The Egyptian authorities have awarded the joint venture of VINCI Construction Grands Projets and Bouygues Travaux Publics, a Bouygues Construction…
Month: April 2015
Finance package for Melbourne Metro
The Andrews Labor Government in Victoria, Australia has announced $1.5bn to cover all anticipated planning, design and significant early works…
TBM move attracts overnight crowd in downtown Toronto
Witnesses were treated to an overnight spectacle in downtown Toronto, Canada, at the end of April, when Dennis and Lea…
DC Water's First Street TBM is named
On April 14, DC Water named the third TBM in its fleet and christened her with tap water in a…
Environmental report on 710 Freeway gap recommends 6.3-mile tunnel option
On March 6, Caltrans and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) released an environmental study that recommends a…
Kiewit/Shea low bid for Rondout-West Branch Bypass Tunnel
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYDEP) has confirmed that Kiewit/Shea are the apparent low bidder for the…
“Princess Wencheng” launches on Shatin to Central Link
Another important milestone has been reached on Hong Kong MTR’s 17km long underground Shatin to Central Link (SCL) with the…
ITA launches its own International Tunnelling Awards
The International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA) has launched its own dedicated Tunnelling Awards to identify outstanding achievements in…
Last stage for Crossrail tunnels
Crossrail’s final tunnelling machines, Victoria and Elizabeth, are currently being prepared to complete the last two 750m tunnel drives between…
Herrenknecht trenchless system success
Herrenknecht’s newly developed semi-trenchless method for pipeline installation has completed its third successful mission. South of Stockholm, using Pipe Express® Züblin…