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Cleaner Columbus
22 November, 2012
The spine of Colombus’s Wet Weather Management Plan, OARS, will be operational by the last day of 2014, by EPA consent decree. Technical journalist Rhian Owen checks up on progress

4km Hong Kong tunnel contract awarded
25 October, 2012
MTR Corporation Limited in Hong Kong has awarded a EUR 280M (USD 362M) contract for the Hin Keng to Diamond Hill tunnels, which are part of the new Shatin to Central Link (SCL) mass transit railway. VINCI Construction Grands Projets has won the contract, the companyannounced yesterday.

Construction on Ohio sewage tunnel begins
25 October, 2012
Work on the new sewage conveyance tunnel in Lorain, Ohio, has started, local media recently reported. The tunnel will be more than one mile (1.6km) long and sit more than 100ft (30.48m) underground between Broadway and the Black River.

Toronto tunnelling project awarded
13 September, 2012
Metrolinx has awarded the the first of two tunnelling contracts for the Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown tunnel, which involves tunnelling beneath Eglinton Avenue from the west launch shaft area at Black Creek Drive to Yonge-Eglinton station. The contract, worth CAD 320M (USD328), was announced yesterday.

Breakthroughs achieved in Russian oil pipeline and metro projects
11 September, 2012
Two TBMs achieved project breakthroughs last month in Russia. The Cat TBMs are for Mostovik's oil project pipeline tunnel in Novorossiysk by the Black Sea, and the second one is a metro tunnel in the Siberian city of Omsk, Caterpillar Tunnelling announced.

Turkish TBM boom
29 August, 2012
With challenging ground and a fast-growing economy, Turkey is poised to host the world’s toughest tunnel projects. Desiree Willis, technical writer for TBM manufacturer Robbins reports

Austin attracts the industry
13 August, 2012
The Southwest and the Rocky Mountain regions aren’t booming with potential for major tunnelling projects. But water scarcity keeps the industry working underground, reports Nicole Robinson

Intercept the flow
26 June, 2012
The spine of Colombus’s Wet Weather Management Plan, OARS will be operational by the last day of 2014, by EPA consent decree. Technical journalist Rhian Owen checks up on progress

Midwest meets demands for sewers
14 June, 2012
The tunneling industry in the Midwestern states is enjoying a steady flow of work as sewer projects come on stream. Technical journalist Rhian Owen interviews David Egger, director of Black & Veatch’s heavy civil group

Buenos Aires settlement control
17 May, 2012
The Arroyo Maldonado tunnel project in Buenos Aires, Argentina aims to prevent the floods that periodically inundate the surrounding area of the Rio de Plata river. Some 15km of tunnels are located in difficult urban areas with little overburden. Enrico Dal Negro, Alessandro Boscaro and Richard Schulkins of the Mapei Underground Technology Team explore the difficulties

Many ideas make light work cheaply
17 May, 2012
The lighting industry as a whole, including small specialist sectors such as tunnels, has been undergoing great changes in the last decade. Changes in light source technology, more product suppliers, low energy and maintenance requirements, and even the design of longer and wider tunnels are the leading factors in a sometimes confusing array of procurement considerations. Maurice Jones tries to unravel some of the major trends

New B&V water president calls for New Deal
14 February, 2012

Lakeside risk
08 February, 2012
Challenging soil combined with strict deadline requirements to spur the City of Portland in Oregon, US, to award a non-standard contract. Construction on the much needed sewer relief project completed late last year as Nicole Robinson reports from site

ESP filtration use and developments
08 February, 2012
Mountainous Japan was the first country to use electrostatic precipitators to filter tunnel air. Arnold Dix of the University of Western Sydney and Atsushi Katatani of Panasonic Ecology Systems give a history of the improvements and use of ESPs in Japanese tunnels

Black River Tunnel moves forward
31 January, 2012