Search Results: 'Skanska'

Skanska signs Norway E16 motorway and tunnels contract
01 December, 2020
Skanska has signed a contract worth around US$336m with the Norwegian Public Roads Administration to build an 8.4km motorway and tunnels between Bjørum and Hole municipality in eastern Norway.

UK breaks record for longest hydraulically-inserted pipeline
19 November, 2020
UK energy company National Grid has completed what has been hailed as the world’s longest hydraulically-inserted pipeline, now officially recognised by Guinness World Records.

HS2 reveals contemporary design for Kilburn vent shaft
27 October, 2020
A strikingly contemporary design has been revealed by HS2 for its vent shaft headhouse and compound in South Kilburn, London. It is one of four that will provide ventilation and emergency access to the high-speed line’s 7.2km Euston tunnel.

Not going viral
23 October, 2020
Many feared the outbreak of Covid-19 would wreak havoc on the tunnelling sector so how has it fared during the coronavirus pandemic? Perhaps not as disastrously as feared. Julian Champkin investigates

Contract signed for first HS2 TBMs
09 October, 2020
HS2 Ltd has announced that main works civils contractor Skanska Costain Strabag JV has signed the contract for the first two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) for London’s HS2 tunnels. The tunnels will be twin bore, each 13 miles long and roughly the same length as the Crossrail tunnels.

Connecting HS2 at Euston
22 September, 2020
Work on the UK’s new HS2 high-speed rail line is on track. Emma Hale and Christoph Eberle of Mott MacDonald describe one of the line’s first underground structures to be built in London

Skanska wins tunnel work in Oslo
19 August, 2020
Infrastructure firm Skanska has signed a contract for preparatory work on a new water supply system for Oslo which aims to ensure that the city can provide enough drinking water even in the event of supply failure.

Finally back on track
11 June, 2020
HS2 has at last been given the green light, following the notice to proceed which is enabling four joint ventures to finalise their designs. Julian Champkin reports

Tunnelling North
10 June, 2020
Nordøyvegen is a spectacular engineering project which will connect five Norwegian islands to the mainland with tunnels and bridges. Julian Champkin spoke with Lars Erik Skjolden, the project’s chief engineer