Construction on the northern section of the second Gotthard road tunnel is set to be delivered by a Implenia and Frutiger – as the Secondo Tubo joint venture – following award of a £408M contract for the work by the Swiss Federal Roads Office (Fedro).
Under the deal, Secondo Tubo will…
Assurance tests are being carried out on the installed pre-cast sections of HS2’s Chipping Warden tunnel following the identification of quality issues.
Contractor EKFB (Eiffage Kier Ferrovial Bam JV) started constructing the 2.5km “green tunnel” in Northamptonshire in June and it has now reached about 100m in length. It is being…
Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) has warned that there will be safety issues if the government fails to settle with Transport for London (TfL) and sends the operator into "managed decline".
TSSA is the largest union within TfL, representing staff across the rail, tube, bus and support networks. It has released…
Spoil excavated from the Tideway super sewer project is being used for what is thought to be the largest habitat creation scheme inside the M25.
The site in Rainham, owned by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and managed by the Port of London Authority (PLA) and its…
The Department for Transport’s (DfT) offer of a £3.6bn capital funding settlement for Transport for London (TfL) is for a period of 20 months and is filled with “wide ranging and complex conditions” according to papers from last week’s emergency meeting of the TfL board.
The DfT has provided over £5bn…
Authorities in the Australian city of Brisbane have unveiled plans for an AU$9.5bn (£5.56bn) 12km long tunnel to the north of the city which could help alleviate traffic congestion and boost the local economy.
An in depth study found that a new tunnel stretching from Bald Hills to Kedron could be…
National Highways has released new videos explaining how the in-development Lower Thames Crossing will ease congestion east of London, boost the economy and be the country’s greenest road construction project.
Lower Thames Crossing is a proposed tunnel beneath the Thames, connecting Kent and Essex, which will become the second river crossing…
The final deadline for entering NCE Tunnelling Awards is now just two weeks away after judges gave entrants extra time to complete entries for this year’s event.
Potential award winning tunnelling projects and initiatives have until 26 August to submit their work for the awards, which will be held in the…
Preparation work is underway at the Gare D’Issy station on Grand Paris Express’ Line 15 South to start ground freezing operations this month to enable key access tunnels to be built.
The two tunnels will pass under Avenue de Verdun to connect the new Line 15 South station platforms, which are…
The Eglinton Crosstown West Extension light railway project in Toronto, Canada, is celebrating another key milestone as the second tunnel boring machine (TBM) has been launched.
The £460M West Extension is the second phase of the Eglinton Crosstown light rail line, designed to improve rail connectivity between the East and West…
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