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		<title>Delegate registration is open &#8211; for the full conference programme, exhibit and sponsorship opportunities &#8230; click here and be part of this top class international event</title>
		<description><![CDATA[click here for delegate registration &#8230; www.smenet.org
. . . for the full conference programme, delegate information, exhibit and sponsorship opportunities, please open the pdf document below:
CuttingEdge_Exhibit_Sponsorship_Prospectus



In view of the number of EPBM, Slurry and Mixshield projects in North America today,  North American Tunneling Journal (NATJ) has partnered up with the UCA of SME to organize [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tunnellingjournal.com/featured/cutting-edge-2012-national-seminar-on-pressurized-tbm-tunneling/</link>
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		<title>Tenders coming for Danish Mega-link</title>
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The Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) has published an announcement from Femern A/S concerning the planned division of individual construction projects for the fixed link between Rødbyhavn and Puttgarden. Now split into four major contracts, invitations to tender for the mega-project which includes the construction of an 18km long immersed tube tunnel, will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tunnellingjournal.com/news/tenders-coming-for-danish-mega-link/</link>
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		<title>HS2 steps up a gear</title>
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HS2 Ltd is to start essential environment and engineering survey work along the planned route of the new high-speed rail line between London and the West Midlands. The announcement follows the recent shortlisting of consultants for advanced civil engineering structural deign works worth some US$316M.
Alison Munro, Chief Executive of HS2 Ltd said: “I’m very pleased [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tunnellingjournal.com/news/hs2-steps-up-a-gear/</link>
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		<title>New method for Crossrail&#8217;s Connaught</title>
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London’s Crossrail has announced that it has adopted a new approach using cofferdams to restore and enlarge the existing Connaught Tunnel, to the east of the central tunnelled section of the project, which is safer and more efficient.
The Connaught Tunnel in the Royal Docks was built in 1878 and was part of the North London [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tunnellingjournal.com/news/new-method-for-crossrails-connaught/</link>
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		<title>Thiess wins Chevron microtunnel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thiess has won a $60M contract to deliver infrastructure for the Chevron-operated Wheatstone Project in Western Australia. Thiess will construct a 1.2km long tunnelled shore crossing under the ocean which will connect two offshore gas reserves with Chevron’s greenfield LNG plant at Ashburton North near Onslow in the state’s north west.
Managing Director Bruce Munro welcomed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tunnellingjournal.com/news/thiess-wins-chevron-microtunnel/</link>
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		<title>WTC2012  Bangkok, Thailand &#8211; 18 to 23 May, 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thailand Underground and Tunnelling Group (TUTG) of the Engineering Institute of Thailand under His Majesty the King’s Patronage is pleased to announce that the World Tunnel Congress 2012 and 38th General Assembly of International Tunnelling and Underground  Space Association (ITA-AITES) will be held in Bangkok, Thailand from 18 to 23 May 2012. This privileged event [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tunnellingjournal.com/featured/wtc2012-bangkok-thailand-18-to-23-may-2012/</link>
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		<title>Sandvik celebrates 150 years on 31 January 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On 31 January, it will be 150 years to the day since Göran Fredrik Göransson’s new company was formed in Sandviken, Sweden. At that time, Sandvik was first in the world to use the Bessemer process, which would revolutionize steel manufacturing. The company quickly became one of the world’s leaders in its industry.
For 150 years, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tunnellingjournal.com/featured/sandvik-celebrates-150-years-on-31-january-2012/</link>
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		<title>Sany buys Putzmeister</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Putzmeister Holding GmbH and SANY Heavy Industry Co., Ltd have announced the signing of an agreement on the merger of both companies. Sany, together with the Chinese Private Equity company CITIC PE Advisors (Hong Kong) Limited as a minority shareholder, thereby acquires 100 per cent of Putzmeister. The final closing of the deal is subject [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tunnellingjournal.com/news/sany-buys-putzmeister/</link>
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		<title>HS2 appoints CH2M Hill development partner</title>
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HS2 Ltd has announced the proposed appointment of CH2M Hill, parent company of leading UK consultancy Halcrow, as its development partner for the next phase of engineering, design and environmental work on the London to the West Midlands line. CH2M Hill beat shortlisted companies Turner &#38; Townsend, Mace, and Parsons Brinckerhoff to scoop the approximate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tunnellingjournal.com/news/hs2-appoints-ch2m-hill-development-partner/</link>
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		<title>AECOM secures Bangkok MRT work</title>
		<description><![CDATA[AECOM has been appointed by Ch. Karnchang Public Company Limited (CK), one of the largest civil contractors in Thailand, to be its design consultant for the underground civil infrastructure works of the Bangkok Mass Rapid Transit Blue Line Extension: Contract 2 – Sanam Chai to Tha Phra Section, Underground Civil Works and Contract 5 – Hua [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tunnellingjournal.com/news/aecom-secures-bangkok-mrt-work/</link>
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