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Out and in at sea
Major lifts for tunnel projects have taken place at sea recently for an outfall off Kuwait and at Hinkley Point C power station, in UK.
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Spotlight on Austrian Alpine Tunnelling
The 13th Austrian Tunnel Day and 71st Geomechanics Colloquium takes place in October in Salzburg.
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A Look Beyond Only Physical: Virtual Master Rings
Florian Werres of VMT describes a digital approach to achieving the assurance of segmental quality for bored tunnels without always physically erecting master rings.
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Montréal’s transport body, STM, is calling for tenders for the extension to the metro Blue line, including tunnel construction.
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Tunnelling completed under Manukau Harbour
Watercare has completed tunnelling under Auckland’s Manukau Harbour.
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Amtrak chooses delivery partner model for tunnel project
Amtrak is seeking a delivery partner for the B&P Tunnel Replacement Program in Baltimore.
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Breakthrough made on Italy’s longest rail tunnel
Webuild has completed more than 82% of tunnelling for the Terzo Valico dei Giovi-Genoa Junction Combined Project, with a breakthrough on the Valico Tunnel.
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LTA awards contract for CRL2 tunnel
Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded the S$758m (US$562m) contract to design and build a 5km tunnel for phase two of the Cross Island MRT Line (CRL2).
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Norway’s experience with extensive hydropower development and surge chamber cavern technology offered lessons for its underground oil and gas storage projects. This is an abridged report of the full paper by Prof. Bjørn Nilsen discussing the similarities and key lessons to share
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Leadership vision for a path toward sustainability
Shortly before his recent election as President of International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA-AITES), Prof Arnold Dix, a global expert in tunnel sector contractual arrangements, told T&T about his vision for how the international tunneling industry can accelerate its practical pursuit of sustainability – by being armed with new, tailored-made measurement tools and introducing a ‘non-dispute’ option in contract law
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Tunneling under operating highways and railways: Part 1
Keivan Rafie and Gary Kramer of Hatch present the first of their two-part look at lessons in planning and constructing tunnel crossings with shallow cover under live transport corridors
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Clean hat trick
Nicholson Construction has had three contracts for Project Clean Lake in Ohio, and each has posed its challenges. Keren Fallwell reports
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Out and in at sea
Major lifts for tunnel projects have taken place at sea recently for an outfall off Kuwait and at Hinkley Point C power station, in UK
