The Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA) has published the tender documents for core drilling in the Romsdalsfjord that will serve…
Month: December 2014
MMC-Gamuda gears up for TBM fleet refurbishment
With the near completion of the tunnelling works for Kuala Lumpur’s MRT Sungai Buloh- Kajang Line (SBK Line), underground works…
Waterview’s second launch
Waterview’s 14.46m diameter EPBM, Alice, has been re-launched by Fletcher Construction, McConnell Dowell and Obayashi – as part of the…
Tunnel collapse at Ecuador's Coca Coda Sinclair hydro project kills 13, injures 12
A tunnel collapse at the Chinese-funded Coca Coda Sinclair hydroelectric project in Ecuador’s Amazonian region has killed 13 workers and…
John Holland to be acquired by China Communications Construction Company
Leighton Holdings Limited (LEI.AX) announced yesterday, December 12, it had entered a binding Share Sale Agreement with CCCC International Holding…
TERRATEC delivers to Laos
Following successful factory testing on December 6th, TERRATEC has announced the delivery of a new 5.74m diameter Hard Rock Double…
SNWA's Intake No. 3 reaches final destination under Lake Mead
Concluding a 3-mile journey that began in 2011, the 23.29ft (7.1m) diameter Herrenknecht Multi-mode TBM excavating Southern Nevada’s $817 million…
NCC awarded contract for E16 Expressway tunnel in Norway
NCC has been commissioned by the Norwegian Road Administration to construct the Bjørnegård Tunnel on the E16 expressway between Sandvika…
KL MRT design consultant award
Kuala Lumpur’s Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (MRT Corp) has appointed Arup Jururunding as the underground reference design consultant for the…
BBMV completes platform tunnels
BBMV, a JV comprising Balfour Beatty, BeMo Tunnelling, Morgan Sindall and VINCI Construction Grands Projets, which is delivering two sections…