A government report has revealed Australia’s biggest infrastructure project, the Sydney Metro scheme, is currently facing “significant technical and budget risks”.
The Sydney Metro project involves three different schemes, Sydney Metro West, City and Southwest and Western Sydney Airport. Due to procurement issues with the Sydney Metro West scheme, the overall…
The Thames Tideway Tunnel has hit another milestone with the completion of the 4.5km Greenwich connection tunnel between Greenwich and Bermondsey.
This section of tunnel stretches from Greenwich Pumping Station to Chambers Wharf, where it connects with the main super sewer. It will tackle sewage overflow into the Deptford Creek and…
A NZ$45bn (£21.5bn) plan to bore two road tunnels and one light rail tunnel across Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour has been revealed by the prime minister of New Zealand.
Two new 5 to 6km long three lane road tunnels, one in each direction, between the central Auckland motorway junction and Akoranga on…
The two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) delivering the longest tunnels on the High Speed 2 (HS2) railway have passed the three quarters mark.
TBMs Florence and Cecilia have completed over 12km of the 16km Chiltern twin-bore tunnels, passing the fourth of five ventilation and emergency access shafts, 800m from the village…
Cross River Rail in Australia has issued a safety investigation update following a fall at the site of one of the project’s planned stations.
Cross River Rail is 10.2km long railway that will run between the inner southern suburb of Dutton Park and the inner north eastern suburb of Bowen Hills…
The main tunnelling works for Transport for London’s (TfL’s) Silvertown Tunnel are complete, with the second of two bores beneath the River Thames now fully excavated.
The 1.4km Silvertown road tunnel will link Silvertown in Newham to the north of the River Thames with the Greenwich Peninsula, close to the O2…
Switzerland’s rail infrastructure operator SBB has appointed the IBD joint venture, formed by Implenia, Bernasconi and De Luca, to deliver a key contract on the Ligerz Tunnel project.
The CHF220M (£198M) deal involves construction of a 2.1km long double-track tunnel, of which around 1,850m will be formed by mining techniques and…
Tarmac Kier JV will carry out a refurbishment programme on London’s Blackwall Tunnel southbound next year that will include highway works, cladding replacements and electrical works.
The Blackwall Tunnel consists of two road tunnels carrying the A102 under the Thames between the London Boroughs of Tower Hamlets and Greenwich. The original…
A consortium of contractors responsible for the repair and maintenance of the Historical Railways Estate (HRE) has “risen” to the challenge, according to National Highways.
Contractors Amco Giffen, Balfour Beatty, Beaver Bridges, Bethell, Dyer & Butler and ECS have been conducting a maintenance and repair programme of 265 works over the…
The first two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) launched for High Speed 2 (HS2) in London have completed the first mile (1.6km) of their drives for a twin bored tunnel.
TBMs Sushila and Caroline were launched by SCS (Skanska Costain Strabag JV) in October last year from the HS2 site in West…
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