Search Results: 'Shea'

Tunnelling completed for LA subway extension
12 April, 2024
Tunnelling has been completed in Los Angeles for the D Line Subway Extension.

Amtrak appoints delivery partner for Baltimore tunnel
04 April, 2024
Amtrak has selected Advance, a joint venture led by Aecom and Jacobs, as delivery partner for the Frederick Douglass Tunnel Program.

VTA launches TBM naming contest
19 March, 2024
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) has launched a competition to name the TBM for the BART Silicon Valley Phase II Project (BSVII).

Kiewit/JF Shea JV wins Frederick Douglass Tunnel contract
07 February, 2024
Amtrak has selected a Kiewit/JF Shea joint venture to build Baltimore’s 3.2km Frederick Douglass Tunnel.

VTA purchases TBM for BART Silicon Valley Phase II
08 November, 2023
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) has ordered the TBM for the BART Silicon Valley Phase II Project (BSVII).

VTA revises BART Phase II extension cost
25 October, 2023
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) has revised the cost of the BART Phase II extension project to US$12.2bn, and pushed the opening date to 2036.

Using rebuilt TBM’s to help reduce environmental impact
24 April, 2023
The world needs to reduce its carbon emissions. The tunnelling industry needs to play its part in that effort. TBM makers Robbins recently came together with T&T to host a webinar on how re-using TBMs can help reduce the carbon footprint of tunnel construction. Doug Harding, vice-president of Robbins, and Christian Heinz, project manager for J. F. Shea, gave the benefit of their experience and answered questions from participants. Julian Champkin moderated the discussion and reports on the webinar

VTA secures BART extension funding
02 February, 2023
The State of California has awarded US$375m (£304m) to the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) for its BART extension into Downtown San Jose and Santa Clara.

VTA approved to pursue substantial funding for BART Silicon Valley extension
02 December, 2022
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) has received authority to pursue federal funding for up to 50% of the cost of Phase II of the BART Silicon Valley extension project.

Kiewit Shea Traylor proposes Silicon Valley extension change
30 August, 2022
Proposed changes to the BART Silicon Valley Extension Phase II in San José could see the tunnel enlarged to accommodate parallel tracks.

Tunnel contract awarded for BART Silicon Valley extension
12 May, 2022
Kiewit Shea Traylor joint venture has won the tunnel and trackwork contract for BART Silicon Valley Phase II (BSVII).

Three JVs picked for BART extension
20 May, 2021
Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) has chosen three joint ventures (JV) to submit proposals for the estimated US$2bn track and tunnel work contract for the BART Silicon Valley Extension into Downtown San Jose and Santa Clara, California, US. The teams are:

Skanska Traylor Shea JV breaks through on LA Purple Line Extension
03 March, 2021
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) has announced the recent breakthrough of TBM ‘Elsie’ – the first of two TBMs mining Section 1 of the US$9.3bn Los Angeles Purple Line Extension project.

Traylor-Shea to design and build RiverRenew tunnel system
20 November, 2020
US-based AlexRenew – the public utility for water renewal in Alexandria, Virginia – has awarded a US$454.4m contract to Traylor-Shea Joint Venture to design and construct the RiverRenew Tunnel System Project.

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

Robbins TBM and conveyor duo complete Ohio River Tunnel
16 October, 2020
Despite a challenging geology, a 6.7m-diameter Robbins Main Beam TBM has achieved impressive advance rates on the 6.5km Ohio River wastewater storage tunnel below Louisville, Kentucky, US.

Momentum
23 December, 2019
The City of Los Angeles has seen several milestones this summer for its Purple Line extension, Nicole Robinson reports on the progress for each phase

Momentum
27 September, 2019
The City of Los Angeles has seen several milestones this summer for its Purple Line extension, Nicole Robinson reports on the progress for each phase

NYC DEP celebrates breakthrough on Delaware Bypass project
19 August, 2019
New York – New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) commissioner Vincent Sapienza and crews celebrated the TBM breakthrough at shaft 6B on the Delaware Aqueduct Bypass tunnel project.

Gap year
01 March, 2019
Tunnelling begins this year for the City of Louisville. Nicole Robinson reports on the Waterway Protection Tunnel