For the third time Watercare’s micro TBM Domenica has broken through the Central Interceptor project in New Zealand’s largest city. Following excavation of 1,212m from Blockhouse Bay, the TBM appeared at Avondale which is part of the first of two branch sewers for Auckland’s new wastewater system. Meanwhile it is the longest drive of the […]
The JV Acciona Ghella (AGJV) has granted the longest railway tunnel in the Nordics to this date, the Blix tunnel, to Bane NOR. The Blix tunnel is made up of 20 km of the Follo Line and is the first long Norwegian railway tunnel with two independent tunnel tubes. The tunnel is said to provide […]
The installation of the 170-meter-long metro platform and all platform screen doors is continued well at Victoria Cross Station in North Sydney. The mezzanine level, which will use as the main entrance and exit to the southern section of the platform and measures 50 meters in length and 15 meters in width, is also finished. […]
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HS2 wants to restart assembly of the pre-cast concrete ‘green tunnel’ in Northamptonshire in a week. Construction was stopped in August after quality issues were recognized in “some segments”. diggings and establishment work went on while tests were done on the segments. A representative for HS2 Ltd told T&T: “Chipping Warden is the first of […]
AUSTRALIA: Victoria’s Suburban Rail Loop Authority has shortlisted three worldwide consortia for tunneling work on the eastern part of Melbourne’s orbital rail project. The SRL East package covers 26 km of twin-bore Tunnels among Cheltenham and Box Slope serving six underground stations. Trains are supposed to start running by 2035, offering an end to end […]
