Nineteen workers have been rescued after a tunnel collapsed during construction in southwestern China, reports the official Xinhua News Agency. The…
Month: March 2011
Singapore and Abu Dhabi to collaborate
Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Abu Dhabi’s Department of Transport (DoT), to…
Gotthard final breakthrough
Excavation of the 57km long Gotthard Base Tunnel was completed on Wednesday, with the breakthrough of the second tube, thereby…
McNally/Aecon win Canada’s challenging Port Mann Tunnel contract
In mid-March, a joint venture of McNally International and Aecon Constructors was officially awarded the contract for Metro Vancouver’s highly…
Senatorship for Dr Herrenknecht
On Thursday, March 17, 2011, the Presidents of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Prof. Dr. Eberhard Umbach and Prof. Dr….
Breakthrough at Sochi
Contractor OJSC Bamtonnelstroy, a division of the SK Most Company, has broken through its 6.2m diameter Robbins Double Shield TBM…
East Side Access’ slurry drives mobilize
On Friday 18 March, Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) officials hosted a dedication ceremony for the two 22.4ft (6.84m) diameter Herrenknecht…
Bethan Haig joins TAM-Normet UK
TAM-Normet has announced that Bethan Haig has joined their team as a Project Manager for Tunnelling & Mining in the…
Parliamentary inquiry into HS2
The UK Government’s controversial HS2 high-speed rail scheme, which will initially run from London to Birmingham and could include up…
Crossrail station mock-up unveiled
Crossrail has unveiled a 20m long x 10m wide, with a ceiling height of 5m above the platform-edge doors, mock-up…