There has been a strike at the Castagnola construction site after the collapse of the tunnel. A worker has been hospitalized in a serious condition with multiple fractures in his body. He is said to be not in life threatening condition. According to...
Highways England submits the Development Consent Order (DSO) application for the Lower Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) project connecting Kent, Thurrock and Essex with a tunnel under River...
Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau (a subsidiary of Dutch company BAM) achieves the final brealthrough in tunnelling of Cannstatt tunnel. Breakthrough has been celebrated with a limited-attendance ceremony by project owner DBPSU GmbH,...
Kolon Global, Steeltech and Donghae General Technology Corporation develop a quadrilateral grid support using deformed bars.
The quadrilateral lattice support is a steel support material to secure the stability of the tunnel...
A connection between V-30 and the A-3 in the direction of Madrid in the form of a bridge is not desired by the Valencia municipalities. Contrary to the bridge option pushed by the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, the municipalities...
Two more metro lines, namely line 3 and 4 are to be built for capital city Lima. Peruvian authorities are aiming to start construction 2022.
https://www.bnamericas.com/en/news/peru-aims-to-begin-2-more-lima-metro-lines-by-2022
DMRC (Delhi Metro Rail Corporation) has yesterday (Thursday 22 October) started with the boring of the 1.4km tunnel between Vikashpuri and Krishna Park extension for Metro Phase 4.
LOWERING OF DELHI METRO PHASE 4’S FIRST TUNNEL...
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VINCI Construction wins two new contracts for the City Rail Link line in Auckland, New Zealand
· Design-construction of Packages 5 (connection to existing network) and 7 (rail...
The Indian government proposes to lower the thresholds for technical and financial eligibility criteria in a move to attract smaller companies to highway construction and to compansate for Covid-19...
National Highways and Industrial Development Corporation (NHIDCL) looking into the options to use the Zojila tunnel both as a railway tunnel and road tunnel.
The latest tender for the 14.1km long Zojila Tunnel construction has been won by Megha...
Bengaluru's Namma Metro tunnelling between Shivajinagar and Cantonment draws criticism after segments cracked and water leakeges appeared. Problem seem to be on large scale as 25% of the segments have reportedly cracked.
Making matters worse,...
Larsen & Toubro beats Tata Projects and Afcons Infrastructure to get the Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project’s Package C4 with 237.1 km railway, bridges, tunnel, stations, viaducts.
Project is finnaced by Japan International...
Following the inauguration of the Atal Tunnel in Rohtang by PM Moti, India laid out plans to build many more tunnels on the border areas to counter the China's aggression.
Border Roads Organization (BRO) has proposed 8 more tunnels to enhance...
" Labor says it has been given leaked documents which show the design to turn Adelaide's South Road into a non-stop motorway and also reveal the project's end date will be delayed by more than a decade....
Watakota Tribune News write there will be likely delays and cost overruns in construction of the MRT Jakarta phase 2A. PT Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Jakarta said CP 201 contract package tunnels from the HI Roundabout Station to Harmoni Station and 2...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtQdeiNqTwQ
The new mayor of Coquimbo, Pablo Herman, who took over as Lucía Pinto's replacement wants to explore the possibility of a shorter tunnel option for uniting the Chile and Argentina. ...
Crews celebrated as a 6.7m (22-foot) diameter Robbins Main Beam TBM broke through the Ohio River Tunnel.
https://www.khl.com/international-construction/robbins-main-beam-breaks-through-ohio-river-tunnel/146542.article
2.2 Kilometer of tunnelling under dense urban areas completed on Moscow's Big Ring Metro Line west section. It is 10 meters in diameter with two rail tracks.
TBM Lilia finished tunnelling just under 2 years. Ahead of schedule.
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