In Geneva, CERN’s Future Circular Collider (FCC) collaboration has submitted its Conceptual Design Report (CDR) for a 100km long large circular collider of…
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Boring begins for third Sydney Metro TBM
Sydney Metro’s third of five Herrenknecht TBMs has now started tunnelling, marking the next stage in delivering the new 31km…
CREG 10.5m EPBM ready for Alger Metro
On 15thJanuary 2019, a 10.5m diameter EPBM for the Alger Metro finished its Factory Acceptance Testing at the CREG workshop…
BART Phase II awards General Engineering Services contract
In an important milestone for the Valley Transportation Authority’s (VTA) BART Silicon Valley Phase II Extension, the VTA Board of Directors…
Humber tunnel TBM reaches halfway mark
In the UK, National Grid’s 510 tonne Herrenknecht TBM ‘Mary’ is now halfway through its 5km journey under the River…
Two more EPBMs delivered to Istanbul Metro
TERRATEC has announced the successful site acceptance testing of two new 6.56m diameter EPBMs for the ongoing expansion of Istanbul’s…
German approval of the Fehmarnbelt tunnel ready to be signed
The Ministry of Transport of Schleswig-Holstein announced today that the plan approval of the 18km long Fehmarnbelt immersed tube tunnel…
Raft of contract awards on Singapore LTA’s NSC project
The Singapore Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded six contracts totalling S$3.14bn to design and construct the tunnels for six…
WestConnex Rozelle Interchange contract awarded
JCL Joint Venture (John Holland CPB Contractors) has been selected as the successful design and construction contractor for the Rozelle…
Lesotho to launch tunnelling pre-qualification in January
In January 2019, The Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) will launch the construction pre-qualification for the Phase II main works,…