Italian tunnelling specialist SELI has signed an agreement for a global collaboration with Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd of Japan. In…
Month: April 2010
Niagara tunnel fire proves TBM and worker safety capabilities
Local news reports are coming in of a fire at 5.30am (US time) on Tuesday 27th, some 5.3km into Canada’s…
Hong Kong's Shatin to Central Line Hung Hom Station design revealed
Atkins has revealed preliminary designs for the new Hung Hom Station on the 17km long, US$4.6bn Shatin to Central Link…
No-dig loses a pioneering figure – Donald Frank Rees 1918-2010
It is with sadness that we must report the death of Donald Rees OBE, who recently died in the Algarve…
Brisbane Northern Link Tunnel gets the government nod
Brisbane City Council has been given state approval to proceed with the US$1.6bn, 4.7km long twin tube Northern Link Tunnel,…
TBM assembly at NY's Second Avenue Subway
S3 Tunnel Constructors, a JV of Skanska USA Civil/J.F. Shea Constructors/Schiavone Construction, is due to start tunnelling next month on…
NFM scoop double 14m EPB order
NFM Technologies has won the contract to supply two 14m diameter EPBMs to the two Spanish JV’s, OHL/Sando/Azvi and Copisa/Aldesa/Bruesa,…
BAUMA Innovations Awards announced
At the opening ceremony of German mega construction exhibition ‘BAUMA’ the winners of event’s ninth Innovation Awards were revealed, and…
First issue of Tunnelling Journal in the mail!
The launch issue of Tunnelling Journal has been mailed out, so if you’re a subscriber, expect a hearty thump on…
Australia’s two largest ever TBMs now in Brisbane
The second of the two largest TBMs ever to be used in Australia has arrived in Brisbane and is currently…