New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) suspended work on a section of the Second Avenue Subway project early Wednesday morning…
Month: March 2013
LU put out Northern Line extension pre-tender notice
London Underground (LU) has issued an OJEU pre-tendering procurement notice for the delivery of the £400M – £600M Northern Line…
Hong Kong SCL win for Leighton
Leighton Contractors (Asia) Limited, a part of the Leighton Asia, India and Offshore Group, has secured an US$680M contract from…
Breakthroughs on Milan's Line 5
Both EPBMs boring the Milan Metro Line 5 twin-tube tunnels have successfully broken through at Cenisio station and are now…
Rail staff prevent tunnel disaster
Prompt action by a train driver averted a major Tube disaster in London, UK, today (Friday, March 08) when two…
Heathrow Airport seeks contractor for £130 million tunnel refurb
Heathrow Airport is looking for a contractor to refurbish its 1950s twin-bore main road tunnel as part of an £130…
US contractor awarded construction of mysterious Israeli underground complexes
Last year it was announced the US was looking to build a secret underground complex in Israel. On February 13…
'Bertha' the world's largest TBM is ready to be shipped to Seattle
Following testing at Hitachi Zosen’s manufacturing plant in Osaka, Japan, ‘Bertha’ – the world’s largest-diameter TBM to date – is…