WT July/August 2010
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 Full story...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. Full story...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. Full story...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 Full story...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 Full story...
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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 Full story...
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. Full story...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. Full story...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 Full story...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 Full story...New appointment at Normet
Normet International has announced that Dr Roar Myrdal (right) has been appointed “technical director, chemicals, mining and tunnelling” Full story...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 Full story...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. Full story...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 Full story...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. Full story...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 Full story...SELI/Kawasaki link
Japanese conglomerate Kawasaki Heavy Industries has entered into a five-year collaboration agreement with Italian TBM-maker SELI Full story...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 Full story...Brisbane breakthrough
A 135t roadheader has achieved breakthrough on the A$4.8 billion (US$4.2 billion) Airport Link project in Brisbane, Australia Full story...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 Full story...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 Full story...Breaking ground in Barcelona
An NFM Technologies tunnelling machine recently broke through on Line 9 of the Barcelona metro Full story...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 Full story...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 Full story...Tunnel Alerts
Tunnel Alerts is a new feature that aims to bring you breaking news of tunnel contracts globally. Full story...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 Full story...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. Full story...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 Full story...A more measured impression
Letter to the Editor Full story...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 Full story...Features
Plenty of work, plenty to come?
Vancouver provided the dramatic venue for the 2010 World Tunnel Congress. George Demetri reports on some of the developments Full story...
Better, not bigger, is better
Randall J Essex is executive vice-president and director of tunnelling at Hatch Mott MacDonald in Maryland, US. He talked to George Demetri about his career, recruitment and the thorny issue of risk Full story...Fibre-rich tunnel
Benoit de Rivaz reports on the steel-fibre technology used in a high-stress access tunnel on a major rail line Full story...The rail revival
The resurgence of the long-tunnel market is bringing new life to the rail-mounted equipment sector. John Hooper of GIA explains Full story...Gotthard closing, Ceneri advancing
The Gotthard and Ceneri Base tunnels in Switzerland will create a 'flat' route through the Alps. Dr Renzo Simoni, CEO of Alp Transit Gotthard, reports Full story...Safer subterranean Singapore
LJ Pakianathan (Mott MacDonald Singapore), S McChesney (Land Transport Authority) and M Mannot-Russell (CH2M) report on recent safety legislation in Singapore Full story...Workloads looking mostly healthy
George Demetri asks tunnel consultancies about workload, the economic downturn, recruitment and growth Full story...Issue: WT July/August 2010
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