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Secondary lining completed on Tideway
06 October, 2023
London’s new super sewer, Thames Tideway, is one step closer to being delivered following the completion of the final section of secondary lining.

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.

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.

Ferrovial named 'most sustainable company'
07 August, 2020
Ferrovial, the Spain-based infrastructure services provider, has been named the ‘most sustainable company in the infrastructure sector of 2020’ by World Finance Magazine.

Silvertown Tunnel blasted by critics
24 June, 2020
‘Incompatible with London’s plan to become carbon-neutral by 2030’ – that is the damning verdict of a new report from UK-based Transport Action Network on the proposed £1.2bn Silvertown Tunnel in East London.

Thames Tideway excavation halfway complete
21 February, 2020
Great Britain – London’s new ‘super sewer’ half excavated. The TBMs boring the Thames Tideway project are 12.5km through the 25km-long, 7m-diameter project. As well as the main tunnel, a 1km-long, 3m-diameter connection tunnel is also currently under construction in Wandsworth at the western end of the project.

Fugro completes Tideway investigation work
12 April, 2018
Great Britain – Geotechnical investigation company Fugro has completed projects for Ferrovial Agroman and Laing O’Rourke, the JV undertaking the central section of Thames Tideway.

VIP Polymers announced contracts in London and Mumbai
02 March, 2018
UK – Manufacturer VIP Polymers said Tuesday it has won contracts to provide tunnel segment gaskets for two major tunnelling projects in the United Kingdom and India.

Breakthrough on the Northern Line Extension
23 November, 2017
Great Britain - The two TBMs mining the Northern Line Extension project in London have broken through. Launched in February 2017, the two 6m-diameter EPBMs bored twin 3.2km tunnels running from Battersea to Kennington, with the second breakthrough taking place on 8 November.

Melbourne Metro final bids are in
19 April, 2017
Australia – The bids for the Melbourne Metro tunnel and five stations were gathered in April. The project will be the largest public transport scheme in Victoria’s history.

TBMs unveiled for London Northern Line Extension project
31 January, 2017
A joint venture of Ferrovial Agroman and Laing O’Rourke (FLO) has revealed the two tunnel boring machines to be used in the Northern Line Extension project under South London in the UK.

Los Condores making progress
20 January, 2017
Chie - The TBM boring the Los Condores Hydroelectric Power Plant has completed the 900m access tunnel and is working on the first section of the headrace tunnel. The machine, a 4.56m Robbins double shield was launched on 27 May and has so far excavated 1,300m.

Tunnelling begins on NLE
28 October, 2016
Great Britain - Tunnelling for the first extension to London’s Northern Line since the 1960s began last month. The running tunnels towards the Kennington loop are being constructed by 15t Schaeff excavators and lined with sprayed concrete and should take about three months to build.

Three teams shortlisted for Melbourne's Metro Tunnel
12 August, 2016
Victoria announced August 11 three consortia have been shortlisted to build Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel and five new underground train stations.The AUD 6bn (USD 4.62bn) PPP is biggest public transport project in Victorian history.

Ridham fires up
24 June, 2016
Great Britain – The precast facility at Ridham Dock in Kent has begun work. The factory will supply the Ferrovial Agroman-Laing O’Rourke JV with concrete segments to line the Northern Line extension project. The Morgan Sindall-owned site received a GBP 8M (USD 11.1M) order for the project.

Forrestfield-Airport Link preferred bidder announced
01 March, 2016
AUSTRALIA – Perth’s major new rail project has revealed its preferred joint venture. The Salini Impregilo - NRW JV is tipped to fulfill the main design and construct contract for the USD 1.43bn Forrestfield-Airport Link. The other shortlisted groups were a JV of ACCIONA Infrastructure, BAM International and Ferrovial Agroman; and a JV of John Holland and Leighton Contractors.

Thames Tideway financial backers confirmed
27 August, 2015
GREAT BRITAIN – Construction of the new ‘super sewer’ in London will begin next year. Confirmation of finance for the independent investors to finance and deliver the scheme was announced in August.

Shortlist for USD1.5bn perth rail tunnel announced
29 May, 2015
Global - Three consortia have been shortlisted to go to the next stage of the tender process to design and construct the AUD2bn (USD1.5bn) Forrestfield-Airport Link.

Northern Line Extension TBMs ordered
23 March, 2015
GREAT BRITAIN – The contract to manufacture the Northern Line Extension TBMs has been awarded. London Underground (LU) announced this month that the contract had been awarded to NFM Technologies.

Five consortia express interest in Australian WestConnex Stage Two project
11 November, 2014
AUSTRALIA - The Australian and New South Wales Governments have announced the WestConnex Stage Two project has entered a new phase with five consortia expressing interest in delivering Sydney¹s M5 East corridor.