Latest Tunnels News | New Civil Engineer https://www.newcivilengineer.com Civil engineering and construction news and jobs from New Civil Engineer Fri, 01 Sep 2023 14:31:40 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0 https://cdn.ca.emap.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2023/07/favicon-nce192x-70x70.png Latest Tunnels News | New Civil Engineer https://www.newcivilengineer.com 32 32 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif New Civil Engineer https://www.newcivilengineer.com 125 75 Civil engineering and construction news and jobs from New Civil Engineer £855M contract awarded to drive final section of tunnel on Turin to Lyon rail line https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/itinera-led-consortium-wins-855m-contract-to-excavate-italys-section-of-mount-cenis-base-tunnel-04-09-2023/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/itinera-led-consortium-wins-855m-contract-to-excavate-italys-section-of-mount-cenis-base-tunnel-04-09-2023/#respond Mon, 04 Sep 2023 02:00:11 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=266793 A consortium led by Itinera and including Spie Batignolles and Ghella has been awarded the €1bn (£855M) contract for the excavation of the Mont Cenis base tunnel in Italy.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/itinera-led-consortium-wins-855m-contract-to-excavate-italys-section-of-mount-cenis-base-tunnel-04-09-2023/feed/ 0 Swiss rail operator to overhaul Jura mountains’ Hauenstein Base Tunnel https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/swiss-rail-operator-to-overhaul-jura-mountains-hauenstein-base-tunnel-01-09-2023/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/swiss-rail-operator-to-overhaul-jura-mountains-hauenstein-base-tunnel-01-09-2023/#respond Fri, 01 Sep 2023 04:00:12 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=266724 Swiss Federal Railways SBB has unveiled plans to renovate the double-track Hauenstein Base Tunnel, part of the Basel–Olten railway line, one of Switzerland’s leading rail routes for freight and passengers.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/swiss-rail-operator-to-overhaul-jura-mountains-hauenstein-base-tunnel-01-09-2023/feed/ 0 ‘Deep renovation’ of Mont Blanc tunnel to go ahead despite ‘very significant’ rockfall https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/deep-renovation-of-mont-blanc-tunnel-to-go-ahead-despite-very-significant-rockfall-31-08-2023/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/deep-renovation-of-mont-blanc-tunnel-to-go-ahead-despite-very-significant-rockfall-31-08-2023/#respond Thu, 31 Aug 2023 13:08:48 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=266697 Extensive repairs to the Mont Blanc Tunnel between France and Italy are set to go ahead from 4 September despite disruption caused by an extreme weather related rockfall in the area.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/deep-renovation-of-mont-blanc-tunnel-to-go-ahead-despite-very-significant-rockfall-31-08-2023/feed/ 0 TBM breakthrough on £100M Glasgow water resilience project https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/tbm-breakthrough-on-scottish-water-resilience-project-31-08-2023/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/tbm-breakthrough-on-scottish-water-resilience-project-31-08-2023/#respond Thu, 31 Aug 2023 04:00:31 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=266663 HB Tunnelling has completed the construction of a 252m long tunnel that will form a section of a new trunk water main in Glasgow.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/tbm-breakthrough-on-scottish-water-resilience-project-31-08-2023/feed/ 0 Preferred bidder named on Melbourne’s Suburban Rail Loop East tunnelling contract https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/preferred-bidder-named-on-suburban-rail-loop-east-tunnelling-contract-for-melbourne-metro-scheme-30-08-2023/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/preferred-bidder-named-on-suburban-rail-loop-east-tunnelling-contract-for-melbourne-metro-scheme-30-08-2023/#respond Wed, 30 Aug 2023 04:00:02 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=266608 A consortium including Ghella and Acciona has been named as preferred bidder for tunnelling works on Suburban Rail Loop East (SRL East), part of Melbourne’s planned Suburban Rail Loop (SRL).

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/preferred-bidder-named-on-suburban-rail-loop-east-tunnelling-contract-for-melbourne-metro-scheme-30-08-2023/feed/ 0 HS2 West London vent shaft works paused as worker injured in incident remains hospitalised https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/hs2-west-london-vent-shaft-works-paused-as-worker-injured-in-incident-remains-hospitalised-29-08-2023/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/hs2-west-london-vent-shaft-works-paused-as-worker-injured-in-incident-remains-hospitalised-29-08-2023/#respond Tue, 29 Aug 2023 15:00:49 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=266588 One worker remains in hospital after five employed at the High Speed 2 (HS2) Northolt site were injured during the construction of the Mandeville Road vent shaft.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/hs2-west-london-vent-shaft-works-paused-as-worker-injured-in-incident-remains-hospitalised-29-08-2023/feed/ 0 Thames Tideway ‘super sewer’ cost holds steady at £4.5bn https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/thames-tideway-super-sewer-cost-holds-steady-at-4-5bn-29-08-2023/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/thames-tideway-super-sewer-cost-holds-steady-at-4-5bn-29-08-2023/#respond Tue, 29 Aug 2023 13:00:41 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=266575 Tideway, the company building London’s new super sewer Thames Tideway, has released its latest annual report, confirming the capital cost of the project remains £4.5bn, as reported in April.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/thames-tideway-super-sewer-cost-holds-steady-at-4-5bn-29-08-2023/feed/ 0 Tunnelling for second phase of Singapore’s £5.8bn water recycling project completed https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/tunnelling-for-second-phase-of-singapores-5-8bn-water-recycling-project-completed-24-08-2023/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/tunnelling-for-second-phase-of-singapores-5-8bn-water-recycling-project-completed-24-08-2023/#respond Thu, 24 Aug 2023 03:30:11 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=266352 Tunnelling has been completed for the second phase of Singapore’s  S$10bn (£5.8bn) Deep Tunnel Sewerage System (DTSS) project, which will boost the country’s water recycling capacity.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/tunnelling-for-second-phase-of-singapores-5-8bn-water-recycling-project-completed-24-08-2023/feed/ 0 Second bore completed for tunnel on Turkey’s Bahçe-Nurdaği Railway https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/second-bore-completed-for-tunnel-on-turkeys-bahce-nurdagi-railway-22-08-2023/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/second-bore-completed-for-tunnel-on-turkeys-bahce-nurdagi-railway-22-08-2023/#respond Tue, 22 Aug 2023 02:00:00 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=266193 Breakthrough of a tunnel boring machine (TBM) on a 9.6km rock tunnel on the Bahçe-Nurdaği Railway in Turkey marks completion of a key twin bored tunnel on the route.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/second-bore-completed-for-tunnel-on-turkeys-bahce-nurdagi-railway-22-08-2023/feed/ 0 £1.3bn of spending already committed to by National Highways for the Stonehenge Tunnel https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/1-3bn-of-spending-already-committed-to-by-national-highways-for-the-stonehenge-tunnel-17-08-2023/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/1-3bn-of-spending-already-committed-to-by-national-highways-for-the-stonehenge-tunnel-17-08-2023/#respond Thu, 17 Aug 2023 05:00:24 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=266009 Contracts worth £1.3bn have been signed by National Highways for the construction of the A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down scheme which has a total estimated capital cost figure of £1.7bn.

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