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Choker clearing
13 December, 2010
The City of Edmonton’s Drainage Services Branch starts tunnelling the first of two replacement sewers this fall on the Mill Woods Double Barrel Replacement Project, Nicole Robinson reports

Are we there yet?
13 December, 2010

Edmonton’s tunnelling team
13 December, 2010
Maintaining an in-house tunnel design and construction entity means it’s always busy beneath ground in the City of Edmonton. Nicole Robinson looks into the city’s Drainage Services department and its recent projects

Tunnelling to catch up
13 December, 2010
With major cities like Toronto and Vancouver growing steadily the past 20 years, and transportation and sewer systems struggling to keep up, there is no shortage of tunnelling projects in Canada, reports Nicole Robinson

Get out the vote
29 November, 2010

Working on the west side
29 November, 2010
This summer saw a major milestone for the No. 7 Line Extension project, with the final breakthrough of the two TBMs mining the twin subway tunnels. Nicole Robinson looks into the project and its progress

Spending heads south
10 November, 2010
Mexico, Panama and Chile are seeing tunnelling for many of their infrastructure projects, and they’re not alone in the region, Nicole Robinson reports

A sinking success in Istanbul
19 October, 2010
Conceptual design drawings, dating back to Turkey’s Ottoman Period, show ambitious plans for a tunnel immersed under the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul. It may have been a pipe dream back then, but that is no longer the case. Nicole Robinson visits the immersed tunnel of the Marmaray Project

A city steeped in history breaks new ground
19 October, 2010
Constructing an underground rail connection for the European and Asian sides of Istanbul will improve traffic and environmental conditions in the city, once completed. Along the way, contractor Taisei and joint venture partners are employing NATM, TBM, immersed tube and cut and cover excavation methods to build the Bosphorus Crossing, Nicole Robinson reports

Transportation salvation
19 October, 2010
The tunnelling industry in Southern Europe has taken in a hit during the financial crisis of the past few years. Though business is slower, there are transport projects picking up momentum in the Alps and metro work is carrying on in the east, Nicole Robinson finds

Will we, won’t we?
19 October, 2010

Britain’s got tunnels
15 September, 2010
With water projects underway, the industry has Crossrail on the brain and for good reason, it sets the tone for the future of tunnelling in the UK, reports Nicole Robinson

LEDs leading lighting
11 August, 2010
Following a renovation that finished in June, the Vlake Tunnel is now the first in Europe to be fully lit with LEDs and the first to use LED linear lighting, Nicole Robinson reports.

North America’s project potential
29 July, 2010
Juggling the increasing tunnel work with a decreasing amount of manpower, North America is finding a balance to get the job done, reports Nicole Robinson

Back to school
19 June, 2010
Dr. Priscilla Nelson, Professor of civil and environmental engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, was interviewed by staff writer Nicole Robinson.

Bauma 2010
15 March, 2010
With the year’s big show just weeks away, Nicole Robinson considers what Bauma will mean for the international lifting industry.