Tunnel that will save the Thames
Times Online - UK
The tunnel, big enough to fit three double-decker buses side-by-side, would be the largest in the northern hemisphere.
Locomotive steams through tunnel
BBC News - UK
The first main line steam engine to be built in Britain for 50 years has steamed through the Severn Tunnel. The Tornado locomotive visited the West Country
California High Speed Rail Blog: Better Modeling of the Above …
By Robert Cruickshank
The results of misleading misinformation on the Caltrain/HSR project (such as the McFall video) could be seen in Atherton on Thursday night, where a crowd came to speak in favor of the city’s avowed “tunnel or nothing” stance:
Damaged tunneling machine delays Brightwater opening
Seattle Times - Seattle,WA,USA
Brightwater Project Manager Gunars Sreibers said the joint-venture contractor, Vinci/Parsons/Frontier-Kemper/RCI, discovered “a significant amount of wear”Old railroad tunnel found underneath construction site
NewsChannel 9 WSYR - Syracuse,NY,USA
Their building will sit on railroad tunnels used at the turn of the century. The Onondaga Historical Association believed the tracks were underneath
| Arup scoops first Crossrail station design job Building.co.uk - UK By Dan Stewart Arup has won the first contract to design a station for the £15bn Crossrail programme. Arup joins MacDonald and Capita Symonds in winning |
WMATA to get in-tunnel cell service by 2012 :: Second Ave. Sagas …
By Benjamin Kabak
The lessons from D.C. can be illuminating as we watch the MTA carom from one ill-fated project to another. Earlier this week, the Washington Metro’s board announced that WMATA passengers would enjoy in-tunnel cell service
The World’s 5 Most Ambitious Megaprojects
The Infrastructurist - New York,NY,USA
Megaprojects are the multi-billion dollar infrastructural undertakings that–even when they’re out of sight–play a major role in organizing our daily lives
Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister marks major step in delivery of …
Around the Rings (subscription) - Atlanta,GA,USA
These tunnels will play a key role in the delivery of the road and railway that will connect the Sochi 2014 Coastal Cluster with the ski venues
Tunnels started for 2014 Winter Olympics
USA Today - USA
MOSCOW (AP) — Organizers of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi say construction has begun on tunnels for the road and rail system that will link venues
Devil’s Slide Repair and Tunnel Bypass Presentation | GeoPrac.net
… CALTRANS Office of Geotechnical Design West gave a presentation on the Devil’s Slide repair along PCH Highway 1 at the Southwest Geotechnical Engineer’s Conference on May 12 in Phoenix.
Port of Miami tunnel project gets OK on new cash backer
Miami Today - Miami,FL,USA
By Risa Polansky After a troubled equity partner nearly sank the Port of Miami tunnel project, the Florida Department of Transportation has approved
Clem7 Tunnel machine breaks through
NEWS.com.au - Australia
THE second boring machine working on Brisbane’s Clem7 Tunnel has chewed its way through the final layers of rock at Woolloongabba.
Huoqiying Station of Subway Line 10 to open to traffic in 2011
CCTV - Beijing,China
… made for the impending excavation of the tunnel connecting BAGOU and HUOQIYING Station, the tunnel boring machine (TBM) is preparing to “go underground.
Airport station almost complete
Joburg - Johannesburg,Gauteng,South Africa
The tunnel boring machine, or TBM, which was used to bore a tunnel southwards from the Rosebank Station, completed its task at the end of January
Wallace Tunnel open again - Breaking News from the Press-Register …
By Press-Register
Wallace Tunnel open again. Posted by Press-Register May 25, 2009 3:49 PM. Categories: Breaking News. MOBILE, Ala. — The Wallce Tunnel has been opened up to traffic again, following a wreck that shut down eastbound Interstate 10.
Machines will tunnel toward Weehawken Local construction begins on …
The Hudson Reporter - Hoboken,NJ,USA
by Tricia Tirella It’s going to be a complex task to bore a train tunnel beneath North Bergen, through the sturdy Palisades Cliffs, under Union City
| Work begins on Brisbane tunnel project Work begins on Brisbane tunnel project. 1313 AEST Mon May 25 2009. |
Pahang-Selangor water tunnel project starts despite contentions …
New Straits Times - Persekutuan,Malaysia
By : Farrah Naz Karim Construction of the 44.6 kilometre Pahang-Selangor Raw Water Transfer Project will finally kick-off. The project will start on Monday
Seattle Subterranean Bus Tunnel on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
By nobody@flickr.com (moog55)
It’s a merely a metro bus tunnel in Seattle. This is on the “mandatory shots” list for any Seattle photographer. It’s spectacular to see, but the notion of subterranean bus routes still boggles my mind.
Cologne tries to recover its memory amid rubble of city archive
Los Angeles Times - May 16, 2009
Mark Keppler / AP An archivist looks over the debris from the collapse of the archive building in Cologne, Germany. Subway tunneling may have caused
| ‘Excavating enough rock to fill Giants Stadium’ Mass Transit … The Hudson Reporter - Hoboken,NJ,USA by Tricia Tirella What is being called the most expensive mass transit tunnel project in the nation will rev up its engines next month |
Governor Gregoire signs Bored Tunnel bill to replace Alaskan Way …
Examiner.com - USA
The Chamber has long been an active supporter and negotiator in the process that led to the Bored Tunnel compromise.
Washington governor signs Seattle viaduct tunnel, floating bridge …
Land Line Magazine - Grain Valley,MO,USA
The first bill authorizes the replacement of the Alaskan Way Viaduct with a deep-bore tunnel.
| TheStarcom | Business | Tunnel project to cost more take longer The Niagara Tunnel Project an ambitious effort to boost hydroelectric generation at the Sir Adam Beck station in Niagara Falls will be $600 million over |
| American Shotcrete Association Announces Availability of New … ForConstructionPros.com - College Park,MD,USA The new ASA Buyers Guide is now available free to the Concrete industry at www.shotcrete.org/BuyersGuide. |
NHPC to complete longest headrace tunnel at Chamera hydro project …
Indian Power Sector News - Kannur,Kerala,India
The 16-km headrace tunnel (HRT) at the Chamera hydroelectric project (stage-III) likely to be completed within two years
Austria´s 450-MW Kopswerk 2 pumped-storage inaugurated
HydroWorld - Kansas City,MO,USA
… Arge Drukstollen Kops II (Swietelsky Bau Tunnelbau GesmbH, Torno SA, … Kops II (Jager Bau GmbH, Beton und Monierbau, Zublin, and Alpine Mayreder),
Nanjing Yangtze River Tunnel connecting the left hand lane | The …
By alex.dong@gmail.com (Alex Dong)
On the same day, China Railway 14 Bureau Group to build the construction of the Nanjing Yangtze River Tunnel through the victory of the left hand lane.
Outrage over tunnel project
Australian Mining provides the latest technical information about equipment, techniques, methods and services to the mining industry.
2nd tunnel-boring machine launched
News.gov.hk - Hong Kong
The West Drainage Tunnel project is now in full swing with the launch of its second tunnel-boring machine today.
| New sewage plant behind schedule and over budget Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA By SCOTT GUTIERREZ Construction on King County’s Brightwater sewage-treatment plant is another six months behind schedule and could cost another $70 million |
Cu Chi tunnels one of Vietnam’s most popular tourist attractions
Chicago Sun-Times - United States
A Cu Chi tunnel worker demonstrates how villagers and Viet Cong would enter the hidden tunnels during the war. The openings were incredibly small and hidden
Austria and Italy sign Brenner tunnel agreement
Radio Netherlands - Netherlands
In Rome, the transport ministers of Austria and Italy have signed a definite agreement on the construction of the Brenner rail tunnel through the Alps.
Sochi facelift gathers pace
RT - May 14, 2009
A three-kilometre tunnel – one of the longest in Russia – is being built to provide a vital link to the venues. “I think this project is unique,
NCC to Renovate Freifjord Tunnel in Norway for Approximately SEK …
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
Highway 70 Freifjord tunnel is a five-kilometer-long underground road tunnel that was opened for traffic in August 1992.
Brenner tunnel accord signed | Architecture Travel to Italy …
An accord to build a new rail link between Italy and Austria under the Brenner Pass was signed in Rome Monday. An accord to build a new rail link
Bidders in race to bottom
NJBIZ - New Brunswick,NJ,USA
The Trans-Hudson tunnel project, too, will fill order books by upwards of $1 billion a year between 2010 and 2015, he said.
GLOBAL: An MSc to stop building collapse?
University World News - Durban,KwaZulu-Natal,South Africa
Experienced operators are sought for the huge tunnel boring machines that need to be used with great skill so that city buildings don’t disappear
Crossrail Canary Wharf work prepares for TBM
crossrailnews - Bath,UK
Five tunnel boring machine drives are planned - H, G, X, Y and Z. Canary Wharf Crossrail station was known as Isle of Dogs before Wednesday (14 May)
TBM - Tunnel Boring Machine - benoa photoblog - pictures & photos
By benoa
Pictures and Photos of TBM - Tunnel Boring Machine - benoa photoblog
2009 Benjamin Franklin Medal Winner: Richard Robbins …
By ScienCentral
The 2009 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Engineering is presented to Richard Robbins for his imagination and skill in developing a hard-rock tunnel boring machine.
‘Too hard’ for Energy Australia to re-use $10 million boring machine
LIVENEWS.com.au - Sydney,NSW,Australia
Raising the front end of the tunnel boring machine and refurbishing it for another job would have cost around $6 million itself
Lijiang railway’s last tunnel completed
Xinhua - China
BEIJING, May 17 — Heluo mountain tunnel, the last tunnel on the long-waited Dali- Lijiang railway, got through on Saturday morning. The 5800-meter tunnel
Work officially starts on Crossrail - PHOTOS
Contract Journal - UK
By Neil Gerrard Prime Minister Gordon Brown, London Mayor Boris Johnson and Crossrail chief executive Rob Holden all stressed their commitment to Crossrail
Machines will be tunneling under North Bergen Local construction …
The Hudson Reporter - Hoboken,NJ,USA
But next month, work will begin on the first step in the project, a railroad line underpass that will run beneath Tonnelle Avenue to connect to a tunnel
Caldecott fourth bore goes to bid
Tri Valley Herald - Walnut Creek,CA,USA
… state money to the project. California voters in 2006 approved a transportation bond measure with $175 million for the Highway 24 tunnel expansion
Five firms bid for Abu Dhabi sewer deal
MEED (subscription) - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
The total cost of the deep-sewer tunnel project is AED2bn ($545m). The project is part of ADSSC’s AED4bn strategic tunnel enhancement programme
Costing of TBM - built tunnels « Comitê Brasileiro de Túneis
By admin
So far, such cooperation has mainly resulted in the joint sponsorship by UN and ITA of a number of international events dealing with selected technical subjects of interest both to the Gibraltar Strait tunnel project and to the tunnel …
A tunnel to unite old rivals?
BBC News - UK
… Peru and Chile to agree on the project. Chile and Peru would have to agree that Bolivia would have sovereignty over the tunnel, Mr Eliash says.
Czechs planned 255-mile tunnel to Adriatic
United Press International - USA
Civil engineer Karel Zlabek created the tunnel project
which was to go from Ceske Budjeovice in southern
Czechoslovakia to the Adriatic
World’s Most Spectacular Tunnels
By nobertbermosa
With a total length of 1, 338 meters long and stand at 4905 meters above sea level, the Fenghuoshan Railway Tunnel in China is the highest railway tunnel in the world.
Marmaray project tunnel faced with a four-year delay
Hürriyet - Turkey
ISTANBUL - The completion date for the Marmaray underwater tunnel connecting the European and Asian sides of Istanbul has been pushed back
Diplomacy Underground: Tunnel Proposed to Grant Bolivia Access to Sea
Toward Freedom - Burlington,VT,USA
… including the construction of tunnels between China and Taiwan. The architect also cited the plans to connect Spain to Morocco through a tunnel.
Metro blasts tunnel but ridge is safe
Times of India - India
NEW DELHI: Racing against time and faced with the task of protecting the central ridge at all costs, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has carved out
Morgan Est in Thames Water breakthrough
Thames Water linked its 9.3km ring main extension to the original 80km circular ring main shaft beneath London yesterday.
Newsletter Brenner Railway (In German language only, but a picture is worth more than 1000 words)
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Bilfinger Berger Wins EUR100M Stockholm Railway Tunnel Order
Wall Street Journal - USA
XE) said Tuesday it has received an order worth EUR100
million to build a railway tunnel in Stockholm.
The 1.9-kilometer long section of the city rail
Mother of all machines!
Newham Recorder - London,England,UK
Eileen said: “I called the tunnel boring machine Theodora because that’s my mum’s name and I think it’s nice.” And Theodora the Borer got down to business
Brenner base tunnel approved
Railway Gazette International - London,UK
AUSTRIA: The final go-ahead for the construction of the Brenner base tunnel is due to be signed at a meeting of the German, Italian and Austrian
High-speed rail line Venezia – Trieste – Ljubljana « Infrastruct
By infrastruct
From there, it would run in tunnel to the Vipava valley, and again in tunnel to the Ljubljana Basin. This option by-passes Trieste entirely. A second option is a more northern tunnel, surfacing north of Villa Opicina, … That way, the EU contribution to an internal Slovenian project is maximised. However, even in this variant, the line would still not pass through Trieste Centrale station.
JAKS in running for RM800m job
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
Last Monday, the Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water awarded the RM1.3bil raw water transfer tunnel project to the Shimizu Corp led-consortium
Tunnel cave-in at Hydro claims two lives
Norway Post - Bærum,Norway
The police have confirmed that two workers were killed in a tunnel cave-in at Hydro’s Roeldal-Suldal power plant in Western Norway on Saturday
Five bodies recovered from flooded gold mine in N China
Xinhua - China
Seven miners were working in the tunnel at the time and two escaped. An initial investigation by Liaoning Gold Administration showed the flooding occurred
Gautrain tunnels more than 90% complete
Creamer Media’s Engineering News - Garden View,South Africa
… at the front end of the machine will remain where it is currently parked inside the tunnel, and this will be covered with a permanent shotcrete lining.
| „Mich interessiert das ja nicht so. Aber mein Mann will das mal … jenanews.de - jena,Thüringen,Germany Ein Blick in den nebenan liegenden Tunnel war genauso möglich wie das Inspizieren von Bohrwagen und anderen Gerätschaften, die zum Tunnelbau nötig sind |
NJ rail tunnel to get $200M in federal funds
Cherry Hill Courier Post - Cherry Hill,NJ,USA
The tunnel project is expected to cost $9 billion. The federal share is about $3 billion and the rest is coming from the state governments
Atlantic Avenue Subway Tunnel - Patell and Waterman’s History of …
By Bryan
The half-mile long tunnel was built by Cornelius Vanderbilt in 1844 as part of the Long Island Railroad. The idea was to get the train off the downtown streets, where accidents were apparently too common as locomotives chugged
Hard Rock Hallelujah
New Civil Engineer - London,England,UK
We’d have two TBMs here, boring the two tunnels. But we can only use one, as everything depends on the water “We’d have two TBMs [tunnel boring machines]
Alaska needs big, bold ideas now
Anchorage Daily News - Anchorage,AK,USA
I have met the engineers planning the link from Yakutsk to Chukotka and have seen their design for a tunnel under the Bering Strait.
Perriello requests $4M for Blue Ridge Tunnel project
C-Ville Weekly - Charlottesville,VA,USA
Plans to store natural gas in the decommissioned tunnel led to the construction of internal concrete walls and pipes in the 1950s
Iran plans to restore Sassanid tunnel in Shushtar
Tehran Times - Iran
TEHRAN — A team of Iranian experts will restore a Sassanid tunnel in Khuzestan Province in the near future. The tunnel is a part of an ancient irrigation
PUB bags global award
Straits Times - Singapore
By Grace Chua THE PUB’s Deep Tunnel Sewerage System (DTSS) has been operational for just four months, but it has already garnered praise internationally.
Large Hadron Collider ‘mostly repaired’
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
The last of 53 replacement magnets for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has been lowered into the 16-mile tunnel straddling the Swiss-French border
Burrowing a tunnel under the Hudson River and into the future
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - Newark,NJ,USA
by Mark Mueller/The Star-Ledger Eugene Hoshiko/APA massive tunneling project, of a larger scale than the Chinese tunnel above, will soon begin
At Site of New Tunnel, New Archbishop Gives Blessing
New York Times - United States
Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan reaching out over the construction entrance to a tunnel that will extend the No. 7 subway line.
Gotta get through it: Halcrow build the uae’s longest tunnel
Building.co.uk - UK
Which is why a team from Halcrow is holed up there right now, enduring the heat and hard rock on the country’s longest ever tunnel project
Ottawa councillors see light rail at the end of tunnel plans
CBC.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Councillors said they hoped that getting their hands on the preliminary plans would help them secure the money to finally fund the tunnel project
Croydon breakthrough | Online news | New Civil Engineer
The project will link London and Croydon with a new cable link, and the tunnel broke through at the Beddington Substation site early on Tuesday morning, after almost two years of tunnelling.
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