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WSP picked to turn secret London tunnels into £220M attraction

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WSP has been picked to undertake engineering surveys and consultancy work for a new £220M museum and tourist attraction using former cold war and World War II tunnels underneath central London.

The tunnels have been bought by a consortium called London Tunnels Ltd, led by Australian banker and former Maquarie chief…

£14.6M extraction of trapped micro-TBM in Toronto begins

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After 18 months of setbacks crews have finally freed part of a micro tunnel boring machine (TBM) that became trapped in underground infrastructure while constructing a storm sewer in Toronto, Canada.

NCE sister title Ground Engineering reports that last Friday (22 September) the head section of the micro-TBM was successfully extracted…

Second sewer tunnel under A65 in Yorkshire completed

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The second length of sewer tunnelling under the A65 in Ilkley, West Yorkshire, has been completed by contractor Ward & Burke for Yorkshire Water.

It is part Yorkshire Water’s project to build a new sewer in the town to reduce storm overflows into the River Wharfe. Ward & Burke, working together…

Final breakthrough on 56km Stuttgart tunneling marathon after 10 years

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A joint venture of local contractors Zublin and Max Bögl has made the final breakthrough on the mammoth Stuttgart 21 tunneling project, which has featured eight tunnels totalling 56km.

The consortium completed boring of a €500M (£430M) section of the line connecting the southern German city to its airport and nearby…

Shortlist for 2023 NCE Graduate and Apprentice Awards announced

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The judges for this year’s NCE Graduate & Apprentice Awards have carefully reviewed the 118 entries and the shortlist for the three categories has been revealed.

This year will be the 26th edition of the awards, which are celebrating the talent of those early in their careers in the civil engineering sector.…

£37.6M contract awarded on Hudson Tunnel mega-project

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New Jersey firm Conti Civil is to deliver the state's first works on the $16bn (£13bn) Hudson Tunnel Project.

The contractor was awarded the construction package for a job building a road bridge and moving utilities at Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen. This forms one of the first jobs on the…