An in-house private PCR laboratory established on a mass rapid transit (MRT) project in Malaysia kept Covid-19 cases under control even when the national figures rose.
The approach was adopted on the $3.1bn (£2.3bn) Klang Valley MRT Putrajaya Line Underground Works scheme, located in the dense urban landscape of Kuala Lumpar. Main…
A new freight tunnel has opened as part of the East Coast Main Line.
Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris has today (9 December 2021) officially opened the Werrington Tunnel which carries freight trains underneath the busy East Coast Main Line and ensures that passenger services will no longer be disrupted by freight…
Contractors delivering London’s Super Sewer cleaned up at NCE’s Tunnelling Awards last night.
Of the 13 awards on the night, five went to the hard-working men and women delivering the Thames Tideway project. A joint venture between Ferrovial Construction and Laing O’Rourke claimed a hattrick of awards including being named Tunnelling…
Italian firm Webuild has been launched its second tunnel boring machine (TBM) on Australia’s Snowy 2.0, a pumped-storage scheme that is the largest renewable energy project in the country.
The TBM is named Kirsten after Australian astrophysicist Kirsten Banks. It was built by Germany’s Herrenknecht AG in collaboration with Webuild, specifically…
Construction of the Long Itchington Wood tunnel for High Speed 2 (HS2) got underway yesterday with the launch of the first tunnel boring machine (TBM) by joint venture contractor Balfour Beatty Vinci (BBV) on the project’s tunnels through the Midlands.
The TBM, named Dorothy after Dorothy Hodgkin who was the first…
National Highways’ Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) project is moving ahead with contract awards in mid-2022, even though the scheme has yet to submit a planning application.
A planning application for the crossing between Kent and Essex was pulled this time last year with the Planning Inspectorate poised to reject it. At…
Supporters of a longer Stonehenge Tunnel are being encouraged to present the relative merits of the alternative scheme to the Department for Transport (DfT).
Transport secretary Grant Shapps is currently in the process of “re-determining” his decision on National Highways’ planning application for the Stonehenge Tunnel after a High Court judge…
HS2 Ltd has awarded a major contract to Derbyshire-based Stanton Precast to create three green tunnels that will be fitted onto the high speed rail line.
The contract award will create up to 100 new jobs at the Ilkeston factory, where over 6km of tunnel to be created out of more…
Construction on the world’s longest immersed tunnel has officially started on the German side.
Contractors have broken ground in Germany on what will eventually become the 18km long Fehmarnbelt tunnel link between Germany and Denmark. Work on the Danish side started in January after the project received the long-awaited green light from the…
High costs ruled out the possibility of an Irish Sea bridge or tunnel crossing last week – but not before some detailed consideration of the engineering options for a link.
The feasibility study – published alongside the Union Connectivity Review – found that a bridge crossing would cost around £335bn, while…
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