Amtrak crews have kicked off the first long-term track outage in support of the $1.6bn East River Tunnel Rehabilitation Project (ERT ...

The leading publication for the tunnelling and underground construction industry Tunnelling Journal (printed 6 times per year) back to back with 4 x North American Tunneling Journal and 2 x Canadian ...

In the first series (Our Underground Future) join Professor Arnold Dix as he takes you on a personal journey with his thought provoking, quirky, unique and dynamic exploration of our role and ...

Interfaces in construction projects often introduce risk. And cross passages are, by definition, interfaces between main tunnels. “Challenges have increased where you have soft ground and the ...

Previous to 2017, each year at the ITA’s Annual General Assembly, during the final day’s gathering of the Member Nations an allocated time would be set aside for every Member Nation to present both ...

The British Tunnelling Society (BTS 2024) Conference and Exhibition brought together clients, contractors, consultants and suppliers to talk about some of the pressing challenges facing our sector and ...

Removing fossil fuels from sites is a must if countries – and companies – are serious about decreasing the carbon footprints of their activities. BEVs are already in use on the UK’s HS2 high-speed ...

ITA-AITES Working Group 2 (WG2) – Research is developing a publication on damages of precast concrete segmental linings, with the intent being to better understand damage that occurs during tunnel ...

The largest ever Crossover (XRE) TBM in China launched in late March 2021 in Guangzhou for contractors Sichuan Jinshi Heavy Equipment Leasing Co., Ltd and CREC Bureau 2. Onsite First Time Assembly ...

Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded two civil contracts for the design and construction works of the Cross Island Line Phase 1 (CRL1) at a combined contract value of $766M. The ...

Element Six (E6), a pioneer in the development and manufacturing of polycrystalline diamond (PCD) and ultra-hard materials, and Master Drilling, a global leader in drilling and mechanized rock ...

An integrated joint venture between Ferrovial Construction and BEMO (Ferrovial BEMO JV) has been chosen to deliver the £230M design and build contract for the Grain to Tilbury electricity ...