Search Results: 'Jacobs'

Ken Spiby awarded James Clark Medal
27 December, 2022
The British Tunnelling Society has chosen Ken Spiby as recipient of the James Clark Medal for his major contributions to the industry

Thames Tideway Tunnel Update – 2022
02 December, 2022
This 2022 update from Thames Tideway Tunnel’s Client, Project Manager and Main Works Contractor teams will provide an overview of specific challenges across project areas (West, Central and East), and the solutions implemented for their resolution.

Registration open for George A Fox conference 2023
18 November, 2022
Registration is open for the Underground Construction Association’s (UCA) George A Fox Conference in January.

Design and construction of a cavern in downtown LA
31 October, 2022
Christoph Eberle reports on the BTS March evening meeting where Carlos Herranz, Tunnel Design Manager at Mott MacDonald, discussed the design and construction by sequential excavation of LA Metro’s largest underground cavern.

Multiple entries
26 September, 2022
Extensive tunnelling on HS2 also features major shaft construction works at many locations

TBM completes 25% of West Gate Tunnel journey
07 July, 2022
EPBM Bella has reached the 1km mark of her 4km journey digging the West Gate Tunnel Project’s outbound tunnel in Melbourne.

HS2 reveals new designs for Amersham vent shaft headhouse
05 July, 2022
HS2 has updated designs for the Amersham vent shaft headhouse – one of five structures that will provide ventilation and emergency access to the high-speed rail line’s 10 mile-long Chiltern tunnel.

Jacobs appointed as design consultant for CRL 1
10 June, 2022
Jacobs has been appointed as the design consultant for the design and construction of the Tavistock Station and tunnels on Singapore’s Cross Island Line Phase 1 (CRL 1).

MORE JV named as preferred bidder for Stonehenge Tunnel
26 May, 2022
The UK’s National Highways has named the preferred bidder for the £1.25bn contract for the controversial Stonehenge Tunnel.

United Utilities Water starts pipeline tender process
16 May, 2022
The tender process for the Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme (HARP) will get under way with a tender launch event in Manchester on June 8.

Second TBM launched for West Gate Tunnel
28 April, 2022
The second TBM has started boring on the West Gate Tunnel project in Melbourne, Australia.

UCA honours William “Bill” Edgerton with Lifetime Achievement Award
25 March, 2022
The Underground Construction Association (UCA) has awarded William “Bill” Edgerton the 2022 UCA Lifetime Achievement Award.

Tunnelling among solutions for Scottish Highlands road
07 March, 2022
A tunnel is among options being considered for a notorious section of the A83 in Scotland.

Australia’s largest TBM starts on West Gate Tunnel
03 March, 2022
The largest TBM in the Southern Hemisphere has started excavating the West Gate Tunnel in Melbourne, Australia.