Organizing World Tunnel Congress 2020 has been costly for my organizing nation Malaysia. Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) have to absorb most of the costs already made for WTC2020 and refund 70% of money for all sponsors, exhibitors and...

The regional district of Metro Vancouver says it has achieved corporate carbon neutrality with its 2019 operations. Meaning that its carbon output is equal to its removal from the atmosphere. Among other things, Metro Vancouver did this via ...

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) construction photos. https://ggwash.org/view/78210/check-out-this-treasure-trove-of-wmata-construction-photographs

Dutch company Royal BAM announces significant half year loss in their press release: BAM expects significant H1 loss and announces to wind down BAM International 2 July 2020 08:00 - Royal BAM Group nv Trading update for the first half of 2020,...

  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...

  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...

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

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXPyQuJTnOI ADAC (German Automobile Association) has investigated 16 tunnels that German vacationers use most. While doing so, they only accounted those tunnels longer than 1 km. Eight of these tunnels were in...

This is not a joke. In Norway they have actually conducted research for the treatment of tunnel phobia. I did not know if such a phobia even existed. I reckon people in Norway are used to living outdoors in nature unlike us who are used to traveling...

  I think it is a bit infotarial but nevertheless informative article. https://tunnelingonline.com/tbm-tunneling-in-mixed-ground-conditions/

STO, the public transport company of the Outaouais region of Quebec has started the public consultation over whether to have the tram line overground or underground. On STO's website, residents are requested to review the information and then...

  European Court of Auditors (ECA) report titled 'Special Report 10/2020: EU transport infrastructures: more speed needed in megaproject implementation to deliver network effects on time', says that 6 of the 8 multi-billion transport...

  Roads and Maritime Services warns of 26 unfunded commitments by New South Wales government worth $6.7 billion. https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/nsw-warned-of-7-billion-infrastructure-shortfall-20200614-p552gc.html

  Ordu member of Parliament (MP) Dr. Mustafa Adıgüzel criticize government for not building a tunnel Altınordu-Ulubey-Gürgentepe-Gölköy Yolu project. This project will connect Ordu which is in Black Sea region to Central...

OK, the Boris part is not true, but as early as in 1899, British Parliament met to discuss “a submarine tunnel” which would connect Great Britain and the island of Ireland". Probably the lawmakers were a bit ahead of the...

Security of the Meudon railway tunnel of the RER-C line in Paris https://www.stradeeautostrade.it/en/infrastructures-road-network/meudon-railway-tunnel-the-emergency-exit-pm700/