London’s Crossrail project has celebrated its biggest milestone so far with today’s TBMs breakthrough into the new Canary Wharf station…
Month: May 2013
Hudson River Amtrak plans get $185M boost from US feds
Amtrak’s Gateway project beneath the Hudson river received $185 million in Hurricane Sandy Relief funding to begin work on a…
Apparent low bid for Seattle's Northgate Link LRT tunnels announced
Sound Transit has received six team bids below the engineer’s estimate of $594 million for the contract to mine 3.4-miles…
Nine prequalify for Fehmarnbelt mega link
Femern A/S has prequalified nine large contractor consortia to submit tenders for the four major construction contracts for the 18km…
Call for TBM operator survey to improve machine performance data
Pennsylvania State University, in the US, and the University of Innsbruck, in Austria, have joined together to research the training…
Atlas Copco launches new compact rockbolting rig
Atlas Copco is launching a new, compact rig for rock bolting in small to medium sized tunnels and drifts. The…
Group confirmed for Doha Red Line North
The Impregilo Salini Group has been awarded a US$2.2bn contract by Qatar Railways Company to design and build the “Red…
Bruce Matheson joins Terratec as Region Manager
Bruce Matheson has joined Terratec, the Australian TBM and Mining Equipment designer and manufacturer. He will concentrate on developing the…
Stepney Green cavern completion
Crossrail construction at London’s Stepney Green shaft marked a major milestone this week with the completion of the eastbound cavern…
London Cable Tunnels milestone
A major milestone has been reached on National Grid’s London Cable Tunnels project with contractor Costain achieving breakthrough of its…