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Ferrovial JV wins Grand Paris Express contract
12 April, 2022
Ferrovial and its French partners Spie batignolles genie civil and Spie batignolles Valérian have been awarded a contract to build a section of metro Line 18 on the Grand Paris Express.

HS2 unveils noise-cancelling Chiltern Tunnel north portal design
24 March, 2022
HS2 has revealed the designs for the north portal of the Chiltern Tunnel, which will cut noise from trains entering and exiting the tunnel.

Sydney Metro awards second tunnelling contract
01 March, 2022
Sydney Metro has awarded a A$2.16bn (US$1.57bn) contract to deliver the next stage of tunnelling on the Sydney Metro West project.

Lower Thames Crossing to be "greenest road ever built in the UK"
25 February, 2022
The Lower Thames Crossing has been designated a ‘pathfinder’ project to explore carbon neutral construction as part of National Highways’ efforts to make the new crossing the greenest road ever built in the UK.

Three shortlisted for Sydney Metro West Eastern package
15 February, 2022
Sydney Metro has shortlisted three consortia to deliver the final piece of tunnelling for Sydney Metro West into the heart of the Sydney CBD.

Herrenknecht wins twin TBM order for Sydney Metro West tunnels
13 January, 2022
Following a global tender process, the Acciona Ferrovial Joint Venture has contracted Herrenknecht to design, build and deliver two tunnel boring machines to excavate rail tunnels on the Sydney Metro West project, Australia.

TGV-style off-site techniques inspire HS2 tunnel designs
07 January, 2022
HS2 will use lessons learnt from the construction of French high-speed lines (‘TGV’) to build around 7km of tunnels using an off-site modular approach.

Components for largest-ever UK TBM arrive at Silvertown
16 December, 2021
Having passed factory acceptance tests on 2 December at the Herrenknecht works in Schwanau, Germany, parts of the giant TBM that will bore London’s Silvertown Tunnel have started to arrive in London.

Digital drive
29 October, 2021
Digital technology promises multiple benefits and is making huge inroads in many sectors but its take-up in tunnelling and other infrastructure projects is still at relatively early stages. Report by Patrick Reynolds

Tideway recognised for floated culvert operation
18 October, 2021
Tideway, London’s partially complete ‘super sewer’, has notched-up another success, having won the accolade of Temporary Works Initiative of the Year at the British Construction Industry Awards 2021.

5G SA brings new connectivity levels to Silvertown Tunnel
12 October, 2021
Ferrovial is using the Silvertown Tunnel project, London, to deploy the UK’s first operational 5G SA private wireless network to enhance the project’s communications capability and provide site-wide, reliable connectivity.

Five firms invited to tender for LTC road contracts
27 September, 2021
National Highways – formerly Highways England – has announced a shortlist of five construction and engineering companies to design and build the roads leading to the proposed Lower Thames Crossing (LTC).

Acciona Ferrovial JV wins large Australian twin-tunnel contract
16 July, 2021
A joint venture between Acciona and Ferrovial has won a contract worth around US$1.47bn which involves the construction of twin 11km tunnels for the central section of the Sydney Metro West Line.

Three bidders shortlisted for Lower Thames Crossing
07 April, 2021
Highways England has named three construction/engineering companies which it has shortlisted to build the proposed Lower Thames Crossing – destined to be the longest road tunnel in Britain and hailed as the most ambitious UK roads project for a generation.

Tideway central section reaches shaft-lining milestone
05 February, 2021
Work on Tideway, London’s ‘super sewer’, continues to make excellent progress as the first shaft, secondary lining in the central section of the tunnel is completed.

Crossrail’s Farringdon station reaches key milestone
07 December, 2020
Crossrail has announced that Farringdon station on the Elizabeth Line (Crossrail) is the first of the Central London stations to mark the completion of construction activity.

Tideway central-section tunnelling completed
03 December, 2020
Tunnelling on the central and longest section of Tideway – London’s so-called ‘super sewer’ – has been completed following the holing through of TBM Ursula into a deep shaft at Chambers Wharf in south east London.

Tideway TBM bores successfully under Tower Bridge
02 November, 2020
A critical section on the construction of Tideway – London’s so-called ‘super-sewer’ – has been completed successfully following the recent passage of TBM Ursula beneath Tower Bridge.

Mayor of London pressured to scrap tunnel
08 September, 2020
The Labour Party has called on Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, to urgently review plans for the proposed £1.2bn (US$1.55bn) Silvertown road tunnel in East London.

Sydney Metro West shortlist revealed
02 September, 2020
Three consortia have been shortlisted for two main tunnelling packages on the Sydney Metro West Project, it was revealed recently.