Search Results: 'Shea'

Good neighbor
04 July, 2018
Paola De Pascali spoke with Walsh/Shea Corridor Constructors about the challenges of the Metro Crenshaw/LAX Line in Los Angeles

Good neighbour
24 May, 2018
Paola De Pascali spoke with Walsh/Shea Corridor Constructors about the challenges of the Metro Crenshaw/LAX Line in Los Angeles

Drive time
26 March, 2018
The TBM mining twin tunnels for the Regional Connector project in Los Angeles makes its final breakthrough, Nicole Robinson reports

Construction starts on Delaware Aqueduct Bypass tunnel
12 September, 2017
USA – The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) held a ceremony on September 8 to mark the start of tunnelling for the Delaware Aqueduct Bypass Tunnel.

TBM completes second tunnel for Crenshaw/LAX Line
10 April, 2017
The Los Angeles Country Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) announced April 6 the TBM mining the Crenshaw/LAX tunnels arrived at the Leimert Park Station, thereby completing the second of the project’s twin rail tunnels on the underground section of the 8.5-mile (13.6km) line.

Marathon machine
10 January, 2017
Only one TBM is excavating the whole of the 45km DigIndy tunnel system. Robbins technical writer, Desiree Willis, explains how this refurbished machine will be up to the task and what it means for future projects of this size

Second Avenue Subway starts service
04 January, 2017
US - A century of planning and construction reached completion on January 1 as passengers took the first rides on New York’s Second Avenue Subway.

Election year
31 October, 2016
Tunnel work in the US has seen support from voters in some local elections and possibly more this November. Nicole Robinson, editor of Tunnels and Tunnelling North America highlights tunnel projects across the country

Venerable TBM launches on White River Tunnel project
30 September, 2016
USA - A 6.2m-diameter Robbins TBM was launched by the Shea-Kiewit JV on the White River Tunnel project. The 8.5km drive through limestone and dolomitic rock is part of the DigIndy wastewater tunnels complex being constructed below Indianapolis. The parent project comprises 28km of tunnelling.

LA TBM reaches second station
25 August, 2016
US – The TBM mining the rail tunnels for the Crenshaw/LAX line in Los Angeles broke through the station box for Martin Luther King, Jr. Station, the Los Angeles Country Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) announced August 22.

Crenshaw/LAX TBM goes underground
15 March, 2016
California - The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced on March 3 a significant milestone occurred on the USD 2.058bn Crenshaw/LAX light rail line. The TBM was lowered in pieces to the bottom of the future Expo/Crenshaw Station.

Metro names Crenshaw/LAX TBM
05 February, 2016
CALIFORNIA - The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) held a TBM lowering ceremony on February 1 for the Crenshaw/LAX Line.

New York's Number 7 Subway Line Extension opens
24 September, 2015
USA - The No. 7 Subway Line Extension has opened in New York. The project has extended the metro line into the vicinity of 25th Street and 11th Avenue.

San Francisco success
27 May, 2015
The first water passed through the 8kmlong San Francisco Bay Tunnel in October 2014, well ahead of an original 2015 schedule. The project also came in well under budget, Adrian Greeman

San Francisco success
03 February, 2015
The first water passed through the 8km-long San Francisco Bay Tunnel in October 2014, well ahead of an original 2015 schedule. The project also came in well under budget, Adrian Greeman reports.

TAC Review
30 January, 2015
The Tunnelling Association of Canada’s regional directors give their annual reports on the industry.

TBM arrives in LA
08 December, 2014
USA - The TBM cutterhead that will excavate portions of the Crenshaw/LAX light rail in Los Angeles arrived in late November from Germany, according to Metro Los Angeles.

In Review
06 November, 2014
In partnership with the Tunnelling Association of Canada (TAC), every October Tunnels & Tunnelling North America publishes the annual TAC regional director’s report. The four directors take a look at the country’s current marketplace for tunnelling and underground construction, as well as milestones over the past year.

City of expansion
27 June, 2014
By the end of the year there should be three separate tunnelling contracts underway in Los Angeles to expand the region’s public transportation system. Nicole Robinson looks at each project.

Worker dies on Indy Deep Tunnel project
18 June, 2014
A crew member on Indianapolis’ Deep Rock Connector Tunnel project died Friday in the early morning while working underground, project owner Citizens Energy reported.