Search Results: 'Skanska'

International Tunnelling Association Awards
02 December, 2015
INTERNATIONAL - The ITA awarded its inaugural Tunnelling Awards on November 19, in Hagerbach Switzerland.

TBMS return to Norway
25 November, 2015
For the first time in three decades Norway is using a TBM for one of its long tunnel projects, the Ulriken near Bergen. The drive is just beginning reports Adrian Greeman

Educational experience
03 November, 2015
In combination with the TAC Workshop in being held at Queen’s University in Kingston this month, Tunnels & Tunnelling presents a snapshot of educational options available for tunnel engineering students and professionals in this special insight section

Skanska scoops Norwegian road tunnel
15 October, 2015
Norway – Skanska has signed a contract with the Norwegian Road Administration (Statens vegvesen) to build Sørkjosfjelltunnelen on the E6 in Troms, the company announced on October 7.

New York's Number 7 Subway Line Extension opens
24 September, 2015
USA - The No. 7 Subway Line Extension has opened in New York. The project has extended the metro line into the vicinity of 25th Street and 11th Avenue.

Skanska scores refurb contract
16 September, 2015
NORWAY -– Skanska has signed a contract with the Norwegian Road Administration (Statens vegvesen) to renovate the Granfoss tunnel in Oslo, the company announced on September 7. The contract is worth NOK 580M (USD 70.75M) and will be included in order bookings for Skanska Norway for the third quarter of 2015.

Rapid response
13 August, 2015
Ground freezing in Washington, D.C., will reduce the effects of construction on a quiet neighborhood prone to flooding. Nicole Robinson reports on the First Street Tunnel.

Blue Plains tunnelling completed
27 July, 2015
USA - The TBM mining the 4.5-mile-long Blue Plains tunnel completed her dig earlier this month and on Thursday, July 23 her cutterhead was extracted from a 100ft-deep shaft near DC Water’s Main Pumping Station in Southeast Washington, DC Water announced yesterday.

Skanska selected for Stockholm bypass project
07 July, 2015
SWEDEN - The Swedish Transport Administration has selected Skanska as contractor for constructing the southern connection of Stockholm Bypass tunnel, the construction firm announced July 2. The contract is worth about SEK 1.3bn (USD 153.9M), which will be included in order bookings for Skanska Sweden for the second quarter of 2015.

Float on
24 June, 2015
The JV constructing the new Midtown Tunnel has floated and immersed more than half the elements in the Elizabeth River, bringing each one more than 200 miles through the Chesapeake Bay, Nicole Robinson reports.

Bond Street awarded environmental award
05 June, 2015
GREAT BRITAIN - The Costain Skanska joint venture (CSJV) team working on the new Bond Street Station project (C412) has won a Green Line environmental award from Crossrail.

Third DC TBM ready to launch
17 April, 2015
USA - DC Water hosted a ceremony on April 14 to name and christen the third TBM in its fleet, which will mine the First Street Tunnel, part of the 13.1-mile long Anacostia River Tunnel system.

Frontline experience inspires award-winning apps
09 February, 2015
GREAT BRITAIN - A team member on a Costain Skanska joint venture (CSJV) project in London has had success in an international competition to find the best idea for construction-related apps. Costain's Andrew Irwin was the developer of five of the top 10 apps chosen by an international panel of experts.