Search Results: 'Rail Link Engineering'

Occupy infrastructure
19 December, 2011

Rick Capka returns to Parsons
16 December, 2011

T&T Awards 2011 results
15 December, 2011

Meeting challenges under pressure
14 November, 2011
Traditional compressed air work in tunnelling, also referred to in some quarters as caisson work and diving, has all but disappeared in modern tunnelling, but new challenges have been thrown up by deeper tunnels and those of larger section. These are being taken up by sophisticated procedures to ensure the safety of those involved in necessary work. Maurice Jones reviews some leading practitioners and their tunnelling work and equipment. Additional material from Nicole Robinson

Sinking a station
19 October, 2011
An extraordinary variation on the immersed tube method, combined with innovative foundation works, has been used to take the Amsterdam north-south metro line underneath the 19th century Centraal Station, reports Adrian Greeman

Jacobs’ new associates
05 October, 2011

Dynamism of the East
22 August, 2011
Running along the fiery Asia Pacific coast are some of the most explosive tunneling markets in the world. Hong Kong is booming, Japan is storming ahead in innovation, Malaysia is clamping down on corruption and Singapore is a hot bed of activity. Alex Conacher tries to keep up

Qatar set for next tunnelling boom
22 August, 2011
Mechanised tunnelling is finding favour in the Middle East as infrastructure plans increasingly call for underground development. Bernadette Ballantyne reports

Biggest Oz box jack
19 August, 2011

The end of one man’s era at Halcrow, marks a UK tunnelling legacy
28 July, 2011

Norwegian railways protect assets from freezing
26 July, 2011
A new rail tunnel on the Norwegian coast is the first in the world to have sprayed waterproofing membrane tested for reliability in freezing conditions. In co-operation with the nearby facilities of Sintef in Trondheim, a major programme to confirm lifetime expectations has been under way, Maurice Jones reports from site

Speeding freight under Antwerp docks
21 July, 2011
In the highest value current construction project in Belgium an international public-private-partnership (PPP) consortium is building an important rail link to the west of Antwerp to handle the booming freight traffic to and from the port. The work includes tunnelling under waterways in tricky, soft-ground conditions and utilising an existing, but unused tunnel. Maurice Jones reports from Antwerp

First metro element floated under Amsterdam Station
15 July, 2011

Arup background in Crossrail Board changes
14 July, 2011

Burrowing under Berapit
14 June, 2011
Workers on South East Asia’s longest drill and blast rail tunnel are finishing works. Jon Young looks at the challenges the project faced

Perforating the Pacific
13 June, 2011
Fairytale projects are being put to tender. Underground defences against drought and flooding, surface to seabed drives through magnificent artificial islands and socio-economic unity through high-speed rail. The tunnelling industry in South East Asia refuses to be eclipsed by the mammoth markets in India and China. Alex Conacher explores the latest trends

The tale of three cities
10 June, 2011
The market for tunnelling in North America is strong but also struggling due to political and financial pressures, and more recently public outcry. Nicole Robinson profiles tunnelling projects in New York, Seattle and Toronto

Land Transport Authority awards DTL3 contracts
05 May, 2011

Fehmarn tunnel favoured
13 April, 2011
In a competition over which world class structure to build, the immersed tube tunnel option has won over its bridge rival for the fixed link to be built across the Fehmarn channel between Denmark and Germany. Report by Patrick Reynolds

Helsinki airport link tested to extremes
13 April, 2011
The construction of the 18-km long Ring Rail Line began in May 2009. An 8-km twin tunnel under Helsinki-Vantaa International Airport is under construction. It requires the excavation of about 1,500,000 cubic metres of rock. So far 80 per cent of this work has been completed in five separate contracts. The Ring Rail Line project is being conducted under the direction of the Finnish Transport Agency. Cooperation partners are the City of Vantaa and Finavia Corporation. Traffic will start in 2014, Merja Vilska, spokesman for the Ring Rail project reports