Search Results: 'Skanska'

Work begins on National Grid’s Thames Tunnel
15 December, 2016
Great Britain - Engineers were preparing to sink 30m deep shafts at locations alongside the Thames in West London as Tunnels and Tunnelling went to press. The sites were being prepared at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Battersea Park and ahead of construction of the 330m-long tunnel by micro TBM.

Nordic Neighbors
03 November, 2016
The ITA’s Nordic Forum provides an opportunity for canada and other nations to exchange information. Tunnels & Tunnelling looks at projects underway in the region

Election year
31 October, 2016
Tunnel work in the US has seen support from voters in some local elections and possibly more this November. Nicole Robinson, editor of Tunnels and Tunnelling North America highlights tunnel projects across the country

TBM shield lowered for Regional Connector
26 October, 2016
US - The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) held a naming and lowering ceremony for the TBM that will dig twin 1.1-mile (1.7km) rail tunnels for the Regional Connector Transit Project on October 19.

Skanska wins major Norwegian hydropower job
29 September, 2016
Norway - Swedish contractor Skanska has won a NOK 657M (USD 80.8M) contract from Eidsiva Vannkraft to construct Nedre Otta hydropower plant.

Norwegian nous
19 September, 2016
The Norwegian tunnelling sector is seeing many positive trends. According to annual tunnelling statistics there is a steady increase in excavated volume over the last decade. Paola De Pascali reports

Blue Plains Tunnel wins DRBF award
02 September, 2016
US – The Blue Plains Tunnel team was recently awarded the Excellence in Dispute Avoidance & Resolution Award for projects with a budget of USD 250M or greater, Traylor Bros. announced.

Britain launches segmental lining code of practice
20 April, 2016
GREAT BRITAIN – A specification for the design of concrete segmental linings was launched in mid-April. The document, “Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 8810:2016 – Tunnel Design: Design of concrete segmental linings: Code of practice” was produced by the British Standards Institute (BSI) and lead technical author Arup.

Meeting the challenge
14 March, 2016
A small engineering company in Essex is making a big contribution to Europe’s largest infrastructure project, Crossrail. Sally Spencer Reports.

Regional reach
22 January, 2016
With the World Tunnel Congress meeting at San Francisco for 2016, Nicole Robinson, Editor of Tunnels & Tunnelling North America, provides an overview of the region’s tunnelling work

First Street Tunnel TBM finishes bore
07 January, 2016
USA – The Skanska/Jay Dee joint venture completed the 2,700ft (822.96m) TBM drive for the First Street Tunnel on December 22, DC Water announced.