Industrialists union Foment del Treball has called the expedition of plans for the execution of over 100 construction projects. A tunnel which will shorten the travel time between Barcelona and Vallès is one of them. Construction...

  Read in TheUrbanDeveloper: Sydney-headquartered construction & development company says its full year loss to be in the range of $230m-$340m. Company sites COVID-19 as the main reason. Landlease is involved in Melbourne Metro Tunnel...

"The crossing will include two double-deck tunnels under the lakes of Donghu and Nanhu" "With 13.3 km dug by tunnel-boring machines and a maximum boring diameter of 15.5...

China-built 142.3 km Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway construction is on track Xinhuanet agency inform. Railway has 13 tunnels for train speed 350km per hour. Chinese companies took health safety and preventive measures and continued working....

Representatives of the political parties Italia Viva, The League, Democratic Party and Forza Italia have organized a meeting on the Fontanabuona tunnel project plans. It is a plan to connect the Statale 225 to the A12 motorway, between Ferrada di...

Anas (FS Italiane Group) and the construction contractor Edilmaco restarted excavation works for the new Tenda tunnel. The work was sysoended in March after the COVID-19 emergency came. The new Tenda tunnel project is in fact addition of a...

  According to Tunnel magazine, the World Tunnel Congress 2020 in Kuala Lumpur has been cancelled. Instead of being held in Kuala Lumpur, the event will be held virtually on Internet.  This is what IEM (Institute of Engineers Malaysia)...

  One of the two tunnels connecting the Noord-Amsterdam to the rest of the city is named after Jan Pieterszoon Coen. He is a 17th century trader in the 'Dutch East Indies' and his nick name is 'Banda Butcher'. He's got...

HS2 Ltd searches for specialist contractors to deliver the overhead catenary system (OCS). https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/hs2-tenders-300m-catenary-deal

"By adopting a collaborative approach to managing supply chain risk and convincing stakeholders of a project’s unique benefits, project managers can support the delivery of the UK’s infrastructure...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C03fOma6lY French contractor Bouygues Travaux Publics uses also Hybrid Herrenknecht TBMs for excavating the tunnels of the enormous Grand Paris Express project. They are hybrid because they are adjustable to work...

  Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) arrested old Penang Port Commission Chairman Jeffrey Chew Gim Eam. Arrest happen a few days ago. Press write it s about corruption case in the Penang Tunnel project. Project is famous with...

When it opened in 1991, the Tate's Cairn tunnel has shortened commuting from Sha Tin to Central from an hour to 25 minutes. https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/3090660/how-hong-kong-got-tates-cairn-tunnel

The contract is said to be worth HK$5.67bn. Some portion of it for the tunnel ventilation and other electro-mechanical systems for tunnels in Hong Kong. https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/gammon-lands-57bn-hong-kong-contract

Plans under review envisage more tunnels and underground work for HS2 https://aboutmanchester.co.uk/alternative-plans-for-hs2-would-see-vast-underground-station-built-at-piccadilly-and-trains-running-under-manchester/

On 3 March 2009, under construction Cologne metro tunnel collapsed, killing 2 people. Irreplaceable Cologne City archives were buried in mud. Now after 11 years, the contractors of the tunnel construction and the City of Cologne have reached an...

BART Phase II – the six-mile, four-station project for  extending BART service into Downtown San Jose and Santa Clara is expected to cost approximately $6.5 billion by latest estimates. It is up from 2019's cost estimate of $5.6...

Highways England will float a tender on July 6 for project management, program management and coordinator services in connection with the Lower Thames Crossing...

12 km long Shitouzhai tunnel boring finish. Shitouzhai tunnel in southwest of China's Yunnan Province. It is 70th tunnel of 92 tunnels 1000km China Laos railway. http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-06/29/c_139175334.htm

Infrastructure very often distrupt nature. To protect elephants\ 131km (km) Pekanbaru-Dumai (Permai) toll road has 6 elephant crossing...