WT Nov 09
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 Full story...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 Full story...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 Full story...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 Full story...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 Full story...Global News
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 Full story...
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 Full story...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 Full story...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 Full story...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 Full story...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 Full story...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 Full story...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 Full story...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 Full story...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 Full story...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 Full story...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 Full story...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 Full story...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 Full story...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 Full story...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 Full story...Jacobs appoints senior associate
Dan Dobbels has joined the Boston, US, office of Jacobs Associates as a senior associate Full story...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 Full story...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 Full story...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 Full story...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 Full story...Features
Carry on tunnelling
Scandinavia is one of the world’s busiest tunnelling regions. George Demetri takes a look at some of the work in progress Full story...
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 Full story...Spray-applied membranes
Dr Wolfgang Aldrian of BASF Construction Chemicals and Robert Giefing of IAT, Vienna, discuss some recent spray-applied waterproof membrane projects Full story...Countdown to immersion
Mikko Inkala (Pöyry Infra Oy) and Ilkka Vähäaho (City of Helsinki – Geotechnics) discuss the preparatory design work for the construction of an immersed-tube tunnel near the heart of the Finnish capital Full story...Stalling the spalling tendency
Dr Ken Smith and Trevor W Atkinson of Propex Concrete Systems, supplier of fibres for secondary concrete reinforcement, on explosive spalling mechanisms Full story...Fire-protecting the Bjørvika
Allan Beeston, market manager for Thermal Ceramics, discusses an interesting fire-protective layer that is being used on Norway’s Bjørvika tunnel Full story...Making a difference
Born in the Netherlands, Hans Greve is executive vice-president of mining & construction at TBM-maker Aker Wirth. He spoke to George Demetri about his achievements and aspirations Full story...Innovation
Tsurumi pumps up Bosphorus
Tsurumi Pump, a Japanese manufacturer of pumps and generators, has supplied 90 pumps, including 40 of its LSC ‘Puddle Sucker’ models and 50 KRS and KTZ units, to contractor Parsons Brinckerhoff for work on the US$3 billion Marmaray project in Istanbul, Turkey Full story...
Atlas Copco rolls out ROC T35M
The new ROC T35M surface-crawler drill rig is equipped with a highly productive, well-proven COP 1840 rock drill with 18kW drilling power for a high penetration rate Full story...Compact Cat roars ahead
A dedicated tunnel-constructor version of the Caterpillar 328D LCR compact radius excavator is proving highly productive at the A9 Autoroute project in Switzerland Full story...Liebherr crane conveyor handles hoisting
Liebherr has developed the KFA Crane Conveying System for the Machine Technology Service Centre in Germany, operated by Bilfinger Berger, to handle hoisting during tunnel projects Full story...New hydraulic clamp range from Bobcat
Bobcat has launched a family of dipper stick-mounted hydraulic clamp attachments for its mini-excavators Full story...Blast off with Orica eDevTM
Orica, one of the world’s leading developers of electronic blasting systems, recently launched its newest – eDevTM Full story...Site Search
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