Greenwich residents fear their roads will become clogged with ‘nightmare’ traffic following the opening...
https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/news/residents-fret-about-impact-of-silvertown-tunnel-once-its-up-and-running/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiVCqi4IPB0
Before the Tunnel Boring Machine "Karpatką" of the consortium of Mostostal Warsaw S.A. and Acciona Construccion S.A. a total of 44 have been drilled to check for dangerous gases like...
MTA Bridges and Tunnels is reminding the public about a series of overnight flood door tests in the Queens Midtown Tunnel as part of preparations for potential hurricanes or tropical storms.
Each of the 20-plus ton steel flood doors can only be...
From PIARC;
Article
KITT – Artificial Intelligence to Improve the Safety of Tunnels and Tunnel Control Centres
Date: 2023
Author(s): LEHAN Anne / WAHL Hendrik / KAMMERER Harald / KLAMPFER Bernhard
Domain(s): Road Tunnel...
Transience and Tunnel Esperanto: A study of multilingualism, work and relationship-building on a tunnel mining project
Kraft, Kamilla, University of Copenhagen
This paper investigates multilingualism as language and communication discourses...
Sierra Club California, the legislative and regulatory arm of Sierra Club’s 13 local chapters in California, representing half a million members and supporters releases the following opinion;
Sacramento, CA - Thursday, the California...
Recycling has become increasingly important within the mining industry in recent years. By recycling and reusing materials such as steel, metals, and other valuable resources, the need to extract virgin material is reduced, which in turn decreases...
Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has prepared new guidelines to prevent condensation inside the road tunnels. Condensation is most a problem in summers because of larger temperature difference.
Guidelines mention condensation...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvvP51Ekg7E
Some people suffer from "tunnelphobia". They are afraid of driving in a tunnel. Often they take the longer route to avoid tunnels.
For such people; two Dutch organizations, Rijangstlabel...
Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) said May 20 it will immediately suspend all tunnel excavation work for the magnetic-levitation (maglev) Chuo Shinkansen Line in an area where wells and reservoirs are drying...
Using railway instead of clogging highways to transport the excavated ground. Good!
https://northjersey.com/story/news/transportation/2024/05/23/gateway-rail-tunnel-boring-dirt-moving-north-bergen-strategic-solutions/73787102007/
Arbeidstilsynet (The Norwegian Labor Inspection Authority) will increase their inspection of construction works which exposes their workers to cancer-causing quartz dust.
Arbeidstilsynet media release is as follows, translated from...
Recommendations GT4R5A1
Design of tunnels bored with TBMs with respect to the arrival of public rescue service and self-rescue of workers during the worksite phase
Booklet by French tunneling association. 14...
Asahi writes; in the Gifu Prefecture water levels are falling in the lakes and wells in a certain region of the prefecture. This is the region where the tunnel construction is under way for the Chuo Shinkansen maglev railway line. It is built...
People's Daily report quote the official website of State Railway Administration, State Railway Administration issued modifications to "Specifications for Railway Tunnel Design" and "Specifications for High -speed Railway...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRwwY4WH-50
Zell am See's 5 kilometer long Schmitten Tunnel is used by six million vehicles per year. Authorities will spend 76.5 million euros to add 12 new connections (short tunnels) to the escape...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg8lJc_Nd0I
Arden Station’s fire safety systems were recently put to the test with the help of Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO.
The team used a fog machine to generate ‘hot...
Yesterday (28 April) was the World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2024
Ghella also celebrated the twentieth anniversary of the "World Day for Safety and Health at Work", established in 2003 by the ILO. The theme chosen for...