WT October 2009
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. Full story...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. Full story...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. Full story...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. Full story...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. Full story...
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Here at World Tunnelling, we aim to get more debate on the pressing issues of the day. To this end, we have set up a Tunnel Talkback page on the WT website, which is designed to allow readers to respond and engage with others on themes that will change from month to month. Full story...Global News
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. Full story...More promotions at Jacobs
US-based Jacobs Associates has announced two promotions to Associate level. Full story...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. Full story...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. Full story...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. Full story...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. Full story...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. Full story...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. Full story...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. Full story...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. Full story...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. Full story...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. Full story...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. Full story...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. Full story...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. Full story...Features
Tunnellling for Gold
Constructing a dewatering tunnel at one of the world’s largest copper and gold mines saw Papua New Guinea’s first use of a TBM under inhospitable and difficult transport conditions. Desiree Willis of The Robbins Company reports. Full story...Detecting hidden tunnels
Boston Area-based geotechnical and tunnelling consultant, Peter J. Tarkoy looks at current methodologies used to detect covert tunnels. Full story...Breakthrough at tunnel school
World Tunnelling editor George Demetri blazed a trail to the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, US, where he was fortunate to be allowed on to a comprehensive tunnelling short course. Here he reports on the proceedings. Full story...Rock-solid proposition for high-stress environments
Erich Neugebauer outlines the principles behind Atlas Copco’s Roofex – a flexible, supporting and yielding rockbolt aimed at high stress conditions Full story...Seven TBMs in 15 months
Geoff Archer, business development manager of Melbourne-based John Holland Tunnelling, reports on current and recently completed water and sewer projects in Melbourne and Sydney Full story...Tyne and Tyne again
A new tunnel utilising immersed tube and cut and cover technology is being constructed in North East England to augment the existing road tunnel beneath the River Tyne. George Demetri visited the site to assess progress. Full story...A global perspective
New York-based Dr George Munfakh, senior vice president at Parsons Brinckerhoff, began his professional life as a geotechnical engineer in infrastructure consultancy. He discusses his career and the tunnelling scene generally. Full story...Testing times
This paper is based on a presentation entitled Drilling Fluids and Recycling Systems given by Baroid’s Tom Tibor at UCT, January 2009. This presentation was aimed primarily at HDD applications, but has relevance to large bore tunnelling, as well. Full story...Rotary drum cutters eat into the Alps
Rotary drum cutters can offer numerous benefits to tunnel excavation and consequently, have become more popular in recent years. Norman Haltof of Erkat describes their capabilities and use on some recent Alpine projects. Full story...Site Search
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