Washington’s Governor Chris Gregoire held a press conference in Seattle yesterday, October 29, to deliver the news that both bids…
Month: October 2010
Strabag wins Koralm record contract
Austrian contractor Strabag has scooped the US$788M contract to construct a 20km long, 9.9m diameter twin-tube section of the 32km…
Crossrail aims for December tunnel contract awards
Crossrail is anticipating award of the major tunnelling contracts in December Tunnelling Journal can confirm. At the Tunnel Design &…
Breaking news: Christie sinks the ARC… permanently.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has officially canceled the largest public works project in the United States, reiterating the state…
Second Zhengzhou EPBM launch
Late October will see the 11th Bureau of the China Railway Construction Corp (CRCC) launch the second of its two…
Breaking News – Crossrail safe
UK Chancellor, George Osborne has announced that London’s US$25bn Crossrail scheme has been spared the axe in the UK’s spending…
Costain confirmed National Grid winner
Costain has announced that it has been awarded the US$318M contract by National Grid for its 33km long, 4m diameter…
Gotthard breaks through
At 2.30pm (Swiss time) the East Tube of the world’s longest Railway Tunnel, the 57km long twin tube Gotthard Tunnel,…
Ross Dimmock joins TAM-Normet
TAM International has announced that Ross Dimmock has joined the TAM International Group as “Regional Director – Europe & Middle…
VolkerFitzpatrick wins Crossrail Academy contract
VolkerFitzpatrick has been notified by Crossrail of its intention to award them the US$9.6M contract to construct the project’s Tunnelling…