WT December 2011
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 Full story...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 Full story...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 Full story...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 Full story...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 Full story...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 Full story...Evaluating loads for design
Hideto Mashimo, Toshiaki Ishimura & Satoshi Morimoto probe the influence of construction loads on shield tunnel segment design through field measurements Full story...
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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 Full story...
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 Full story...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 Full story...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 Full story...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 Full story...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’ Full story...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’ Full story...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 Full story...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 Full story...Features
Keeping it in the family
Germany-based Prof Walter Wittke is an outspoken critic of rock classification systems and has worked on a wide range of international tunnel projects Full story...
Evaluating loads for design
Hideto Mashimo, Toshiaki Ishimura & Satoshi Morimoto probe the influence of construction loads on shield tunnel segment design through field measurements Full story...Dominican double act
A Herrenknecht TBM has excavated a 12.4km intake tunnel though changing rock layers for a hydroelectric facility in the Dominican Republic, writes Elena Weidt Full story...Twin NATM tunnels for Kashmir
Putzmeister Sika sprayers are applying shotcrete on drill-and-blasted tunnels Full story...Ensuring good form
Pouring a concrete secondary lining need not be complex, especially if the entire tunnel profile can be formed from a single pour Full story...Hong Kong's new lines
Eric Chui looks at the construction of two key rail lines in Hong Kong, now a major tunnelling centre in Asia Full story...Issue: WT December 2011
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