Search Results: 'Skanska'

Rail rules for the Swiss
12 December, 2000
Felix Amberg spoke about the overall concept of the Alp base tunnels. Aspects of planning, design and construction were described. The presentation included a detailed appraisal of the 57km long Gotthard base tunnel.

Operation Dartford
12 December, 2000
Replacing decaying structures in road and rail tunnels is becoming an increasingly significant workload sector. Editor, Adrian Greeman looks at one such project, the renewal of the road deck in the UK's Dartford tunnels.

Swedish lining
12 December, 2000

Breakthroughs made on Hong Kong sewer
12 December, 2000

Skanska reaches one third mark on Sri Lanka Ganga dam project
13 November, 2000

Hong Kong sewer scheme hangs in the balance
13 November, 2000

Skanska domination
14 October, 2000

AlpTransit's first major excavations
14 September, 2000
For years the AlpTransit link was being planned and discussed. Now, finally, it is happening

Group sets up online venture
01 August, 2000

Third Alp tunnel let
01 August, 2000

Determination to overcome difficulties
01 August, 2000
No stranger to meeting difficulties the tunnelling industry was presented with plenty during the past year.

HK sewage plan under review
11 July, 2000

Drills close in on second nuclear store
11 July, 2000

Innovative gas storage cavern
06 May, 2000
The world's first steel lined rock cavern for the storage of natural gas is under construction just north of Halmstad in south west Sweden. The facility will demonstrate a new Swedish technique known as Lined Rock Cavern (LRC), by which gas is stored in a lined cavern at high pressure, the rock being used to absorb the pressure. The domed roof of the cavern, and the precision specified, call for the use of advanced construction techniques.

Skanska drive slows to a crawl in HK
05 May, 2000

Largest Lötschberg Tunnel award
05 May, 2000

Steady headway in Hong Kong
30 April, 2000

Hydro start in Peru
25 February, 2000