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

Today's the day: after some 13 years of construction Crossrail's Elizabeth line will finally...

'Almost four decades elapsed between the first official proposals for an east-west “Crossrail” line under London, and the start of construction works for what would eventually become the Elizabeth...

Amateur tunneller https://akipress.com/news:671309:Mental_hospital_patient_dug_270m_underground_tunnel_linking_Kyrgyzstan_and_Uzbekistan/

This time next week, people will be commuting to work on the Elizabeth line for the first time, but what did it take to get the railway built? https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/building-the-elizabeth-line-in-photos-54622/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjJnkNaAFkw London's CrossRail, aka Elizabeth line has had a visitor. The namesake person. Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Earl of Wessex, today (Tuesday 17 May), visited Paddington...

As illustrative as ever, the tabloid The Sun publishes the video of the inferno in the HS2 tunnel. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/18534536/hs2-workers-flee-for-their-lives-rips-through-tunnel/

"Until breakthrough, the British and French operations were entirely separate, and this was reflected in very different working environments" Another tunnelling...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNSCV7aH1F4 In the Netherlands, police has recovered the body of a 29 year old man in a collapsed tunnel. It is not clear why the man was digging a tunnel in the forest. Police questioned the people who spotted the...

Yes 4 years late and around £4 billion ($5.28 billion) over budget. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-10791317/The-Elizabeth-Line-says-Britain-pull-big-building-projects-anymore.html

China Communications Construction Malaysia East Coast Railway Project, the open hard rock tunnel boring machine (TBM) "Genting No. 1" with the largest diameter exported from China https://www.seetao.com/details/155327.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XCUL80Kx9k The excavation work of the 16.39 km twin-bore Genting tunnel is crucial to the construction of ECRL, jointly constructed by China Communications Construction Company...

The tunnel, which dates back to 1368 and leads to Birmingham’s oldest pub. https://www.geplus.co.uk/news/14th-century-tunnel-uncovered-during-west-midlands-metro-dig-25-04-2022/

made me lough https://www.inputmag.com/culture/the-masculine-urge-to-dig-a-tunnel-an-investigation

  A new 14 km long sewer tunnel is being built that will lead all wastewater from the western part of Stockholm to Henriksdal's treatment plant so that it can be treated with the new membrane...

A pleasure to read.... The engineers behind the new Hypertunnel method aim to shake up the tunnelling status quo. https://www.geplus.co.uk/features/future-of-geotechnics-disrupting-tunnelling-05-04-2022/