AECOM Asia Company Limited, has been awarded a consultancy contract amounting to an estimated contract value of US$148M, by the…
Month: December 2011
Fehmarnbelt bored option rejected?
Femern A/S has published a Consolidated Technical Report on the four investigated technical solutions for a fixed link between Denmark…
Crossrail awards muck away contract
Crossrail has awarded the contract to ship excavated material arising from Crossrail’s construction to Wallasea Island, Essex to create a…
Atlas Copco acquires GIA
Atlas Copco AB has agreed to acquire the underground business of GIA Industri AB from Vätterledens Verkstad AB. With the acquisition,…
Zhengzhou Metro breakthrough
Zhengzhou, China is one step closer to becoming a national crossroads for rail traffic with the recent breakthrough of two…
Lai Chi Kok final breakthrough
December 13 saw the successful breakthrough of the 5.65m diameter Herrenknecht Mixshield on the 1.1km long mixed ground Main Tunnel…
First Crossrail TBM unveiled
Crossrail has unveiled the first its eight, 1,000 tonne Herrenknecht TBMs that will construct the 21km of twin-bore tunnels for…
Thiess wins $140M Ausgrid contract
Thiess has won a $140M contract with Australia’s largest electricity distributor Ausgrid to deliver Sydney’s 132kV City East Cable Tunnel…
Arup wins design of 6km Queensland Curtis LNG (QCLNG) Project tunnel
Arup has won a tender to conduct the design of a 6km liquefied natural gas (LNG) tunnel for Arrow Energy…
VDOT awards Midtown Tunnel P3 construction contract to ERC
On December 5th, Governor Bob McDonnell announced the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has signed a comprehensive agreement with Elizabeth…