The British Tunnelling Society’s All Party Parliamentary Group for Underground Space was re-convened last night under the UK’s new coalition…
Month: July 2010
Melbourne's preferred tunnel routes released
Melbourne’s State Government has released it’s $38bn, 2010 transport plan update, which includes details of three tunnelled route options for…
China collapse traps ten miners
Rescue operations are underway to save 10 miners buried after a rail tunnel collapsed during construction at 4pm yesterday in…
Another brace of contract awards on Hong Kong's XRL
Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation has awarded two more substantial tunnelling contracts on the 26km long, US$8.3bn Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail…
MTR and CIC join forces to aid HK skills shortage
Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation in association with the Construction Industry Council yesterday launched a US$300,000 scheme to subsidise the employment…
Budapest Line 4 celebrations
The drinks were on Contractor Strabag last Friday following the final breakthrough of the second 6m diameter Herrenknecht EPBM on…
Breaking News – Prague ring road tunnel collapse
Reports are coming in of a tunnel collapse at 1am on the 6th July, during construction of the US$1bn, 5.5km…
TJ Exclusive – First Brighton TBM delivered
Southern Water’s US$448M, Brighton to Peacehaven sewer tunnel in the UK, has reached a significant milestone with the delivery of…