Country’s first water tunnel to come up in Mumbai
Hindu - Chennai,India
The tunnel, at a depth of 70-metre below the surface, is 3.6 km long will be complete by 2011.
Metro tunnelling its way to Gurgaon
Times of India - India
NEW DELHI: With the lowering of a tunnel boring machine (TBM) at the Delhi Metro construction site at INA on Tuesday
Cebu builds new tunnel, coastal road
Manila Standard Today - Philippines
By Joel E. Zurbano WATERPROOFING work on the tunnel section of the Cebu South Coastal Road Project is under way as public works officials assured residents
Work starts on flood scheme
Hereford Times - Hereford,UK
A 53-tonne tunnel boring machine arrived at the site last week to burrow out a 400- metre long tunnel. Engineers Morgan Est steered the machine
Underwater tunnel to China being reviewed
Korea.net - South Korea
Gyeonggi-do (province) has begun feasibility studies on building a mammoth underwater tunnel connecting Korea to China, a province official said Sunday
Port tunnel clears a hurdle in Tallahassee
MiamiHerald.com - Miami,FL,USA
BY LARRY LEBOWITZ The $914 million plan to build a tunnel under Biscayne Bay to the Port of Miami cleared another key procedural hurdle late Friday
High-Speed Rail Revolution in the Making
RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA
While the tunnel is competing for approval with a highway scheme in Buenos Aires, the high-speed rail project has cleared the first hurdles with the signing
North Shore tunnel project costs expected to rise
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
A greater concern is whether the price tag on the project’s next phase — construction of a T station Downtown — will be higher than anticipated.
HELSINGIN SANOMAT INTERNATIONAL EDITION - METRO
Helsingin Sanomat - Helsinki,Uusimaa,Finland
“The first construction project will be an around 8-km long tunnel, scheduled to be completed in 2009″, reports Project Manager Maija Salonen from RHK
China’s infrastructure splurge Rushing on by road, rail and air
Economist - UK
… Channel Tunnel linking Britain and France). This will halve travel time between two of China’s busiest ports, Ningbo and Shanghai
High-speed rail to cross Taiwan Strait?
United Press International, Asia - Hong Kong,China
China has consistently proposed closer economic and transport links as a strategy to hold off Taiwan’s moves toward independence. The railway and tunnel.
Keeping controversial Dulles Project on track
Politico - Washington,DC,USA
The disagreements about the planned 23-mile Metrorail line through Tysons Corner in Virginia, continuing to Dulles International Airport — stalled now
3 elevated corridors for Bangalore
Times of India - India
Moreover, a tunnel road project is time-consuming and a costly affair.’’ The corridors have been planned between Minsk Square and Hebbal flyover . Swiss Challenge Method….. ? SCL?
Rock tunnel reaches milestone
Sudbury Star - Sudbury,Ontario,Canada
“The south end rock tunnel is the largest municipal construction project since amalgamation
Multi-billion pound tunnel plan
BBC News - UK
A business consortium has revealed plans to build a multi-billion pound tunnel across the River Thames.
Construction of Pfaendertunnel 2nd Tube begins
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Grand Central Terminal
Tunnel Boring Machine begins boring under Manhattan for LIRR East Side Access; Frozen Grand Central; Grand Central Further Reading; Accessible Transit - New York City Subway; New York Penn Station Terminal Service Plant.
Feasibility of metro rail for Dhaka
The Daily Star - Dhaka,Bangladesh
Both Cut and Cover (CC) and Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) methods are used for the construction of tunnels
Seattle Light-Rail Tunnel Likely to Break Ground This Year
The project will involve twin bored tunnels on the order of 3 miles in length. It is scheduled to open for use in 2016. There is another notable tunnel project associated with the Seattle Light Rail, known as the Beacon Hill tunnel
DULLES RAIL EXTENSION Some See Funding Woes as Chance to Fix Flaws
Washington Post - United States
Howell and other critics of the project believe the solution for the Dulles corridor is in a type of service known as bus rapid transit
Is Sound Tunnel DOA Or Just Decades Away?
New York Times - United States
The two three-lane tunnels would accommodate 80000 cars daily, said Mr. Polimeni’s team, which hopes to finish the project by 2025.
Vinci, Eiffage To Invest EUR193 Million In Tunnel Project
EasyBourse.com - Paris,France
The project consists of a public service management contract to finance, design, build, maintain and operate the Prado Sud tunnel.
Decades in the making
Petersfield Post - Petersfield,England,UK
Our picture shows a Liebherr 944 tunnel excavator starting the boring work during a special ceremony at Hindhead Tunnel in England.
Tunnel discovery foils escape attempt at Bayport prison
Stillwater Courier - Stillwater,MN,USA
Officials at the Bayport prison foiled an attempted escape shortly before noon on Wednesday, after a correctional officer discovered an underground tunnel
Second Marmaray project’s tender postponed to end of April
New Anatolian - Ankara,Turkey
The project is expected to be completed in three years after construction is launched. The tunnel will begin from Kazlicesme part of Florya-Sirkeci coast
Rockbolt innovation introduced on Gautrain project
Engineering News (press release) - Garden View,South Africa
DSI South Africa has also developed tunnel linkbolts for the Gautrain project, adding stability to the walls between the various tunnels being drilled.
Government considers public-private partnership for Auckland …
TV3 News - Auckland,New Zealand
The tunnel will be the country’s biggest ever roading project, estimated at being $2.3 billion and to pay for it, the Government is looking at
Law change needed to build Auckland tunnel - expert
Radio New Zealand - Wellington,New Zealand
The Institute of Professional Engineers says a law change will be needed to build a proposed tunnel for Auckland’s motorway network
Europe and Africa united by Rail Tunnel
The Old Elbe River Tunnel
Jalopnik - Herndon,VA,USA
In an effort to reduce river traffic and improve the commute, a tunnel was constructed to address the issue.
Tunnelling work begins at Hindhead A3 site
Surrey Advertiser - Guildford,England,UK
… creating a twin-bore tunnel underneath the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Going down to see what’s up – WAY down, in the Big Pipe Project
The Bee - Portland,OR,USA
“This shaft is where we inserted ‘Rosie’, the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM).
ABCN - austrian business and convention network
BBT 2008 - Internationales Symposium Brenner Basistunnel und Zulaufstrecken.
Dome is where the heart is: monolithic dome living on the Oregon coast
Newport News Times - Newport,OR,USA
Shotcrete - a special spray mix of concrete - is applied to the interior surface of the dome. The steel rebar is embedded in the concrete and when about
Digging under way on £371m tunnel
BBC News - UK
The twin-bore Hindhead tunnel, which completes the dual carriageway between Portsmouth and London, is scheduled to open to traffic in summer 2011.
Tunnelbau Bohrmaschinen: Riesen im Untergrund
WirtschaftsWoche - Düsseldorf,Germany
Worlds biggest Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) in China: 135 m long, 2300 Tons and 3500 KW Power.
135 Meter lang, 2300 Tonnen schwer und 3500 Kilowatt stark: Das sind die Eckdaten der zwei weltgrößten Tunnelbohrmaschinen, die derzeit in China im Einsatz
