Search Results: 'Rail Link Engineering'

Antipodean Anxiety
18 December, 2014
Hailed as one of the world’s top safe-haven, value-retaining economies in recent years, New Zealand has been basking in the warm glow of a successful battle against a crash, but for how long? Rhian Owen reports

Remember the fifth of November
18 November, 2014
In a couple of months it will be the 410th anniversary of the first attempt at the Gunpowder Treason in the UK. By the time this issue reaches you, Guy Fawkes Night (‘Bonfire Night’ in the UK) itself will have passed. But less well known is an attempt, 11 months earlier, to blow up the British Parliament with a tunnelled cache of explosives, rather than the less exciting option of a cellar rented beneath the seat of government itself.

Modelling in LA
06 November, 2014
Angel del Amo and Angel Silvestre of Intecsa-Inarsa SA, and Vanessa Prieto an Pedro Velasco of of Itasca Consultores, explore subsidence prediction for the regional connector transit corridor tunnels in Los Angeles.

Continental commitment
06 November, 2014
A public-private partnership could break ground on a new rail tunnel under the Detroit River, making a freight connection between Canada and the US that would see much of the billions of dollars the two countries trade. Nicole Robinson reports.

Bold decisions
17 October, 2014
The giant of world tunnelling also dominates the list of wealthiest contractors, but key investment decisions are required to determine the future shape of cities, and international partnerships. Tunnels speaks with Paul Jenkins and David Gutteridge of Mott MacDonald

Crossrail Western tunnels: TBM Breakthrough at Bond street station
10 October, 2014
The construction of the Crossrail Western tunnels saw two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) build 13.7km of tunnel below the streets of central London.

Eastern promise
26 August, 2014
Previously driven by the oil and gas sector, tunnelling in the Middle East is enjoying a new boom as metro systems and new sewer networks are developed throughout the region. Bernadette Ballantyne reports

Perth Airport Link tunnel announced
22 August, 2014
AUSTRALIA - Western Australia Premier Colin Barnett has released details of a new 8km long twin tube tunnel, which will be a major part of the AUD 2bn (USD 1.86bn) Forrestfield-Airport rail link in Perth. Construction is due to start in 2016 with completion expected in 2020.

China to dig tunnel for Asian rail system
21 May, 2014
A major construction project for the ambitious Trans-Asian Railway Network is set to commence in China in June, China Daily reported, quoting a senior tunnel and railway expert.

Critics slam Taipei-Yilan rail route
08 May, 2014
Academics and environmental activists sounded alarms over the newly announced Taipei-Yilan railway project, saying that the proposed route holds high risks as it passes through six active faults and 30 underground mining sites.

Plan drafted for USD 36bn undersea tunnel
21 February, 2014
China has announced plans to build the world's longest underwater tunnel beneath the Bohai Sea by 2026, with a blueprint expected to be submitted to the State Council in April.