Search Results: 'VMT'

The third way
16 December, 2020
Genoa has a magnificent sea port but desperately poor communications inland. A third route is being developed under the mountains that surround the city. Julian Champkin reports

Canadian distance record
20 November, 2020
Microtunnelling can save costs, surface disruption and inconvenience to the public, while the distances that can be covered are increasing. Julian Champkin looks at a 5km project in Canada and asks whether the technique can stretch even further

A Kit of Parts
25 August, 2020
Precast concrete segments are made to exacting tolerances and demand streamlined manufacture and transportation. Julian Champkin investigates the challenges

Trans Euro Express
17 July, 2020
The Magistrale is a 1,500km high-speed rail project that will link France, Germany, Austria, Slovakia and Hungary. Julian Champkin reports on the tunnelling through Germany’s Swabian Alps.

Ward & Burke sets new Canadian microtunnelling record
30 June, 2020
Ward & Burke has successfully completed a record microtunnelling drive of 1,132m on the York Durham Sewage System (YDSS) Forcemain Twinning Project in Newmarket, Ontario. Completed on 8 June 2020, the drive breaks the Canadian distance record and the project’s own record of 950m set four days earlier into the same reception shaft.

VMT updates microtunnelling offering
18 March, 2020
Germany – VMT released it TUnIS Navigation MT system in January 2020, replacing the previous UNS gyro navigation system. From mid-2020 onwards, the associated stand-alone version based on the new MT connect optimised hardware platform will also be available, replacing the SLS microtunnelling product series.

City & Southwest
20 January, 2020
Alex Conacher visits the Sydney Metro’s second phase to speak with Terry Sleiman, project director for the contractor John Holland CPB Ghella, Hugh Lawson, project director for the client, and Kate Cole, occupational health and hygiene manager for Transport for NSW

Better than ever
20 January, 2020
Planners are capitalising on modern improvements to tunnelling technology in a boost to the Australian industry. Alex Conacher reports