In a public hearing on March 10, Brenner Basistunnel BBT – the entity responsible for building the 64km €8.8 billion…
Month: March 2016
Crossrail 2 and HS3 get green light in UK Budget
In the UK’s 2016 Budget speech today (March 16), Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne has given London’s Crossrail 2…
Sandvik forms new business area
Sandvik will merge its operations Sandvik Mining and Sandvik Construction into one business area – Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology….
Kenny/Obayashi JV apparent low-bidder for South Hartford Conveyance and Storage Tunnel
A joint venture of Kenny and Obayashi is the apparent low-bidder for the tunnel and shaft construction components of the…
In Memoriam: William Leech
William (Bill) Leech, 70, long time member of the underground construction, tunnel and mining industries passed away on January 14th,…
Northern Line Extension TBMs set for factory testing
The manufacturing of two 6.04m diameter NFM Technologies TBMs that will be used by Ferrovial Laing O’Rourke Joint Venture (FLo…
Construction begins on Switzerland's new Bözberg railway tunnel
Officials from Implenia and the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) joined various canton and community representatives at a groundbreaking ceremony to…
DSI forms Underground business
Dywidag Systems International (DSI) has reorganized its Construction and Underground businesses to form two separate divisions, effective March 1st 2016.DSI…
Fehmarnbelt tunnel preferred bidders announced
On Friday, 4 March 2016, the Danish political parties behind the Fehmarnbelt link mandated Femern A/S to appoint the preferred…
NYC's MTACC begins procurement for Phase 2 of the Second Avenue Subway
New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has begun procuring key services for Phase 2 of the Second Avenue Subway, which…