Search Results: 'Schiavone Construction'

Election year
31 October, 2016
Tunnel work in the US has seen support from voters in some local elections and possibly more this November. Nicole Robinson, editor of Tunnels and Tunnelling North America highlights tunnel projects across the country

City of expansion
27 June, 2014
By the end of the year there should be three separate tunnelling contracts underway in Los Angeles to expand the region’s public transportation system. Nicole Robinson looks at each project.

In the nick of time
19 March, 2014
As the Hudson Yards development moved toward construction, a small window of opportunity for new rail infrastructure connecting New Jersey to Manhattan began to close. Nicole Robinson looks at the tunnel box project securing the right of way for potential tunnels under the Hudson River.

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.

From sea to shining sea
06 February, 2012
Demand for tunnels in North America is strong to meet public transportation and water conveyance needs. Nicole Robinson highlights projects in the region

The tale of three cities
10 June, 2011
The market for tunnelling in North America is strong but also struggling due to political and financial pressures, and more recently public outcry. Nicole Robinson profiles tunnelling projects in New York, Seattle and Toronto

Moving forward under Second Avenue
09 June, 2011
The hustle and bustle of New York’s streets doesn’t stop at the pavement. Beneath the city a number of subway projects are taking shape to provide transit for more than eight million residents plus the tourists who flock there every year. Nicole Robinson reports on tunnelling for the new subway line beneath Second Avenue

Big city constraints
13 April, 2011
The first phase of New York City’s long-awaited Second Avenue Subway line is under construction. Nicole Robinson talks to Schiavone Construction Co. LLC’s Julio Martinez and Chris Cosenzo about the challenges of tunneling in the densely-populated east side of Manhattan

Coasting along
13 April, 2011
As clients deal with financial constraints, the tunneling industry in the East Coast region may see limited growth over the next few years. But with all of the work in New York, plus clean water regulations elsewhere, the market should hold steady, Nicole Robinson finds

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

Finesse in tough environments
10 November, 2010
Technologies employed underground to ensure positional accuracy have advanced at great pace over recent years. The portable computer, data processor and laser have all but replaced the tape, notepad and pencil. These, together with the introduction of lasers as reference axes and the toughening of electronics, have led to major benefits in productivity. Maurice Jones reviews some of the latest developments

Excavation Products
01 August, 2003
The latest excavation products