Transport for London (TfL) allocates an additional £245M to upgrade its ageing surface assets over the next five...

Researchers at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh are exploring the possibility of a "submerged floating tube bridge" between Northern Ireland and Scotland\ writes Irish Central quoting Times. This submerged tube would be floating 50m...

Minister of Transportation has chosen between the two alternatives (an immersed tunnel and a bridge, both with 8 lanes). It has not been announced yet. An announcement is expected together with a business case in the coming days. Mayors of Metro...

Original plans for the Cross River Rail for being operational was 2024. Now it looks the construction will only finish in 2024 and being operational is delayed to some date in mid 2025. Minister says the year 2021 will be the "the year of...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8el8xzFEvps December 15 2020 day - No. 1 Tunnel of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway (HSR) was successfully holed through. China-Indonesia cooperation project use Chinese technology TBM (Tunnel Boring...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x4igzBxwLM China company CREG deliver giant TBM for Georgia. Diameter 15.08 meters. Length 182 meter. Weight  3,900 tonnes. CREG TBM is for expressway tunnel construction in Georgia.

China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) start important projects. Also Erqi Square tunnel project in Zhengzhou.  The total length of the project is 1,370...

Senior Tunnelling Engineer- London Closing Date: 15th January 2021 Employer: Arup Qualifications:   Civil Engineering, Tunnelling or Mining Master's degree with honours; Professional qualification / chartered...

  Khabarhub has interesting news: "Accustomed to corrupt practices, Chinese company offers bribe to influence Nepal’s hydropower project". The Chinese contractor is Guangxi Hydro-Electric Construction responsible to...

Plans to build a western rail link to Heathrow Airport have been delayed by several years due to the current financial situation. https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2020/12/14/heathrow-rail-extension-pushed-back-by-several-years/ This blog site...

Albanian minister of infrastructure and energy Belinda Balluku announced tender for Llogara tunnel. Estimated value for contract is €155 million for this 6km tunnel. Deadline for bids is 12 February 2021. This tender follows earlier design...

Sunday 13 December 2020 was a historic day for Switzerland and the Italian-speaking Canton of Ticino. Monte Ceneri Tunnel is now fully operational.   The new 15.4 km long railway tunnel speeds up radically the train trip between Milano,...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZMTrzF1wis On 13 December 2020, Sunday, the new Ulriken tunnel opened on the Bergen line.  The 7.8 kilometer long tunnel runs between Arna and Fløen. The Minister of Transport Knut Arild Hareide...

Victoria Transport Infrastructure Minister Jacinta Allan confirms on Friday that the government has 'in-principle' agreed with the contractors Cross Yarra Partnership on a 'new deal' for Melbourne's Metro Tunnel cost...

The Ufa city centre road tunnel construction resumed after 13 years of suspension. The tunnel is now in construction for 30 years writes Russian press. Ufa city centre road tunnel is 60 metres under the gound. 1245 metres long.  It's...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G8fYlAP-M4&t=1s Following companies have been shortlisted for constructing the Western Harbour Tunnel. Bechtel Infrastructure (Australia) Harbour West Partners – (Consortium comprising Macquarie...

  Victoria's government has opened the EOI (Expressions of Interest) for the Initial and Early Works package of Melbourne's Suburban Rail Loop project. According to the government, the Suburban Rail Loop project is the biggest...

CCCC Tianhe Mechanical Equipment Manufacturing Co Ltd, a subsidiary of China Communications Construction Co, announced that it had excavated 1,642 meters of tunnels via using its self-developed tunnel-boring machine, or TBM, underneath the river...

German company Siemens awarded a contract to provide the command control and communication systems for Ahmed Hamdy Tunnel 2 under the Suez Canal linking the south of Sinai with the rest of...

Victoria's environmental watchdog overturnes all of the approvals it has given to landfills set to accept Melbourne's West Gate Tunnel's contaminated...