About the 2022 Australian Construction Achievement Award (ACAA) presented to John Holland, CPB Contractors and Ghella Joint Venture for the Sydney Metro City & Southwest Tunnel and Station Excavation (TSE)...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONdPkKocbpQ
The Yinjiangbuhan Tunnel is 150 miles long, and parts will go as deep as 3,300 feet underground. This is allegedly why China had to build the tunnel...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkBiObYSfFE
In this summit also huge Neom project on table. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia ruler will visit South Korea from the end of October to November, and plans to meet with President Yun...
Epiroc announcement (https://www.epirocgroup.com/en/media/corporate-press-releases/2022/20220802-epiroc-completes-acquisition-of-manufacturer-of-rock-drills)
Epiroc completes acquisition of manufacturer of rock...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuyzuEw6bIc
A National Geographic article below (and the podcast you can listen to above).
Historians fear that plans to build a tunnel under Stonehenge could harm valuable artifacts around the ancient site....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmKqb9qjVss&feature=emb_imp_woyt
Switzerland's Albula Tunnel is an important engineering marvel from the beginning of the 20th century. The 5,864 metre-long tunnel at 1800 metre elevation in the Alps was...
Speaking at NCE’s Future of Rail conference, Byford said ...
https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/tfl-boss-no-question-we-will-close-unsafe-bridges-and-tunnels-08-07-2022/
The awards will be held in the evening at NCE’s Tunnelling Festival, which includes a daytime conference, on 7 December in London.
https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/one-week-left-to-enter-the-tunnelling-awards-08-07-2022/
The unique set of wheeled, tracked, flying and walking robotic systems at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague has been expanded by two SPOT robots with a robotic arm. The SPOTs from Boston Dynamics...
No one, not even Elon Musk, has suggested burying every single one of the world's roads. But what would happen if we did relocate them all below the surface?
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220621-what-if-roads-went-underground
I have not yet read this book. But I shall. It looks interesting by the cover.
And if anybody read it, I would love to hear about it.
Models for financing, cost and risk assessment - Major railway tunnel projects in Europe...
West Gate billboard destruction sparks $8m compensation fight
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/west-gate-billboard-destruction-sparks-8m-compensation-fight-20220601-p5aq5y.html
Good news is no injuries
https://www.ansa.it/english/newswire/english_service/2022/06/03/high-speed-train-has-accident-in-tunnel-in-rome-9_2dba7b40-922e-4782-8c3e-df40ca207294.html
A tunnel has become a issue in Norway and the national Language Council has been consulteded on how th tunnel between Kroka and Sunndal should be named. Krokantunnel or the Krokantunnel?
I am not...
Sydney's WestConnex M4-M5 Link tunnels have been recognized as the Outstanding International Project of the Year by The American Shotcrete Association.
Jacob's statement says;
The American Shotcrete Association (ASA) recognized...
Interesting stuff from the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.
https://www.imeche.org/news/news-article/5-engineering-innovations-on-the-journey-to-the-elizabeth-line-opening