The first of two 12.4m diameter Herrenknecht Double Shield Gripper TBMs being used to construct Brisbane’s $1.5bn, 4.6km long Legacy…
Month: April 2013
First Central Subway EPBM arrives in San Francisco
The M/V Aggersborg, the ship carrying the first of two 6.3m (20.7ft) diameter Robbins EPBMs desitined for the Central Subway…
HS2 recommends a further 9km of London tunnel to eliminate bridge replacements
Britain’s high-speed rail network HS2 could have another 9km of tunnel added to its alignment under London. HS2 Ltd will…
King County awarded $144.3 million in lawsuit against VPFK JV
A Superior Court order awarded King County $14.7 million in legal fees on Friday, April 19, in a dispute over…
First breakthrough on 44.6km long Pahang to Selangor Tunnel
The contractor joint venture of Shimizu Corporation, Nishimatsu Construction, UEM Builders, and IJM Construction (SNUI) broke through the first of…
Royal HaskoningDHV scoops Brazil's first immersed tunnel
Royal HaskoningDHV has won a 5 million euro contract to lead the design process for an immersed tube tunnel at…
Atlas Copco launches five new underground products at Bauma
Atlas Copco has launched five new products for underground construction and mining applications at the Bauma 2013 exhibition, in Munich,…
Results in for first California HSR design-build contract
California’s High-Speed Rail Authority has identified Tutor Perini/Zachry/Parsons JV as the best scoring team for the design-build contract of the…
Methane blast on Toronto's SeC project injures four workers
Investigations are ongoing following a methane explosion on Toronto’s Southeast Collector (SeC) Sewer Project yesterday. The blast, which occurred around…
Blasting concludes on East Side Access
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced yesterday, Tuesday April 10th, 2013, that crews working on New York’s $8.4 billion East…