Tag: tunnel
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Video | TBM Elizabeth completes HS2’s final Birmingham tunnel
Jules Arlaud, BBV’s tunnelling director, said: “Today is a historic moment for Balfour Beatty Vinci, as TBM Elizabeth completes her three-and-a-half-mile journey in Washwood Heath. This is BBV’s fourth and final TBM breakthrough, delivered by our expert tunnelling team who’ve worked around the clock over 19 months to arrive at this point. View the original article…
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Skanska JV wraps up $450M Baltimore tunnel nearly 2 years early
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. A joint venture has reached substantial completion on the $450 million Howard Street Tunnel Project in Baltimore nearly two years ahead of the original completion date, according to a Sept. 30 press release. Sweden-based developer and builder…
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HS2 tunnel reaches milestone following ‘serious challenges’
The realigned A361, which runs over one of the longest ‘cut-and-cover’ tunnels on the HS2 project, has been reopened. A short section of the road, which runs from Banbury to Daventry, was closed for 11 days to allow the carriageway to be safely realigned over the top of the first section of the tunnel. Set to…
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Skanska-Fay JV Builds Howard Street Tunnel Modernization Ahead of Schedule
A joint venture between Skanska and Mid-Atlantic builder Fay S&B USA Construction, has reached substantial completion on CSX’s $450 million Howard Street Tunnel modernization project in Baltimore—months ahead of schedule. The upgrade is part of CSX’s capital improvement program to eliminate clearance restrictions for double-stack trains along the Baltimore-to-Philadelphia corridor. By increasing the 8,700-foot tunnel’s…
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Skanska-Fay JV Builds Howard Street Tunnel Modernization Ahead of Schedule
A joint venture between Skanska and Mid-Atlantic builder Fay S&B USA Construction, has reached substantial completion on CSX’s $450 million Howard Street Tunnel modernization project in Baltimore—months ahead of schedule. The upgrade is part of CSX’s capital improvement program to eliminate clearance restrictions for double-stack trains along the Baltimore-to-Philadelphia corridor. By increasing the 8,700-foot tunnel’s…
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LA tunnel work remains halted after partial collapse
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: A Los Angeles area wastewater tunnel partially collapsed July 9 in a section “where the ground exerted high pressure on the area,” according to a letter from Robert Ferrante, chief engineer and general manager of…
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LA tunnel work remains halted after partial collapse
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: A Los Angeles area wastewater tunnel partially collapsed July 9 in a section “where the ground exerted high pressure on the area,” according to a letter from Robert Ferrante, chief engineer and general manager of…
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In pictures | HS2 lifts 880t tunnel boring machine after 5km journey
Photos released by HS2 show how contractors lifted a giant tunnel boring machine (TBM) using a gantry on Saturday (26 July) following the completion of its 5.5km journey across west London. The TBM was lifted using a gantry crane (Image: HS2) The 880-tonne TBM with a 9.11m diameter cutterhead excavated 775,000 tonnes of London Clay…
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$1.6B East River Tunnel rehab starts in NYC
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Work has kicked off on New York City’s $1.6 billion East River Tunnel Project to repair Hurricane Sandy damage and update the century-old structure to weather the next 100 years of service, Amtrak said on May 27. …
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Three track workers take evasive action in tunnel to avoid train
An investigation has been launched after three track workers were involved in a near miss of a train travelling at around 30mph (48km/h) in Bookham Tunnel, Surrey. The incident happened at around 11:44 on 29 April 2025, when the track workers were walking back to Bookham station through the tunnel after completing work on the…