthiness of the Thames tunnel, the 32km ‘super sewer’ designed to put an end to polluting storm discharges	Headline Article	20 Jul 2011	0 Stars
New rockfall in Niagara tunnel A rockfall in the 10.4km Niagara tunnel has been reported by the Niagara Falls Review	Magazine Article	20 Jul 2011	0 Stars
Caterpillar TBMs advance in Winter Olympics works Caterpillar, the construction equipment maker that acquired Lovat, announced recently that one of its TBMs, a Cat 243, has excavated the third tunnel complex on a mountain resort in Russia	Magazine Article	20 Jul 2011	0 Stars
Skanska wins design-build overflow project Skanska USA has won a US$83 million contract to design and build a wastewater overflow tunnel in Washington DC	Magazine Article	20 Jul 2011	0 Stars
Bekaert researcher recognised as innovator Ann Lambrechts, head of building products R&D at steel fibre-maker Bekaert, has won the ‘Industry’ category of the European Inventor Award	Magazine Article	20 Jul 2011	0 Stars
Revised Ottawa tunnel design saves millions Planners and engineers working on Ottawa’s light rail system have come up with a way to shave US$216 million off the project cost: the line will be run through a shallower tunnel in the downtown area	Magazine Article	20 Jul 2011	0 Stars
SME calls for papers SME, organiser of the 2012 North American Tunnelling Conference (NAT) to be held in Indianapolis, US, on June 24-27, has issued a call for papers	Magazine Article	20 Jul 2011	0 Stars
Robbins breaks records at Qinling US-based TBM-maker Robbins has announced that two of its TBMs have achieved record advance rates in ‘exceedingly difficult conditions’, excavating a twin-bore rail tunnel in China’s West Qinling Mountains	Magazine Article	20 Jul 2011	0 Stars
Danish site for Femern production Danish state-owned company Femern has chosen Rødbyhavn, Denmark, as the future site for the production of the immersed-tunnel units for the Fehmarnbelt fixed link	Headline Article	20 Jul 2011	0 Stars
Final TBM breakthrough on Airport Link Tunnelling on Brisbane’s Airport Link has been completed, following the recent breakthrough of the second TBM, which excavated a 2.5km bore from Toombul to Lutwyche	Headline Article	20 Jul 2011	0 Stars
CPA dismay at fall in UK construction output Figures released at the end of April by the UK’s Office of National Statistics (ONS) have shown a fall in construction output for the first quarter of 2011, despite a 0.5% rise in GDP	Headline Article	31 May 2011	0 Stars
Robbins TBMs smash Chinese EPB records US-based TBM-maker Robbins has announced that an earth pressure balance (EPB) machine has broken project records in Zhengzhou, China	Magazine Article	31 May 2011	0 Stars
Aker Wirth wins Koralm contract Aker Wirth has won a contract to supply two telescopic shield machines to the Koralm tunnel project in Austria; regarded as one of the most important traffic infrastructure projects in Europe	Magazine Article	31 May 2011	0 Stars
Brenner Base tunnel go-ahead In April, a ceremony in Innsbruck, Austria, marked the start of work on the US$11.4 billion Brenner Base tunnel, a twin-tube rail link between Innsbruck to Fortezza, Italy, running beneath the Alps	Headline Article	31 May 2011	0 Stars
Cavico in Algerian breakthrough Cavico has announced that its manpower and services subsidiary, Cavico CMS, helped to achieve the breakthrough of the right-hand tunnel on the Algeria East-West Highway project’s T1-Camp4 section	Magazine Article	31 May 2011	0 Stars
Herrenknecht expands portfolio TBM-maker Herrenknecht has announced the expansion of its component portfolio to include Schäfer & Urbach (S&U), a well known manufacturer of high-pressure and system technologies	Magazine Article	31 May 2011	0 Stars
Mott MacDonald wins prestigious award Infrastructure consultant Mott MacDonald has been named Engineering Consultant of the Year at the Building awards ceremony, which took place in London in April	Magazine Article	31 May 2011	0 Stars
Boro Lukajic publishes book Boro Lukajic, a Canadian tunnel engineer, has published his auto-biography, ‘A Record of Experience’	Magazine Article	31 May 2011	0 Stars
New website for Minova Ground support firm Minova has relaunched its global website, with improved navigation, and an overview of its facilities and regional sites	Magazine Article	31 May 2011	0 Stars
Boring completed on Vancouver water scheme Excavation of the Seymour-Capilano tunnel project in Vancouver, Canada, has been concluded, following the completion of the 270m-deep Capilano shaft	Headline Article	31 May 2011	0 Stars
Thames Water TBM ready for Lee Tunnel challenge At a ceremony in Schwanau, Germany, TBM-maker Herrenknecht handed over a 7m-diameter, 100m-long TBM to to Thames Water, which will be used to excavate the 6.4km Lee Tunnel under East London	Headline Article	31 May 2011	0 Stars
Water quality issue at Devil's Slide High chromium levels, alleged to have been discovered during routine water-quality monitoring at the Devil’s Slide tunnels in California, US, have halted construction to allow engineers to identify the source of the contamination	Headline Article	31 May 2011	0 Stars
Putzmeister aids Japan's nuclear reactor efforts Putzmeister America has supplied pumps to help the effort at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan.	Headline Article	04 May 2011	0 Stars
Work starts on Bay Area water tunnel Work has begun on the US$227 million New Irvington tunnel in the San Francisco Bay Area, US.	Headline Article	04 May 2011	0 Stars
Melbourne sewage project nears completion The final section of tunnel on the US$681 million Northern Sewerage Project (NSP) in Pascoe Vale, Melbourne, Australia, has been completed.	Headline Article	04 May 2011	0 Stars
Bids invited for Toronto airport tunnel Toronto Port Authority (TPA) has announced it has invited bids for a proposed pedestrian and services tunnel at Toronto’s Billy Bishop City Airport.	Headline Article	04 May 2011	0 Stars
Project manager joins UK arm of TAM-Normet TAM-Normet announced recently that Bethan Haig has joined the company as project manager for tunnelling and mining in the UK.	Magazine Article	04 May 2011	0 Stars
German institute honours Martin Herrenknecht Martin Herrenknecht has been made an ‘honorary senator’ by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology for his contribution to developing tunnelling technology.	Magazine Article	04 May 2011	0 Stars
Assignment in Austria for Pöyry Austria-based ÖBB Infrastruktur has awarded Pöyry a US$5.7 million deal to work on the Koralm Railway Tunnel (KAT2) project in Austria.	Feature Article	04 May 2011	0 Stars
New promotion at Skanska Skanska USA Civil has promoted Mike Cobelli to the newly-created position of chief operating officer (COO).	Magazine Article	04 May 2011	0 Stars
Breakthrough at Lyon metro extension A Herrenknecht S-546 mixshield TBM boring the 1.4km extension to the Line B metro in Lyons, France, broke through in April.	Magazine Article	04 May 2011	0 Stars
Robbins breaks through in Russian rail tunnel Robbins has announced that its 6.2m-diameter double-shield TBM has completed its bore of a 4.5km section of service tunnel for the Sochi Winter Olympics.	Headline Article	04 May 2011	0 Stars
Momentum on Crossrail now 'unstoppable' Crossrail has announced that momentum on its east-west metro railway across London is now unstoppable, following the award of contracts for the construction of the Thames Tunnel and the refurbishment of the Connaught tunnel.	Headline Article	04 May 2011	0 Stars
Japan quake prompts Seattle viaduct rethink The mayor of Seattle has called for the “structurally dubious” Alaskan Way viaduct to be shut down four years earlier than planned, according to the Seattle Times.	Headline Article	25 Mar 2011	0 Stars
Morgan Sindall wins Doncaster tunnel project Construction and infrastructure company Morgan Sindall has a won a US$1.6 million design and build contract for an access tunnel at the Holme Hall quarry development in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England.	Headline Article	25 Mar 2011	0 Stars
Cavico announces Vietnam breakthrough Vietnam-based Infrastructure firm Cavico has announced a ‘major’ breakthrough at the Song Giang 2 hydropower project in Vietnam.	Headline Article	25 Mar 2011	0 Stars
BASF admixtures investment BASF Construction Chemicals, supplier of grouts, admixtures and other chemicals to the global tunnelling industry, has invested US$1.4 million in a new admixtures production plant	Magazine Article	25 Mar 2011	0 Stars
China high-speed tunnel completed Construction of China’s first underwater rail tunnel has been completed.	Headline Article	25 Mar 2011	0 Stars
Bangladesh considers river tunnel plan Bangladeshi authorities are looking at plans to build an ambitious tunnel beneath the Karnaphuli River in south-east Bangladesh.	Magazine Article	25 Mar 2011	0 Stars
Sandvik aid for Asia's longest drill and blast tunnels The recent breakthrough on Malaysia’s 2.2km Berapit twin tunnels was achieved with the help of two Sandvik DT820-SC tunnelling jumbos	Magazine Article	25 Mar 2011	0 Stars
Swedish fire body concludes tunnel study Sweden’s SP Fire Technology has concluded a three-year research project investigating the fire safety of tunnels during construction	Magazine Article	25 Mar 2011	0 Stars
Singapore tunnel contracts awarded The first two civil contracts totalling US$379 million for Singapore's Downtown Line Stage 3 project have been awarded by the country’s Land Transport Authority	Magazine Article	25 Mar 2011	0 Stars
Big Dig woes continue A 50kg light crashed down onto the northbound lanes of the Thomas P O’Neill Jr Tunnel, part of Boston’s Big Dig project, in February	Headline Article	25 Mar 2011	0 Stars
Latest Tyne Tynnel commissioned as 1960s crossing is refurbished The new road tunnel under the River Tyne in northeast England was commissioned on February 25, after three years in construction	Magazine Article	25 Mar 2011	0 Stars
Tunnel waste dumped in Florida wetlands Spoil from the Port of Miami tunnel project in Florida has been dumped into a nearby wetlands	Magazine Article	25 Mar 2011	0 Stars
Bosporus road tunnel deadline switch Turkish premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for Istanbul’s second sub-sea ‘Avrasya’ tunnel to be finished more than a year ahead of schedule.	Magazine Article	25 Mar 2011	0 Stars
Lee Tunnel shaft completion Teams from the MVB joint venture have completed a diaphragm wall forming the carcass for the first of four shafts being constructed for Thames Water’s Lee Tunnel project in London.	Headline Article	25 Mar 2011	0 Stars
Two major contract wins on India's Chennai metro Metro Rail of Chennai, southeast India, recently awarded major construction contracts for the city’s new metro system.	Magazine Article	02 Mar 2011	0 Stars
Brisbane Airport Link reaches halfway mark Another milestone has been reached on Brisbane’s US$4.8 billion, twin-tunnel Airport Link project.	Headline Article	02 Mar 2011	0 Stars
Jacobs buys up Aker segments Jacobs Engineering Group has announced the acquisition of a number of Aker Solutions' operations	Headline Article	02 Mar 2011	0 Stars
New station box for Crossrail A new station box will be built for the Crossrail project in Woolwich, London, following a recent agreement	Magazine Article	02 Mar 2011	0 Stars
Malta moots subsea tunnel to Gozo Maltese officials have mooted plans to build a subsea tunnel between Malta and the neighbouring island of Gozo	Headline Article	02 Mar 2011	0 Stars
Romanian tunnel refurb tenders Romanian newsagency Actmedia has reported that the Romanian National Railway Company (CFR SA) is organising an open tender in April, which will assign the contract for the rehabilitation works of five railway tunnels	Headline Article	02 Mar 2011	0 Stars
Another hydro win for Cavico Cavico Hydropower Construction has signed a tunnel-building contract for the Song Giang 1 hydropower plant in central Vietnam.	Magazine Article	02 Mar 2011	0 Stars
Tunnel experts come together in Colorado An international team of experts, under the aegis of the Colorado Department of Transportation, met recently to find ways of improving traffic flow in the twin tunnels on Interstate 70.	Magazine Article	02 Mar 2011	0 Stars
Consortium to electrify France to Spain A consortium led by Eiffage and Dragados was recently awarded the contract to build an 8km high-voltage electricity tunnel linking France and Spain.	Magazine Article	02 Mar 2011	0 Stars
Second Robbins TBM boring Malaysia tunnel Robbins has announced that the second of a trio of 5.2m-diameter main-beam TBMs has started excavation work on Malaysia’s largest infrastructure project	Headline Article	02 Mar 2011	0 Stars
Sand is like gold dust in Mumbai Unexpected geological conditions might be one reason for delaying the construction of a tunnel, but a shortage of sand is rarely the reason. But in Mumbai..	Headline Article	02 Mar 2011	0 Stars
Laing O'Rourke invests in 'green' cement UK-based built environment firm Laing O’Rourke has contributed to an investment group that has poured US$2.6 million into a ‘green’ cement company.	Headline Article	02 Mar 2011	0 Stars
Tyne Tunnel mock emergency test The UK's newly completed second Tyne Tunnel recently underwent a full-scale safety test	Headline Article	02 Mar 2011	0 Stars
BASF additive promotes early strength development Swiss chemical giant BASF has introduced a concrete additive said to increase the efficiency of tunnel construction	Headline Article	02 Mar 2011	0 Stars
Lemminkäinen wins iron ore mine contract Finland-based infrastructure firm Lemminkäinen announced that it has won a contract worth around US$60 million involving the construction of 21km of tunnels in northern Sweden for iron ore producer LKAB.	Magazine Article	01 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Sewer tunnel to provide combined overflow relief in Columbus Work has begun in Columbus, Ohio, on a 7km sewer tunnel, located 55m below ground, which has been designed to limit combined sewer overflows into the Olentangy and Scioto rivers.	Magazine Article	01 Feb 2011	0 Stars
WT names Project of the Year Two of the world's most impressive tunnelling projects - one in the US, the other in Europe - have won top accolades in World Tunnelling's Project of the Year 2010. But which ones were they?	Headline Article	01 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Deep de-mucking in Abu Dhabi Work has started on Abu Dhabi’s deep sewage tunnel system, part of the Strategic Tunnel Enhancement Programme (STEP).	Magazine Article	01 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Seli JV awarded Cityringen project An all-Italian JV, headed by Rome-based SELI, has signed a contract with Denmark’s Metroselskabet for the construction of 34km of tunnel on Copenhagen’s Cityringen metro project.	Magazine Article	01 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Move to save Beijing from gridlock Chronic traffic congestion and increasing air pollution have led Beijing’s authorities to propose a series of huge tunnels to relieve the problem.	Magazine Article	01 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Hindhead scoops Best in Class award Being overbudget and late, with technical, health and safety, and environmental problems, is just some of the bad publicity that can accompany the opening of a new tunnel. But here is one that bucks the trend.	Magazine Article	01 Feb 2011	0 Stars
NZ government cools on tunnel report A recent US$3.8 million study has revealed that a new rail tunnel in Auckland, New Zealand, will cure the city’s worsening traffic and attract more businesses into the area. But the government is not so sure	Magazine Article	01 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Further delays to Amsterdam Metro opening A further six-month delay is expected for work on Amsterdam’s new Noord-Zuid (North-South) metro line, taking the completion date to February 2018, at the earliest.	Magazine Article	01 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Jacobs opens office in Auckland Jacobs Associates has announced the recent opening of its second Australasian office – in Auckland, New Zealand.	Magazine Article	01 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Helsinki metro extension on time - so far Work on extending Helsinki metro’s twin-tube western extension(Länsimetro) – currently Finland’s largest infrastructure project – is proceeding to plan.	Magazine Article	01 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Veidekke wins Oslo tunnel project Veidekke Entreprenør has signed a US$40 million contract with Oslo Water and Sewerage Works (Oslo municipality) for the construction of Midgardsormen sub-project A, involving substantial underground construction at Bekkelaget treatment plant.	Magazine Article	01 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Sochi tunnel conference getting ready A tunnelling conference will take place next month (February 8-10, 2011) in Sochi, Russia, on the ‘Russian experience and development of innovative technologies for the construction of tunnel projects in Sochi’.	Headline Article	01 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Robbins TBM exits Pinglu Demonstrating that its workload in China shows no signs of abating, TBM-maker Robbins recently announced that one of its double-shield TBMs has finished boring China’s Pinglu tunnel	Magazine Article	01 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Skanska wins London cable tunnels work Skanska has been awarded a US$147 million contract to build 33km of power-transmission tunnels in London. The work will be undertaken for infrastructure contractor Costain, working on behalf of the National Grid.	Magazine Article	01 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Breakthrough for Cavico on Vietnam hydro project Vietnam-based infrastructure construction company Cavico recently announced that its subsidiary, Cavico Hydropower, had broken through on the main tunnel at the Dong Nai 4 hydropower project in Vietnam.	Magazine Article	01 Feb 2011	0 Stars
MottMac appointed to Bangalore Metro Mott MacDonald has announced its appointment by Continental Engineering Corporation (CEC) to provide technical consultancy services for the new East-West metro in Bangalore, India.	Headline Article	01 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Crossrail CEO to step down soon Crossrail announced recently that chief executive Rob Holden has decided to step down from his position and will leave the company later this year. No reason was given for the decision other than Mr Holden’s desire to “explore new opportunities”.	Magazine Article	01 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Thames Tunnel consultation ends A Thames Water consultation designed to gauge public opinion on the construction of the Thames Tunnel ‘super sewer’ came to an end on January 14.	Headline Article	01 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Herrenknecht breaks another record With TBM diameters increasing in size, it should come as no surprise to hear that Herrenknecht has once again broken the record for the largest diameter TBM ever built.	Magazine Article	01 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Tunnel Miner concept makes progress TBM-maker Aker Wirth’s Mobile Tunnel Miner concept forms part of a tunnel boring system (TBS) that will be delivered and tested in early 2012, as part of Rio Tinto’s ‘Mine of the Future’ programme.	Headline Article	01 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Headway on Seattle's waterfront tunnel Good progress is at last being made on the replacement for the Alaskan Way Viaduct in Seattle.	Headline Article	01 Feb 2011	0 Stars
Seli TBM finishes excavating Brenner Base pilot tunnel A 10.5km-long exploratory tunnel for the Brenner Base railway project in the Alps, which will link Austria and Italy, has been excavated.	Magazine Article	06 Dec 2010	0 Stars
Three dams and a tunnel to aid India’s water shortage The authorities in Mumbai, India, are planning to build a 43km-long tunnel to connect three new dams in a bid to increase the city’s water supply dramatically	Magazine Article	06 Dec 2010	0 Stars
Bosporus funding in progress Funding being sourced for a US$1.2 billion tunnel, proposed to run beneath the Bosporus in Turkey, should be ready by the end of the first quarter of 2011.	Magazine Article	06 Dec 2010	0 Stars
Go-ahead for Calgary airport tunnel study The city council of Calgary, Canada, is to embark on a year-long US$250,000 study for the construction of a tunnel beneath the runway at the city’s airport.	Magazine Article	06 Dec 2010	0 Stars
Harding Prize alert for young tunnellers The British Tunnelling Society is once again running The Harding Prize for young tunnel engineers aged 33 or under	Magazine Article	06 Dec 2010	0 Stars
Arup in deep cable tunnels win Infrastructure specialist Arup has been named programme manager by UK energy supplier National Grid for the delivery of two new, deep-cable tunnel systems in London.	Magazine Article	06 Dec 2010	0 Stars
Linea Uno consortium to build Panama city’s first metro line The US$1.45 billion contract to build Panama city’s Line 1 metro has gone to the Linea Uno consortium.	Magazine Article	06 Dec 2010	0 Stars
Black & Veatch awarded deep rock Cincinnati tunnel design Global engineering, consulting and construction firm Black & Veatch has announced that it has been selected to design a US$244 million, 9m-diameter, 1.9km-long, deep-rock tunnel in Cincinnati, US.	Headline Article	06 Dec 2010	0 Stars
Skanska work on ARC suspended Skanska was one of the first firms to announce the suspension of a contract as a result of the cancellation of the ARC Tunnel in the US.	Headline Article	06 Dec 2010	0 Stars
Chinese crews excavate Israel tunnel Excavation has been completed on the US$325 million Carmel Tunnels in Haifa, Israel.	Headline Article	06 Dec 2010	0 Stars
Atkins boosts tunnelling capacity with G&M acquisition Atkins’s capacity in tunnel design has been boosted by its recent acquisition of Gimsing & Madsen, a Denmark-based independent specialist consultancy that deals with bridge and structural design.	Magazine Article	06 Dec 2010	0 Stars
Seli scoops another Panama contract TBM-maker Seli has won an engineer, procure and construct contract for the 3.24km headrace tunnel at the El Alto hydropower project in Panama.	Magazine Article	06 Dec 2010	0 Stars
ITA revamps website Switzerland-based ITA-AITES (The International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association) has announced that it has redesigned its website.	Magazine Article	06 Dec 2010	0 Stars
BTS holds Sir Alan Muir Wood symposium in London More than 100 delegates attended the recent Sir Alan Muir Wood Memorial Symposium in London	Magazine Article	06 Dec 2010	0 Stars
UK infrastructure costs among Europe's highest The UK has the fourth-highest out-turn costs for civil-engineering infrastructure projects in Europe, after Sweden, Denmark and Norway, according to a recent report.	Magazine Article	06 Dec 2010	0 Stars
A worthy ‘Introduction to Tunnel Construction’ A newly-launched book on tunnelling is aimed mainly at graduate and post-graduate civil engineering students	Magazine Article	06 Dec 2010	0 Stars
Atlas Copco unveils direct-control rig for large tunnels Atlas Copco has launched the Boomer XL3 D, designed for users who prefer a traditional, direct control system when drilling large tunnel cross-sections.	Headline Article	06 Dec 2010	0 Stars
Strabag scoops US$788m Koralm project Austrian infrastructure and construction group Strabag has won the contract to build the US$788 million Koralm tunnel project, currently Austria’s largest-ever construction contract.	Magazine Article	06 Dec 2010	0 Stars
Vintage Robbins TBM bores hydro tunnel on Faroe Islands A Robbins TBM that is over a quarter of a century old recently began excavating an 8.4km-long collector tunnel for a hydropower plant on Eysturoy in the Faroe Islands.	Magazine Article	06 Dec 2010	0 Stars
Bangkok in line for anti-flood drainage tunnels Giant drainage tunnels are under construction in Bangkok to protect the city from annual flooding.	Headline Article	06 Dec 2010	0 Stars
Aker Wirth roadheader breaks through An important milestone was recently reached on Brisbane’s Airport Link and Northern Busway tunnels when an Aker Wirth T3.20 roadheader broke through in the 490m-long Busway tunnel at Lutwyche.	Headline Article	06 Dec 2010	0 Stars
Halcrow shortlisted in tunnel awards Infrastructure specialist Halcrow has been shortlisted for three categories in an international tunnelling awards scheme	Magazine Article	08 Nov 2010	0 Stars
Vietnam wins loan for Hanoi Line 3 Vietnam gained a US$101 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to fund the construction of phase one of Hanoi’s line 3 metro.	Magazine Article	08 Nov 2010	0 Stars
Robbins TBM to bore Chinese sub-sea tunnel Robbins is to supply a new slurry TBM for a sub-sea tunnel in southern China that will form an important part of the country’s huge steel-making infrastructure	Headline Article	08 Nov 2010	0 Stars
Ground broken at Lee tunnel shaft Construction has begun at Beckton, east London, on one of four 75m-deep shafts that will connect to a four mile sewer, which, when complete, will be the deepest tunnel ever built in London.	Headline Article	08 Nov 2010	0 Stars
Devil's Slide northbound bore punch-through Kiewit tunnelling crews have broken through four weeks ahead of schedule on the northbound bore of the Devil’s Slide tunnel project in San Mateo County, California, following three years of tunnelling.	Headline Article	08 Nov 2010	0 Stars
More promotions at Jacobs Jacobs has promoted five staff members to associate level	Magazine Article	08 Nov 2010	0 Stars
New microsite for Stirling Lloyd Waterproofing specialist Stirling Lloyd has launched a new microsite dedicated to the concept of ‘seamless waterproofing to create watertight tunnels.’	Magazine Article	08 Nov 2010	0 Stars
Rio Tinto-Aker Wirth partnership bears first fruit Rio Tinto has announced that the first of three underground excavation systems, based on tunnel technology, is ready for trial in Australia	Magazine Article	08 Nov 2010	0 Stars
Atlas Copco rolls out compact Boomer T1 D Atlas Copco has unveiled the new Boomer T1 D face-drilling rig, designed for working in narrow tunnels.	Magazine Article	08 Nov 2010	0 Stars
Seli set for double TBM success in Panama Italian TBM manufacturer Seli has handed over a 3.92m-diameter EPB (mixed face) TBM for use on the 7.9km-long Monte Lirio headrace tunnel in west Panama	Magazine Article	08 Nov 2010	0 Stars
Historic breakthrough at Gottard A historic breakthrough has occurred on the 57km-long Gottard Base Tunnel (GBT) in Switzerland	Headline Article	08 Nov 2010	0 Stars
ARC Hudson tunnel cancelled...for now Following a temporary halt to construction work on the ARC tunnel beneath the Hudson river, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has cancelled the project.	Headline Article	08 Nov 2010	0 Stars
Rising costs halt work on Hudson River tunnel New Jersey has suspended work on the Hudson River tunnel due to concerns over cost overruns.	Magazine Article	05 Oct 2010	0 Stars
Putzmeister launches new web site Germany-based Putzmeister, which has been active in the concrete-spraying market for more than a decade, has launched a new website dealing with shotcrete technology in tunnelling and mining.	Magazine Article	05 Oct 2010	0 Stars
Brisbane's Clem 7 tunnel hits trouble Having opened in March to high hopes and great fanfare, Brisbane’s Clem 7 road tunnel looks as if it may be facing financial meltdown.	Magazine Article	05 Oct 2010	0 Stars
Shetlanders seel new manager to drive tunnel project forward It appears that moves for a tunnel between the Shetland Isles and Scotland might actually be gaining momentum with the announcement that Shetland Islands Council is to appoint a senior manager to drive the project forward.	Magazine Article	05 Oct 2010	0 Stars
Hydro scheme for Lower Orange river As part of a multi-billion dollar investment to boost power generation capacity, Namibian utility NamPower is proposing a 100MW run-of-river hydroelectric scheme on the Lower Orange river in the south of the country.	Headline Article	05 Oct 2010	0 Stars
Victoria desalination tunnels underway Construction has begun on tunnels that will help turn seawater into drinking water at Victoria’s desalination plant in Australia.	Headline Article	05 Oct 2010	0 Stars
'Super sewer' plans go public Plans for London’s ‘super sewer’ are gathering pace with Thames Water’s launch of a 14-week public consultation on proposals for the Thames Tunnel, designed to greatly reduce sewage discharge into the River Thames.	Headline Article	05 Oct 2010	0 Stars
Spring start for Chennai metro Tunnel excavation on Chennai’s metro rail project in India looks set to start by the first quarter of 2011.	Headline Article	05 Oct 2010	0 Stars
More bad news for UK construction Forecasts published by the London-based Construction Products Association (CPA) predict a ‘double-dip’ recession for UK construction.	Magazine Article	05 Oct 2010	0 Stars
Jacobs Engineering wins Hong Kong XRL contract US-based infrastructure provider Jacobs Engineering Group has won a contract from the Highways Department of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to provide engineering services for the construction,	Magazine Article	05 Oct 2010	0 Stars
First Hallandsås bore completed Good news at last for the much-troubled Hallandsås project in Sweden. Last month, the Herrenknecht 10.6m-diameter TBM ‘Asa’ completed the excavation of the first of the two 5.5km-long railway tunnels for the joint venture comprising Vinci Construction Grands Projets and Skanska	Headline Article	05 Oct 2010	0 Stars
Four Lovat TBMs for Metrolinx LRT Metrolinx, formerly known as the Greater Toronto Transportation Authority, has signed a US$52 million contract with Lovat for the supply of four TBMs for use on the Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit (LRT) project.	Magazine Article	25 Aug 2010	0 Stars
Atkins to acquire top US builder Infrastructure designer,enabler and planner W S Atkins has announced it is to acquire PBSJ Corporation, a leading provider of architectural, planning, engineering and construction services in the US.	Headline Article	25 Aug 2010	0 Stars
Aker Wirth bores biggest incline An Aker Wirth TBM will excavate what has been claimed to be the largest diameter tunnel ever attempted on an incline.	Magazine Article	25 Aug 2010	0 Stars
New CFO for Parsons Brinckerhoff Parsons Brinckerhoff has announced that John Murphy has been appointed chief financial officer, and will be responsible for the firm’s global financial and accounting operations.	Magazine Article	25 Aug 2010	0 Stars
CALTRANS starts fourth bore of Caldecott tunnel The California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS) has commenced tunnelling works on the fourth bore of the Caldecott road-tunnel project on Highway 24.	Headline Article	25 Aug 2010	0 Stars
Euro survey highlights tunnel failings An alarmingly high proportion of operational European tunnels do not meet EU tunnel safety rules and are therefore unlikely to comply with the EU Tunnel Directive when it comes into effect in 2014.	Headline Article	25 Aug 2010	0 Stars
Murphy wins Kent tunnel contract UK-based J Murphy & Sons has been appointed by the Volker-Fitzpatrick Hochtief JV to work on a US$1.9 million project that involves the design of two pilot tunnels for a new section of motorway in East Kent, England.	Headline Article	25 Aug 2010	0 Stars
Consortia named for Dublin metro Irish Rail (IR) has announced the names of the four international consortia that have entered the pre-qualification phase in the public-private partnership procurement process for DART Underground.	Headline Article	25 Aug 2010	0 Stars
Robbins main beam chosen for Pallisades PTP Constructors, a joint venture of Schiavone, Shea and Skanska, has selected a Robbins machine to excavate the Pallisade tunnels, which form the New Jersey portion of the ARC project linking New Jersey with Manhattan.	Headline Article	25 Aug 2010	0 Stars
Input invited for tunnel standards The US Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is seeking comments concerning the establishment of National Tunnel Inspection Standards (NTIS).	Headline Article	25 Aug 2010	0 Stars
A more measured impression Letter to the Editor	Letter To The Editor Article	05 Aug 2010	0 Stars
Brisbane Airport pour Swiss-based Ceresola has announced that two of the eight tunnel formwork units it will eventually supply have been used to pour the first sections on Brisbane’s Airport Link in Australia	Magazine Article	05 Aug 2010	0 Stars
Tunnel Alerts Tunnel Alerts is a new feature that aims to bring you breaking news of tunnel contracts globally.	Magazine Article	05 Aug 2010	0 Stars
Tunnel Alerts	Magazine Article	05 Aug 2010	0 Stars
Change of heart over Doha tunnel A planned US$1 billion subsea tunnel beneath Doha Bay in Qatar could be replaced by a bridge if the oil/gas-rich Gulf state approves plans for an alternative fixed link	Headline Article	05 Aug 2010	0 Stars
Laing O'Rourke/Bachy Soletanche JV win Joint venture Laing O’Rourke/Bachy Soletanche has scooped a US$152 million contract for the construction of approach tunnels at West Kowloon station in Hong Kong	Magazine Article	05 Aug 2010	0 Stars
SELI/Kawasaki link Japanese conglomerate Kawasaki Heavy Industries has entered into a five-year collaboration agreement with Italian TBM-maker SELI	Magazine Article	05 Aug 2010	0 Stars
Leighton India wins tunnel Leighton India has been awarded a contract to build and operate what has been hailed as one of the longest road tunnels in Asia	Magazine Article	05 Aug 2010	0 Stars
Tehran metro set for further growth The Tehran metro, one of the Middle East’s largest transit systems, is expected to experience even greater growth.	Magazine Article	05 Aug 2010	0 Stars
FCC wins major rail and tunnel contract in Algeria Spanish infrastructure specialist FCC, in a joint venture with Algerian firm ETRHB Haddad, has won a US$1.23 billion contract to build a railway line with major tunnels in Algeria	Magazine Article	05 Aug 2010	0 Stars
Arrowhead tunnels recognised in awards California’s Arrowhead Tunnel system has been named the 2009 Pipeline Project of the Year by the Steel Tank Institute/Steel Plate Fabricators Association	Magazine Article	05 Aug 2010	0 Stars
Tunnel mooted for Nicosia The Government of Cyprus is looking at the construction of a 1.7km-long tunnel beneath Nicosia that would relieve the capital’s severe rush-hour congestion	Magazine Article	05 Aug 2010	0 Stars
Eight vie over Baghdad metro contract Eight foreign firms have been shortlisted as possible contenders for Baghdad’s long-awaited US$3 billion metro scheme.	Magazine Article	05 Aug 2010	0 Stars
SECBE briefing targets growth in Libya Doing business in Libya can be challenging, but the country’s huge infrastructural development potential far outweighs any local difficulties	Magazine Article	05 Aug 2010	0 Stars
Breaking ground in Barcelona An NFM Technologies tunnelling machine recently broke through on Line 9 of the Barcelona metro	Magazine Article	05 Aug 2010	0 Stars
Knights on the move Martin Knights, immediate past president of the ITA, has been appointed global director of tunnelling at UK-based consulting firm Halcrow, which he joined on June 15.	Magazine Article	05 Aug 2010	0 Stars
First tunnel breakthrough in Melbourne Lucy Loo, a 100m-long TBM that has been excavating a new US$194 million replacement sewer tunnel under Port Melbourne for 10 months, recently broke through into the access shaft at Swallow Street	Magazine Article	05 Aug 2010	0 Stars
Brisbane breakthrough A 135t roadheader has achieved breakthrough on the A$4.8 billion (US$4.2 billion) Airport Link project in Brisbane, Australia	Magazine Article	05 Aug 2010	0 Stars
Herrenknecht begins production on record-breaking TBM The largest TBM ever is being prepared for the excavation of the Sparvo tunnel on the A1 highway extension between Bologna and Florence in Italy	Magazine Article	05 Aug 2010	0 Stars
Robbins in record advance at Niagara Robbins has announced that its 14.4m-diameter main-beam TBM – the world’s largest hard-rock machine – has completed more than two-thirds of the headrace tunnel beneath Niagara Falls	Magazine Article	05 Aug 2010	0 Stars
New appointment at Normet Normet International has announced that Dr Roar Myrdal (right) has been appointed “technical director, chemicals, mining and tunnelling”	Magazine Article	05 Aug 2010	0 Stars
Lovat TBM breakthrough imminent at Brightwater ‘Elizabeth’, the Lovat RME184SE EPB TBM, is expected to achieve an imminent breakthrough at the Ballinger Way retrieval shaft at the end of its 6.4km bore on the Brightwater 4 (BT 4) tunnel contract in the US	Magazine Article	05 Aug 2010	0 Stars
NSW government unveils infrastructure masterplan The Government of New South Wales in Australia is to invest US$5.9 billion in transport infrastructure from its 2010-11 budget, as part of an overall 10-year, US$42.5 billion Metropolitan Transport Plan	Headline Article	05 Aug 2010	0 Stars
Bouygues wins HK tunnel contract Dragages Hong Kong, subsidiary of Bouygues Construction, has signed a US$446 million contract for the construction of two parallel, single-track tunnels, each 3.5km long, in Hong Kong.	Headline Article	05 Aug 2010	0 Stars
Tunnel for Germany-Denmark link? The proposal for a tunnel for the Fehmarnbelt crossing between Germany and Denmark looks set to be brought back into the frame, following a re-evaluation by two sets of consultant consortia.	Headline Article	05 Aug 2010	0 Stars
Work stops on third Lake Mead intake Eight foreign firms have been shortlisted as possible contenders for Baghdad’s long-awaited US$3 billion metro scheme	Headline Article	05 Aug 2010	0 Stars
RETC 2011 call for papers A call for papers has been issued by the committee organising RETC 2011 (the Rapid Excavation and Tunnelling Conference), which will be held in San Francisco, US on June 19-22.	Magazine Article	03 Jun 2010	0 Stars
PB appoints new chairman Richard A. Schrader has been appointed chairman of engineering consultancy provider Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB).	Magazine Article	03 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Cavico wins US$11m Song Bac contract Vietnam-based infrastructure provider Cavico has signed a deal to build tunnels at a Vietnamese hydropower plant located northwest of Hanoi.	Magazine Article	03 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Rescue chambers help workers flee fire A fire recently broke out on a TBM being used to excavate the third hydro tunnel under Niagara Falls City in Ontario, Canada.	Headline Article	03 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Brisbane Northern Link tunnel gets green light A proposed US$1.5 billion road tunnel linking Brisbane’s northern and western suburbs has received conditional approval from the Government of Queensland.	Headline Article	03 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Seattle mayor issues cost overrun warning Problems have surfaced despite a recent agreement between the State of Washington and the City of Seattle to replace the ageing Alaskan Way viaduct with a bored tunnel.	Magazine Article	03 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Seattle light rail tunnel boosted by local council Seattle's Bellevue City Council has committed US$150 million dollars for the construction of a light rail tunnel through the downtown areas of the city.	Magazine Article	03 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Pöyry wins contract on Mexican wastewater tunnel Pöyry has won a US$8 million contract from Mexico’s Conagua to provide advisory services during the construction of Emisor Oriente, Mexico City’s 62km wastewater tunnel.	Magazine Article	03 Jun 2010	0 Stars
SME searches for online authors SME has invited practising professionals and others involved in tunnelling and mining to become online technical authors for its courses.	Magazine Article	03 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Strabag wins Swiss tunnel project European construction group Strabag has won a US$77 million contract for the construction of the Küblis bypass tunnel in Switzerland	Magazine Article	03 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Sao Paulo wins US$650m World Bank loan Traffic-choked Sao Paolo, Brazil, has been recently approved for a US$650 million loan from the World Bank to extend its metro Line 5.	Magazine Article	03 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Robbins TBMs kick off Xian metro tunnels Xian is one of China’s most ancient cities, but it is about to enter the 21st Century with the excavation of Lot 12 of its Metro Line 1.	Magazine Article	03 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Blast-driving Ceneri tunnels begins while Gothard work continues Blasting work to drive the main Ceneri Base Tunnel (CBT) began recently with a ceremonial first blast in the installations cavern at Sigirino.	Headline Article	03 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Lunar tech to revolutionise tunnel navigation? A new positioning and locating system to be launched in the autumn, devised primarily for mining, could revolutionise tunnel navigation, whether operators are using TBM or drill and blast.	Headline Article	03 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Key section of NY water tunnel completed New York City’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has announced the completion of a key phase of work on the Manhattan section of City Water Tunnel No.3 (CWT3).	Headline Article	03 Jun 2010	0 Stars
GIA engaged on Hong Kong tunnel Work has started on Hong Kong’s West Drainage Tunnel to avoid flooding; helping the effort are three GIA Häggloaders and three locomotives.	Magazine Article	29 Apr 2010	0 Stars
Bilfinger Berger builds Stockholm ring road German construction group Bilfinger Berger is designing and building a new section of ring road in Stockholm, that will include a number of tunnels.	Magazine Article	29 Apr 2010	0 Stars
New board appointments at Halcrow Three new board appointments have been announced by Halcrow non-executive chairman Tony Pryor.	Magazine Article	29 Apr 2010	0 Stars
New president for Brookville Larry J Conrad has been appointed president of tunnel and mine equipment maker Brookville Equipment Corporation.	Magazine Article	29 Apr 2010	0 Stars
Mott MacDonald wins consultant award Mott MacDonald has been recognised as International Consultant of the Year (ICY) 2010 at the NCE/ACE Consultants of the Year Awards in London.	Magazine Article	29 Apr 2010	0 Stars
NFM sends two TBMs to Seville Two NFM 14m diameter EPB TBMs will help bore part of a new ring road project in Seville, Spain, following the signing of twp supply contracts between French TBM-maker NFM and two Spanish groups.	Magazine Article	29 Apr 2010	0 Stars
Second TBM arrives for Brisbane's Airport Link Three container shipments from Germany were all it took to deliver a 3,600t TBM to Brisbane for use on the city’s Airport Link tunnel project.	Headline Article	29 Apr 2010	0 Stars
JV drops out of Seattle running Vinci Traylor Skanska, one of the JVs vying to construct the tunnel to replace the decrepit 1953 Alaskan Way Viaduct in Seattle, US, has dropped out of the running.	Magazine Article	29 Apr 2010	0 Stars
Cross River Rail line receives boost Australia’s Queensland Government has released details of a proposed north-south rail line running through the centre of Brisbane, which will include an under-river tunnel and new underground stations	Headline Article	29 Apr 2010	0 Stars
Robbins TBM a first for Laos as hydro project starts Tunnel workers in Laos, SE Asia, recently witnessed the launch of the country’s first-ever tunnel boring machine which will excavate a new hydroelectric tunnel for the Theun Hinboun Expansion Project.	Magazine Article	29 Apr 2010	0 Stars
BAM Nuttall begins Glendoe remediation BAM Nuttall has been awarded the remedial work at the US$247 million Glendoe hydro power station in Scotland.	Magazine Article	29 Apr 2010	0 Stars
Normet buys 40% of chemical maker TAM Normet Group has announced that it has acquired 40% of chemicals manufacturer and supplier TAM International.	Magazine Article	29 Apr 2010	0 Stars
New contractor set to resume halted work on Brightwater BT3 Following its suspension in May 2009, due to serious damage incurred by a TBM, work on the Brightwater conveyance tunnel in King County, Washington, looks set to resume	Headline Article	29 Apr 2010	0 Stars
New tunnel books published Publisher CRC Press Balkema (Taylor & Francis Group) has recently added two new books to its tunnelling and underground construction series of titles.	Magazine Article	29 Apr 2010	0 Stars
World Tunnelling Online In its quest to bring readers the latest news in a faster and more direct format, World Tunnelling has started a newsletter called World Tunnelling Online (WTO) that is being emailed directly to all subscribers.	Magazine Article	29 Apr 2010	0 Stars
ITA president to step down as WTC and NAT gear up for success As Martin Knights prepares to step down as ITA president, three contenders vie for the coveted post.	Headline Article	29 Apr 2010	0 Stars
Indo-Russian JV scoops Kolkatta metro deal AFCONS, in a joint venture with Transtonnelstroy, has recently won a US$211 million project from the Kolkata Metro Corporation.	Headline Article	29 Apr 2010	0 Stars
Tunnel technology partnership to help Rio Tinto improve mine construction Rio Tinto has teamed up with three tunnelling firms to help it develop equipment and systems for deep underground mining.	Headline Article	25 Mar 2010	0 Stars
New simulators bring realistic training for machine operators Machine operators in the building and public sectors will be able to be trained on simulators developed by France-based Acreos.	Magazine Article	25 Mar 2010	0 Stars
Acquisition expands Jacobs' global water solution abilities US-based infrastructure specialist Jacobs has acquired Jordan, Jones and Goulding,(JJG), a 500-person professional services firm that is expected to significantly expand Jacobs' position in the North American water and wastewater market.	Magazine Article	25 Mar 2010	0 Stars
Two new associates for Jacobs' East Coast offices Two new faces have joined Jacobs Associates’ East Coast US offices.	Magazine Article	25 Mar 2010	0 Stars
Morgan Est in contract win UK-based infrastructure specialist Morgan Est has notched-up a US$6 million contract for the manufacture and supply of a total of 5,420 tapered trapezoidal tunnel rings for a major UK sewer project.	Magazine Article	25 Mar 2010	0 Stars
First Crossrail tunnel contract awarded A joint venture comprising Costain and Skanska has been awarded a US$22.7 million contract by Crossrail.	Magazine Article	25 Mar 2010	0 Stars
Bilfinger Cologne disaster investigation Bilfinger Berger has said that no clear reasons have emerged as yet to explain the fatal collapse in March last year of Cologne’s historic archive.	Headline Article	25 Mar 2010	0 Stars
Grand old man of PB Tom Kuesel passes away Hailed widely as an authority on tunnel and bridge engineering, Thomas R Kuesel has died at the age of 83, having enjoyed a 43-year career with Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB).	Magazine Article	25 Mar 2010	0 Stars
Herrenknecht deal on Abu Dhabi plant German TBM-specialist Herrenknecht has entered into a US$6.8 million joint venture (JV) agreement with Aabar Investments for the assembly and manufacture of tunnel boring machinery and equipment in the UAE.	Headline Article	25 Mar 2010	0 Stars
Ideas sought for Severn crossing A UK ideas competition has been launched for designs for a third crossing across the River Severn in Avon, England.	Magazine Article	25 Mar 2010	0 Stars
'Challenges for German tunnelling' Tunnel construction in Germany will face major challenges in 2010, according to STUVA chairman and board member Edgar Schömig.	Headline Article	25 Mar 2010	0 Stars
Working on Mexico's Emisor Oriente entrance Employees from Conagua, Mexico’s national water body, at work on the entrance to the Emisor Oriente drainage tunnel in Mexico City.	Gallery Article	25 Mar 2010	0 Stars
Crossrail expressions of interest invited Expressions of interest have been invited for the third and final running tunnel contract for Crossrail.	Magazine Article	25 Mar 2010	0 Stars
Halcrow wins ‘milestone’ Hong Kong tunnel job UK-based infrastructure designer Halcrow has announced that it has won the detailed design for a ‘milestone’ tunnel project in Hong Kong.	Headline Article	25 Mar 2010	0 Stars
Robbins duo given little cover on metro start ROBBINS has launched two TBMs in Chongqing to excavate the city’s metro system.	Magazine Article	25 Mar 2010	0 Stars
Cavico in second Hua Na power station deal Vietnam-based infrastructure construction specialist Cavico has signed a new agreement with state-owned Lilama for additional construction work at the Hua Na Hydropower plant in Vietnam.	Magazine Article	18 Feb 2010	0 Stars
Positive start for Normet Normet has announced a promising start to 2010 with a capacity expansion in Finland, a new spare-parts centre in Holland and a big order from Hong Kong	Magazine Article	18 Feb 2010	0 Stars
New appointment at Normet Normet International has appointed Odd-Bjørn Kleven as director of tunnelling and special projects, a position which he has already taken up.	Magazine Article	18 Feb 2010	0 Stars
BAM Nuttall wins Blackwall Tunnel refurb contract UK-based BAM Nuttall Group (BNG) will be refurbishing the northbound bore of London’s Blackwall Tunnel under a US$76 million contract, signed recently with Transport for London.	Magazine Article	18 Feb 2010	0 Stars
UK tunnel/shaft lining spec nears British Precast, the trade body for the UK concrete products industry, has started preparing a new specification for precast tunnel and shaft linings.	Magazine Article	18 Feb 2010	0 Stars
Robbins TBM turns Mexican heads Following an official cutter-turning ceremony in January, the largest TBM ever seen in Mexico began excavating the 7.7km tunnel for Mexico City’s Line 12 metro.	Magazine Article	18 Feb 2010	0 Stars
Aquajet makes light work of Montreal tunnel Extensive hydro-demolition is under way on Montreal’s Highway 720 Ville Marie tunnel, as part of refurbishment works necessitated by failing concrete.	Magazine Article	18 Feb 2010	0 Stars
‘Unforeseen geological event’ closes hydropower station A tunnel collapse has shut down Ethiopia’s newest and biggest hydropower station only weeks after it was opened.	Magazine Article	18 Feb 2010	0 Stars
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.	Magazine Article	08 Feb 2010	0 Stars
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.	Magazine Article	08 Feb 2010	0 Stars
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.	Magazine Article	08 Feb 2010	0 Stars
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.	Headline Article	08 Feb 2010	0 Stars
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.	Headline Article	08 Feb 2010	0 Stars
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.	Headline Article	08 Feb 2010	0 Stars
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, Canada	Headline Article	08 Feb 2010	0 Stars
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.	Headline Article	08 Feb 2010	0 Stars
Skanska to build Kvis Tunnel Scandinavia-based construction group Skanska has been awarded a US$60 million contract by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (Statens Vegvesen) for the construction of an 8km stretch of road and tunnel in the country’s central region	Magazine Article	23 Dec 2009	0 Stars
Four teams for Alaskan Way job Washington State Department of Transportation has listed four consortia on its website with an interest in the SR99 Bored Tunnel Design Build project,also known as the replacement tunnel for the Alaskan Way Viaduct in Seattle, US	Feature Article	23 Dec 2009	0 Stars
New CEO at Parsons Brinckerhoff Parsons Brinckerhoff has appointed George J Pierson as chief executive officer, effective on January 1, 2010. He is currently president and COO of the firm’s Americas division, and succeeds Keith J Hawksworth, who becomes chairman	Magazine Article	23 Dec 2009	0 Stars
Herrenknecht in German-Chinese trade event Germany-based TBM-maker Herrenknecht recently participated in the German-Chinese ‘esplanade event’ held recently in the city of Wuhan, China	Magazine Article	23 Dec 2009	0 Stars
Dredging under way on second Tyne Tunnel A recent arrival on the River Tyne in northeast England, the cutter suction dredger ‘Vesalius’, has begun dredging the river in preparation for the placement of the immersed concrete tubes that will constitute the under-river section of the second Tyne Tunnel	Magazine Article	23 Dec 2009	0 Stars
Promat receives M25 tunnel fire protection order Promat, a UK-based manufacturer of passive fire-protection products, has received an order to supply its spray-applied system for a tunnel upgrade on London’s M25 orbital motorway	Magazine Article	23 Dec 2009	0 Stars
STUVA bangs the drum for safe tunnelling STUVA organisers have expressed satisfaction at the success of their recent tunnelling event in Hamburg, Germany, on 1-3 December	Magazine Article	23 Dec 2009	0 Stars
Three JVs commence battle for Sydney Metro Stage 1 Sydney Metro has received tenders from three international consortia bidding for the right to build the tunnels and station caverns on Metro Stage 1	Magazine Article	23 Dec 2009	0 Stars
LaserShell paper wins engineer award A UK-based engineering manager working for infrastructure provider Morgan Est has won a prestigious prize for a paper he wrote on LaserShell, the sprayed-concrete lining method	Magazine Article	23 Dec 2009	0 Stars
PEAB scoops yet another Swedish railway project Leading Scandinavian contractor Peab is to build a 1.8km-long tunnel as part of a newly won US$78 million contract involving the construction of a section of the Hede-Älvängen railway between Gothenburg and Trollhättan in Sweden	Magazine Article	23 Dec 2009	0 Stars
Tunnel talks between Chile and Argentina bear fruit A recent agreement between Chile and Argentina could result in the construction of a series of road and rail tunnels across their common border.	Headline Article	23 Dec 2009	0 Stars
Lovat sells system Lovat has sold a new hard-rock cutting head and main-drive system to The Kassouf Company for use on Fairfax Water’s Corbalis to Fox Mill Water Main Project 1859 Division 4 in Fairfax, Virginia, US	Magazine Article	23 Dec 2009	0 Stars
Breakthrough for first Lovat TBM at Terrassa One of two Lovat TBMs has achieved breakthrough after completing its first drive on the current phase of the Terrassa Railways Project in Terrassa, Spain.	Headline Article	23 Dec 2009	0 Stars
ALS shifts TBM from Canada to Buenos Aires UK-based Abnormal Load Services (ALS) recently transported a 7.8m-diameter Lovat soft-ground EPB TBM plus back-up system from Canada to Argentina	Magazine Article	23 Dec 2009	0 Stars
Brisbane looks down under for transport improvements Proposals for an underground rail network to be built in Brisbane, Australia, form part of sweeping plans to modernise public transport in the city, which were unveiled recently by the Queensland State Government.	Magazine Article	23 Dec 2009	0 Stars
Normet establishes Canadian base Normet, the Finland-based manufacturer of underground construction and mining equipment, has announced the formation of Normet Canada, the 15th country in which the company has gained a permanent presence	Magazine Article	23 Dec 2009	0 Stars
Sandvik-BASF tie-up gets off the starting blocks Further progress has been made on the recently-announced co-operation between Sandvik and BASF-Meyco	Magazine Article	23 Dec 2009	0 Stars
Robbins' TBM trio head to Malaysia Robbins is to supply three 5.2m-diameter, main-beam TBMs for use on Malaysia’s Pahang-Selangor Raw Water tunnel	Headline Article	23 Dec 2009	0 Stars
Good progress on Indian underground caverns Excavation is progressing well on India’s first underground crude oil-storage caverns at Visakhapatnam in the south of the country.	Headline Article	23 Dec 2009	0 Stars
Aqualiner in new patent bid Aqualiner has filed a patent for its non-disruptive method for remaking service connections that follow drinking water main rehabilitation	Headline Article	25 Nov 2009	0 Stars
University rail link to go ahead Sound Transit’s plan to build the University Link light rail extension in Seattle now looks certain to go ahead, following a decision by ST’s board of directors to proceed with the project	Magazine Article	25 Nov 2009	0 Stars
Parsons Brinckerhoff appoints UK and Europe managing director Parsons Brinckerhoff has appointed Nick Flew as managing director of UK and European operations just days after the infrastructure consultant was acquired by Balfour Beatty	Magazine Article	25 Nov 2009	0 Stars
InnoTrans organiser claims healthy bookings for 2010 exhibition Display space at the rail-transport-technology fair InnoTrans 2010 is almost all booked up, according to organizer Berlin-based Messe Berlin	Magazine Article	25 Nov 2009	0 Stars
Technology innovation book launched CRC Press has launched a reference guide to help reduce the time, cost and risk involved during the construction and maintenance of underground facilities	Magazine Article	25 Nov 2009	0 Stars
Rail tunnel to be switched to road use A rail tunnel in Pakistan will be converted for road use less than a year after it was completed	Magazine Article	25 Nov 2009	0 Stars
Jacobs appoints senior associate Dan Dobbels has joined the Boston, US, office of Jacobs Associates as a senior associate	Magazine Article	25 Nov 2009	0 Stars
Florida prepares for blasting conference The International Society of Explosives Engineers (ISEE) will hold its 36th annual conference on explosives and blasting technique at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando, Florida, from February 7 to 10, 2010	Magazine Article	25 Nov 2009	0 Stars
CRA launches e-bulletin for concrete specialists The UK-based Concrete Repair Association has launced an email bulletin that will include industry updates, advances in the sector and new publications and intiatives	Magazine Article	25 Nov 2009	0 Stars
Civils salaries fall The average basic salary of civil engineers in the UK has dropped for the first time in seven years, a survey by the Institute of Civil Engineers has found	Magazine Article	25 Nov 2009	0 Stars
Chinese infrastructure spend aids growth Anyone doubting the beneficial effect of good ol’ government stimulus spending à la Keynes should take a look at the Chinese economy	Headline Article	25 Nov 2009	0 Stars
NCC wins road and tunnel construction deal NCC Construction Norway has won a US$93.6 million road contract in Norway that includes the construction of a 300m tunnel	Magazine Article	25 Nov 2009	0 Stars
NFM reveals nuclear capability NFM Technologies does more than just make tunnel boring machines, it seems. The French-based manufacturer has designed and manufactured handling equipment that will be used to load and unload M51 intercontinental ballistic missiles (IBM) onto French nuclear submarines	Magazine Article	25 Nov 2009	0 Stars
Sandvik opens largest production facility Sandvik Mining and Construction has opened a new 24,000m2 plant in Shanghai, China, which it says is the largest production facility it has opened to date	Magazine Article	25 Nov 2009	0 Stars
Chengdu contract bears fruit for Robbins A commissioning ceremony for a 6.26m-diameter TBM was held by US-based The Robbins Company in Chengdu, China, last month	Magazine Article	25 Nov 2009	0 Stars
Koralm phase two bids invited Austrian Federal Railways is expected this month to invite bids for the construction of Phase 2 of the US$3.5 billion Koralm tunnel	Magazine Article	25 Nov 2009	0 Stars
Bouygues triumphs in Miami France’s Bouygues Travaux Publics has won a US$656 million contract to build the long-awaited Port of Miami tunnel in Florida, US	Headline Article	25 Nov 2009	0 Stars
MorganEst sacks half its tunnelling division As delays on infrastructure projects and cutbacks begin to bite further in the UK, it was revealed in London last month that around 45 tunnelling staff from infrastructure provider MorganEst have been laid off	Headline Article	25 Nov 2009	0 Stars
MorganEst lowers TBM into Barry shaft. UK infrastructure provider Morgan Est recently lowered an 18t Iseki Unclemole TBM into a shaft in Barry, near Cardiff, Wales	Magazine Article	25 Nov 2009	0 Stars
Strabag bags US$222 million Indian tunnel contract One of Europe’s largest construction companies, Strabag AG Austria, has been awarded the tender for the construction of the 8.8km Rohtang Pass Highway Tunnel in the western Himalaya region of northern India	Headline Article	25 Nov 2009	0 Stars
NATM flies to Delhi airport Johann Brandl of Salzburg-based Geoconsult ZT in Austria checks the progress of NATM tunnelling works to Delhi Airport – only the second time it has been used in India	Magazine Article	25 Nov 2009	0 Stars
World's biggest tunnel project ends Imagine cities without cars, where carcinogenic dust and noise are confined to below ground and city parks form the refreshing, clean oases that they are meant to be	Headline Article	25 Nov 2009	0 Stars
Alpine surfaces at Delhi airport After ten months of tunnelling, Alpine, the second biggest construction group in Austria and part of the FCC Group, has announced that it has competed the final breakthrough on the Airport Metro Express Line in New Delhi.	Magazine Article	14 Oct 2009	0 Stars
Equity partners sought for Bosporus The Korean-Turkish consortium that will build and operate the US$1 billion Bosporus road tunnel is seeking new capital from interested parties.	Magazine Article	14 Oct 2009	0 Stars
Skanska secures Slovak tunnel job Skanska has announced that it has won a US$78 million contract to construct a tunnel that will form part of a major rail expansion in Slovakia.	Magazine Article	14 Oct 2009	0 Stars
Certification for skilled nozzlemen EFNARC, the European Federation for Specialist Construction Chemicals, has announced the launch of its Nozzleman Certification Scheme as a key link in providing high quality sprayed concrete.	Magazine Article	14 Oct 2009	0 Stars
HCC to build NE India hydro plant Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) has secured a US$59 million contract from the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) for the construction of Pare Hydro Power Project in Arunachal Pradesh, North East India.	Magazine Article	14 Oct 2009	0 Stars
Conference focuses on tunnel fire safety The first annual Fire Protection and Safety in Tunnels conference will take place in Paris on November 17-18.	Magazine Article	14 Oct 2009	0 Stars
Civils 2009 ready to roll On November 25-26, Earls Court 2 in London, UK, opens its doors for the Civils show, hailed as the UK’s definitive civil engineering showcase comprising manufacturers, suppliers, contractors and consultants from all areas of the industry.	Magazine Article	14 Oct 2009	0 Stars
Meyco in Sandvik global team-up Meyco Equipment, a division of BASF Construction Chemicals, has signed an agreement with Sandvik Mining and Construction regarding a global cooperation on sprayed concrete equipment in the tunnelling and mining sectors.	Magazine Article	14 Oct 2009	0 Stars
US$1.6bn EIB loan boosts Crossrail The importance of London’s Crossrail scheme has been affirmed by the recent agreement between Transport for London (TfL) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) for a US$1.6 billion loan to finance part of TfL’s contribution to the scheme.	Magazine Article	14 Oct 2009	0 Stars
Herrenknecht crosses under Yangtze Herrenknecht recently announced that two of its mixshield TBMs, each with a diameter of 14.93m, have crossed beneath the Yangtze River to reach Nanjing after bores of almost 3km.	Headline Article	14 Oct 2009	0 Stars
STUVA gears up for Christmas event STUVA, the bi-annual tunnelling and underground construction conference, will this year be held at the Congress Centre in Hamburg, Germany, on December 1-3 2009.	Headline Article	14 Oct 2009	0 Stars
Impregilo scoops US$243m Abu Dhabi tunnel contract Italy’s largest construction firm Impregilo has won a US$243m contract to build a waste water tunnel in Abu Dhabi as part of plans to upgrade the capital’s infrastructure.	Headline Article	14 Oct 2009	0 Stars
UAE's longest road tunnel emerges The first of two tunnel breakthroughs has been hailed as a milestone as Sharjah’s – and the UAE’s - longest rock tunnel, located on the Diftah-Shis highway.	Headline Article	14 Oct 2009	0 Stars
More promotions at Jacobs US-based Jacobs Associates has announced two promotions to Associate level.	Magazine Article	14 Oct 2009	0 Stars
Balfour Beatty acquires Parsons Brinckerhoff London-based contractor Balfour Beatty has agreed to acquire New York-based global engineering infrastructure company Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) for US$626 million.	Headline Article	14 Oct 2009	0 Stars
Continental to join Joy Continental Crushing and Conveying, the UK-based manufacturer of belt conveyor systems and belt conveyor components, is being integrated into Joy Mining Machinery (JMM)	Magazine Article	18 Sep 2009	0 Stars
LTA awards two Downtown Line contracts Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded contracts C913 and C920 for stage 2 of the Downtown Line (DTL2), together worth a total of around US$545 million	Magazine Article	18 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Black & Veatch wins design deal for Chicago reservoir tunnel Global engineering consultancy Black and Veatch has been selected by the US Army Corps of Engineers as design engineer for the McCook Reservoir Main Tunnel in Chicago	Magazine Article	18 Sep 2009	0 Stars
BASF TBM conference announced BASF Construction Chemicals, a supplier of underground construction technical solutions, has confirmed that its annual TBM conference will be held this year in Singapore on November 5-6	Magazine Article	18 Sep 2009	0 Stars
TPA to proceed with pedestrian tunnel to airport Toronto Port Authority (TPA) has issued a formal request for proposals to carry out an environmental assessment as part of it efforts to build a US$35million pedestrian tunnel under the lake to the airport	Magazine Article	18 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Tentative start to Sydney's West Metro project Rock and soil testing on Sydney’s West Metro route began last month in preparation for tunnelling, despite uncertainty as to where exactly US$7 billion of funding will come from for the 24km-long underground rail route	Magazine Article	18 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Qingdao approves subway spend China’s picturesque coastal city of Qingdao (TsingTao) is to build a 54.7km subway line across the city, following the approval of a US$4.2billion plan that is scheduled for completion around 2016	Magazine Article	18 Sep 2009	0 Stars
NFM in Cairo Line 3 deal French TBM manufacturer NFM Technologies has signed a contract for the supply of a 9.46m-diameter EPB tunnel boring machine for the second phase of Line 3 of the Cairo Metro	Magazine Article	18 Sep 2009	0 Stars
London-based JV prepares bid Competition is heating up for Crossrail contracts – the east-west London rail line that will include around 21km of tunnel under central London	Headline Article	18 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Lone TBM from Robbins battles on in Sino water tunnel China’s Pinglu tunnel, which is part of the ambitious Yellow River Water Diversion Project, has seen the installation of its 15,000th ring	Magazine Article	18 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Expressions of interest invited on two key tunnelling contracts Expressions of interest for two principal tunnel contracts totalling 18km on London's Crossrail have been invited through notices published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU).	Magazine Article	18 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Mott MacDonald wins US$16 million design packages Design contracts totalling US$16 million have been awarded to the Mott MacDonald engineering consultancy for the development of London’s Crossrail project, the east-west rail project running through London that is one of the world’s biggest and most complex	Headline Article	18 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Blocked tunnel forces power station closure Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) has stopped power generation at the recently opened Glendoe Hydro power plant in Scotland following internal rockfalls that have partly blocked the top of the headrace tunnel carrying water from the reservoir to the power station	Headline Article	18 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Breakthrough on London mains extension Morgan Est, one of the UK’s leading infrastructure specialists, has broken through on the US$63 million extension of London’s Thames Water Ring Main	Magazine Article	18 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Lovat TBMs to excavate York, Ontario sewer Lovat will supply four of its RME 142SE EPB mixed-face TBM’s to the regional municipality of York, Ontario, Canada, for use on the construction of the Southeast Collector Trunk Sewer (SeC)	Magazine Article	18 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Veidekke wins Norwegian tunnels and motorway contract Scandinavian contractor Veidekke is to build a stretch of motorway in Norway that includes an assortment of road tunnels	Magazine Article	18 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Cavico to build hydro tunnel Hanoi-based infrastructure company Cavico and its joint venture partners General Construction and Infrastructure Development Company and Song Da Corporation have signed a US$16 million contract with Dakdrinh Hydropower Company for the construction of a water tunnel at a hydro-power plant in central Vietnam	Magazine Article	18 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Are you ready for 2010? Starting in January 2010, World Tunnelling will be giving its readers the chance to promote their tunnel projects in our ‘Project 2010’ feature. Projects can be recently completed or near completion	Magazine Article	18 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Breakthrough marks end of Circle Line tunnelling Following a TBM-breakthrough on August 17, tunnelling work on Singapore’s 33.3km-long Circle Line has been completed after seven and a half years and a tragic collapse in 2004	Magazine Article	18 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Tyne Tunnel dredging passes environmental test The UK’s Environment Agency has given the go ahead for the dredging of the River Tyne in northeast England for the construction of the second Tyne Tunnel (TT2) to start on September 26	Magazine Article	18 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Federal fraud convictions for four Big Dig aggregates managers Four former managers of Aggregate Industries Northeast (AIN) have been convicted on charges of conspiracy and fraud by a US federal court	Headline Article	18 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Expressions of interest invited on two key Crossrail tunnel contracts Expressions of interest for two principal tunnelling contracts totalling 18km on London’s Crossrail have been invited through notices published in the Official Journal of the European Union	Headline Article	18 Sep 2009	0 Stars
Contract signed for Cairo metro 3 VINCI Construction Grands Projets has announced that it has recently signed a contract, as consortium leader, with Egypt’s National Authority for Tunnels (NAT) for the civil engineering works package of Cairo’s metro Line 3.	Magazine Article	10 Aug 2009	0 Stars
Thames Tideway boreholes sunk Boreholes have been sunk into the river Thames to probe ground conditions that lie along the alignment of the proposed Thames Tunnel.	Magazine Article	10 Aug 2009	0 Stars
Robbins TBM completes first leg of sewer tunnel Good progress is reported on Melbourne’s Northern Sewerage Project, involving a series of deep sewer tunnels designed to reduce the city’s propensity for huge wastewater overflows.	Magazine Article	10 Aug 2009	0 Stars
Herrenknecht breakthrough Herrenknecht announced recently that one of its TBMs has broken through six months ahead of schedule on the Erstfield-Amsteg leg of the eastern tube of the Gotthard Base Tunnel(GBT) project in Switzerland.	Magazine Article	10 Aug 2009	0 Stars
New president for UK body A business development manager formerly with UK-based infrastructure services provider MorganEst has been appointed the new president of the UK’s Institution of Highways and Transportation (IHT).	Magazine Article	10 Aug 2009	0 Stars
Lovat makes headway Seattle’s Brightwater Conveyance System (West tunnel construction) is making excellent progress, according to recent reports from the Jay Dee, Coluccio, Taisei JV.	Magazine Article	10 Aug 2009	0 Stars
Deadline extended for Prague 2010 The deadline for receipt of abstracts for the Underground Constructions Prague 2010 conference has been extended to September 15.	Magazine Article	10 Aug 2009	0 Stars
Dhaka seeks Chinese aid for river tunnel Bangladesh is seeking Chinese support for the construction of a tunnel running underneath the Karnaphuli river.	Magazine Article	10 Aug 2009	0 Stars
Thessaloniki metro benefits from EIB loan Thessaloniki, Greece, has seen its much-awaited metro system take a further step to fruition following the recent approval of a €250 million (US$353.6 million) European Investment Bank loan.	Magazine Article	10 Aug 2009	0 Stars
NFM launches Kazan-bound TBM NFM Technologies will transport a 5.89m diameter Earth Pressure Balance (EPB) tunnelling machine for use on the westward extension of Kazan’s Line 1 in the Russian Federation.	Magazine Article	10 Aug 2009	0 Stars
Golden short course ready for take-off at CSM	Magazine Article	10 Aug 2009	0 Stars
Family presence ends at Lovat Having purchased TBM-maker Lovat just over a year ago, Caterpillar announced recently that both Lovats – father and son – have voluntarily left the company.	Headline Article	10 Aug 2009	0 Stars
Jacobs sub wins Chinese rail-link contract A subsidiary company of Jacobs Engineering Group has won a US$3 million contract to provide engineering services for the design and site investigation phase of the US$5 billion Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL).	Headline Article	10 Aug 2009	0 Stars
Golden short course ready for take-off at CSM ‘Breakthroughs in Tunnelling’ is a three-day short course (September 23-25 2009) to be held at the Colorado School of Mines, US.	Headline Article	10 Aug 2009	0 Stars
Daybreak at India's Banihal rail tunnel India’s longest tunnel edged closer to completion following Indian Railways’ ‘daybreak’ operation last month.	Headline Article	10 Aug 2009	0 Stars
Jacobs sub wins Chinese rail-link contract A subsidiary company of Jacobs Engineering Group has won a US$3 million contract to provide engineering services for the design and site investigation phase of the US$5 billion Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL).	Magazine Article	10 Aug 2009	0 Stars
Skanska wins Frisco rail extension work Skanska USA Civil has won a contract to build the rail extension for the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)	Magazine Article	10 Aug 2009	0 Stars
More gloom for UK construction A significant deterioration in the prospects for UK construction has been seen over the past three months, according to the London-based Construction Products Association (CPA).	Headline Article	10 Aug 2009	0 Stars
"Avant-garde" proposal Chilean architects have proposed the construction of a 150km tunnel from landlocked Bolivia to an artificial island in the Pacific Ocean.	Magazine Article	04 Jun 2009	0 Stars
Federal support for New Jersey ARC tunnel President Obama has designated US$200 million towards the construction of the ARC Mass Transit Tunnel in New Jersey.	Magazine Article	04 Jun 2009	0 Stars
Robbins aids Baku irrigation project Robbins has completed the assembly of an EPBM machine in Guangzhou, China, for use at the Samur-Apsheron Irrigation Project in Baku, Azerbaijan.	Magazine Article	04 Jun 2009	0 Stars
Morgan Est finishes National Grid work at Croydon UK infrastructure firm Morgan Est has announced the breakthrough at its 10km, US$98.3 million Croydon electricity tunnel for National Grid.	Magazine Article	04 Jun 2009	0 Stars
Robbins to deliver TBM to Laos Robbins has announced that it is to deliver a TBM for a new hydroelectric project in Laos.	Magazine Article	04 Jun 2009	0 Stars
Lovat's Olympic training LOVAT has begun a series of TBM deliveries that will play a vital role in building infrastructure tunnels for the 2014 Russian Winter Olympics.	Magazine Article	04 Jun 2009	0 Stars
Crossrail construction begins The first of almost 400 18.5m-deep, steel, tubular piles, have been placed, signalling the start of construction on London's Crossrail project.	Magazine Article	04 Jun 2009	0 Stars
Heathrow to get biggest baggage system Work has begun on Heathrow Airport’s world-beating integrated baggage system.	Magazine Article	04 Jun 2009	0 Stars
Water-recycling project scoops prize A Singapore water-recycling scheme has won ‘Water Project of the Year’ at the annual Global Water Awards.	Headline Article	04 Jun 2009	0 Stars
Minova expands resin production Mining and construction consumables producer Minova has expanded its Minetek plant in Hyderabad, India.	Magazine Article	04 Jun 2009	0 Stars
CzTA calls for papers on transport and city tunnels The Czech Tunnelling Association (CzTA) has announced a call for papers for the 11th International Conference of Underground Construction, held in Prague, Czech Republic, on June 14-16, 2010.	Headline Article	04 Jun 2009	0 Stars
Herrenknecht's Bosporus break On April 13, a Herrenknecht TBM reached its target shaft on the Asian side of Istanbul having tunnelled under the Bosporus.	Magazine Article	04 Jun 2009	0 Stars
NCC renovates Freifjord tunnel Norway's NCC Construction has been commissioned to renovate the 5km-long Freifjord tunnel in Vestlandet, Norway.	Magazine Article	04 Jun 2009	0 Stars
Parsons Brinckerhoff re-employs duo Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) has reinstated former employees David McAlister and Paul Morris to senior management positions	Appointment Announcement Article	04 Jun 2009	0 Stars
Transport expert set to join Halcrow Bob Brownstein will join Halcrow’s consulting business group as VP and regional director.	Appointment Announcement Article	04 Jun 2009	0 Stars
Jacobs Associates appoints new principal Underground engineering specialists Jacobs Associates has promoted Rafael Castro to the position of principal.	Appointment Announcement Article	04 Jun 2009	0 Stars
Big clean-up Work to bore a 3.3km-long tunnel beneath West Ham, East London, began on April 28 as part of a US$106 million scheme that will be in place by next spring to protect over 600 homes from sewer flooding.	Magazine Article	04 Jun 2009	0 Stars
Gautrain hits the 90% mark Dr Barbara Jensen, a spokesperson for Gautrain, has confirmed that 13,552m – 90% –of the 15km tunnel, which will form part of the Gautrain network, is now complete.	Headline Article	04 Jun 2009	0 Stars
German company to survey Bosnian HEP site Essen-based technology services provider DMT has been commissioned to carry out a geodetic survey for a feasibility study for a new hydro-electric power plant near Vrelo, in Bosnia and Herzegovina.	Magazine Article	30 Apr 2009	0 Stars
MRT project to face tunnel challenge Indonesia’s first mass rapid transit (MRT) project in the capital Jakarta will face some big challenges, especially from the tunnel construction element, reports Syed Rashid Ali in Pakistan.	Magazine Article	30 Apr 2009	0 Stars
New tunnel for Auckland Transport minister Steven Joyce announced last month that the construction of a new tunnel in the New Zealand city of Auckland, designed to relieve the congested central motorway system, has been brought forward by nearly a year.	Magazine Article	30 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Saudi tunnel will boost tourism Saudi Arabia is looking into the possibility of constructing an 11km tunnel that would drastically reduce the travel time between the cities of Mecca and Taif in the western part of the Saudi kingdom, reports Syed Rashid Ali.	Magazine Article	30 Apr 2009	0 Stars
'Tunnelling Academy' for London Mayor of London Boris Johnson has announced details of a Crossrail ‘tunnelling academy’ that will offer a variety of courses considered essential to the delivery of the US$21.9 billion rail project	Magazine Article	30 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Five-week delay for TT2 Work on the second crossing beneath the River Tyne in northeast England has fallen behind schedule by around five weeks due to unforeseen geological conditions.	Magazine Article	30 Apr 2009	0 Stars
More hydro power tunnel contracts for Cavico Hanoi-based Infrastructure company Cavico has announced it has won a US$4.9 million contract for the construction of a diversion tunnel and coffer dam at the Hua Na hydro-power plant in Vietnam. The award was made by the state-owned Lilama company.	Magazine Article	30 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Jacobs wins major Crossrail role Following a competitive tender process, Jacobs Engineering has been appointed project representative for Crossrail, the 118km east-west rail link to stretch across Greater London and include 21km of tunnels.	Headline Article	30 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Tunnel or bridge? Linking Denmark and Germany, the Fehmarnbelt marine crossing will, when complete, be the world’s longest combined road and railway tunnels.	Headline Article	30 Apr 2009	0 Stars
CIRIA guide will protect wildlife habitats near UK tunnels UK-based CIRIA has announced that it will publish a best practice guide to techniques for conserving and enhancing biological diversity within large civil infrastructure projects.	Magazine Article	30 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Indian infrastructure wheels start to turn slowly Infrastructure spending may be starting to have a beneficial effect on the Indian economy, given the recent flurry of activity on the hydro-electric front.	Magazine Article	30 Apr 2009	0 Stars
PSD wins Queen's award UK-based Pigott Shaft Drilling (PSD), which designs, manufactures and hires solid separation equipment, has been awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in recognition of its “outstanding achievements in international trade”.	Magazine Article	30 Apr 2009	0 Stars
GPR reveals tunnel teams were slightly out Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) has been used to analyse a water tunnel buried deep inside a hill in Cumbria, England.	Magazine Article	30 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Budapest opens its doors to WTC Budapest, Hungary, will be hosting the 2009 World Tunnel Congress and 35th ITA-AITES General Assembly between May 23 and 28.	Headline Article	30 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Aecon JV to complete Vancouver filtration tunnels Canadian infrastructure specialist Aecon announced last month that it is part of a joint venture that has been awarded a US$181 million contract by Metro Vancouver to complete the twin tunnel component of the Seymour Capilano Filtration project in the Greater Vancouver area.	Headline Article	30 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Dix optimistic on stimulus packages Despite the global economy almost going into free fall, opportunities for tunnelling consultants are better than ever, according to Professor Arnold Dix, chairman of the Contractual Practices Group at the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association.	Magazine Article	20 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Wirth completes German bore Wirth has announced that one of its machines, a 10.24m-diameter TBM, has broken through on the new, parallel tube of the Schlüchterner tunnel in Germany, having bored nearly 4km.	Magazine Article	20 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Transcend confirmed for Crossrail A further sign that progress is being made on London’s US$21.9bn Crossrail project is the news that Transcend – a joint venture between AECOM, CH2M Hill and Nichols Group – has been confirmed as ‘programme partner’.	Magazine Article	20 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Accolades for Rhode Island CSO scheme One of the largest civil works projects in the history of Rhode island, US, has been awarded UCA 2009 ‘Project of the Year’ by the Underground Construction Association.	Magazine Article	20 Apr 2009	0 Stars
RETC in Vegas RETC (Rapid Excavation and Tunnelling Conference) will be held this year in Las Vegas, US, on June 14-17.	Magazine Article	20 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Antonov flies tunnelling equipment into Sochi An Antonov AN-124-100 freighter belonging to Volga-Dnepr Airlines delivered the first 94t consignment of tunnelling equipment to the Russian city of Sochi on behalf of tunnel-construction specialist OAO Bamtonnelstroy.	Magazine Article	20 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Norwegian tunnel scholar dies Tor Brekke, viewed by many as a leading light in the US tunnelling firmament, died recently, aged 75.	Magazine Article	20 Apr 2009	0 Stars
DLR Extension picks up ICE award An ICE (Institution of Civil Engineers) London Merit Award for Infrastructure has been awarded to the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) Woolwich Arsenal Extension in East London, UK.	Magazine Article	20 Apr 2009	0 Stars
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Black & Veatch win award for Charleston Global engineering consulting and construction company Black & Veatch, in association with consulting engineer/architect Hussey, Gay, Bell and de Young, has received the 2009 Engineering Excellence Honour Award for its work on Charleston Water System’s Sewer Tunnel Replacement Program in Charleston, South Carolina, US.	Magazine Article	20 Apr 2009	0 Stars
'Imitate or Innovate' theme for tunnel symposium Anyone involved in tunnel ventilation may be interested to know that BHR Group is inviting registrations for its 13th International Symposium on tunnel aerodynamics & ventilation, to be held in New Brunswick, US, on May 13-15.	Magazine Article	20 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Wayss & Freytag share Silbertunnel contract win German tunnel specialist Wayss and Freytag Ingenierbau, owned by the Dutch Royal BAM Group, is part of a JV awarded the contract to build the 7.4km-long Silberberg rail tunnel near Grossbreitenbach, Germany.	Magazine Article	20 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Transcend confirmed for Crossrail project A further sign that progress is being made on London’s US$21.9bn Crossrail project is the news that Transcend – a joint venture between AECOM, CH2M Hill and Nichols Group – has been confirmed as ‘programme partner’.	Headline Article	20 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Underground corrosion course West Virginia University in Morgantown, US, will host the 54th annual Appalachian Underground Corrosion Short Course (AUCSC 2009) on May 19-21.	Magazine Article	20 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Miami tunnel put on hold for now It has been years in the making, but the Port of Miami tunnel is once more in the doldrums. Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) secretary Stephanie Kopelousos recently recommended abandoning the existing arrangement due to serious questions over the funding provided by Miami Access Tunnel (MAT), the project’s private partner.	Magazine Article	20 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Nanjing bore passes Yangtze mid-point Good progress is being made on Nanjing’s cross-river development – a project seen as representing the pinnacle of Chinese underwater construction technology.	Magazine Article	20 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Euroform segment order for Laos hydropower project Herrenknecht subsidiary Euroform has won a contract to supply segment moulds and related carousel equipment for the US$240 million Theun Hinboun hydro project in Laos.	Magazine Article	20 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Lovat breaks through on Auckland sewer tunnel On January 30, a Lovat RME170SE Series 23700 TBM broke through on the Orakei Main Sewer Hobson Diversion (OMSHD) tunnel project in Auckland, New Zealand – 17 days ahead of schedule.	Magazine Article	20 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Edison, Einstein, Hawking...and now Robbins Richard Robbins (pictured), former president and CEO of TBM maker Robbins, has been awarded the 2009 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Engineering by the Philadelphia-based Franklin Institute.	Magazine Article	20 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Robbins TBM sets Delhi Metro record One of 14 TBMs used on the excavation of the New Delhi Metro in India has surpassed its fellow machines in operational performance by achieving a best weekly advance rate of 202m, which equates to 168 rings.	Magazine Article	20 Apr 2009	0 Stars
NFM enters the subcontinent It looks as if French TBM-maker NFM Technologies is to supply the rapidly expanding Indian underground infrastructure market.	Magazine Article	20 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Channel Tunnel back in business Following the repair of the fire damage that occurred on September 11, 2008, the Channel Tunnel has reopened to traffic. UK Secretary of State for Transport Geoff Hoon gave the signal for the reopening on February 9, calling the repair of the tunnel a “fantastic achievement”.	Magazine Article	09 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Robbins TBM changes diameter on Turkish HEP project A Robbins main beam TBM capable of adjusting to different tunnel diameters is being used on Turkey’s Akköy II Hydroelectric Project. Launched in winter 2008/2009, the 4.8m-diameter TBM and back-up is excavating a series of headrace tunnels for contractor Kolin Construction Co. Inc.	Magazine Article	09 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Lovat sets record in Moscow Russian contractor Mosmetrostroy’s completion of the first of several escalator access tunnels for the Moscow metro has set a record: for the first time in tunnelling history, a large-diameter EPB TBM has excavated, mucked and erected tunnel linings on a 30° decline.	Magazine Article	09 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Mexico City to build largest wastewater system Mexico City is embarking on what has been billed as the world’s largest inner urban wastewater system – the East Tunnel wastewater duct, which will cost in the region of US$832 million. Once it is completed, the Mexican government hopes to have solved the massive wastewater problems faced by the conurbation, which has a population of more than 20 million people.	Magazine Article	09 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Wirth bounces into 2009 Despite the global economic slowdown, TBM-manufacturer Wirth has announced that its recently restructured Mining & Construction business had a good start to 2009 after receiving several orders.	Magazine Article	09 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Pre-qualification submittals sought for New York ARC project Expanding New York’s Trans-Hudson tunnel capacity has edged a step closer. It was recently announced that NJ Transit is to request special pre-qualification submittals (SPQs) from firms interested in proposing for the first tunnel contract on the US$8.7 billion Access to the Region’s Core (ARC)/Trans-Hudson Express (THE) tunnel project.	Magazine Article	09 Apr 2009	0 Stars
World tunnellers mourn ‘father of modern tunnelling’ Sir Alan Muir Wood, one of the world’s leading tunnellers, has died of cancer. He passed away peacefully last month, aged 87.	Headline Article	09 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Early finish for Honam railway promised As part of an effort to promote balanced national development, President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea recently pledged to build a 233km railway as soon as possible for high-speed trains through the country’s south-western provinces, reports Syed Rashid Ali.	Headline Article	12 Feb 2009	0 Stars
Lee Tunnel tenders announced Thames Water has announced that four bidders are in the running to construct the US$600 million Lee Tunnel; the first of two major infrastructure projects, which, when complete, will make up the proposed London Tideway Tunnels.	Headline Article	12 Feb 2009	0 Stars
First tunnel element immersed in Olso harbour Oslo harbour has become the scene of intense activity following the recent immersion of the initial element for the US$400 million Bjørvika Tunnel, the first-ever immersed tunnel project in Norway.	Headline Article	12 Feb 2009	0 Stars
Lovat in action in Spain and China TBM-maker Lovat has seen action on numerous fronts in recent months. Firstly, it has supplied the first of two 6.9m-diameter RME270SE EPB TBMs to Spanish contracting joint venture FCC/OHL/Copisa. Both TBMs will be used in the construction of the Terrassa Railways Tunnel Project in Terrassa, Spain.	Magazine Article	12 Feb 2009	0 Stars
NFM supplies China Railway with EPB TBMs Following the signing of a contract on January 12, NFM Technologies will supply two 6.28m-diameter earth-pressure balance (EPB) TBMs for Line 10 of the Beijing metro.	Magazine Article	12 Feb 2009	0 Stars
Robbins EPBs to connect Chinese cities One of two 6.3m-diameter EPB TBMs from Robbins has been launched to excavate Lot 12 of Guangzhou’s Guang-Fo line. The machines are being launched from a common 16m-deep shaft, with each tunnel being bored in two sections between stations, totalling around 2.6km in length. Parallel tunnels will be bored to connect the three stations of Jushu, Xilang, and Hedong.	Magazine Article	12 Feb 2009	0 Stars
Global steel woes gather momentum In a further escalation of the global economic downturn, the World Steel Association recently announced that world crude steel output fell by almost 25% in December; a dramatic contrast to the 1.2% slide recorded for the whole of 2008.	Magazine Article	12 Feb 2009	0 Stars
NFM makes symbolic start on Chinese metro expansion Two NFM Technologies TBMs began their excavation work in China last month to work on Line 3 of the Shenzhen underground system.	Magazine Article	20 Jan 2009	0 Stars
Herrenknecht making good progress on Gotthard Herrenknecht has announced that its hard-rock gripper TBM S-210 has passed the Piora Basin – a critical zone of the Gotthard massif – without any problems.	Magazine Article	20 Jan 2009	0 Stars
SOL adds 19 titles ‘Tunnelling engineer’ and ‘geotechnical specialist’ are just two of 19 ground engineering job titles included in the new ‘Shortage Occupations List’ (SOL), which was drawn up by the UK’s Migration Advisory Committee and recently highlighted by the UK-based Ground Forum.	Magazine Article	20 Jan 2009	0 Stars
BGA invites papers for competition The British Geotechnical Association is inviting young, geotechnical engineers to submit papers for the 40th Cooling Prize competition.	Magazine Article	20 Jan 2009	0 Stars
Robbins completion at Ceneri adit High cover and squeezing ground proved no problem for a 9.7m-diameter Robbins main-beam TBM, which recently completed the 2.4km-long Ceneri adit tunnel on time after ten months of boring in the Alps, Switzerland.	Magazine Article	20 Jan 2009	0 Stars
Guide to underground spaces A collection of papers presented at the recent International Conference on Underground Spaces at the Wessex Institute of Technology in England, Underground Spaces is a 224-page book that recognises the increasing importance of the potential of the underground.	Magazine Article	20 Jan 2009	0 Stars
Lovat TBM breaks ground in Seattle Breakthrough has occurred on the King County Brightwater-East project in Seattle, Washington, US.	Magazine Article	20 Jan 2009	0 Stars
Sandvik jumbos in Andean hydro project Main contractor Hochtief-Tecsa Joint Venture is using six Sandvik DT series tunnel-drilling rigs and three Sandvik DC300 surface-drilling rigs to excavate the tunnels on the US$350 million La Confluencia hydroelectric project, currently on site in the Chilean Andes.	Magazine Article	20 Jan 2009	0 Stars
Minova to open new production plant Global roof-bolt supplier Minova is to set up a production plant in Tai’an in the People’s Republic of China that will open in March.	Magazine Article	20 Jan 2009	0 Stars
Electricity tunnels for London Four deep tunnels, totalling 40km in length, that will house 400kV cables will be built by the UK National Grid electricity-supply authority.	Magazine Article	20 Jan 2009	0 Stars
WT readers’ views invited on skills dearth survey In an effort to gauge the extent of skills shortages in the large-bore tunnelling sector, World Tunnelling, in conjunction with New York-based consultant Peter J Tarkoy (see article on pp 25-28), is to produce a written summary of the extent of the shortage in the various sectors of the industry.	Magazine Article	20 Jan 2009	0 Stars
Herrenknecht completes Cabrera tunnel Herrenknecht has announced that the excavation and lining of the two tubes of the Cabrera Tunnel near Valencia, Spain, is complete.	Magazine Article	20 Jan 2009	0 Stars
Crossrail to be greener than expected It looks as if the proposed Crossrail project across London will give new meaning to the term ‘green tunnelling’. Spoil that is excavated from the project could be used to create a large wildlife habitat to the east of the capital in Essex, under new proposals masterminded by Faber Maunsell/Aecom and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).	Headline Article	20 Jan 2009	0 Stars
Infrastructure investment key to economic recovery, says AEM US-based Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) forecast continued business declines of 8.6% in the US to the end of this year, followed by flat growth of 0.04% in 2009, according to its annual outlook survey.	Headline Article	20 Jan 2009	0 Stars
CDA to hire consultants for Margalla study Pakistan’s Capital Development Authority (CDA) is to shortly hire consultants to conduct a feasibility study of the Margalla tunnel project in Islamabad, northern Pakistan, writes Syed Rashid Ali.	Headline Article	20 Jan 2009	0 Stars
Hallandsås beset by more problems Unforeseen complications with rock and water conditions have added even further costs and delays to the troubled Hallandsås tunnel project. Swedish railway admini-stration body Banverket announced last month that the project would be ready for traffic in 2015, not in 2012 as originally planned.	Headline Article	27 Nov 2008	0 Stars
Amelia Rose ready for North Shore big dig Auckland city officials last month unveiled the US$5.8 million TBM that will excavate a 2.6km tunnel for ten months beneath the city’s North Shore for the US$67 million Rosedale tunnel and marine outfall project.	Magazine Article	26 Nov 2008	0 Stars
…and progress of a sort over in Hong Kong Robbins has opened a new office in Hong Kong to service the Asia Pacific region. It is the company’s fourth office in Asia and will focus on sales, technical support and procurement.	Magazine Article	26 Nov 2008	0 Stars
Progress in New Delhi for Robbins… One of two Robbins EPBMs that are boring parallel, 2km-long tunnels in the second phase of India’s New Delhi Metro Extension Project has completed its first bore, after five months of tunnelling beneath the Indian capital.	Magazine Article	26 Nov 2008	0 Stars
Lovat expands its disc cutter range… LOVAT has announced that it will now offer 17in-diameter disc cutters to supplement its existing 15in and 15.5in-diameter ranges that have been available since January 2007.	Magazine Article	26 Nov 2008	0 Stars
Halcrow wins UK excellence award Global infrastructure consultant Halcrow has won the British Quality Foundation’s UK Excellence Award in recognition of its ‘outstanding performance, commitment to excellence and business improvement’.	Magazine Article	26 Nov 2008	0 Stars
Break for Gautrain The first tunnel breakthrough has been achieved on Gautrain, South Africa’s 80km mass rapid-transit railway system that will link Johannesburg with OR Tambo International Airport.	Magazine Article	26 Nov 2008	0 Stars
…and breaks through in Istanbul The Gulermak-Dogus joint venture has announced the Lovat RME257SE Series 23100 tunnel-boring machine (TBM) has broken through at Guney Sanayi Station.	Magazine Article	26 Nov 2008	0 Stars
Movers at Häny Häny AG, the global grouting systems manufacturer, has appointed Bernhard Korfitsen (pictured) as the new manager of its MIT (mixing and injection technology) division, effective from January 1, 2009.	Magazine Article	26 Nov 2008	0 Stars
Normet enters Chile with Semmco buy Finland-based tunnelling and mining-equipment manufacturer Normet Group has acquired Chilean-based Semmco.	Magazine Article	26 Nov 2008	0 Stars
BAA to invest US$365m in Crossrail UK airport operator British Airports Authority (BAA) has pledged to invest in London’s Crossrail project because it wants to improve access to Heathrow.	Magazine Article	26 Nov 2008	0 Stars
Melbourne rail tunnel will boost local economy Victoria’s economy will slow dramatically if plans to build Sir Rod Eddington’s proposed US$4.7 billion metro rail tunnel in Melbourne, Australia, are shelved. The warning comes from Graham Currie, a leading transport academic and chair of public transport at Monash University.	Magazine Article	26 Nov 2008	0 Stars
Investors sought for US$1.2bn urban rail project The private sector is being encouraged to invest into Hanoi’s estimated US$1.2 billion urban railway No. 5 under a build-operate-transfer (BOT) scheme, reports Syed Rashid Ali.	Magazine Article	26 Nov 2008	0 Stars
Two new electric lines for Bangkok Traffic congestion in Bangkok could be alleviated thanks to Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat recent agreement to a plan to build another two electric rail routes in the Thai capital.	Magazine Article	26 Nov 2008	0 Stars
Steel demand to stay static until late 2009 Eurofer, the federation of EU steel producers, has said that the European steel market is now entering a period of “temporary instability and over-supply”, which may last throughout most of 2009.	Magazine Article	26 Nov 2008	0 Stars
Extra cash for second Hudson River tunnel An extra US$124 million has been allocated to complete the preliminary design and begin the final design of the second Hudson River Tunnel in New York. The decision was made last month following a vote by the New Jersey Transit Board of Directors.	Magazine Article	26 Nov 2008	0 Stars
Symbolic start for New Tyne Crossing Work has begun on a second road tunnel as part of the US$415 million New Tyne Crossing project, which will also include the refurbishment of the existing road tunnel beneath the River Tyne in northeast England.	Magazine Article	26 Nov 2008	0 Stars
New software NEW software developed at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) in the US can give engineers a detailed view of rock that is encountered during a tunnel excavation thereby it is claimed increasing safety on the project. Engineers will have the ability to see a tunnel’s mechanical behaviour properties far ahead of the current excavation limit.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Abu Dhabi to expand sewerage system ABU Dhabi is investing US$3.27 billion in expanding its heavily-overloaded sewerage system in the next five years to meet the needs of the rapidlygrowing emirate.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Tyne Crossing consultants named HPR construction and management consultants have been appointed to design and manage the Tyne Crossing by Frenchowned Bouygues Travaux Publiques.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
New Rockmore thread design ROCKMORE has introduced a new thread design to satisfy underground drillers’ requirements for a more powerful drill string for drifting and tunnelling operations.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
PB Senior VP receives award JAMES Monsees senior vicepresident with Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) was recently awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by The Underground Construction Association of The Society for Mining Metallurgy and Exploration.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Jobs at Jacobs Associates JACOBS Associates has announced that Mark D Havekost PE (below left) who manages the company’s Portland Oregon office has been promoted to vice-president. A trained civil engineer Havekost has more than 14 years’ underground construction experience particularly in the areas of tunnel design and geotechnical engineering. He is currently project manager for design on the Portsmouth Force Main in Portland and has also worked on the Brightwater Conveyance System in Seattle and the Northern Sewerage Projec	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Herrenknecht celebrates 30 years IT’S been 30 years since the founding of TBM maker Herrenknecht AG. To celebrate the anniversary the company staged a gala dinner and ceremony (pictured) in the Baden Arena in Offenburg south Germany. Around 1 550 employees and 450 guests including customers politicians and customer representatives attended the event entitled ‘Thirty years of Herrenknecht – together through thick and thin’.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Propex fibres get CE mark PROPEX Concrete Systems has announced that its range of reinforcing fibres for concrete have achieved CE marking which means that they comply with the ES EN1 4889 European Standard.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Lovat TBMs in multi-tunnel advances GOOD progress is reported by contractor Constucciones Sando SA on the construction of the Coslada sewer tunnel project in Coslada Spain. Following its launch last February the Lovat RME185SE Series 20202 earth pressure balance tunnel boring machine (EPB TBM) is currently excavating the first of two tunnels.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Crossrail finally gets the green light ROYAL Assent has been granted to Crossrail the east-west rail link that is expected to add around 10% to London’s public transport capacity and thereby provide a major boost for London’s rail infrastructure. This follows Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s announcement last year of a US$32 billion funding package for the scheme.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Warsaw metro plan suffers setback from high bids WARSAW city officials got a shock recently when bids for the city’s second metro line came in at over double what had been expected. Instead of the anticipated US$1.4 billion the actual bids ranged between US$2.8 billion and US$3 billion.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Bilfinger sues for damages on Vancouver tunnel contract BILFINGER Berger the German company that is boring the twin 7km-long tunnels on the Seymour- Capilano water filtration plant is suing Metro Vancouver claiming that it is owed over US$22 million in unpaid invoices as a result of the regional government cancelling the project without proper reason in May.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Collaborative approach is best A COLLABORATIVE approach to risk by contractors brokers owners and insurers has helped secure the long-term viability of tunnelling schemes around the world. This was the concensus of delegates at a recent seminar in London hosted by risk consultant Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) involving engineers contractors owners and lawyers.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
CFE awarded Delft rail tunnell BELGIAN construction and services group CFE – part of the Combinatie Cromme Lijn joint venture – says it and its partners have been awarded the first phase of a US$557 million rail tunnel project in Delft Holland. Its partners include Dura Vermeer and Haverkort Voormolen TBI Infra.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Breakthrough on Shanghai tunnell BREAKTHROUGH occurred last month on the 2.67km Xizang Road S. Tunnel being constructed beneath the Huangpu River in Shanghai China.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Robbins doubles efforts on Delhi metro, advances in New York City ROBBINS recently delivered the second of two MHI EPB tunnel boring machines (TBM) to excavate a new set of tunnels for the Delhi metro extension on which a total of 14 TBMs are being deployed. The two 6.5m-diameter Robbins machines have been built at the company’s facilities in China from parts designed and manufactured in a cooperative effort with MHI in Japan China and the US.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
MWH appointed on Pakistani hydroelectric project COLORADO-based environmental engineering and construction services provider MWH has been selected by Pakistan’s Water and Power Development Authority to provide engineering and construction management on the US$2.2 billion Neelum-Jhelum hydroelectric project in Pakistan.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars

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