London Underground (LU) has announced the four bidding groups shortlisted to go through the new Innovative Contractor Engagement (ICE) procurement…
Month: April 2012
Ferrovial Agroman wins Pardonelo Tunnel
Ferrovial Agroman, a construction subsidiary of Ferrovial, has been awarded a contract to build the Padornelo Tunnel-Lubián section of the…
Monitoring training courses now available
University College London and itmsoil, a UK manufacturing and monitoring services provider are establishing training courses to give practicing engineers…
Year long delay for Fehmarnbelt
Construction work on the 18km long fixed link tunnel under Fehmarnbelt linking Germany and Denmark is set to commence about…
Robbins EPB emerges in Mexico City
Mexico’s largest TBM, a 10.2m (33.5ft) diameter Robbins EPB, completed its successful tunneling run on March 1, 2012. The machine,…
HS2 awards design contracts
HS2 Ltd has awarded four design contracts under Lot 1 of its Professional Services Framework covering civil and structural design…
Plans for mammoth US$13bn Bay Delta tunnel project released
California’s Natural Resources Agency recently released 10,000 pages of documentation relating to its Bay Delta Conservation Plan, which calls for…
Terratec delivers new EPBM to Bangkok
Terratec has completed the production of a 6.44m EPBM for the Bangkok Metro Blue Line Extension Project (Contract 1). The…
North West Rail Link EIS released
Tunnelling works are scheduled to begin in 2014 on Sydney’s $9bn North West Rail Link announced Minister for Transport Gladys…
MTR welcomes SCL authorisation
The MTR Corporation has welcomed the authorization of the US$4.6bn,17km Shatin to Central Link (SCL) by the Chief Executive-in-Council under…