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.
With the news settling that the proposed £9bn Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) will not have a decision on its Development Consent Order (DCO) until at least May 2025, NCE has put together a timeline of the controversial scheme so far.
Tunnels could be built between the Shetland islands "relatively soon", a key figure has insisted.
The last module in the lining of Heathrow Airport’s 870m cargo tunnel under its runways is about to be installed by Mace under a £145M renewal project.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed that UK infrastructure projects including the £1.7bn A303 Stonehenge Tunnel “will not move forward” as the government looks to fill a £22bn hole that the government has discovered in its audit of public finances.
Advances in tunnelling techniques and technologies have opened up new applications and opportunities for a greater use of smaller tunnels, often built with automated tunnel boring machines (TBMs). Not that smaller tunnels are always so small. One such tunnel has a diameter of less than 5m but is 36.7km long…
The Woodsmith project recently broke the world record for the longest single TBM drive. Here we report on progress and a technology used for the first time in the UK
Northumbrian Water’s £155M pipeline resilience upgrade in the Tees Valley features a technically challenging tunnel under the River Tees.
New Zealand’s largest ever wastewater infrastructure project is underway. It will reduce combined sewer overflows and water pollution.
Tunnelling has been completed for the second phase of Singapore’s S$10bn (£5.8bn) Deep Tunnel Sewerage System (DTSS) project, which will boost the country’s water recycling capacity.
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