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Impact of occupational risk prevention measures during process disturbances in TBM tunnelling
By Tim AltmanO.T.Terheijden (a) P.H.A.J.M.van Gelder (b) W.Broere(b) a Paltrock, the Netherlands b Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands Received 22 December 2019, Revised 6 January 2022, Accepted 20 May 2022, Available online 30 May 2022,...
India Must Account for Human and Ecological Costs of Highway Expansion
The latest stark warning comes from Ramban tunnel construction project collapse which killed 10 tunnel workers on 21 May. "Highways link regions and improve connectivity, but the break-neck pace of construction comes at a human,...
In India 10 Workers Found Dead in Tunnel Collapse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VKniG2hRnk I think the name of the tunnel is Ramban tunnel. It was under construction with drill & blast. https://www.mbtmag.com/global/news/22248913/10-workers-found-dead-in-tunnel-collapse
Norway's New E18: - The exhaust is sent untreated out of a new tunnel
Exhaust and polluted air from new E18 tunnels are not cleaned. From the ventilation tower at the tunnel openings, the greenhouse gases are sent straight out, writes...UK's HS2 project announces their first diesel-free construction site
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwWJWcGY_lU HS2 Ltd release. HS2 Ltd - the company building Britain’s new high speed, low carbon railway - has today [Thursday 12 May] announced its first completely diesel-free site is the Canterbury Road...
Korea revise ‘Seismic Performance Improvement Guidelines’ for facilities including buildings, bridges and tunnels
Korea Homeland Safety Management Service announced on 11th that it has revised ‘Seismic Performance Improvement Guidelines’ for buildings, bridges and tunnels and posted it on the official website for reference. Also for...The Boring Company’s Bastrop site under investigation
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) opened investigations into The Boring Company’s Bastrop site after receiving three complaints about wastewater and concrete...Boring Co. San Antonio tunnel a threat to historic springs
'The project ignores the local geology between the airport and downtown, which is well known to local geoscientists as an active part of our aquifer system with dozens of identified caves, or karst features, including San Antonio...Study finds unsafe exposure levels to diesel exhaust at Ontario construction sites
Samples exceeded recognized standards, by 41.6 % by the Dutch Expert Committee on Occupational Safety standaeds and 90.6 % of the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health...Slovenia: Tunnel construction between Divača and Koper causes river water pollution
Alpe Adria Green Association (AAG) said the tunnel construction activities release water mixed with drill coolant, cement and marl to waterways connected to the Rižana River. Publications says " "Fortunately, the...New evidence allowed in AU $300 lawsuit over defective Lane Cove Tunnel Construction
New evidence allowed... I think it is about the tunnel collapse incident. A report here had described the incident well... '2005 a section of the roof of the Lane Cove Tunnel collapsed, an unravelling failure ensued and the collapse...DMT to evaluate the safety of several road tunnels in Rhineland Palatinate
Landesbetrieb Mobilität Rheinland-Pfalz (LBM) has commissioned DMT’s Fire and Explosion Protection department to evaluate the safety of several road tunnels in Rhineland Palatinate over the next five years. The team of safety...China's Cosco company construction works in Peru create public backlash
Chinese state-owned company Cosco Shipping Ports in Chancay, Peru is accused of damaging environment and damaging the houses of the residents with constant explosions. Among the infrastructure built by Cosco is a tunnel to link the port to...Norwegian Public Roads Administration and Nye Veier put stone excavated from tunnel to good use
Good cooperation between the Statens vegvesen (Norwegian Public Roads Administration) and Nye Veier in Kristiansand The project E18 / E39 Gartnerløkka-Kolsdalen in Kristiansand will fill in rock in the harbor basin to expand Kristiansand...Australia's largest construction company CIMIC (also a contractor of Melbourne's West Gate Tunnel) caught in underpayment scandal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpXyOJP9bKE Australia’s largest construction company, CIMIC (one of the contractors of Melbourne's West Gate Tunnel) is accused of underpaying workers, subcontractors and banks in Middle East by more than...
Dutch newspaper writes construction workers worked under unsafe conditions in the RijnlandRoute tunnel.
One of the biggest Dutch newspapers NRC writes that the construction of the RijnlandRoute tunnel was very dangerous for the workers. The newspaper has published a very long piece based on its investigation involving 30 construction personnel of the...The Somport tunnel works council in Spain says contractor Matinsa breaches terms of safety and labor rights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-qAmhWbB2c The 7,871 meters long Somport tunnel crosses the Pyrenees from Spain to France with 4,714 meters in Spain and 3,157 meters in France. The single track railway tunnel had been closed to railway traffic...Portuguese smart tunnel trial paves the way for C-ITS system rollout
' A tunnel incident warning system trial in Portugal has concluded successfully with results suggesting the ETSI ITS G5 short-range communication technology has reached a level of maturity sufficient to warrant widespread rollout....Brussel's Leonard Tunnel: Work starts to remove asbestos and renew fireproofing
https://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/204024/crews-to-remove-asbestos-plates-repair-fireproofing-of-leonard-tunnelIn Nepal worker missing in hydropower project's tunnel after accident
https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/worker-missing-in-hydropower-projects-tunnel-after-accident
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