Two years on from the start of Crossrail’s construction, Canary Wharf Station, one of the largest along the Crossrail route,…
Month: May 2011
Niagara TBM breakthrough photos
The first photos have been sent in from the May 13th completion of the world’s largest hard rock TBM drive…
Kier/Kaden/Laing O'Rourke wins new MTR Admiralty Station
Kier Construction, in joint venture with Laing O’Rourke and Kaden Construction, has today been awarded a US$308M contract by Hong…
Leighton awarded SIL (E) contracts
Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation has appointed Leighton Asia to deliver two major contracts for the construction of the South Island…
Green light for MTR SIL (East) and KTE
Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation has announced that it has entered into Project Agreements with the HKSAR Government for the design,…
New Crossrail Chief Executive announced
Crossrail has announced that Andrew Wolstenholme has been appointed as Crossrail’s new Chief Executive, succeeding Rob Holden, who is stepping…
Crossrail Academy to open in September with TBM and SCL training facilities
Crossrail has completed the structural building work on the UK Tunnelling and Underground Construction Academy (TUCA). Crossrail and the Department…
Herrenknecht scoops six Crossrail EPBMs for C300 and C305
Crossrail today announced that six of the TBMs required to deliver the new rail tunnels will be manufactured by Herrenknecht…
Aker Wirth scoops Koralm double order
TBM supplier Aker Wirth has signed a deal with contractor STRABAG for the supply of two 9.93m diameter telescopic shield…
Lee tunnel TBM gears up
The Herrenknecht TBM that will be used by the Morgan Sindall/VINCI Construction Grands Projets/Bachy Soletanche (MVB) JV to bore the 6.4km…