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UK’s largest TBM rotated in reception chamber
24 March, 2023
Engineers working on London’s Silvertown Tunnel have used nitrogen ‘skates’ to rotate the first section to the TBM in the reception chamber.

SSE makes £100m “down payment” on Coire Glas hydro project
21 March, 2023
Energy company SSE is providing a £100m investment boost to Coire Glas, Britain’s biggest pumped hydro storage scheme for 40 years.

First bore completed for Silvertown Tunnel
27 February, 2023
The first bore on London’s Silvertown Tunnel has been completed.

John Foster: 1947 to 2022
20 February, 2023
John Foster began his career with a steel company in Workington where his student apprenticeship included an honours degree in mechanical engineering.

HS2 partners with Build UK for Open Doors 2023
11 January, 2023
HS2 is partnering with Build UK, an organisation representing more than 40% of the UK construction industry, to support the Open Doors 2023 programme.

Coire Glas exploratory works commence
16 December, 2022
Strabag UK has started exploratory works for Coire Glas, the UK’s first large-scale pumped storage scheme for 30 years.

Silvertown Tunnel cost rises
13 December, 2022
Rising inflation and Covid 19 measures have pushed the cost of the Silvertown Tunnel £12m over budget.

Silvertown Tunnel TBM reaches River Thames
21 November, 2022
The TBM digging the new Silvertown Tunnel in London has reached the River Thames.

National Highways resubmits application for UK’s longest road tunnel
08 November, 2022
National Highways has resubmitted its Development Consent Order (DCO) application for the Lower Thames Crossing.

Silvertown tunnelling resumes after fire
21 October, 2022
Tunnelling on London’s Silvertown tunnel has restarted following a fire last month.

Fire at Silvertown Tunnel site
28 September, 2022
A fire broke out at the Silvertown Tunnel site in London last night.

Assembly work on HS2 green tunnel to restart next week
13 September, 2022
HS2 intends to restart assembly of the pre-cast concrete ‘green tunnel’ in Northamptonshire next week.

“Quality issues” found in HS2 green tunnel segments
18 August, 2022
Pre-cast segments forming HS2’s first ‘green tunnel’ are being tested after quality issues were identified in “a few segments”.

Low carbon for Silvertown
03 August, 2022
Silvertown road tunnel in London will use mostly fibre-reinforced concrete with GGBS for segmental lining, reports Patrick Reynolds

Going green at high-speed
03 August, 2022
Concrete use on UK’s HS2 rail project is speeding advances in construction sustainability. Report by Patrick Reynolds

Harding prize yields another worthy winner
24 June, 2022
Chris Barrett, a young civil engineer working with BAM Nuttall on Tideway’s Western Section C405 has won the British Tunnelling Society’s Harding Prize 2022 for his paper ‘The Planning and Construction of Main Line Tunnel B Connection Tunnel’ It is reproduced below by kind permission of the author

Silvertown TBM final assembly begins
21 June, 2022
The first elements of the TBM for London’s new Silvertown Tunnel have been lowered into the launch chamber, marking the start of final assembly.

HS2’s first prefabricated tunnel takes shape
10 June, 2022
Construction has started on HS2’s first ‘green tunnel’, designed to reduce the amount of embedded carbon in the structure.

Tenders received for new UK hydro project
06 June, 2022
Plans for Scotland’s Coire Glas hydro pumped storage scheme have moved closer with the receipt of tenders for the project’s main construction works.

Silvertown Tunnel eye lifted into position
01 June, 2022
Tunnelling on Transport for London’s Silvertown Tunnel has moved a step closer with the tunnel eye being placed in position.