Search Results: 'Long Island Rail Road'

Working on the west side
29 November, 2010
This summer saw a major milestone for the No. 7 Line Extension project, with the final breakthrough of the two TBMs mining the twin subway tunnels. Nicole Robinson looks into the project and its progress

A sinking success in Istanbul
19 October, 2010
Conceptual design drawings, dating back to Turkey’s Ottoman Period, show ambitious plans for a tunnel immersed under the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul. It may have been a pipe dream back then, but that is no longer the case. Nicole Robinson visits the immersed tunnel of the Marmaray Project

Catch up on Crossrail
22 September, 2010
As contractors await the award of the two main tunnelling contracts for the GBP 15.9bn (USD 24.5bn) mega project, work on the stations is gathering pace. Bernadette Redfern gives this report

Never so bored in NY
12 August, 2010
New York’s East Side Access (ESA) rail project has used a pair of TBMs to help cavern construction by lancing repeatedly into the rock below Manhattan. Report by Patrick Reynolds

So San Francisco doesn’t go thirsty
05 August, 2010
Like most infrastructure in the San Francisco area, the Crystal Springs By-pass Pipeline can be affected by seismic activity, so the risk assessment of its design, safety and functionality has to take this into consideration. It was decided that the risk, from landslide damage to the pipeline in particular, was too high to rely on the original structure, so an alternative by-pass tunnel was decided upon as just one, but a vital, part of the Water Supply Improvement Progam (WSIP) undertaken by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC). Maurice Jones reports on its completion.

North America’s project potential
29 July, 2010
Juggling the increasing tunnel work with a decreasing amount of manpower, North America is finding a balance to get the job done, reports Nicole Robinson

Measuring up the Middle East
14 July, 2010
Metro schemes, roads and sewer projects are expected to boost to the tunnelling sector in the Middle East and North Africa with Egypt and the UAE leading the way reports Bernadette Redfern

Danish dash
18 May, 2010
More metro for Copenhagen and a possible undersea link to Germany are the new major plans involving tunnels in Denmark. Report by Patrick Reynolds