Record-breaking tunnels are nothing new for the Norwegian municipality of Stavanger, but the one currently under construction is also the first mega-project in an ambitious scheme to eliminate ferries from Norway’s national highway.
Tunnelling specialists around the world are redoubling their efforts to reduce emissions and improve sustainability through design and construction.
Small modular reactors (SMRs) should be built underground, including in city centres, to protect them from military attacks, seismic activity and other natural hazards, according to a new academic study.
The Gateway Development Commission (GDC) has announced a new phase for New York’s $16bn (£12.6bn) Hudson Tunnel Project by starting procurement on a package of works that involves complex viaduct and retaining wall construction in New Jersey.
A 1.2km exploratory adit has been constructed for extensive ground investigations to inform the detailed design of SSE Renewables’ Coire Glas pumped storage hydro scheme in the Scottish Highlands.
The tunnel boring machine (TBM) that will drive National Grid’s tunnel under in Eyri National Park in North Wales to host electricity transmission infrastructure has started to arrive on site.
Balfour Beatty Vinci’s (BBV’s) construction of High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) 700m long Burton “green tunnel” in Warwickshire has reached the halfway point.
Successful delivery of the complex array of tunnels and marine works for the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station is down to “relentless collaboration”, Balfour Beatty project director Roger Frost tells NCE.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed that the government will fund the HS2 tunnels from west London to Euston in central London, among other transport and energy spending committments, during the Autumn Budget today (30 October).
Cowi has been appointed as the design manager and engineer of record for the Hudson River Ground Stabilization Project (HRGS) in New York City.
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