Tarmac Kier JV will carry out a refurbishment programme on London’s Blackwall Tunnel southbound next year that will include highway works, cladding replacements and electrical works.
The Blackwall Tunnel consists of two road tunnels carrying the A102 under the Thames between the London Boroughs of Tower Hamlets and Greenwich. The original…
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£9M Historical Railways Estate upkeep scheme delivered by contractors including Balfour Beatty and AmcoGiffen
A consortium of contractors responsible for the repair and maintenance of the Historical Railways Estate (HRE) has “risen” to the challenge, according to National Highways.
Contractors Amco Giffen, Balfour Beatty, Beaver Bridges, Bethell, Dyer & Butler and ECS have been conducting a maintenance and repair programme of 265 works over the…
HS2 TBMs reach London tunnelling milestone
The first two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) launched for High Speed 2 (HS2) in London have completed the first mile (1.6km) of their drives for a twin bored tunnel.
TBMs Sushila and Caroline were launched by SCS (Skanska Costain Strabag JV) in October last year from the HS2 site in West…
TBMs resume work to complete excavation of key tunnels for Snowy 2.0 hydro scheme
Excavation work has resumed at Snowy 2.0 in New South Wales, Australia, with two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) back in action to complete key tailrace and headrace tunnels.
In late July, TBM Lady Eileen Hudson began work on the 6km tailrace tunnel to connect Talbingo Reservoir to the underground power station complex.…
Major milestone achieved on Sydney Metro airport line tunnelling
The first tunnel breakthrough on the new Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport project was achieved by the Ghella and CPB joint venture last week with the arrival of tunnel boring machine (TBM) Eileen arrived at the Airport Terminal metro station site.
The joint venture launched the TBM from the Airport Business Park…
Tideway the subject of Brunel Museum’s tunnelling exhibition for school summer holidays
The Brunel Museum has opened its Tunnelling Today exhibition for the school summer holidays, which focuses on Thames Tideway.
It’s a family-friendly exhibition at the museum in Rotherhithe, on the Thames, where visitors of all ages can learn about London’s history and the its once infamous “Great Stink” caused by an…
Campaigners prepare legal challenge against A303 Stonehenge tunnel approval
Campaigners have taken the first steps towards a legal challenge against the government’s decision to grant a development consent order (DCO) to the A303 Stonehenge Tunnel scheme.
The scheme, which will see the construction of a new 12.8km dual carriageway including a 3.3km tunnel beneath the Stonehenge World Heritage Site, was…
Complex groundwater management aids Elephant and Castle ticket hall construction
Construction of a new London Undeground ticket hall in south London called for some complex ground engineering to protect the running tunnels.
Over the past decade, the Elephant & Castle district in south London has been transformed with the construction of several new high rise residential buildings. With many more flats…
Two contractors shortlisted for 3.8km Mumbai twin tunnel with work to start in October
Construction of a 3.8km road tunnel in Mumbai, India is scheduled to commence by October as the city’s planning authority approaches a decision on the scheme’s bids.
The twin tunnel will form the longest underground vehicular route in Mumbai, housing a signal free road designed to take commuters across the city…
HS2 | Strabag’s production of 83,000 segments for London tunnels gets underway
Automated production of over 83,000 concrete tunnel segments for High Speed 2 (HS2) has begun at a new facility at Hartlepool Docks in County Durham.
A portion of the tunnel segments will be used to construct 8km of twin bored tunnel for the Euston tunnel between Old Oak Common and Euston…