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    • Kris Lubcek

      Hinkley Point C tunnel boring work starts beneath Bristol Channel seabed

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcjeRUlAY88 Work has begun at Hinkley Point C this week to install 38,000 concrete segments required to support the three underground marine tunnels at up to 33 metres below the seabed of the Bristol Channel. These tunnels are part of the nuclear power station b...

      Tags: Balfour Beatty, united kingdom, britain

      • Ari G.J. van der Dijk

        Despite Coronavirus, Cheshire West and Chester Council tells Vinci to press ahead with Northgate construction work

          Not only Boris Johnson but everybody is relaxed about the coronavirus outbreak. Way too relaxed, you could say. Local governments and contractors alike go about their construction work as `business usual`, as if the Covid-19 disease is some sort of Russian fake news. Just an example:...

        Tags: united kingdom, complacency

        • Ari G.J. van der Dijk

          UK contractors ignore coronavirus concerns, tunnelling goes on as `business as usual`

            I wonder how is the situation in other tunnelling sites? As dumb as in Cheshire? https://tunnelcontact.com/discussion/view/13571/despite-coronavirus-cheshire-west-and-chester-council-tells-vinci-to-press-ahead-with-northgate-construction-work

          Tags: united kingdom, coronavirus, health, pandemic, covid-19, covid19

          • Keith Keloe

            Extinction Rebellion set to protest against Silvertown Tunnel at the O2 Arena in Greenwich

              The climate change activism group published plans for a protest against the controversial tunnel development. The group claims the road tunnel to bring thousands of HGVs (heavy goods vehicles) under the river between Greenwich and Silvertown and will contribute to London area's air ...

            Tags: United Kingdom, England

            • Dirk's Tunnel Exchange

              Thames Tideway TBMs already reached boring halfway

                Time flies when you're having fun! The tunnel boring machines boring the Thames Tideway tunnel are now done with the 13km of the 25km super sewer for London. Aparrently the tunnel now goes all the way from Fulham to Blackfriars going under a total 13 bridges! Read for yourselves:...

              Tags: United Kingdom, England, London super sewer tunnel, London Thames Tideway

              • Dirk's Tunnel Exchange

                Thames Tideway Tunnel uses Open BIM software

                  For those BIM-illetarate, it stands for 'Building Information Model'. It is defined as  Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a digital representation of physical and functional characteristics of a facility. A BIM is a shared knowledge resource for information about a fac...

                Tags: London super sewer, United Kingdom, England

                • Arie van den Broek

                  Contracts to build the £1bn River Thames Silvertown Tunnel will be made public

                    London Mayor Sadiq Khan has promises to open the contracts up to public scrutiny "subject to legal advice", during a London Assembly meeting on his final budget for 2020-21. This comes after pressure from Liberal Democrat Party and the Green party. https://www.newcivilen...

                  Tags: United Kingdom

                  • Kris Lubcek

                    "Stonehenge Tunnel Plans are to be cancelled"

                      Salisbury Journal claims the plans for the Stonehenge tunnel set to be scrapped. The journal says the reason for the cancellation of the project is the high costs. The 1.8 mile long tunnel was expected to cost over £2 billion. Supposedly Boris Johnson is not prepared to pay for it...

                    Tags: Britain, United Kingdom

                    • Coert Klomp

                      Lower Thames Crossing funding included in the budget

                      The Lower Thames Crossing will be a new connection between the counties of Kent and Essex. Critical part of the new route will be a twin bore tunnel crossing under the River Thames east of Gravesend and Tilbury. The crossing itself will cost £6.8 billion, but investment in local road...

                      Tags: United Kingdom, Britain, England, London, London tunnels

                      • Kris Lubcek

                        HS2: Even before the High Speed 2 project was approved, contractors had already ordered 3 Tunnel Boring Machines

                          It turns out that the contractors had already ordered the tunnel boring machines in 2019, when the HS2 project was still under review and the contractors were not given the go ahead.  A Freedom of Information request by Britain's New Civil Engineer publication reveals that 3...

                        Tags: United Kingdom