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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.

Burnhamthorpe Water Project
21 May, 2020
Nicole Robinson reports on Mississauga’s efforts to improve its water and sewerage network, ahead of LRT construction.

Spotlight Seattle
14 May, 2020
The fast-growing city is under pressure to provide congestion relief to crowded streets and affordable housing. New tunnel projects are being designed to do both, Nicole Robinson reports.

The real world
04 March, 2020
Liuna Local 183 is breaking ground on a tunnel training centre that will help the Greater Toronto Area access on-site training for tunnelling and safety skills, Nicole Robinson reports

Health, safety and wellness
04 March, 2020
Reducing on-the-job injuries is vital, but so is staying well. T&T highlights improvements in the industry

Spotlight Seattle
04 March, 2020
The fast-growing city is under pressure to provide congestion relief to crowded streets and affordable housing, Nicole Robinson reports. New tunnel projects are being designed to do both

Momentum
23 December, 2019
The City of Los Angeles has seen several milestones this summer for its Purple Line extension, Nicole Robinson reports on the progress for each phase

Momentum
27 September, 2019
The City of Los Angeles has seen several milestones this summer for its Purple Line extension, Nicole Robinson reports on the progress for each phase

Northern exposure
27 September, 2019
A round-up of tunnel work in the Nordic Forum

Corridor Connections
08 March, 2019
Federal, state and other agencies are working to bring super conducting maglev technology to the United States with an initial rail line between D.C. and Baltimore. Nicole Robinson looks at what the projects entails and what the tunnelling industry can expect

Gap year
01 March, 2019
Tunnelling begins this year for the City of Louisville. Nicole Robinson reports on the Waterway Protection Tunnel

LA county awards contract for San Pedro tunnel
29 January, 2019
US – The Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County awarded a USD 630M construction contract for the Clearwater Project to Dragados USA on January 23. The project involves building a new 7‐mile- (11km-) long, 18ft (5.4m) diameter tunnel to convey treated water from the Joint Water Pollution Control Plant in Carson to existing ocean outfalls at Royal Palms Beach in San Pedro. The tunnel will be excavated by TBM and construction will begin this year with an estimated end in 2026.

In sync
24 January, 2019
The successful logistics of staging four TBMs from one location has enabled the first pair of machines to make a breakthrough near Oslo, ahead of schedule. Nicole Robinson reports on the Follo Line’s first major milestone

Better Below
20 December, 2018
Critics cite delays and cost overruns when new infrastructure is being considered and at the root of this is often construction impeded by issues with utilities. A new emphasis on underground utility engineering looks for ways to better cope with the urban subsurface, Nicole Robinson reports

Getting Clearance
20 December, 2018
Navigating existing infrastructure above and below ground, Dragados/ Tomlinson has completed the first of two drives for a new stormwater storage system in Ottawa. Nicole Robinson reports

One big bore
22 November, 2018
Rail projects across North America are considering single tunnel drives, Nicole Robinson reports

Getting clearance
01 November, 2018
Navigating existing infrastructure above and below ground, Dragados/ Tomlinson has completed the first of two drives for a new stormwater storage system in Ottawa. Nicole Robinson reports

One big bore
05 September, 2018
Rail projects across North America are considering single tunnel drives, Nicole Robinson reports

Four seasons
29 August, 2018
To relocate utilities on Calgary’s Glenmore Dam, Ward & Burke needed to work in an environmentally sensitive and highly visible public space, Nicole Robinson reports

Better below
04 July, 2018
Critics cite delays and cost overruns when new infrastructure is being considered and at the root of this is often construction impeded by issues with utilities. A new emphasis on underground utility engineering looks for ways to better cope with the urban subsurface, Nicole Robinson reports