Search Results: 'Systra'

HS2 green tunnel receives planning approval
07 March, 2024
HS2 has received planning permission from Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council for the design of the green tunnel at Burton Green.

Delving Deep: Rethinking Underground Use
27 February, 2024
Rethinking Our Cities using the Underground Space’ was the important theme of a dedicated collaborative event hosted in Porto, Portugal, by the Portuguese tunnelling society (CPT), in Nov 2023, and moderated by ITACUS Co-chair Antonia Cornaro, Expert Underground Space with Amberg Engineering as well as lecturer on Planning of Underground Space at ETH Zurich. In this article, she describes and summarises the key points of the interesting discussion.

TBM breaks through on HS2’s London logistics tunnel
24 January, 2024
The TBM building HS2’s Atlas Road Logistics Tunnel has broken through at Old Oak Common station – marking a key milestone in plans to eventually carry the high-speed railway into central London.

BTS January 2024 Meeting – Artificial Ground Freezing
04 January, 2024
The first British Tunnelling Society meeting of 2024 will focus on Artificial Ground Freezing; a versatile solution for water tightness and temporary soil structure.

HS2 tunnel boring machine gets ready to start digging under Birmingham
12 December, 2023
A team of 90 specialist engineers have completed the assembly of HS2’s giant tunnel boring machine (TBM) which will start digging the second bore of the 3.5 mile Bromford Tunnel into Birmingham next year.

Transpennine Route Upgrade completes tunnelling hat trick
21 September, 2023
The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) is celebrating a triple tunnel triumph with the successful drilling of three new drainage tunnels beneath the line at Ulleskelf Mires in North Yorkshire.

Packed schedule in Boston
28 June, 2023
TTNA previews the packed program for RETC 2023, in Boston, MA, in June

Two years of permanent construction completed at HS2’s Old Oak Common Station site
23 June, 2023
Two years of permanent construction have been completed at HS2’s Old Oak Common Station site.

First base slab pour completed at HS2’s Old Oak Common Station
16 May, 2023
HS2 has completed the first concrete pour in the west box at Old Oak Common Station.

Requests for Proposals issued for Ontario Line
06 April, 2023
Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Metrolinx have issued Requests for Proposals for two major works packages for the Ontario Line: Pape Tunnel and underground stations and the elevated guideway and stations contracts.

HS2 partners with Build UK for Open Doors 2023
11 January, 2023
HS2 is partnering with Build UK, an organisation representing more than 40% of the UK construction industry, to support the Open Doors 2023 programme.

HS2’s 2.7km spoil conveyor starts operation
23 November, 2022
A 2.7km (1.7 mile) network of conveyors has begun operating in West London, and will move more than five million tonnes of spoil excavated for the construction of HS2.

Preferred bidders named for Auckland transport projects
28 September, 2022
Two preferred bidders have been named to plan and design the next phases of Auckland’s expanding rapid transit network – Auckland Light Rail and Waitematā Harbour Connections.

Laing O’Rourke to design and build HS2 Interchange Station in Solihull
13 July, 2022
The contractor has won the £370m contract ahead of Unity (a joint venture between Sir Robert McAlpine, VolkerFitzpatrick and WSP) and Skanska, who were named alongside Laing on the shortlist last year.

HS2 announces shortlisted bidders for Phase 2a
21 October, 2021
HS2 has announced a shortlist of three bidders from which the Phase 2a Design and Delivery Partner will be chosen to build the new section of Britain’s high-speed rail network connecting the West Midlands and Crewe.

A good dose of fibre
11 June, 2020
Steel fibre-reinforced concrete and its historic use in metro tunnels was the subject of discussion at a seminar hosted by steel-fibre maker Bekaert. Paola De Pascali reports

Ontario Line awards technical advisor contract
03 March, 2020
Ontario – Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx have selected the HDR-led team to serve as technical advisor for the approximately CAD 10.9bn (USD 8.1bn) Ontario Line in Toronto, it was announced on March 2. This nearly 16km long, free-standing subway line will be a combination of tunnelled and elevated sections, with 15 proposed stations, running from Ontario Place/Exhibition Place through downtown Toronto to the Ontario Science Centre.

Keeping up the Pressure
14 November, 2019
A cut-and-cover tunnel in Italy will make use of high pressure compressed air in what engineers are claiming is a first for the Mediterranean country. Paola De Pascali spoke with Andrea Pigorini, the head of infrastructure engineering at Italferr, and a spokesperson for Salini Impregilo, to find out more

Queen of Denmark opens the Cityringen metro line
03 October, 2019
Denmark - The 15.5km-long Copenhagen City Circle Line (M3) was inaugurated at the end of September.

Northern exposure
27 September, 2019
A round-up of tunnel work in the Nordic Forum