Search Results: 'Robinson'

Plumbing the house boom
25 September, 2013
As Saskatoon continues to see strong population growth neighbourhoods that only existed in planning are now ready to be built. Michels Canada is building the sewers to service new homes that will be built next year, Nicole Robinson reports

Into the Woods
25 September, 2013
BC Hydro plans to award the contract for the John Hart Generating Station replacement project before the end of the year. Nicole Robinson looks at a crucial part of this project: 2km of tunnels to preserve water supply as well as the facility's sensitive surroundings

Timing it right
25 September, 2013
The LRT expansion in Edmonton is expecting to see another line completed this winter as test trains start their runs in the autumn. Nicole Robinson reports on the underground work helping to construct the system

CSO Snapshot
20 June, 2013
In this snapshot of CSO work Nicole Robinson checks in with executive director of the NBC, Ray Marshall as construction moves forward in Providence, Rhode Island.

Cleaning up the capital
19 June, 2013
A TBM launch this spring in Washington DC is the first of several to come as the capital cleans up its CSOs. Nicole Robinson looks at the Blue Plains Tunnel.

Go West
07 June, 2013
The market for megaprojects moves to the West Coast as tunnelling wraps up on most New York Subway drives, Nicole Robinson reports.

Green light
26 April, 2013
In late January, Metro Vancouver awarded a contract worth nearly USD 900M to build the Evergreen Line. This 11km-long rapid transit extension includes a 2km tunnel through mixed ground conditions, Nicole Robinson reports.

An open letter to the U.S. Congress
05 April, 2013
Dear elected officials, or the interns who open their mail, while I have no direct affiliation with the organisers, I’m going to go out on a limb, here, and invite you to RETC, the Rapid Excavation Technology Conference, which is being held in your neighbourhood this June. I’m sure they won’t mind.

Extinction
20 February, 2013
Replacing an outdated sewer will mean tunnelling through a volcano—an extinct one— with unique basalt geology. The City of Honolulu will bid the contract for its wastewater project this spring, Nicole Robinson reports

Northern Exposure
19 February, 2013
While Seattle is known for its grey drizzly days, the climate for tunnelling is all blue skies. Sound Transit will bid another major tunnelling contract for its regional mass transit system this March, Nicole Robinson reports

Seattle Surge
19 February, 2013
The west coast of the US is home to a strong tunnelling market. Tunnels North America looks at Seattle in particular this issue, but let there be no doubt, other cities in the region are just as busy underground, Nicole Robinson reports

Different strokes
17 January, 2013
As the UK’s Road Tunnel Operator Association introduces a new qualification, Nicole Robinson contrasts the standards for training in the EU and US

U-Turn
08 January, 2013
After a July breakthrough and several months of respite at the Port of Miami Tunnel, the mammoth TBM mining below Miami is back in action. Nicole Robinson looks into the challenge of turning around