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The final concrete base slab on Tideway has been poured and set in the deepest shaft on the entire project.

The team completed excavation of the full 64m deep shaft at King Edward Memorial Park in Wapping last month and last week poured 780m3 of concrete to form the slab. The…

Work on the Turin to Lyon high speed rail link reached a major milestone this week with award of three contracts for the tunnelling work with Eiffage, Vinci and Implenia named as firms set to lead the work.

Tunnel Euralpin Lyon Turin (TELT) has said that the three contracts, worth a…

Tideway intends to keep many of its Covid safety measures in place on its construction sites beyond July 19, it can be revealed.

Measures including social distancing, regular testing and mask wearing will continue to be implemented on Tideway construction sites despite prime minister Boris Johnson’s announcement that mandatory restrictions will…

Construction of the latest phase of National Grid’s London Power Tunnels will reach a major milestone later this month with the launch of its second tunnel boring machine (TBM) following its delivery to site this week.

The TBM, named Christine after construction diversity and STEM champion Christine Townley who was executive…

Early plans to build tunnels as part of Highways England’s A417 “missing link” between Gloucester and Swindon was always “very questionable” due to the cost, according to Highways England South West regional delivery director Nick Aldworth.

Local campaign groups and MPs spent years fighting for the road to be put in a…

Tideway has reported uncertainty about the long- and short-term financial impact of Covid-19 despite a year of good progress on London’s Super Sewer.

The project promoter’s annual report and accounts reveal that the project is now 63% complete with 21km of tunnel constructed at the end of financial year 2020/21, “demonstrating…

The maintenance of major tunnels, bridges and structures in London needs to be scrutinised, in order to avoid another Hammersmith Bridge saga, according to London Assembly members.

The London Assembly has called for a full investigation into the ownership of London’s tunnels and bridges. Lib Dem assembly member Caroline Pidgeon proposed…

Highways England project bosses responsible for the Lower Thames Crossing have visited their counterparts working on High Speed 2’s (HS2's) Chilterns tunnels.

Lower Thames Crossing executive director Matt Palmer was joined by the project director Shaun Pidcock, stakeholder engagement lead Phil Stanier and senior HR business partner Jason Fairchild on the…

High Speed 2 contractors have launched the second 170m long tunnel boring machine (TBM) that will dig 16km of tunnel on the first phase of the railway.

The TBM – named Cecilia – is the second of two enormous 2,000t tunnelling machines that will excavate the tunnels beneath the Chiltern hills…

The legality of the government’s second Road Investment Strategy (RIS2) will be determined during a two day High Court hearing starting today.

Campaigners from Transport Action Network (TAN) claim that transport secretary Grant Shapps broke the law when approving the £27.4bn RIS2 by failing to consider its effects on the environment.…