Search Results: 'Skanska'

Work begins on National Grid’s Thames Tunnel
15 December, 2016
Great Britain - Engineers were preparing to sink 30m deep shafts at locations alongside the Thames in West London as Tunnels and Tunnelling went to press. The sites were being prepared at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Battersea Park and ahead of construction of the 330m-long tunnel by micro TBM.

TBM shield lowered for Regional Connector
26 October, 2016
US - The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) held a naming and lowering ceremony for the TBM that will dig twin 1.1-mile (1.7km) rail tunnels for the Regional Connector Transit Project on October 19.

Skanska wins major Norwegian hydropower job
29 September, 2016
Norway - Swedish contractor Skanska has won a NOK 657M (USD 80.8M) contract from Eidsiva Vannkraft to construct Nedre Otta hydropower plant.

Blue Plains Tunnel wins DRBF award
02 September, 2016
US – The Blue Plains Tunnel team was recently awarded the Excellence in Dispute Avoidance & Resolution Award for projects with a budget of USD 250M or greater, Traylor Bros. announced.

Britain launches segmental lining code of practice
20 April, 2016
GREAT BRITAIN – A specification for the design of concrete segmental linings was launched in mid-April. The document, “Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 8810:2016 – Tunnel Design: Design of concrete segmental linings: Code of practice” was produced by the British Standards Institute (BSI) and lead technical author Arup.

First Street Tunnel TBM finishes bore
07 January, 2016
USA – The Skanska/Jay Dee joint venture completed the 2,700ft (822.96m) TBM drive for the First Street Tunnel on December 22, DC Water announced.