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Divik Bandopadhyaya Interview
30 December, 2021
Aged 27, Divik Bandopadhyaya has just completed a one-year stint as chair of BTSYM. He discusses his education, interests and career to date, offering along the way some advice to newly-qualified tunnel engineers. George Demetri reports

Florence and Cecilia set off
27 July, 2021
HS2 is the largest transport infrastructure project in Europe. Julian Champkin had a lightening tour of the Chiltern Tunnel portal to see the first of the ten TBMs that will work on the project’s 51km twin-tunnels

Work well underway on first HS2 shaft
22 July, 2021
Engineers working on the UK’s new high-speed railway (HS2) have begun excavating the first of five ventilation and emergency access shafts for the 16km-long tunnels being bored under the Chiltern Hills.

Australian tunnel awarded for “seriously awesome” lighting design
07 July, 2021
Sydney’s NorthConnex motorway tunnel which opened to traffic in October 2020 has won the Award of Excellence from the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) at its 38th annual awards held in June.

HS2 launches second Chiltern Tunnel TBM
02 July, 2021
Following the recent launch of TBM Florence to excavate the first tube of the 16km-long Chiltern Tunnels, HS2 has now launched the second machine, Cecilia, from the South Portal site northwest of London.

HS2 announces launch of first TBM
13 May, 2021
Tunnelling can finally begin on Phase One of the UK’s high-speed rail line following HS2’s announcement regarding the launch of the first of 10 TBMs that will dig a total 64 miles (102km) of tunnels.

Another milestone marked on WestConnex
20 April, 2021
WestConnex – Australia’s largest road infrastructure project – has seen another milestone achieved with the breakthrough last week of two roadheaders working on Sydney’s US$2.5bn M4-M5 link tunnels.

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.

Production of HS2 tunnel segments begins
19 March, 2021
HS2 Ltd has announced that the first precast concrete tunnel-lining segments for the new high-speed railway have started to roll off the production line.

Shortlisted bidders named for Sydney airport metro
01 March, 2021
Three bidders have been shortlisted to deliver the tunnelling works for Sydney Metro’s Western Sydney Airport rail line.

Construction to start on Pawtucket Tunnel
13 January, 2021
Joint venture contractor CB3A has received a notice to proceed from Narragansett Bay Commission for the design and construction of the US$480m Pawtucket Tunnel Project in Rhode Island, US.