Jacobs Receives Contract for East Side Access Tunnel and Rail Work …
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
The project requires using giant tunnel boring machines
to excavate more than a mile of hard-rock dual-bored
tunnels under Park Avenue in Manhattan
Visions of Waller Creek tunnel take shape
Austin American-Statesman - Austin,TX,USA
… Creek Project will give the community a chance
to see the latest renderings of the projects and hear progress
updates on the tunnel and development.
Federal Approval for Dulles Rail
Washington Post - United States
It’s fair to say now, though, that the tunnel is dead.
It’s also not clear how many people view that as a deal-killer
As Construction Continues, Tunnel Takes Shape
Kitsap Sun (Subscription) - WA, United States
By Andrew Binion (Contact) Larry Steagall | Kitsap Sun Brenden Clarke,
project engineer for the tunnel project in downtown Bremerton
Base tunnel E&M contract
Railway Gazette International - London,UK
Transtec brings together Atel Installationstechnik AG,
Alcatel Lucent Switzerland and Thales Rail Signalling Solutions,
as well as Alpine-bau GmbH
Balfour Beatty to earn about 250 million euros from Gotthard …
Forbes - NY,USA
Transtec Gotthard comprises Balfour Beatty Rail,
Atel Installationstechnik, Alcatel-Lucent
(nyse: ALU - news - people ) and Alpine-Bau Mayreder
36 prisoners tunnel out of Brazilian jail
Xinhua - China
The prisoners dug a six-meter-long tunnel from the prison’s
courtyard to the street outside, which goes right between
the prison’s two sentry boxes. …
PRISON ESCAPE TUNNEL FOUND IN CHILE´S REGION V
Valparaiso Times - Valparaiso,Chile
Law enforcement officials discovered an escape tunnel on Saturday
night near a prison in Chile´s Region V city of Quillota.
New wastewater system for Belfast
Environmental Data Interactive - UK
Nearly a mile long and 40 metres below the ground,
a tunnel boring machine made its way through to the terminal
pumping station in the deepest open …
Forty-three active construction sites as rail project moves into …
Creamer Media’s Engineering News - Garden View,South Africa
The tunnel-boring machine (TBM), which started work in
January this year, installs precast concrete tunnel lining
segments as it moves forward.
Kicking Horse Canyon Project unveils third phase to town
Kootenay Western Star - Castlegar,BC,Canada
By Colin Payne - Golden Star - April 23, 2008 More than 165 people
showed up to the Kicking Horse Canyon Project open house.
Coal is the new gold
Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand
The company is still drilling its 2300m tunnel with about 250m to
go before it hits the coal seam and starts producing the black stuff
China Railway Group eyes increased investment
China Daily - China
By Hui Ching-hoo (China Daily) China Railway Group Ltd, Asia’s biggest
builder, will raise spending on tunnel-making machines,
factories and other capital
Hong Kong Cross-Border High Speed Rail Receives Green Light
Wired News - USA
This 26-km section will include a tunnel through the New Territories.
The line will then connect into the current Airport Express tracks
China completes its first road tunnel across Yangtze River
Xinhua - China
The two-billion yuan (286 million US dollars) project began in
November 2004 and is expected to be open late this year.
Tree jams tunnel-boring machine under Allegheny
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
Because of the blockage, the machine has been shut down for up to three
weeks and tunnel digging has stopped beneath the North Shore.
Pittsburgh light-rail tunnel digger stuck for weeks
York Daily Record - York,PA,USA
AP PITTSBURGH—Pittsburgh’s light-rail tunnel project is stalled for
about three weeks because a boring machine unexpectedly hit a layer of clay
Council split on transit
Canoe.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Alex Cullen likes the inclusion of a tunnel bored under downtown.
“That’s the critical element for the system’s success,” he said.
Brisbane council favours Riverside Expressway tunnel
Courier Mail - Australia
A spokesman for Lord Mayor Campbell Newman said the tunnel was
not on the agenda but was a “best-case scenario” that should have been done
The Mole Man in his labyrinth
The Press Association -
William Lyttle, known locally as the Mole Man, was ordered by the
High Court to pay for council repairs to his house in Hackney, east London
Technology behind new Devil’s Slide tunnel
abc7news.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
By Richard Hart On the Peninsula, Caltran’s new tunnel at Devil’s Slide
is a technological marvel. Richard Hart gives a behind the scenes
Venturing Into The North Shore Connector Big Dig
KDKA - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
Meanwhile, the tunnel boring, or mining operation, continues chewing
away about 700 feet in and 50 feet below the surface of the Allegheny River’s North
Call for Liverpool to Ireland rail tunnel
ic Liverpool - Southport,England,UK
Mr Steer called for a second Channel Tunnel and three new high speed rail
lines connecting London with the north and south west, as well as a high-speed
Barun Roy: A new bridge game
Business Standard - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
Down the road, there will be a 19-km link (a 10-km suspension bridge plus a 9-km tunnel) between Shanghai and the island of Chongming
New Jersey to Manhattan: Very nice tunnel animation comparing historical with todays tunneling methods:
Very nice animation klick this
New Trans-Husdon Tunnel Plans
By AllWaysNY
Soon after we learn that the MTA won’t be able to fund many of its initiatives and the future of the Second Avenue subway and 7 line/LIRR west side extension perennially hang in the balance, a new project
Water tunnel delays push up costs for taxpayers
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
Metro Vancouver project manager Doug Neden couldn’t say when construction will resume at the North Shore site near Rice Lake
ARC opposed to tunnel alliance
New Zealand Herald - New Zealand
… are recommending against any partnership between the public and private sectors for Transit NZ’s $1.89 billion Waterview motorway tunnels project.
10 Great Inventions That Should Be Invented
By jfrater
A transatlantic tunnel is a theoretical tunnel which would span the Atlantic Ocean between North America and Europe and would carry mass transit of some type—trains are envisioned in most proposals.
Ottawans dig tunnel plan
Canoe.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
The third option included an LRT-only tunnel and converting the transitway to a twin-track electric LRT along the Baseline-Blair route.
Caterpillar acquires tunnel borer maker
Chicago Tribune - United States
Its boring machines are currently in use in China, Egypt, Colombia, Australia and a numerous other nations around the globe.
Caterpillar Enters Tunnel Boring Business With Lovat Buy
CNNMoney.com - USA
Caterpillar said the acquisition marks its entry into the tunnel boring machine business. The machines are used in constructing railway
Tunnel Planned to Link Helsinki, Tallinn
St.Petersburg Times.ru - St. Petersburg,Russia
HELSINKI — Helsinki and Tallinn have agreed to explore the possibility of linking the two capitals with a railway tunnel
