Author Archives: Nia Kajastie

Work will soon be starting on work site creation and ground trials at the Sizewell C site.

England’s roads agency National Highways is planning to retender its technical consultancy framework, which covers geotechnical engineering services, within the next year.

The first tunnel breakthrough on the new Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport project was achieved by the Ghella and CPB joint venture last week with the arrival of tunnel boring machine (TBM) Eileen arrived at the Airport Terminal metro station site.

Italian engineering giant and contractor Webuild and its local partner NGE's TBM “Mireille” has broken through the wall of the shaft at the Mare au Chanvre work site in Sevran, northern Paris, completing its 5.3km drive for Line 16 of the Grand Paris Express, as reported by GE.

Construction of a trial embankment to inform design work for the new Havant Thicket Reservoir in Hampshire has got underway, NCE’s sister title Ground Engineering has reported.

British technology firm hyperTunnel will work with the University of Birmingham to develop a new tunnelling method which uses robots to construct the underground structures.

Damage caused as a result of a landslide in the Scottish Highlands is being assessed by Network Rail and Bear Scotland.

A Thames Water tanker lorry slipped into a 6m wide “sinkhole” in Wokingham, Berkshire, following a sewer collapse over the week, as reported by NCE sister title Ground Engineering.

Plans to remove pylons and bury 7km of overhead electricity line in the Cotswolds are being drawn up by National Grid.

Contractors working on Transport for London’s (TfL) Silvertown Tunnel scheme have completed the launch chamber ahead of tunnelling.