Having achieved 760m (2,500ft) in the first month of its Robbins Main Beam TBM drive, contractor Southland/Mole JV is making…
Month: September 2012
North West Rail Link shortlist
Three consortia have been short-listed to tender for the multi-billion-dollar tunnelling contract on Sydney’s North West Rail Link. The contract…
Femern A/S to begin Pre-qualification
Femern A/S has revealed that the tender process for construction of the US$7.2bn, 19km long immersed tube fixed link between…
Singapore Power awards contracts for S$2bn tunnels
Five construction companies have been awarded six contracts for Singapore Power’s largest project to date. The S$2bn Transmission Cable Tunnel…
Mott MacDonald for SCL 1109
Mott MacDonald has been appointed by the Samsung-Hsin Chong Joint Venture (SHJV) as contractor’s designer for the MTR Corporation’s Shatin…
EC sponsors groundbreaking tunnelling research & development project
Twenty one Industry, Research & Development Laboratories and SME partners from nine European countries gathered on Friday, September 14th, at…
First Eglinton tunnel contract is awarded by Metrolinx
Metrolinx has awarded the first of two major tunnelling contracts for the Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown LRT, in Toronto, Canada. Crosstown Transit…
Final design completed for Quito subway
Metro de Madrid has submitted the final studies for the construction of the Quito subway, whose initial phase is already…
Shafts progress on Canada’s Port Mann Tunnel
In the shadow of the Port Mann Bridge, work is progressing on the challenging Port Mann Main Water Supply Tunnel,…
Crossrail's first SCL Breakthrough
Crossrail has successfully completed it’s first tunnelling “breakthrough” at the Limmo Peninsular worksite, near Canning Town in East London. The breakthrough…