Twelve companies have submitted bids for research, project and engineering services for the three-level Grand Istanbul Tunnel megaproject. A total…
Month: December 2015
DC Water completes First Street Tunnel
On December 22, DC Water celebrated the completion of tunneling for its First Street Tunnel project. Skanska/Jay Dee Joint Venture’s…
Bertha resumes tunneling in Seattle
Early yesterday morning, December 22, Seattle Tunnel Partners (STP) moved the State Route 99 (Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement) tunneling machine…
B&P Tunnel DEIS released
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT), Amtrak and the Baltimore City Department of Transportation released…
Røssåga TBM sets Norwegian milestone
A crowd of crew members gathered to celebrate in front of a newly emerged hard rock TBM on December 10,…
AECOM announces Tideway award
AECOM has officially announced that it has been formally appointed as the lead design consultant for the central section of…
$50 Million loan approved for Parallel Thimble Shoal Tunnel Project
On December 9, the Commonwealth Transportation Board approved a $50 million loan from the Virginia Transportation Infrastructure Bank (“VTIB”) for…
Unique Chilean pumped storage scheme to harness seawater and solar power
Chile’s Valhalla Energy plans to harness the country’s remarkable geography to make clean power by pumping seawater up into mountains…
Bucharest Metro partial road collapse reported
Romanian media has reported a partial road collapse on the City Center to Drumul Taberei stretch of the Bucharest Metro…
MTR's XRL Milestone
A major milestone has been achieved in the construction of the Hong Kong Section of Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link…