WT September 2009
Expressions of interest invited on two key Crossrail tunnel contracts
Expressions of interest for two principal tunnelling contracts totalling 18km on London’s Crossrail have been invited through notices published in the Official Journal of the European Union Full story...Federal fraud convictions for four Big Dig aggregates managers
Four former managers of Aggregate Industries Northeast (AIN) have been convicted on charges of conspiracy and fraud by a US federal court Full story...Blocked tunnel forces power station closure
Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) has stopped power generation at the recently opened Glendoe Hydro power plant in Scotland following internal rockfalls that have partly blocked the top of the headrace tunnel carrying water from the reservoir to the power station Full story...Mott MacDonald wins US$16 million design packages
Design contracts totalling US$16 million have been awarded to the Mott MacDonald engineering consultancy for the development of London’s Crossrail project, the east-west rail project running through London that is one of the world’s biggest and most complex Full story...London-based JV prepares bid
Competition is heating up for Crossrail contracts – the east-west London rail line that will include around 21km of tunnel under central London Full story...Comment
Tunnel Talkback: How safe is NATM?
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
Expressions of interest invited on two key Crossrail tunnel contracts
Expressions of interest for two principal tunnelling contracts totalling 18km on London’s Crossrail have been invited through notices published in the Official Journal of the European Union Full story...
Federal fraud convictions for four Big Dig aggregates managers
Four former managers of Aggregate Industries Northeast (AIN) have been convicted on charges of conspiracy and fraud by a US federal court Full story...Tyne Tunnel dredging passes environmental test
The UK’s Environment Agency has given the go ahead for the dredging of the River Tyne in northeast England for the construction of the second Tyne Tunnel (TT2) to start on September 26 Full story...Are you ready for 2010?
Starting in January 2010, World Tunnelling will be giving its readers the chance to promote their tunnel projects in our ‘Project 2010’ feature. Projects can be recently completed or near completion Full story...Veidekke wins Norwegian tunnels and motorway contract
Scandinavian contractor Veidekke is to build a stretch of motorway in Norway that includes an assortment of road tunnels Full story...Breakthrough on London mains extension
Morgan Est, one of the UK’s leading infrastructure specialists, has broken through on the US$63 million extension of London’s Thames Water Ring Main Full story...Lovat TBMs to excavate York, Ontario sewer
Lovat will supply four of its RME 142SE EPB mixed-face TBM’s to the regional municipality of York, Ontario, Canada, for use on the construction of the Southeast Collector Trunk Sewer (SeC) Full story...Lone TBM from Robbins battles on in Sino water tunnel
China’s Pinglu tunnel, which is part of the ambitious Yellow River Water Diversion Project, has seen the installation of its 15,000th ring Full story...Blocked tunnel forces power station closure
Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) has stopped power generation at the recently opened Glendoe Hydro power plant in Scotland following internal rockfalls that have partly blocked the top of the headrace tunnel carrying water from the reservoir to the power station Full story...Mott MacDonald wins US$16 million design packages
Design contracts totalling US$16 million have been awarded to the Mott MacDonald engineering consultancy for the development of London’s Crossrail project, the east-west rail project running through London that is one of the world’s biggest and most complex Full story...Expressions of interest invited on two key tunnelling contracts
Expressions of interest for two principal tunnel contracts totalling 18km on London's Crossrail have been invited through notices published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU). Full story...London-based JV prepares bid
Competition is heating up for Crossrail contracts – the east-west London rail line that will include around 21km of tunnel under central London Full story...NFM in Cairo Line 3 deal
French TBM manufacturer NFM Technologies has signed a contract for the supply of a 9.46m-diameter EPB tunnel boring machine for the second phase of Line 3 of the Cairo Metro Full story...Black & Veatch wins design deal for Chicago reservoir tunnel
Global engineering consultancy Black and Veatch has been selected by the US Army Corps of Engineers as design engineer for the McCook Reservoir Main Tunnel in Chicago Full story...Cavico to build hydro tunnel
Hanoi-based infrastructure company Cavico and its joint venture partners General Construction and Infrastructure Development Company and Song Da Corporation have signed a US$16 million contract with Dakdrinh Hydropower Company for the construction of a water tunnel at a hydro-power plant in central Vietnam Full story...Continental to join Joy
Continental Crushing and Conveying, the UK-based manufacturer of belt conveyor systems and belt conveyor components, is being integrated into Joy Mining Machinery (JMM) Full story...Breakthrough marks end of Circle Line tunnelling
Following a TBM-breakthrough on August 17, tunnelling work on Singapore’s 33.3km-long Circle Line has been completed after seven and a half years and a tragic collapse in 2004 Full story...Tentative start to Sydney's West Metro project
Rock and soil testing on Sydney’s West Metro route began last month in preparation for tunnelling, despite uncertainty as to where exactly US$7 billion of funding will come from for the 24km-long underground rail route Full story...Qingdao approves subway spend
China’s picturesque coastal city of Qingdao (TsingTao) is to build a 54.7km subway line across the city, following the approval of a US$4.2billion plan that is scheduled for completion around 2016 Full story...LTA awards two Downtown Line contracts
Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded contracts C913 and C920 for stage 2 of the Downtown Line (DTL2), together worth a total of around US$545 million Full story...BASF TBM conference announced
BASF Construction Chemicals, a supplier of underground construction technical solutions, has confirmed that its annual TBM conference will be held this year in Singapore on November 5-6 Full story...TPA to proceed with pedestrian tunnel to airport
Toronto Port Authority (TPA) has issued a formal request for proposals to carry out an environmental assessment as part of it efforts to build a US$35million pedestrian tunnel under the lake to the airport Full story...Features
Making tracks
Rail mounts can provide a quick and efficient way of transporting loads during tunnelling projects. Carly Lovejoy looks at the equipment on offer Full story...Rapid drill and blast with fast muck
Stig Eriksson, of Skanska Infrastructure Development, describes a high-speed drill and blast project in Switzerland and details the innovative mucking system used Full story...Full speed below
Tunnelling work on Singapore’s Downtown Line is proceeding at a rapid pace, Alastair Sim of Soletanche Bachy looks at the cut and sections Full story...All in a year's work
Jack Burke visited the South Cobb Tunnel Project and was impressed by the site’s productivity and safety record Full story...A steady progress
Mining engineer Lok Home has progressed from mine development project manager, through field service, international sales and finally to president and owner of TBM-maker The Robbins Company. He spoke to George Demetri about his career, the outlook for tunnelling and TBM developments in general Full story...Site Search
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