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Crossrail C310
10 October, 2014
Geotechnical and tunnelling related specifics in urban tunnelling, and a river crossing with low overburden are covered in this BTS presentation on Crossrail contract C310, Thames Tunnel.

Financing secured for Trans-Andean tunnel
04 September, 2014
CHILE/ARGENTINA - Chile and Argentina agreed that each country would provide financing for their share of the USD 1.37bn trans-Andean Agua Negra tunnel, and officials from both countries signed the deal at a summit in late August.

Aitken becomes B&V water MD for Europe
22 August, 2014
EUROPE - Scott Aitken has been appointed Managing Director of Black & Veatch’s water business in Europe. The new leader will assume full management responsibility for the company’s asset lifecycle services including professional services, design-build and operate-maintain asset management ambitions in the region.

Crossing the tracks
27 June, 2014
San Francisco’s Central Subway moves below rail lines, utilities and more, Desiree Willis of Robbins reports.

Breakthrough on Black River Tunnel project
17 June, 2014
A Robbins double shield TBM broke through at the Black River Tunnel Project in Lorain, Ohio late last month. The project marks the first use of Onsite First Time Assembly (OFTA) in the US, which Robbins stated shaved valuable time off of the project timeline.

Black & Veatch and AECOM win DTSS contract
10 June, 2014
A joint venture between Black & Veatch and AECOM has been selected by PUB, Singapore’s national water agency, to provide engineering services for Phase 2 of the Deep Tunnel Sewerage System (DTSS), it was announced June 3.

Mutual Interests
24 April, 2014
Canada’s growing natural resources market is creating demand for infrastructure construction, including tunnels. At the same time, the country can rely on the mining and oil and gas markets to bolster its economy. With the Building Canada plan renewed last year, funding is secured to continue constructing Canada’s infrastructure.

Tunnel starts in St Louis
20 February, 2014
SAK Construction launched the 11.25ft diameter TBM mining the Lemay Redundant Force Main in St Louis, Missouri, for the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (MSD).

Black & Veatch appoints CIO
31 January, 2014
Black & Veatch has appointed Dan Kieny as chief information officer and VP to lead the company's IT operations, the firm announced last week. In this role, Kieny will oversee the global IT services supporting the company's worldwide business and operations needs.

Saint Louis contracts awarded
23 January, 2014
The Metropolitan St Louis Sewer District (MSD) has selected a Black & Veatch-led team to manage the construction of more than USD 500M in future tunnel projects. The tunnels are part of MSD¹s long term project to address sewer overflows and basement backups throughout the St Louis area, US.