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ITA Tunnelling Awards winners revealed
27 November, 2023
The winners of this year’s ITA Tunnelling Awards were revealed on Friday.

Joint Technical Event - Geopolymer Concrete in Tunnelling and other applications: Developments in ultra-low carbon concrete
24 October, 2023
Event Date: Thursday 9th November 2023 at 18:00 hrs

Construction starts on Singapore’s Cross Island Line – Punggol Extension
11 October, 2023
The start of construction of Singapore’s Cross Island Line – Punggol Extension (CPe) was marked with a ground-breaking ceremony yesterday.

ITA Unveils Shortlist Of Finalists For The 2023 Tunnelling Awards
26 September, 2023
The 9th edition of the ITA Tunnelling and Underground Space Awards are due to take place on November 24th in Mumbai, India.

SRL East tunnelling shortlist announced
06 September, 2022
Three consortia have been shortlisted for the tunnelling contracts on Melbourne’s SRL East rail transport project.

EOI open for Melbourne tunnelling package
06 April, 2022
Expressions of Interest have opened for the eastern section of Melbourne’s Suburban Rail Loop (SRL), the longest tunnelling package in Victoria’s history.

Bob Ibell awarded BTS James Clark Medal
23 March, 2021
Robert Ibell, co-founder and director of London Bridge Associates, has been awarded the British Tunnelling Society (BTS) James Clark Medal for 2021.

Brenner BT research may improve tunnel sustainability
23 February, 2021
Drainage water from the Brenner Base Tunnel (BBT) could be used to supply sustainable energy to residential districts.

Australia’s first tunnel training centre inaugurated
22 December, 2020
Australia’s first tunnel training centre has been set up in Melbourne to enable trainees to work on the Victorian government's planned rail projects.

Heriot-Watt team plan ‘floating’ Irish Sea tunnel
17 December, 2020
A team from Edinburgh’s Heriot-Watt University has proposed a floating underwater tunnel in place of a bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Manila accepts first two of 25 TBM army
09 September, 2020
Officials from the Philippine’s Department of Transportation have accepted the first two of 25 TBMs that will be used to bore the US$7bn Metro Manila Subway Project.

First Forrestfield TBM makes final breakthrough
25 February, 2020
Australia – The first TBM mining the Forrestfield-Airport Link in Perth has broken through. ‘Grace’ broke through into the Bayswater dive structure in February and will be followed by ‘Sandy’ in May, which is tunnelling the typical three-months behind the lead machine. The contractor is the Salini Impregilo-NRW JV.

MCM Jacobs announces promotions
15 July, 2019
California – McMillen Jacobs announced July 12 it appointed Victor Romero to the role of executive pice President.

HNTB adds to Seattle staff
10 January, 2019
US – Mike Wongkaew, joined HNTB Corporation’s national tunnel group on January 7 as national tunnel practice lead-Northwest and associate vice president. He is based in Bellevue, Washington, and oversees all tunnelling work on the Sound Transit West Seattle and Ballard Link Extension Project. He also serves as an accomplished resource to the firm’s clients and projects across the nation, the company said, adding in his previous capacity, Wongkaew served as chief tunnel engineer for research and development of an innovative underground transportation system.

HNTB announces new hires in tunnelling group
24 December, 2018
US – HNTB announced December 20 two new hires, Kenneth Xu and Raghu Bhargava, joined its national tunnel group.

New to deliver Harding Memorial Lecture
25 October, 2016
Great Britain - Barry New is to deliver the Harding Memorial Lecture at 6pm on 19 January at the ICE in London. An associate for the Geotechnical Consulting Group, New has chosen to address tunnelling impact assessments for existing utility pipelines and tunnel assets.

London bids for WTC 2019
29 January, 2016
GREAT BRITAIN – The British Tunnelling Society has formally announced its candidacy to host the World Tunnel Congress and ITA General Assembly in 2019. The capital London is the city put forward by the BTS steering committee for the bid in January 2016. The vote will take place at WTC 2016 in San Francisco this April.

Jacobs awarded early design work for Heathrow link
01 May, 2015
GREAT BRITAIN – Jacobs Engineering has been tasked with design and studies work for a proposed Network Rail link to Heathrow. The ‘Western Rail Access to Heathrow’ project will apply for a Development Consent Order in early 2016. Jacobs will produce the design for the proposal documentation. The scope of work includes topographical surveys and geotechnical investigations, tunneling design for the new 3.1-mile (5km) route, and railway systems designs for track and overhead line equipment.

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.