El Día de Soria reports that the work has started for the outfall tunnel of the Sinova Wastewater Treatment Plant (EDAR de Soria). More than 60million euro will be invested, partially funded by the European...
A good summary of tunnel works in Victoria's to-do list this autumn,
https://infrastructuremagazine.com.au/2021/02/24/victorias-autumn-transport-infrastructure-blitz/?sfw=pass1614327663
Homeowners' protests for blasting plans got the plans changed.
Acciona Samsung Bouygues JV had previously sought planning permission to allow the use of controlled blasting to break rock for excavation on sections of the underground M4-M5...
Periódico del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia reports great progress on 3 tunnels which are being built on the La Paz-Caranavi route.
In the Cajones 1 tunnel, shotcrete is being placed in the vault and part of the gables. In the Cajones 2...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvpQGa_P59w
Atlanta's “Driller Mike,” bored the 5-mile, 10-foot-diameter tunnel. The Robbins TBM has been named after the Atlanta-resident famous rapper 'Killer...
eKapija write that municipality of Budva asked the Ministry of Ecology, Spatial Planning and Urbanism to issue urban and technical conditions for the construction of a tunnel through the hill Spas, which would connect the main road in Jaz with the...
The final estimated cost for the east London project is now £199M, with £6M spent to date excluding the construction costs which are being incurred by the Riverlinx consortium which has a design, build, maintain and finance...
Too bad for the tree-huggers
https://www.michiganadvance.com/2021/02/23/state-panel-doesnt-have-to-consider-climate-change-in-line-5-tunnel-permit-decision-judge-rules/
The feasibility of connecting multiple Irish Sea road tunnels with a roundabout beneath the Isle of Man has been played down by leading tunnelling expert Bill...
The major mobile operators in The Netherlands (T-Mobile, KPN and Vodafone) have implemented the first mobile coverage which provides the commuters traveling at high peed trains with superfast downloads in tunnel of Oude Maas. T-Mobile released the...
Swedish company NCC has been commissioned by Region Stockholm’s Administration for Extended Metro to construct the Hagastaden station on the new subway line to Arenastaden. The estimated order value is approximately SEK 1.2 billion.
NCC is...
Cost of patching up London's aging bridges and tunnels soars by more than 700%
https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/cost-of-patching-up-londons-ageing-bridges-and-tunnels-soars-by-more-than-700-25-02-2021/
Interesting!
Being faster than a snail is truly an innovation in tunneling. TUM Boring – Innovation in Tunneling is an initiative of the Technical University of Munich consisting of 60 highly motivated students who have teamed up to...
Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) in Austria conducts a research to make tunnels CO2-neutral. The research is conducted at Brenner Base Tunnel. Below is the media release by TU Graz (author is Christoph Pelzl).
Brenner Base Tunnel as a...
The European Scrutiny Committee of the House of Commons has makes a series of recommendations on the way safety rules are set for the Channel Tunnel.
" The Committee recommended that this bi-national approach be formalised and that new...
I've got notified by a friend over a press release of Razel-Bec. Below is the translation to English (link to original is at the bottom).
PRESS RELEASE - A 100% Fayat consortium for lot 3 of line 16 of the Grand Paris Express 24 Feb...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-JApGKNBUA
Serbia's Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure, Tomislav Momirović, today, told the representatives of the contractor companies Azvirt and Povercajna that they must strictly stick...