Crossrail contracts may be in place this year
Contract Journal - UK
By Roxanne Millar The first contracts to build the £16bn Crossrail project could be in place within months. Sources close to the scheme said enabling works
A Deep-Bored Tunnel To Replace The Alaskan Way Viaduct
All over the world deep-bored vehicle tunnels are being built in major metropolitan regions. Paris. Hamburg. Zurich. Dublin. Madrid. Wuhan. Nanjing. Shanghai. Scroll down here to Cascadia Center’s chart titled “Supplemental Tunnel
Bay Area transit projects threatened by state budget proposal
Contra Costa Times - Walnut Creek,CA,USA
By Denis Cuff The construction of a fourth bore of the Caldecott Tunnel, widening of Highway 4
City seeks funds for airport tunnel
Calgary Herald - AB, Canada
CITY HALL - The city will ask the federal and provincial governments to consider funding a tunnel under a future airport runway
Supporters make another push for tunnel under Tysons Corner
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
With the technology, trains would travel through a single tunnel and the station platform would be in the tunnel itself.
Miners enjoying their Los Gatos digs while drilling at Lexington
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
The pipes will be housed in the 12-foot high, concrete-lined tunnel running more than 2000 feet through the hillside east of the dam.
Saif-Samsung JV bag US $815 million tunnel
ArabianBusiness.com - Dubai,Umm al Qaiwain,United Arab Emirates
The client, Abu Dhabi Municipality, has set aside US $815 million (AED3 billion) for the project. Construction is due for completion in 2011.
HP exempts agri, agro loans from stamp duty
PunjabNewsline.com - Nagar,Punjab,India
The multiple tunnel project aimed at reducing distances, streamlining traffic and emotionally integrate the state included Holi-Utarala tunnel in Chamba
Thousands turn out for Limerick Tunnel’s Open Day
Limerick Leader - Limerick,Ireland
By Petula Martyn THEY came in their thousands to see the Limerick tunnel before it is immersed in the River Shannon next month.
The T Train: NYC Will Get Its First New Subway Line in 70 Years
WIRED, By David Hirschman: to 72nd, where a new station will be built’ Ultimately, after decades of work, the new T Line will unite the Upper and Lower East Sides’ The tunnel-boring machine will cut through 50 feet of Manhatten shist (bedrock) a day
Cross-city rail tunnel likely
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
PREMIER John Brumby has given his strongest indication yet that the Government will build a multibillion-dollar rail tunnel
Спутниковый телеканал “CaspioNET”
Two tunnels of the Almaty metro have been connected today to link two future stations of Abai and Baikonur
SAN MATEO CO.: UTILITIES COMMISSION APPROVES WATER BYPASS TUNNEL
CBS 5 - San Francisco,CA,USA
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission has approved the construction of a bypass tunnel to deliver water from the Sierra Nevada mountains
Twin tunnel woes lead to lawsuit
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
The dispute over the construction project has raged since Bilfinger Berger halted work in January.
China Railway Group Won Five Bids Worth CNY2.5bn
Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
China Railway Wuju Group Corporation, a subsidiary of the listed company, won the bid for the STSY-05 and STSY-08 sections of bridge and tunnel
Port Authority stays within tunnel budget despite high costs
Monessen Valley Independent - Monessen,PA,USA
The tunnel boring machine completed the first of two tunnels earlier this month and now is being turned around. It is scheduled to start digging a second
1.3 km road tunnel to link Sentosa to Keppel Road
Straits Times - Singapore
By Maria Almenoar A NEW 1.3km tunnel will be built from the Sentosa Gateway as a link to nearby roads to cope with growing traffic in the area
USD 750 million Blue Tunnel bid set for
SteelGuru - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
Mr Mevlüt Pınarkara DSİ Region Four Deputy General Manager while speaking with the Anatolia news agency said that the Blue Tunnel project
Silobreaker: Two tunnels of Almaty metro connected
Two tunnels of the Almaty metro have been connected today to link two future stations of Abai and Baikonur with the event signifying the accomplishment
Ambitious rail plan finally leaves sidings
Financial Times - London,England,UK
By Amanda Vermeulen But Crossrail, the £15.9bn rail project to link Heathrow directly with London’s financial centre, finally reached the end of a tortuous
Crossrail unveils its stations
This is London - London,England,UK
Clinton Leeks, Crossrail’s corporate affairs director, said: “Design of the new stations will be at the cutting edge of railway engineering
MTA pushes tax hike
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - Ontario,CA,USA
The sales tax measure bill also allocates $780 million for the 710 Freeway tunnel project that would connect that freeway to the 210 Freeway
Press Review
Turkish Press - Plymouth,MI,USA
… links from the region will extend into Europe with the completion of an ongoing rail tunnel project linking the European and Asian sides of Istanbul
$750 mln Blue Tunnel bid set for August
Zaman Online - Istanbul,Turkey
Speaking with the Anatolia news agency, DSİ Region Four Deputy General Manager Mevlüt Pınarkara said the Blue Tunnel project, the most important leg
Airport Trail expressway project could cost $488M
Calgary Herald - AB, Canada
The cost to build Airport Trail into an expressway with a tunnel under a new airport runway could run up to $488 million, a city planning committee was told
Tube upgrade will not be sidelined by Crossrail, says Johnson
guardian.co.uk - UK
London mayor Boris Johnson warned today that the £16bn Crossrail line must not take priority over a £30bn upgrade of the capital’s tube network
Crossrail Bill gets green light
CN plus - London,UK
The House of Commons has approved plans to build the £16 billion Crossrail project which will link Heathrow Airport to the east of London.
Abu Dhabi: Construction of a major tunnel on Al Salam Street in …
GulfNews - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
The 3.1km tunnel from Al Mina Road intersection to Al Falah Street intersection will be the longest among the four tunnels in the project
Hope fades for quick rescue
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
Rescue workers had breached a seal on an old tunnel Monday afternoon they hoped would bring them within 100 feet of the miners.
JV selected selected for Sound Transit University Link project …
Jul 22, 2008 … JV selected selected for Sound Transit University Link project. The Seattle Tunnel and Rail Team (START), a joint venture
China Lets Child Workers Die Digging in Congo Mines for Copper
Bloomberg - USA
His digging causes the unsupported tunnel walls to come loose. Red dirt and pebbles begin falling onto Carlito’s shaved head
Progress in Manhattan underground rail link
By Jon
New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has announced great progress in its “East Side Access” project. In less than a year - two tunnel boring machines have dug tunnels of 5421 feet and 3705 feet
Our view: Big Dig debt means state must say ‘No’ to other plans
The Daily News of Newburyport - Newburyport,MA,USA
News that the total cost of Boston’s Central Artery Tunnel project, the Big Dig, will top $22 billion once interest payments are included
Tunnel teardown to close portions of I-405 next month
Seattle Times - United States
8-10, during a bridge project just west of Highway 167, to coincide with traffic reductions in Bellevue. Interstate 5 Express Lanes will always go
McNally and Aecon work to extract tunnel boring machine trapped …
Daily Commercial News - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Dealing with sensitive ground to bore through was an issue in completing the 4.1 kilometre tunnel project under 19th Avenue.
London’s $32 Billion Crossrail Approved by UK House of Lords
Bloomberg - USA
By Reed V. Landberg July 22 (Bloomberg) — London’s effort to build the 16 billion-pound ($32 billion) Crossrail link from Heathrow Airport to Canary Wharf
Tunnel under the Thames
guardian.co.uk - UK
This describes a setback in the second year of a project which, when completed in 1843, was hailed as the eighth wonder of the world
19 Stories Below Manhattan, a 640-Ton Machine Drills a New Train …
New York Times - United States
Some 19 stories under the streets of Manhattan on Thursday, the driver of a 640-ton telescopic tunnel-boring machine stood in a tiny windowless metal
Diversions through Rosebank
Joburg - Johannesburg,Gauteng,South Africa
… utilities above the tunnel alignment had led to the weakening of the soil being excavated, causing ground loss directly above the Tunnel Boring Machine
Twin-passage tunnel to dig through Huangpu River
Xinhua - China
BEIJING, July 21 — There were high fives galore in Shanghai Sunday when the massive shield digging the Xizang Road S. Tunnel broke through to the Huangpu
State taxpayers shouldn’t carry Big Dig debt
Gloucester Daily Times - MA, USA
Last week’s news that the total cost of Boston’s Central Artery Tunnel project, the “Big Dig,” will top $22 billion once interest payments are included set
Work begins on Mideast’s longest tunnel
ArabianBusiness.com - Dubai,Umm al Qaiwain,United Arab Emirates
by Dylan Bowman on Saturday, 19 July 2008 RECORD BREAKER: Abu Dhabi has begun work on what will likely be the Middle East’s longest road tunnel
Giant rig carves new tunnel beneath NYC’s streets
BusinessWeek - USA
By DAVID B. CARUSO A huge, granite-eating machine that spent the past eight months chewing a mile-long tunnel beneath a busy Manhattan office district
Linking roads to IGI get all-clear
Expressindia.com - New Delhi,India
The fifth proposal — a shorter tunnel road at Dwarka circle — was dropped after a joint inspection on Thursday by officials of the Delhi government
Spain: Decision on tunnel proposal near
United Press International - USA
MADRID, July 19 (UPI) — Spanish officials say a decision on a proposed tunnel between Spain and Africa could come soon as a feasibility study is nearing
Belgium’s CFE wins contract for Dutch rail tunnel
Reuters - USA
BR: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Friday that it and partners had won a contract for the first phase of a project to build a rail tunnel in the Dutch
Cost of Sound Transit’s light-rail tunnel now at nearly $2 billion
Seattle Times - United States
By Mike Lindblom In a reflection of tunneling woes around the country, Sound Transit is boosting the budget for its three-mile tunnel from downtown Seattle
Giant rig carves new tunnel beneath New York streets
International Herald Tribune - France
AP NEW YORK: A huge, granite-eating machine that spent the past eight months chewing a mile (1.6 kilometer)-long tunnel beneath a busy Manhattan office
19 Stories Beneath Manhattan, a Huge Tunnel
By Robert
Yesterday, the MTA showed off the massive tunnel being dug 19 stories under Manhattan. The tunnel is part of a big di
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
BY PETE DONOHUE View inside East Side access tunnel at 63rd St. and 2nd Ave. When done in 2015, it will let LIRR riders get to Grand Central.
The Associated Press -
… where it will begin work on another task related to the project. The tunnel it made, opened to reporters for a brief tour Thursday, is a marvel.
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
On Thursday the Sound Transit board’s Finance Committee approved a request to increase the UW project’s budget. The full board will take up the question
According to a new report, the Big Dig tunnel project in Boston is slated to cost 50 times more than originally promised, bringing the total to $22 billion. Take our poll and let us know what you think! FOX25’s Keba Arnold has more and a VIDEO
The North-South Bypass Tunnel (NSBT), which is also known as the RiverCity Motorway, is a large civil engineering project being undertaken in Brisbane in Queensland. The tunnel will carry a 4.8km motorway toll road between Woolloongabba
Creamer Media’s Engineering News - Garden View,South Africa
The subsidence occurred as a result of ground loss above the Gautrain Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), which is currently 12 m below ground level
PennLive.com - Harrisburg,PA,USA
AP PITTSBURGH (AP) — A boring machine digging a light-rail tunnel under the Allegheny River has broken through to downtown Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
Workers will begin to move the boring machine entirely into the pit today and then will take as long as six weeks to prepare for digging the second tunnel
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) Thousands of passengers were travelling by trains into and out of Delhi had no idea that a group of engineers was digging a tunnel
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
At the end of this month, they are to investigate a man-made tunnel and cave system underneath the pyramid – the third biggest in the world – to test
Times of India - India
Among the proposals is a tunnel between Vasant Kunj and the airport that will bypass the traffic intersection at Mahipalpur.
Brantford Expositor - Canada
The Niagara Tunnel Project is behind schedule and potentially over-budget, but
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
AP NEWARK, NJ - A plan to build a new train tunnel into New York City just got a funding boost.
Niagara Falls Review - Niagara Falls,Ontario,Canada
Big Becky is behind schedule and potentially over-budget, but the Niagara Tunnel Project is so “integral” to Ontario’s electricity supply
After 20 years of talks, plans and negotiations an deal has been signed to construct a rail tunnel under Delft, replacing the five-metre-high flyover
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
By Jim Ritchie Port Authority’s tunnel boring machine resumed digging about noon after being forced to shut down this morning
Today.Az - Azerbaijan
The tunnel extends to 220 meters and the width is 11 meters, The overpass is equipped with the automatic heating system.
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
A new subway tunnel connecting Downtown Pittsburgh and the North Shore hit a snag on Thursday, just as it was about to break through the surface
BBC News - UK
Video: A seagull’s nest has delayed work on the mammoth project to build the second Tyne Tunnel. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet
The Times - Johannesburg,Gauteng,South Africa
Peter Erasmus, the concession development manager for Gautrain, said the collapse occurred close to the R180-million tunnel-boring machine. THAT SINKING FEELING…..
Photographer John Huseby
Copyright © 2008 Caltrans District 4 Photography Department
At the end of March 2008, the open-type hard rock tunnel boring machine of WIRTH - boring diameter 7.03m - successfully finished construction of the 3.7m long pressure gallery near Kaprun. The last 500m with a slope of 100%
Mount Vernon Gazette - VA,USA
Members of Moran’s guest panel and some people in the audience, a few of whom wore “Tysons Tunnel” stickers, agreed.
KDKA - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
The Port Authority’s new transit tunnel descends from the boring pit on the North Side towards the Allegheny River.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
A tunnel-boring machine is expected to burst through the wall of a large pit beneath Stanwix Street as early as today
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
By John Woolfolk A hardy Guadalupe Park trail jogger passes by the fenced steel box that houses a five-ton tunnel boring machine has been stuck since 2005
Deutsche Welle - Germany
UNESCO has recommended the bridge be replaced with a tunnel. Voters approved the bridge construction in 2005, however UNESCO offered a grace period
Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
OTTAWA - The long-awaited environmental assessment of a downtown transit tunnel is underway after the city selected the consultants to do the study
Railnews - London,UK
THREE years after the disastrous collapse of a Chiltern line tunnel at Gerrards Cross over which a supermarket was being built
By Matthew Sweeney
Crews digging a tunnel through Manhattan bedrock for the Long Island Railroad have reached Grand Central Terminal — a milestone in the MTA’s East Side Access mega-project. The tunnel boring machine had spent eight months digging
Prague Post - Czech Republic
But the fight against the project is not over, as environmentalists are currently challenging the planned city circuit tunnel beneath the park
Limerick Leader - Limerick,Ireland
The Limerick Tunnel Project consists of the construction of approximately 10km of dual carriageway with grade separated intersections
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Caltrop Corp.
PROJECT: Brenner Train Axis, Mined Railway Tunnel. TYPE OF PROJECT: Mined railway tunnels. LOCATION: Western train route between Wörgl and Baumkirchen
East SideAccess Tunnel Boring Machine Reaches Grand Central Terminal
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) today announced that after just eight months, the first of two 200-ton tunnel boring machines had completed its mile-long plus journey from the bedrock beneath the intersection of 63rd
Yvonne to rest after her massive boring task
Otago Daily Times - Dunedin,New Zealand
By David Loughrey on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 After more than a year under the sand at St Kilda beach, Yvonne the tunnel-boring machine is back on dry ground.
Rapid-rail link construction powers ahead
Creamer Media’s Engineering News - Garden View,South Africa
From the southern end, the tunnel boring machine (TBM), Imbokodo, is being used, which will tunnel for about 2,8 km towards the south to join the tunnel
North Shore Connector Boring Machine Nears City
Pittsburgh Channel.com - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
Drilling for the tunnel, which will connect the North Shore to downtown Pittsburgh under the Allegheny River, is less than 322 feet from Stanwix Street.
Lasers, software and the Devil’s Slide
Jun 30, 2008 … Point cloud of interior tunnel beneath Devil’s Slide made with the … lead developer of gVT at Virginia Tech and co-PI on the ITR project.
