The Hong Kong government is exploring the option of building new artificial islands to help construct a fourth crossing between the Island and the mainland.
According to the South China Morning Post, the Hong Kong government’s secretary for transport and logistics Lam Sai-hung has backed plans to create the new islands…
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Almost 20 years of planning and work came together at the end of February when Transport for London opened the final parts of the £655M Bank Station Capacity Upgrade project. The station now boast 40% more capacity, new entrances, a new…
A new rebar threading facility at HS2’s Copthall tunnel site in Hillingdon, West London, has been established, with a team of 14 set to make 92,000 rebar couplers on site to construct the 880m long cut and cover tunnel.
HS2 said the move was a response to supply chain delays leading…
The team tasked with delivering High Speed 2’s (HS2's) next tunnelling scheme is recruiting 100 employees to new roles on the construction of the 5.6km long tunnel between Warwickshire and Birmingham; the news comes in the same week as the announcement of significant redundancies at HS2’s Euston station site.
The Warwickshire-Birmingham…
Engineers working on the Silvertown Tunnel have successfully rotated the first 1,400t section of the UK’s largest tunnel boring machine (TBM) 180° in the reception chamber using an innovative "nitrogen skate" system.
The Silvertown Tunnel is a new twin-bore road tunnel currently under construction beneath the River Thames between Silvertown and…
High Speed 2 (HS2) and Align JV have revealed the designs for the north portal of the Chiltern Tunnel.
This is the final portal to be designed and the last of seven key structures for HS2’s longest tunnels. The design features two perforated concrete hoods that will cover the track, extending…
A tunnelling expert has told NCE that any subsurface work needed to construct the proposed Bristol underground would be “relatively easy”.
Future4West, as the project is now called, aims to construct a mass transit system with four rail lines to Bath, Bristol Airport, Emersons Green and Cribbs Causeway, some of which…
Energy firm SSE is to invest £100M to further develop plans for a major hydro electric project in Scotland, although the final investment decision on the scheme is not expected until next year.
Located on the shores of Loch Lochy, between Fort William and Inverness, the Coire Glas project is expected…
A High Speed 2 (HS2) spokesperson has said that fears stemming from videos circulating on social media of ground bubbling near tunnelling for the project are not the result of a sinkhole.
The videos show a large muddy, bubbling puddle at Ruislip Rugby Club which caused a number of witnesses to…
Femern, the organisation delivering the Fehmarnbelt rail and road tunnel between Germany and Denmark, has launched the tender process for its DKK1.5bn (£176.4M) railway track and catenary systems construction contract.
The 18km Fehmarnbelt tunnel will be the world’s longest immersed tube tunnel, as well as the world’s longest underwater road and…
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