UK contractor, Costain has reached a number of significant milestones in the construction of three deep level tunnels totaling 32km…
Month: May 2012
Entrustment Agreement signed for Shatin to Central Link
Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation has announced that it has entered into an Entrustment Agreement with the HKSAR Government for the…
Moscow Metro boring due in June
Specialists with the SK MOST Group of Companies are completing assembly of the 6.15m diameter Herrenknecht TBM which will drive…
Hong Kong tenders TM-CLKL Tunnel
The Hong Kong Highways Department has issued a prequalification and tender notice for the Tuen Mun – Chek Lap Kok…
Japanese tunneller's bodies found
The bodies of four tunnel workers missing since Thursday following an explosion some 1.2km into a 2.8km long tunnel under…
Poor safety is likely blame for deadly Hunan tunnel blast
Preliminary investigations have confirmed that the truck suspected of causing a deadly blast in a highway tunnel under construction in…
BBMV JV complete first Crossrail SCL tunnels
Crossrail’s BBMV JV (Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering, Alpine BeMo Tunnelling, Morgan Sindall and VINCI Construction) has completed the projects’ first…
Beijing Line 9 breakthrough
April 10, 2012, marked a milestone in the construction of the 16.45km long Metro Line 9 in Beijing, when a…
First Crossrail TBM breaks ground
Crossrail’s first TBM, Phyllis, has broken ground at Royal Oak to begin construction of the mega-project’s first section of tunnel…
Arup wins Chile Metro work
Arup has been appointed by Metro de Santiago to lead the concept design of 11 stations in the Chilean capital….