Search Results: 'Southern Water'

Cambridge service tunnel
02 November, 2017
AstraZeneca’s global R&D headquarters in Cambridge calls for a new tunnel. This report from a BTSYM presentation by Lloyd Rew of Skanska was written by Cameron Blackwell from Mott MacDonald

California’s largest water agency endorses Delta tunnels
19 October, 2017
USA – The Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California’s board officially endorsed the California Water Fix project, previously called the Delta Tunnels, and approved its USD 4.3bn share of the project on October 10.

ADS appoints new CEO
21 August, 2017
US - Advanced Drainage Systems (ADS) announced August 17 several leadership changes in accordance with its previously communicated succession plan, which will become effective September 1.

Next exit
06 July, 2017
The Eglinton Crosstown LRT is Ontario’s largest transit expansion to date. Two contracts constructed 10km of underground alignment for the 19km line. Jordan Schreiner and Matthew Geary of Hatch, with Tibor Szekely of Metrolinx, discuss the completion of the East Tunnels and TBM removal

Federal agencies find California’s Delta Tunnel safe for endangered species
30 June, 2017
US – The Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) have both found the Delta Tunnel project, as proposed by the California Department of Water Resources and the Bureau of Reclamation, will not harm endangered species. The greenlight from each agency on June 26 is one of many needed to build two tunnels conveying water from the north to the south Delta.

Upgrading bond Street
29 June, 2017
London Underground Bond Street Station Upgrade Project (BSSU) is due for completion and open to public in April. In December’s British Tunnelling Society Meeting, the project was told from the perspective of the SCL designer and the contractor working in a one team environment. Through innovation and utilising the latest technology they pushed the SCL design boundaries and developed a safe system of work by minimising the impact on infrastructure while optimising the excavation times to create necessary additional underground space. The speakers were Richard Watts, project manager, London Underground; Steve Nuttall, project director, Color; Andreas Spiegl, principal tunnel engineer, Dr Sauer & Partners and senior SCL engineer on site

Open up
10 May, 2017
As part of the Southeast Collector Trunk Sewer project a hanging system ensured a live 2.6mdiameter sewer could be successfully bypassed. Jordan Schreiner and Matthew Geary, ofHatch, and Stephen Marino, of The Regional Municipality of York report

Bolaños Tunnel
18 April, 2017
An innovative stabilisation system has allowed contractor FCC-Acciona to stay on track boring the Bolaños Rail Tunnel, which is a critical part of Spain’s high speed rail expansion

Milan to Genoa high speed rail
21 February, 2017
Paola De Pascali visited the sites of the Terzo Valico dei Giovi project, the new high-speed Milan-Genoa railway line

Future down under
30 January, 2017
Tunnels and Tunnelling speaks with Rob Muley, general manager for tunnelling at John Holland to get his views on the company’s place in its home markets

In the family
30 January, 2017
Paola De Pascali visited Rocksoil’s headquarters in Milan to talk Giuseppe Lunardi about the history and development of Rocksoil. Also included is a Q&A with Lunardi’s father, Pietro Lunardi, in which he notes the emerging potential for underground power plants

TAC Awards 2016
10 January, 2017
The Tunnelling Association of Canada (TAC) presents its annual awards each fall to recognise the deserving individuals and projects in the Canadian tunnelling sectors. The 2016 awards were presented on October 17 in OTtawa. Congratulations to all of this year’s winners