WT June 2010
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). Full story...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. Full story...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. Full story...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. Full story...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. Full story...
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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). Full story...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. Full story...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. Full story...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. Full story...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. Full story...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. Full story...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 Full story...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. Full story...PB appoints new chairman
Richard A. Schrader has been appointed chairman of engineering consultancy provider Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB). Full story...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. Full story...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. Full story...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. Full story...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. Full story...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. Full story...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. Full story...Features
A career rich in variety
Toronto-based Boro Lukajic has contributed extensively to both Canadian and international tunnelling. He was president of the Tunnelling Association of Canada from 1993-98 Full story...
Subway to the future
Jack Burke and Jim Rostek of S3II Tunnel Constructors report on the extension to New York’s 7 Subway Line Full story...Learning from Hindhead
Tony Rock and Simon Stephenson of UK-based Mott MacDonald share some experiences gained during the construction of the Hindhead Tunnel in Surrey, UK Full story...In perfect alignment
San Francisco-based Dr Glenn Boyce of Jacobs Associates outlines some of the considerations required to achieve successful segment design Full story...All booked up
The North American Tunnelling 2010 (NAT) conference and exhibition arrives in Portland, US, on June 20-23. WT looks at some of the exhibitors Full story...Issue: WT June 2010
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