Mining … touching every aspect of our lives
Bay Today - North Bay,ON,Canada
By Kate Adams Grade 5 students from St. Gregory’s School in Powassan get into the spirit of Mining Week Tuesday at JS Redpath Limited on McKeown Avenue.
Big Singapore deep-tunnel reuse project honored
Water Technology Online - Latham,NY,USA
The Singapore Deep Tunnel Sewerage System (DTSS) (pictured), the first phase of which was completed in 2008, carries wastewater from homes and businesses
Vancouver digs deep to reduce earthquake risks
Journal of Commerce - Burnaby,BC,Canada
The tunnel will be constructed using a Tunnel Boring Machine similar to the one used on the construction of the Canada Line.
Wapedia - Wiki: Brenner Base Tunnel
The Brenner Base Tunnel (German: Brennerbasistunnel; Italian: Galleria di base del Brennero) is a planned 56-kilometre (35 mi) long railway tunnel
Delhi Metro completes work on longest tunnel
Times of India - India
22 Apr 2009, 2002 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: The Delhi Metro achieved another feat by completing the construction work of its longest ever underground tunnel
Most Dangerous Roads In The World.
By Anastasia
Guoliang Tunnel in Taihang mountains (China). The name of the tunnel translates from Chinese as the “Road that does not tolerate any mistakes”. First the tunnel was created by the villagers from the remote area of the Taihang Mountains
Alpine gets big German railway contract
Austrian Times - Vienna,Austria
Salzburg construction firm Alpine Bau GmbH has signed a 122-million-Euro contract with Deutsche Bahn (German Railway) for work on two railway tunnels.
Historic tunnel under city opened
BBC News - UK
The Victoria Tunnel was built between 1839 and 1842 and used as a waggon way to transport coal, and was an air raid shelter during World War II.
GAUTRAIN RAPID RAIL LINK :: GAUTRAIN NEWSLETTER - APRIL#2
Tracklaying is completed between Linbro Park and Dale Road in Midrand. Tunnelling and the sinking of emergency shafts is also underway while the giant Tunnel Boring Machine is being dismantled having completed its journey.
Daniel Viles’ Tunnel Poem - ‘Onya, Frank!’
Queensland: Daniel Viles’ Tunnel Poem - ‘Onya, Frank!’
By Scott Spark
As promised, here is Daniel Viles’ poem dedicated to the man behind the tunnel boring machine that broke through yesterday, creating the tunnel from Bowen Hills to Woolloongabba. Tunnel Poem.
Mayor unveils ‘tunnel academy’
BBC News - UK
Details of a new academy to train people in tunnel building for London’s Crossrail project have been unveiled by the mayor of London.
ChronicleLive - News - Today’s Chronicle - We take a look at work …
Since the start of last year, a £260m project has been going on to build a second tunnel, between East Howdon and Jarrow, which will combat congestion and lighten the mood of thousands of commuters and truck drivers every day
Hole truth: Brisbane tunnel breakthrough
Brisbane Times - Brisbane,Queensland,Australia
The first of two tunnel boring machines digging Brisbane’s inaugural cross-river tunnel completed its journey from the city’s northside to Woolloongabba
China builds world’s longest tunnel
Chinadaily.com.cn is the largest English portal in China, providing news, business information, BBS, learning materials.
First Dulles rail station takes shape — sort of - wtop.com
What is being built exactly is a 2100-foot tunnel from Route 123 to Route 7 in the heart of Tysons Corner. Another large, elevated section of track will also be built — a part of the project that has been the subject of much debate.
Aecon Group joint venture wins Seymour-Capilano twin-tunnel contract
Daily Commercial News - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
It includes construction of a pumping station, filtration plant and energy recovery facility in addition to the tunnel project.
Brisbane’s tale of three tunnels
Brisbane Times - Brisbane,Queensland,Australia
Brisbane’s first tunnel project - the Clem 7 tunnel from Bowen Hills to Woolloongabba - is currently about six months ahead of schedule
Tyne Tunnel 2 work behind schedule
News Guardian - North Tyneside,England,UK
By DAVID SEDGWICK But contractors are still confident of having both tunnels open on the target date of December 3, 2011.
| Caltrain HSR Compatibility Blog: The Joy of Tunnels
By Clem |
Pakistan: Lowari, Light at the end of the Tunnel?
EcoClub.com
by Shams Uddin The new 8.5 km long Lowari Tunnel, offering for the first time an all-weather, shorter passage, connecting the remote Chitral valley
Central Tallinn tunnel (S-Bahn) « Infrastruct
By infrastruct
The tunnel proposed here is intended only for urban-regional services (at present operated by Elektriraudtee), and perhaps for some regional services. It would not be used by the proposed metre-gauge regional rail line to the island
The Carmel Tunnels Project: Israel’s …
By ExpatEgghead
CultCase: The Carmel Tunnels Project: Israel’s Longest Tunnel Dug. For those like me you are interested in the Haifa Carmel tunnel project, above is a nice link explaining it all with pictures.
Company news
Sochi-2014. March 11, 2009 - At the request of Bamtonnelstroy, “Volga Dnepr” Airlines delivered the first shipment of the tunnel mining equipment
Seabed tunnel for HK-Zhuhai-Macau bridge gets green light
China Daily - China
By Qiu Quanlin (China Daily) GUANGZHOU: Plans for a harbor tunnel under the South China Sea have been approved, paving the way for the construction
NJ Transit agrees to $34M contract with construction manager for …
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - Newark,NJ,USA
by Tom Davis/Statehouse Bureau NJ Transit took another significant step toward building a second commuter rail tunnel to New York City today
Tunnel/Brenner
Austrian Transport Minister, Doris Bures announced on 30th March that the agreement protocol for the construction of the Alpine Brenner Tunnel
San Mateo City Council advocates for high-speed rail tunnel
San Mateo Daily Journal - San Mateo,CA,USA
Meanwhile, the state project received a $29 million infusion of cash from short-term borrowing by the state treasurer’s office. As the project moves forward
Aecon joint venture wins $181 million contract for water …
Oilweek Magazine - Edmonton,Canada
The Seymour-Cap Partnership, which Aecon is a 30 per cent partner, will complete the final section of the total 7.1-kilometre twin tunnel from the Capilano
Cologne Tunnel Contractor’s and Engineers’ Offices Raided …
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State: Hudson tunnel is back on track
NJBIZ - New Brunswick,NJ,USA
By Scott Goldstein According to NJ Transit, construction of the trans-Hudson tunnel will sustain 6000 jobs over a 10-year period
| Bligh confident of tunnel project future The Age - Melbourne,Australia Queensland Premier Anna Bligh says she remains confident Australia’s longest road tunnel project will continue despite a move to wind up the developer |
» Montreal’s Underground Underdogs • Spacing Montreal
By Andrew E.
Inside the Molson Collector with the tunnel boring machine nicknamed “Jumbo” by the Atlas Construction Company. On the South shore, the five mile long Molson collector (aka the Molson Creek Tunnel) was designed to deliver wastewater
Under Montreal » Blog Archive » Montreal’s Underground Underdogs
By Andrew.
Inside the Molson Collector with the tunnel boring machine nicknamed. On the South shore, the five mile long Molson collector (aka the Molson Creek Tunnel) was designed to deliver wastewater of Anjou, Maisonneuve and Rosemont
Atlas Copco Attachments at Work in Leipzig City Tunnel Construction
Rental Equipment Register (registration) - Overland Park,USA
As many as five Atlas Copco attachments are currently in use in the construction of the Leipzig City Tunnel in Leipzig, Germany
Makkah-Taif tunnel in the offing
Arab News - Jeddah,Saudi Arabia
Prince Khaled Al-Faisal yesterday discussed with officials here the prospect of building an 11-km tunnel between Makkah and Taif
HCC bags Rs 688.06 crores order for Punatsangchhu-I Hydro Electric …
By Comma Consulting
HCC has constructed Head Race Tunnel & Surge Shaft for India’s largest commissioned Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Electric Project (1500MW); Underground Powerhouse & Tunnel for Chamera Hydro Electric Power Project, Stage I.
Downtown tunnel project behind schedule
WLFI.com - West Lafayette,IN,USA
LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) - The tunnel project beneath Lafayette’s downtown is a week or two behind schedule. The tunnel starts at Second and Alabama Streets
CIFA Spritz Shotcrete System
Associated Construction Publications - Norcross,GA,USA
This includes the Spritz shotcrete system CSS-3, for both for underground and open-air job sites.
Viaduct tunnel passes House committee
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
By CHRIS GRYGIEL A state House committee on Thursday passed a bill that would replace Seattle’s Alaskan Way Viaduct with a deep bored tunnel.
Metro picks new firms to finish water tunnels
Surrey Leader - Surrey,British Columbia,Canada
The regional district awarded the contract to the Seymour-Cap Partnership, made up of the firms Frontier-Kemper, JF Shea and Aecon
| Tunnel project back to drawing board - South Florida - MiamiHerald.com The Florida Department of Transportation on Wednesday killed the existing deal to build a $1 billion tunnel to the Port of Miami, but kept the project alive |
Seattle hopeful that Viaduct tunnel plan will pass Olympia
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
Seattle officials remain cautiously optimistic that their preferred replacement option for the Alaskan Way Viaduct - a $4.2 billion deep bored tunnel
| Bechtel Selected for UK’s 16 Billion-Pound Crossrail Contract Bloomberg - USA Bechtel, the closely held San Francisco-based builder that constructed the Channel Tunnel, was hired in 2005 to oversee the design phase of Crossrail. |
Bechtel lands £400M Crossrail delivery partner role
Transport for London has awarded the £400M Crossrail project
delivery partner role to Bechtel,
after three weeks of behind the scenes negotiations.
http://www.nce.co.uk/
Welcome to the ita@news n°28
And connections south of Naples and north of Florence are in construction, as are links north to Austria through the giant Brenner Base Tunnel and west to France through the planned Lyon-Turin link. … It’s hard to believe that China’s first high-speed train began operating last year. By 2020, the Chinese government plans to have constructed 8000 miles of a fast rail network.
June 14-17, 2009Caesars Palace
Las Vegas, Nevada
The world’s premier tunneling conference with more than 120 ground-breaking presentations and dozens of global exhibitors its Las Vegas in June.
Look for all the details available soon at: http://www.retc.org/
